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🌟 Principal’s Message
🌟 Vision and Hearing Screening
🌟 Fall Picture Day – September 13
🌟 Emergency Care Information Care
🌟 Attendance
🌟 📝Opt-Out Flier
🌟 Shrevewood PTA Updates
🌟 Join Scouting Night
🌟 💻Digital Resource Consent Form
🌟 1st Annual Marshall Mayhem
🌟 🖱️Schoology/ParentVUE
🌟 Limited Early Release Mondays for Elementary Schools
🌟 Student Birthday Policy
🌟 Transportation Information
🌟 The Positivity Project
🌟 Updating Student Information through SIS ParentVUE
🌟 School Meals and Free/Reduced Lunch Applications
🌟 FCPS News
🌟 Save the Date
Dear Shrevewood Families,
Thank you to all of our families who joined us for Back to School Night this past week. We greatly appreciate your partnership in your child's educational journey and look forward to a wonderful year together. If you were unable to attend, your child's teacher will be sending out the presentation for you to review.
As a reminder, it is crucial that all families complete the Monday Early Release questionnaire in order for us to plan effectively. Please take a moment to fill out the survey as soon as possible. Students requiring adult supervision due to hardship will be overseen by instructional assistants, school monitors, school staff, central office personnel, and/or volunteers. Your child will not be with their teacher due to required professional development. Time will be allocated for students to work on STMath, Lexia, MyOn, independent reading, and other similar supervised tasks.
Next week, all students will be gifted a Shrevewood t-shirt from our wonderful PTA. We will have a Shrevewood Spirit Day on Friday, September 6th and encourage all of our students to wear their shirt to school.
Friday, August 30th, and Monday, September 2nd, are Labor Day holidays for all FCPS employees and students. We hope everyone takes the long weekend to celebrate a strong start to the school year and enjoy time with family and friends. We’ll see you all back for another short week next week on Tuesday.
Sincerely,
Katie Vandawalker, Principal
Marti Jo Jackson, Acting Assistant Principal
Vision and hearing screening will be held in the beginning of the 2024-2025 school year for all students in kindergarten, third grade, and new to FCPS. If your child wears glasses, please be sure they have them on screening day. The purpose of screening is to identify students who need further evaluation because they have difficulty seeing the screening chart or hearing the screening tones.
Parents will be notified if screening results indicate that further testing is needed. Vision and hearing difficulties can interfere with learning. Prompt follow-up of a referral is recommended.
If you have questions or concerns, please contact our School Health Aide, Rachel Bonds, at 703-645-6610.
 Picture Day is coming on Friday, September 13th! You can place your order on https://my.lifetouch.com/mylifetouch/ before Picture Day, using the Picture Day ID: EVT7DX9N2.
We are in need of parent volunteers to help out. If you are interested, please email Vicky Vien at vvien@fcps.edu. Parent volunteers are eligible to receive a voucher for volunteering!
Please be on the lookout for your child’s Emergency Care Information Card. It is being sent home in this week’s Thursday Folder. Please review the information for accuracy. If corrections are needed, please update the form, and return it to your child's teacher.
Our goal is to partner with families to help minimize the number of days students are absent. Getting your student into the habit of daily attendance helps reduce stress and makes it easier to connect with friends and teachers. We understand that each year presents different extenuating circumstances that lead to missed days. However, we hope to increase communication in regards to absences to reduce impact on your student’s well-being. FCPS has created a Health Flyer for Parents indicating when a parent should keep their child home from school. Please review FCPS Attendance Policies and resources to encourage regular school attendance.
Beginning in the 24-25 school year, parents/legal guardians can report up to two consecutive absences through SIS ParentVUE. Learn more about attendance reporting through ParentVUE HERE. Families can also report absences by emailing shrevewoodelem.attendance@fcps.edu or calling 703-645-6666 before 10:00 am each day.
The 2024-25 Annual Notice of Survey, Records, Curriculum, Privacy, and Related Rights and Opt-Out Forms flyer is now online. If you wish to opt your child out of any of the activities mentioned in the opt-out booklet, you must complete and return the appropriate forms to your child’s school or online through the Parent Digital Consent system.
