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 Deer Park Community Fun Run
Sunday, September 15th at Fairfax Corner
Fun Run at 8:00 a.m. & 5K at 8:30 a.m.
Celebrate health and wellness while raising funds for our school! For every registration for our school, Asha-Jyothi will generously donate back ALL the money raised to Deer Park Elementary. Runners will receive
a t-shirt and medal.
Register here! Use coupon code AJ4Schools for the 5K race
Deer Park Incentives:
100 Registrations = Extra Recess
150 Registrations = PJ Day
200 Registrations = Ice Pops!
Join us for this fun event with delicious food, medals for kids, beautiful t-shirt and foot tapping Bollywood dance/music!
DP AJ Flyer
Back to School Night Information
At the beginning of each session there will be a short video featuring important updates from the School Board, Superintendent Dr. Reid, the PTA and Principal D'Amato.
There is no childcare provided.
Back to School Night for Kindergarten, 1st, 3rd and 5th Grades
Wednesday, September 11th, 2024
Schedule:
Kindergarten - 5:00pm Video - 5:10-6:00, class presentation
1st Grade - 5:50pm Video - 6:00-6:50, class presentation
3rd Grade - 6:40pm Video - 6:50-7:40 class presentation
5th Grade - 7:30 Video - 7:40-8:30 class presentation
Back to School Night for 2nd, 4th and 6th Grades
Wednesday, September 18th, 2024
Schedule:
2nd Grade - 5:00pm Video - 5:10-6:00, class presentation
4th Grade - 6:00pm Video - 6:10-7:00, class presentation
6th Grade - 7:00pm Video - 7:10-8:00, class presentation
Back to school night flyer: 2024-25 B2SN
Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Students in Gr 3 - 6
Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) believes in supporting social and emotional learning (SEL) for all students. In FCPS, students use a tool called the SEL Screener to think about their own SEL skills and experiences at school. Deer Park students in grades 3 - 6 will be participating in the Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Screener in the Fall and Spring.
After each screening, results are available in the Documents tab of SIS ParentVUE and mailed to families without a ParentVUE account. For more information about the SEL Screener including information on opting out please see the attached SEL Screener Parent Notification. You can also learn more on the Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Screener webpage
SEL Screener Info - English
SEL Screener Info - Spanish
SEL Screener Info - Arabic
SEL Screener Info - Chinese
SEL Screener Info - Korean
SEL Screener Info - Urdu
SEL Screener Info - Vietnamese
Cultural Observances Around the World
September
2 - Labor Day (United States)
Sept 15-October 15 - National Hispanic Heritate Month (United States)
16-18 Chuseok "Autumn Eve" (Korea)
17 - Constitution Day (United States)
Attendance Matters
Attend Today, Achieve Tomorrow!
The beginning of the school year is the best time to develop strong attendance habits! Students who attend school regularly are more likely to perform well in reading and math, develop strong social and emotional skills, and graduate from high school on time. Help prepare your child for future success. Visit FCPS' Attendance webpage for tips and strategies.
Please take a moment to review the FCPS calendar and plan accordingly. We understand family vacations and travel can be opportunities for learning and are important, however, we request you plan trips around the school schedule. Vacations outside the FCPS holidays are considered unexcused. Any student with 18 or more absences is considered chronically absent even when absences are excused.
Learn more about FCPS Attendance expectations here.
One Book, One School
Dogtown by Katherine Applegate and Gennifer Choldenko
One School, One Book is back at Deer Park for Fall 2024! This year classroom teachers will be reading Dogtown by Katherine Applegate and Gennifer Choldenko to all students at school! Everyone will be reading or listening to the same pages on the same day as we strengthen our sense of community through the shared joy of reading and literacy. Families are invited to join us in our reading adventure and talk about this fantastic story with their children. (See reading schedule below)
A little bit about Dogtown from a summary on Amazon…Dogtown is a shelter for stray dogs, misbehaving dogs, and discarded robot dogs, whose owners have outgrown them. Chance, a real dog, has been in Dogtown since her owners unwittingly left her with irresponsible dog-sitters who skipped town. Metal Head is a robot dog who dreams of being back in a real home. And Mouse is a mouse who has the run of Dogtown, pilfering kibble, and performing clever feats to protect the dogs he loves. When Chance and Metal Head embark on an adventure to find their forever homes, there is danger, cheese sandwiches, a charging station, and some unexpected kindnesses along the way.
In conjunction with this program, we will be hosting a supply drive for the Fairfax County Animal Shelter….be on the lookout for further details about how you can help!
We hope you will read along with us from
September 9 – October 9!
