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In this Paw Print:
- Principal's Message 🗣️
- Uniquely YOU Spotlight 💡
- Attendance Reminders ✅
- Kindergarten Registration 🏫
- Kindergarten Orientation 🖐🏼
- SOL Dates 🗓️
- Chantilly Pyramid Art Show 🎨
- Fire & Ice Basketball Game 🏀🔥🧊
- PTA Support - Why it Matters! 💸
- PTA Announcements 📣
- 🫶🏼 Calling for Community Donations (Silent Auction)
- 🎭 Not Just Dance Registration
- 📣 Join the PTA!
- Staff Panther Praise!🎉
- Follow Us! 👍🏽❤️
Dear Poplar Tree Families,
Thank you to all our students and families who participated in or came to see the amazing performances for the Talent Show! There was dancing, singing, playing of musical instruments, 2 special Chinese Yo-Yo acts, and more! A huge THANK YOU to the PTA members who volunteered their time to make the Talent Show a success!
We are so grateful at Poplar Tree to have such a diverse group of student learners! We strive to truly make every student feel like they belong. This is evident in many ways, including our Adapted PE classes where our multi-age students gain access to physical education activities that are just right for them. Check out this video highlighting some of our students enjoying some of these activities this week!
Another THANK YOU to our PTA for purchasing equipment so that our staff can create these engaging opportunities for all learners!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Sue Andujar, Principal
Amy Alley, Assistant Principal
💡Uniquely YOU Spotlight 💡
As we are helping ensure everyone at Poplar Tree has the opportunity to celebrate their uniqueness, we also want to highlight what makes our staff members unique! This week's spotlight is on two of our multi-age teachers, Ms. Sheehy & Ms. Venkatanarayanan.
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Think about it...what makes YOU Uniquely YOU!?
✅ Student Attendance🏫
Student attendance is very important. Every day, our teachers are teaching, and students are learning. Studies have shown that just two absences per month can cause students to fall behind.
Family trips taken during school days will be counted as “Unexcused Absences.” Excessive absences can additionally hurt our school’s accreditation status with the Virginia Department of Education. Most importantly, it creates a very difficult learning gap in a student’s education both academically and socially for all the days that are missed.
We ask that families do their best to schedule your trips during school breaks. The next school break is Spring Break which is March 25-29. Spring Break is followed by two teacher workdays (student holidays) on Monday, April 1 and Tuesday, April .
Please reach out to our school counselors Beth Mertens (eemertens@fcps.edu) or Stephanie Girellini (smgirellini@fcps.edu) if you have any attendance concerns. You can also visit this website for attendance resources.
Let’s work together to make sure your student(s) are in school and excited to finish the year strong!
🏫 Kindergarten Registration 🏫
We are so excited for our littlest Panthers to join our school for the 2024-2025 school year!
It's time to register your child for Kindergarten! To do this, fill out the forms linked HERE. Then, please contact our School Information Assistant (SIA), Claudia Guitjens-Munson (caguitjensmu@fcps.edu) to schedule an appointment!
🔠 Kindergarten Orientation 🖐🏼
Our future Panthers and their families are invited to come meet our Kindergarten teachers, see our Kindergarten classrooms, and learn more about our school community!
- When: Tuesday, April 2, 2024
- Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Students will go to classrooms with the teachers, hear a story in the library, and take a tour of a bus, while guardians will meet in the cafeteria for a presentation!
🗓️ SOL Testing Dates 🗓️
Our Spring Standards of Learning (SOL) tests are coming up in April & May.
These assessments measure the extent to which students have learned the content and skills reflected in state standards. The content tested varies by grade level. See below for the scheduled dates this Spring.
Grade 3:
- 📖 Reading: Wednesday, May 8
- 🧮 Math: Wednesday, May 15
Grade 4:
- 📖 Reading: Wednesday, May 8
- 🧮Math: Wednesday, May 15
Grade 5:
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⌨️Integrated Reading & Writing: Thursday, April 18
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✨New this year: Students taking the grade 5 or grade 8 SOL Reading test will complete an integrated reading and writing (IRW) component. The IRW component has with one non-fiction reading passage followed by 4-6 of multiple-choice/technology-enhanced items and an “invitation to write” based on the passage.
- 📖 Reading: Thursday, May 9
- 🔬 Science: Thursday, May 16
- 🧮 Math: Tuesday, May 21
Grade 6:
- 📖 Reading: Thursday, May 9
- 🧮 Math: Tuesday, May 21
If you have any questions about SOL tests, please reach out to our School Testing Coordinators, Amy Alley (avalley@fcps.edu) or Leslie Leisey (lfleisey@fcps.edu).
🎨 Chantilly Pyramid Art Show 🖼️
Our greatly anticipated Pyramid Art Show is right around the corner!
Join our Chantilly community on Friday, April 5th at Chantilly High School from 6-8pm for a fun and creative night out! Check out select artworks from our very own Poplar Tree Panthers, and learn about art programs in the Middle and High Schools as well! There will be fun crafts like bag hats, henna tattoos, and even a photo booth! Did we mention that there will be 4 different food trucks this year? YUM!
There will also be T-Shirt sales at the event for any proud artists to rock for the rest of the year! Bring the family and enjoy a night of creativity and community!
We hope to see you there!
🔥Fire and Ice Basketball Game🧊
The 6th grade invites you to join us for the Fire and Ice on Friday, April 26, 2024. Fire and Ice is two basketball games. One between 6th grade students and one between 6th grade students and Poplar Tree Elementary teachers. There will be a fun half-time show, the Poplar Tree band, and a sprit squad. There will be food, drinks, and novelties sold. It is a fun, exciting, family friendly event. All Poplar Tree Student's and their families are invited to come!
Please be on the look out for more information coming soon!
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👕 Fire and Ice T-Shirts 🔥🧊
Fire and Ice spirit is high! Order your Fire and Ice T-shirt today to join in the spirit of the game. If you are coming to enjoy the game you can pick from blue (ice), orange (fire), or white (both teams)!
Order T-Shirts HERE!
Our PTA's fundraising efforts include giving the school grants for supplies. While most supplies are not big or flashy, they are greatly appreciated!
Thank you for participating in the PTA's fundraising efforts!
Your support benefits our students and staff!
🫶🏼Call for community donations!💰
The annual PTES PTA Auction will be held from April 29 - May 1! If you or anyone you know has an item you'd like to donate to be auctioned off, please send an email to poplartreesilentauction@gmail.com. Previous donations have included artwork, vacation home rentals, household items, and gift cards just to name a few!
Thank you for all your support to make the 2024 auction the best one yet!
🎭 Not Just Dance Registration
To register for the next session of Not Just Dance, click HERE! Meetings will be Thursdays from 3:30 - 4:30 from April 11 - June 6, 2024. Register by April 2!
📣 Join the PTA!!!
If you haven't renewed your membership yet this year, you can renew here: http://www.poplartreepta.org/membership!
🎉 Staff Panther Praise
We are so grateful for all of our awesome staff who keep our students engaged and learning everyday. If you would to recognize one of our staff members for all their hard work, please give them a Staff Panther Praise!
Another option you have is to complete an FCPS Cares. You can do that HERE!
👍🏽❤️ Follow us on Social Media!
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