PTA Back to School Picnic
Save the Date for the PTA Back-to-School Picnic on Friday, September 6th, 6-7:30 p.m. at Shrevewood! Come enjoy music and giveaways from an awesome DJ, a photo booth, raffle prizes for joining the PTA, the Kona Ice truck, pizza, and more!
Pre-order pizza for your family! Pizzas will be distributed at the picnic.
Shrevewood Spirit Wear Store is Open NOW!
Show your Shrevewood Spirit! This year the PTA will again provide Shrevewood Owl T-shirts to all students and staff. These will be distributed soon. There are additional items available for purchase in our online store! All purchases support the Shrevewood PTA. Please check out the website and be sure to place your order before 12 pm on Tuesday, September 10th! Questions? Email sekenn318@gmail.com.
Cub Scout Pack 1537 Join Scouting Night: September 4th 7:00 - 8:00 pm
Does your child like the outdoors, engage in teamwork, and is in grades K-5? Come learn about Cub Scout Pack 1537 on September 4th from 7:00pm-8:00pm in the Shrevewood Cafeteria. There will be fun activities for the kids to include a pinewood derby track and monkey bridge. While your child is engaged, adult leaders will be on hand to answer any questions.
We want your child to get the most out of their school experience! To open up a world of exciting activities and valuable opportunities, we need your collaboration. Please take a moment at the beginning of the school year to review and provide your consent through our easy-to-use Parent Digital Consent system. Please reach out to Kaylin Daniels if you have questions.
Students, families, and staff throughout FCPS and in our school community will use Schoology (pronounced /SKOO-luh-jee/) as our learning management system. Here is what you need to know now:
You need a SIS/ParentVUE account to login to Schoology.
To help plan for our school’s childcare needs during the early release Mondays, please complete this form no later than Wednesday, August 21: https://forms.gle/9DokQm9mqsfaUpNj8 for each of your children who are enrolled at Shrevewood Elementary. The form covers the first two early release Mondays, scheduled for September 23, 2024 and October 28, 2024. If you have multiple children, you will need to submit multiple forms. Staff will confirm the after school supervision plan for each student.
The Early Release Mondays planned throughout the school year for elementary schools are essential to allow educators time for planning and professional development. Students will be dismissed 3 hours early seven times throughout the school year and are encouraged to return home via their normal route. However, we understand there may be a childcare hardship because of the early release Mondays for many of our families. To resolve these concerns, student supervision will be available for families who need it.
The following dates are planned for Early Release Mondays throughout the school year:
- September 23
- October 28
- November 25
- February 24
- March 17
- April 28
- May 19
Additional information can be found on the FCPS Early Release Mondays webpage. If you have immediate questions, please email ESPlanning@fcps.edu.
As an administrative team and school, we will be recognizing and honoring our students' birthdays monthly. For the safety of all students and staff in our building and to limit the amount of classroom disruptions, please do not send in food or toys for your child's birthday.
Families of bus riders should arrive to the bus stop at least 10 minutes prior to the assigned time and be patient with drivers as they acclimate to new routes and traffic patterns. Parents may access the Bus Delay Notification System or use the FCPS Mobile App to receive the delayed bus report. Morning route information will be available until noon. Afternoon bus route information will be available from 1:00 to 7:00 p.m.
For families who are picking up or dropping off walkers, please pick up and drop off your walkers at the blacktop by the trailers. In order to ensure the safety of our students, students will no longer be dropped off or picked up in the front of the building by Door 1.
Below are our general guidelines for entering Kiss & Ride safely and respectfully:
- Students need to be able to enter and exit the vehicle from the passenger side (right) of the vehicle. It is not safe to have children walk around to the driver side.
- Parents/Guardians are requested to remain in the vehicle as school staff will open doors.
- Students cannot load or unload outside of the Kiss & Ride lane that is marked with orange cones.
- Please be patient in the first few weeks, as logistics with student numbers may lend to longer wait times.
Please refer to the visual below for drop off and pick up information for all students.
