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In this Paw Print:
- Principal's Message 🗣️
- Back to School Nights 🗓️
- Join the Poplar Tree Chorus! 🎤
- Lockdown Drill Information 🔒
- Monitor Help Wanted 🙋🏽
- Panther Prowl 🐾
- House T-Shirt Design Contest 👕🎨
- Movement Photos Needed! 🦮🕺🏽🤾🏽♀️
- Complete Digital Forms 🖱️
- Testing Updates 💻
- Annual Asha-Jyothi 5K Run 👟
- PTA Announcements 📣
Dear Poplar Tree Families,
We enjoyed seeing so many of our families at our K-2 Back to School Night this week and look forward to seeing more families next week on Tuesday at our 3-6 Back to School Night! See the information below for a timeline of events!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Sue Andujar, Principal
Amy Alley, Assistant Principal
🗓️ Back to School Night Details 🗓️
We are so excited to see our 3rd - 6th grade parents and caregivers for Back to School Night on Tuesday, September 10!
This is the schedule for the night:
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6:30 - 6:55
- Session 1: Visit your child's classroom
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7:00 - 7:25
- Session 2: Visit your child's classroom (this session is a repeat of Session 1)
OPTIONAL Sessions:
6:00 - 6:30
- Interested in what the Family Life Education (FLE) curriculum looks like? Come preview the curriculum in Ms. Stauber's music room!
6:15 - 7:15
- Enjoy a meet and greet with our specialists in the library.
- There will be no formal presentation, this will just be a chance for you to come and chat if you'd like!
🎤 Join the Chorus! 🎶
Does your 5th or 6th grader love to sing?
Sign them up for the Poplar Tree Chorus! Click HERE for more details. Contact our music teachers, Dani Stauber (dstauber@fcps.edu) and Brittany Gonzalez (bdgonzalez@fcps.edu) with any questions!
🔒 Lockdown Drill Update 🔒
Due to the events in Georgia this week, we did not conduct our Lockdown Drill. We are waiting for guidance from the county on how to proceed and will provide updates as we have them.
🙋🏽 Student Monitor Needed!🙋🏽
We are looking for an energetic person who may be looking for an opportunity to join our Poplar Tree staff on Wednesdays. Poplar Tree is a positive work environment, and we are ready to fill the following opportunity with members of our community. Applicants must be 18 or older.
Description
Provides supervision of students throughout the school day, including but not limited to the classroom, hallways, lunch, recess, specials, and at arrival/dismissal; helps maintain order and discipline and assists in managing the behavior of students; operates technology; performs administrative and non-instructional duties; ensures all layered prevention/safety protocols and procedures are implemented and followed.
Qualifications
Any combination of education and experience is equivalent to graduation from high school. Must be comfortable managing student behaviors in large and small groups, ensuring all layered prevention/safety protocols and procedures are implemented and followed, and have general familiarity/skills with basic office technology in support of teachers, students, and the classroom.
Please pass this information along to anyone you may know.
Interested applicants should contact Amy Alley (avalley@fcps.edu) or at 703-633-7400.
👟Save the Date - Panther Prowl!🐾
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What: A one mile fun run through the Poplar Tree community!
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When: Friday, October 25, 2024
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Where: Starting and ending at Poplar Tree
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Why: To have fun, build community, and help raise funds for our school!
We are so excited to announce our 5th annual Panther Prowl Fun Run! Sponsored by our Poplar Tree PTA, this event is a great way for our community to come together and fundraise to support our school!
Register by September 15th to ensure we have your student’s t-shirt size. Every student will receive a t-shirt based on their house color. Register your student or re-login to your parent dashboard and complete your student’s webpage at getmovinfundhub.com. School Identifier: 64f23ac4c07c5
(Please register even if your child cannot attend so we can get their T-shirt size!!)
We will have sign ups at both Back to School Nights – Tuesday, September 3 & 10. Bring cash as we’ll also have jars out to represent each house! As houses collectively raise money, they will get prizes!
Incentive lists for fundraising are coming soon - check your email, social media, and the Poplar Tree PTA website for details!
We can’t wait for this fun event and look forward to participation from our community!