Reading Schedule for DogTown
Monday, Sept 9 - Chapters 1-8
Tuesday, Sept 10 - Chapters 9-15
Wednesday, Sept 11 - Chapters 16-21
Thursday, Sept 12 - Chapters 22-26
Friday, Sept 13 - Chapters 27-32
Monday, Sept 16 - Chapters 33-40
Tuesday, Sept 17 - Chapters 41-46
Wednesday, Sept 18 - Chapters 47-51
Thursday, Sept 19 - Chapters 52-56
Friday, Sept 20 - Chapters 57-62
Tuesday, Sept 24 - Chapters 63-69
Wednesday, Sept 25 - Chapters 70-77
Thursday, Sept 26 - Chapters 78-84
Friday, Sept 27 - Chapters 85-93
Monday, Sept 30 - Chapters 94-98
Tuesday, Oct 1 - Chapters 99-104
Wednesday, Oct 2 - Chapters 105-110
Monday, Oct 7 - Chapters 111-118
Tuesday, Oct 8 - Chapters 119-126
Wednesday, Oct 9 - Chapters 127-131
New Staff
This week we highlight Ms. Beka Hartl, Reading Specialist,
Ms. Stephanie Jennings, Reading Specialist,
Ms.Dana Meyer, 5th Grade Teacher and
Ms. Rachel O'Connell, Strings Teacher.
Ms. Beka Hartl, Reading Specialist
Ms. Stephanie Jennings, Reading Specialist
My name is Stephanie Jennings. I am so excited to be at Deer Park this year. I am serving as your Reading Specialist. I am starting my 20th year in the county.
Outside of school, I enjoy spending time with my family, supporting my nieces and nephew in their activities, working puzzles and reading. I like playing games, but prefer to watch sports (especially the Steelers and the Penguins). I am a Pittsburgh girl at heart. My husband and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary this summer. We have a small pomeranian named Kara with a big attitude.
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Ms. Dana Meyer, 5th Grade Teacher
Ms. Rachel O'Connell, Strings Teacher
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Hello! My name is Rachel O'Connell, and I am the new Strings teacher here at Deer Park! After 7 years of teaching Orchestra at Franklin Middle School in Chantilly, I’m excited to work with students who are just beginning their musical journey. I went to school at George Mason University where I was part of the Green Machine Pep Band that played at basketball games and other special events. This experience of playing different genres of music is something that I enjoy sharing with students, and I look forward to helping them explore all the opportunities that music has to offer. In my free time I like to sing and make music with my family, read, play board games, and spend time outside. |
Grub with Your Grown Up!
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Hey rad grown ups! Time to roll up to Deer Park and surprise your little munchkin(s) at their lunchtime this Friday, September 6th!
Check out the awesome lunch schedule below:
10:50-11:20 - 1st Grade
11:20-11:50 - 2nd Grade
11:50-12:20 - Kindergarten
12:20-12:50 - 5th Grade
12:50-1:20 - 3rd Grade & Enhanced Aut
1:20-1:50 - 4th Grade
1:30-2:00 - 6th Grade
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Membership
Deer Park's PTA is all that and a bag of chips! Come and join us to make this year a RAD one for the kids!
After School Clubs
Baroody After School Clubs are back!
Registration opens on Wednesday, September 11 at 8:00 a.m.
Click here for details!
Volunteer
Got you laughing, right? We know you think the PTA is scary, but we aren’t “that” PTA! We would love to have more help with the Fun Run (the biggest fundraiser of the year!) coming up Oct. 25th! Planning starts soon!
So grab your "home skillets" and Volunteer here today!
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Girl Scouts
Girl Scout troops are forming and have spaces for girls and adults at Deer Park ES in Centreville, VA.
Become a Girl Scout family! Come to our Kindergarten Troop Formation on 10/10/2024 at 6:00 p.m. at Deer Park, Pod 1 or get more information at https://bit.ly/girlsouts-centreville
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Cub Scouts
Pack 1862’s Join Scouting Night!
Friday, September 6, 2024, 6:30 - 7:30 PM
Cub Run ES Cafeteria
Cub Scouts is a year‐round family program designed for boys and girls in kindergarten through 5th grade. Pack 1862, chartered by the Cub Run PTA, helps our Cubs learn essential skills and enjoy outdoor activities, community involvement, personal safety, and stewardship of the environment.
Parent/guardians and youth in grades K‐5 (both boys and girls!) are invited to come learn about Cub Scouting and all the fun activities we do like campouts, hikes, fishing, Pinewood Derby, overnight trips, bake‐off, and more!
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 Thank you to our Deer Park educational partner-Card My Yard Centreville for your support of our PTA programs! Use Code DPES5CVILLE for your own Card My Yard purchases to give back to the PTA.
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Upcoming Dates |
September
10 - Portrait Day
11 - Back to School Night for Kindergarten, 1st, 3rd and 5th Grades-5:30PM- 8:30PM
15 - Asha-Jyothi Fun Run at Fairfax Corner - 8:00AM & 8:30AM
18 - Back to School Night for 2nd, 4th and 6th Grades - 5:30 PM-8:30PM
23 - Early Release Monday - Dismissal at 12:25 p.m.
26 - Preschool Family Picnic on the preschool playground - 5:00-6:30PM
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