 In order to streamline our Kiss and Ride process, you must register your child(ren), so you are assigned a Kiss and Ride number. 2023-2024 Kiss and Ride numbers will NO LONGER BE VALID. All registered families will receive a new number for 2024-2025 school year that will be associated with your child(ren).
Once you register, you will receive a laminated number to display in the front window of your car and your child(ren) will receive a number for their backpacks. We will use the numbers at dismissal in order for students to be dismissed when their ride arrives. Each family only needs to fill out the registration one time.
Next week, our school community will focus on the character strength of Teamwork. Teamwork means you work well as a member of a group or team. You are loyal, reliable, and dedicated to helping your team achieve its goals.
Teamwork involves prioritizing group success. Those strong in teamwork help all group members succeed, committing time and resources to the group's goals. They often delay personal accomplishments to ensure the group's overall success, which fosters positive feelings and counters selfishness and egotism.
For individuals, teamwork often means deferring or delaying individual accomplishments in order to ensure that the group maintains a high level of success. Their commitment to the larger group effort makes them good teammates. The positive feelings associated with being part of a larger whole — can be highly beneficial and combat selfishness and egotism.
To practice and encourage the character strength of teamwork at home, please visit the Positivity Project’s mobile-friendly P2 for Families. There, you will watch a video clip together and discuss a quote and three questions related to teamwork.
Shrevewood ES is a Positivity Project (P2) partner school. We achieved Green Shield status in the 2023-24 school year, among over 850 schools across 27 states. You can learn more about The Positivity Project experience at Shrevewood in this blog, “Building Character and Community.” written by two of Shrevewood's wonderful first grade teachers, Emma Brackett and Michaela Wuest.
For those families who are new to P2, we encourage you to read The Positivity Project Family Information Letter to learn all about what P2 is and the benefits of implementing it in school.
The Online Verification Update (OVU) packet in SIS ParentVUE allows parents to review and update phone numbers, emergency contacts, and health information (such as health conditions and immunizations). The enrolling parent can access OVU through their SIS ParentVUE account. Parents/Guardians can continue to use traditional paper forms to submit changes to Shrevewood. Paper forms can be submitted to the front office.
Beginning August 1, many of the parental consent and opt-out forms will be made available through a new Parent Digital Consent System. A parent or guardian will need to log-in using their SIS ParentVue username (email address) and password. If you have just registered your SIS ParentVUE account you will need to wait 24 hours before you can log in to the Digital Consent System.
Some forms in the system are required (like the Digital Resource Consent), while others, like the Family Education Opt-out form, are optional. If you have more than one child in FCPS, you must fill out the forms for each.
Important: Do not use the OVU packet if your address has changed or if you moved to another FCPS school. Contact the front office directly to complete address updates or to withdraw and transfer your student to the new school
Breakfast and Lunch
Breakfast will be $1.75. Lunch will be $3.25, milk $0.60. Money can be added to your child(ren)’s accounts using www.myschoolbucks.com. You can also write a check to Shrevewood Food Services and deliver it to our Food Services Manager at Open House. During the school year, you can find the menu for breakfast and lunch at https://linqconnect.com/public/menu/ESSF44.
Free and Reduced-Price Status
Students eligible for free or reduced-price meals will continue to receive these benefits through the end of September. A new application must be filled out each new school year and forms are available online now: https://www.fcps.edu/frm. Applications are accepted at any time, but we encourage you to apply or renew your application before the end of September. Call (703) 813-4800 if you need help. This must be completed for eligible students to receive free meals.
In case you missed it in FCPS This Week, the school division shared updates on the following topics and others:
- Understanding the Student Rights and Responsibilities (SR&R)
- School Safety Reminders
- Community Conversations with Dr. Reid
Read FCPS This Week to learn more about these topics. If you are not already receiving this weekly newsletter, please sign up today.
⭐Labor Day Holidays⭐
Friday, August 30, and Monday, September 2
⭐Shrevewood Gear Spirit Day!⭐
Friday, September 6
⭐PTA Back to School Picnic⭐
Friday, September 6, from 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
⭐Fall Picture Day⭐
Friday, September 13
⭐3 Hour Early Release⭐
Monday, September 23
⭐Rosh Hashanah Holiday⭐
Thursday, October 3
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