👕House T-Shirt Design Contest🎨
How awesome would it be if YOUR design was featured on this year's House T-Shirt?! All designs are due by Friday, September 20 and must be submitted on THIS FORM - also linked in the Poplar Tree Student Schoology course!
We can't wait to see your creative designs!!
🦮🕺🏽Movement Photos Needed!🤾🏽♀️
Welcome to PE with Ms. Loudin, Ms. Rosenfeld, & Ms. Birge! We would love to include your child's picture on our PE bulletin board featuring all the ways we love to move and be active. If you would like to participate, please send a picture of your child being active by September 13. You may send an actual photo or send the photo digitally to Ms. Loudin (eeloudin@fcps.edu) or Ms. Rosenfeld (aerosenfeld@fcps.edu). Activities could be anything from walking the dog or dancing in the kitchen or playing a favorite sport!
We can't wait to see all our active Poplar Tree Panthers!
✅ Important Action Items ✅
Thank you to those families who have completed the digital consent and early release Monday forms! For those of you who have not, please do so as soon as possible!
- Make sure you have a SIS ParentVUE account. If you do not have access to ParentVUE, please contact our School Information Assistant, Claudia Munson at caguitjensmu@fcps.edu or our School Based Technology Specialist, Leslie Leisey at lfleisey@fcps.edu.
- Complete the digital consent forms for your child. You will use your ParentVUE username and password to login to the Parent Digital Consent. Here you will provide consent for your child to use many of our digital resources or opt out of a variety of FCPS services.
- Complete THIS FORM indicating your plan for our first two 3-hour early release Mondays on September 23 and October 28. This form must be completed for each child.
We appreciate your help with this!!
Academic Screening, Growth, and Diagnostic Tests
The Virginia government requires assessments for the Virginia Literacy Act (VLA), Virginia Kindergarten Readiness Program (VKRP) in all schools. These assessments help state officials understand literacy and school readiness needs across Virginia. Test results also help teachers, school leaders, and families know how to support each student’s learning and development. The Academic Screening, Growth, and Diagnostic Tests webpage (https://www.fcps.edu/academic-screening-growth-and-diagnostic-tests) provides more information on these tests.
Our students will be taking these tests during the 1st quarter. You can which tests each grade level will be administering below.
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Literacy Test
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Mathematics Test
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PreK & K
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Virginia Language and Literacy Screening System (VALLSS)
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Early Mathematics Assessment System (EMAS)
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1-2
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VALLSS
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iReady Math
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3
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iReady Reading
VALLS for select 3rd graders
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iReady Math
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4-6
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iReady Reading
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iReady Math
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In addition to the EMAS, VKRP also requires PreK-K teachers to observe a student’s self-regulation and social skills using the Child Behavior Rating Scale (CBRS).
Based on academic screening results, some students may require a reading plan or math intervention plan. Some students may need additional diagnostic tests to help teachers determine specific areas for support. If you have further questions about these assessments, please contact your student’s teacher or one of our school test coordinators Amy Alley, avalley@fcps.edu or Leslie Leisey, lfleisey@fcps.edu.
🖐🏼Join the PTA! 🖐🏼
Our PTA supports the school in many ways! Join the PTA today to help contribute to our awesome school community!
Join here: http://www.poplartreepta.org
🗓️ First PTA Meeting! 💻
Please join us for our first PTA Meeting happening on Thursday night, September 12th, at 7pm. This is a virtual meeting and you can join via Zoom HERE! Looking forward to sharing all the great things we have planned so far this year!
👩🏽💻👨🏽🍳New After-School Classes This Fall!♟️
Art Club, Sticky Fingers Cooking, Chess Club, and iCode Tech Club! The Poplar Tree PTA is excited to offer an expanded set of after-school classes this year. Copies of the flyers are at the end of the newsletter and will also be coming home next week in Friday folders.
More details are also available on the PTA website!
Please note that you must be a PTA member to register your students. Join today to make sure your registration is up to date!
Scholarships are available for some classes and financial assistance is available for PTA membership. For example, one full scholarship is available for the student of a parent volunteer who is willing to help with coordination of iCode classes! Registration is open now and limited spots are available for each class!
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