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Early Release Monday
Monday, September 23, 2024
Dismissal at 12:25 PM
To ensure a smooth dismissal, please make arrangements for your child accordingly. All students will be sent home unless after-school care has been arranged.
Buses will run their regular route at the designated early release
time (12:25 PM) and again at the normal dismissal time (3:25 PM) for students that need to stay.
More information about early release
Mondays at this Link.
Early Release Mondays for our Westfield Pyramid are:
September 23 * October 28 * December 9 * February 24 * March 17 * April 28 and May 19
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Fun Fit Fridays!
We are excited to begin using our Deer Park track again for our morning community building each week. As part of our wellness initiative, we invite you and your child(ren) to Fun Fit Friday. Students in all grade levels (PK-6) are welcome to participate, as well as parents and teachers!
Fun Fit Friday will meet on Friday mornings from 8:10 - 8:30 AM beginning on Friday, September 27 and run through Friday, December 6th. We will then resume in March.
This is an excellent opportunity for your child to meet new friends, enjoy the benefits of exercising, and develop an appreciation for fitness. We hope this program builds self-confidence and improves fitness levels among our students and within the community. Everyone is welcome to join us!
If it is raining or the track surroundings are too muddy, then we will cancel for that Friday. There will be communication sent out the morning of by 7:45 a.m. If you do not receive Deer Park News You Choose updates, please sign up at this link: subscriber accounts
* October 4th is a student holiday - No Fun Fit Friday on 10/4
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Thank you Deer Park Community!
The Asha-Jyothi Fun Run last Sunday was an amazing day of fun, community spirit and great exercise. We had 128 Deer Park registrations! Thank you families for coming out to participate and cheer on our runners!
 
Special Olympics Unified School
Join us as we strive to make Deer Park a Special Olympics Unified School. We started this process in 2019 and were derailed by COVID.
We need to do 3 things:
- Form a Unified School Committee
- Provide Educational Training opportunities for students and staff about People with Disabilities
- Plan a Unified Special Olympics Sports Event this Spring.
We are excited about restarting this event, 2019 was pretty awesome!
If you would like to participate in this committee, we are holding an interest meeting after school on 9/24 in the library at 3:45pm. Parents and Staff are invited.
Can't come in person? Please join us via Zoom at this link!
Please contact Samara Stephen-Dowd ssstephendow@fcps.edu or Karey Dennis, kadennis1@fcps.edu if you have specific questions before the meeting on 9/24.
Attendance
- 🤒 When a Student Should Stay Home From School
Whether students miss school because of illness or any other reason, missing school leads to learning loss.
Help your child succeed by encouraging them to attend as many days as possible, but do make sure your child stays home if they are sick. Visit our website for information on when to keep your child at home.
If your child has a chronic illness, make sure to notify their teacher so that assistance can be provided if needed. Keep an open line of communication with your school's public health staff.
Read about how families can help form good attendance habits. Attend today, achieve tomorrow!
- ✔️ Parent/Caregiver Checklist: Have You Completed These Important Forms?
We understand that the multiple school forms caregivers receive during the first weeks of school can feel overwhelming, but each one helps set your child up for a successful school year! If you do not have a SIS ParentVUE account, please contact your child’s school for an activation code and follow the directions on the SIS ParentVUE Account webpage.
📋 Permission Forms
Families can easily grant permission for their children to access a variety of school resources through the Parent Digital Consent system. Parents can opt their child in or out of resources including online educational tools, school counseling services, and tutoring services. They can also change how student information is managed. Visit the Parent Digital Consent webpage to access the system. Watch this video to see how to use the tool.
- 🎤 Our Schools, Our Future: Register Today for a Community Conversation!
Superintendent Dr. Michelle Reid will host a series of Community Conversations this fall. She invites you to share your thoughts and ask questions. The next event is schuled for Monday, September 23, 6:30-7:30 p.m. at Newington Forest Elementary School. Click on the date to register. Childcare and language interpretation services will be provided.
Educational Assembly - Curtis Blues
Our students will have a special treat next week. We will have multi-instrumentalist, Curtis Blues, performing with fascinating instruments in his Language Arts curriculum aligned show. The assembly is on the Multicultural Roots of the American Music Program. He will demonstrate multi-cultural American musical history that created popular music today.
This assembly program touches on many 21st Century skills and connections, as well as celebrating the lives of specific African-Americans who changed musical history. A highlight of the show for students is when we write a short blues song together using student generated sensory based prompts.
Students will also learn about responsible green practices and how they can use discarded items to create muscial instruments!
You can see more about the program at this link!
Dogtown Happenings
One School, One Book: Fall 2024
This fall all Deer Park students are reading Dogtown by Katherine Applegate and Gennifer Choldenko. It is the heartwarming tale of a shelter dog that finds friendship in an unlikely place and learns to never give up hope. Students will be learning a little bit about what it’s like to be a shelter dog.
Many fun activities are accompanying the reading including sharing your own pet photos, Coins for Critters, a service project and donations.
Please find more information at this link: Dogtown Happenings and join the fun.
In support of the FCPS goal of raising ethical and global citizens, Deer Park will be hosting a supply drive to collect needed items for the animals at the Fairfax County Animal Shelter. Your family can help by donating items, purchasing items off an Amazon wish list, or donating money to Coins for Critters. Shelter wish list here.
New Staff
This week we introduce Ramya Kannan, Preschool Teacher.
Ramya Kannan
Early Childhood Special Ed Teacher
Hi, I am Ramya, and I am working as a Preschool Teacher this year at Deer Park ES. I am very excited to be a part of the wonderful preschool team. This is my fourth year working in FCPS and first year working as a teacher. My background is in engineering and business, but I found that I love teaching and so I pursued master’s in early childhood education in George Mason University. I live in Gainesville with my husband and 2 sons. My elder son is a freshman in University of Maryland and my younger son is a 6th grader in Gainesville MS. I love working in this community and I am very glad to be a part of it.
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Thank you Deer Park PTA
Thank you Friends! Our Deer Park PTA provided the staff with delicious donuts and coffee, ”the.one.where.you.get.coffee.and.donut” Central Perk style! A great way to start off a Monday Morning!
Membership
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Deer Park’s PTA is all that and a bag of chips! Come and join us at this link, to make this year a RAD one for the kids! We aren't scary, we promise! Your membership helps fund this year's big project! |
Movie Night
Free Family Movie Night: INSIDE OUT 2
Date: Friday, September 27
Showtime: 6pm
Location: Deer Park Cafeteria
Disney and Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” returns to the mind of newly minted teenager Riley just as headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions! Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust, who’ve long been running a successful operation by all accounts, aren’t sure how to feel when Anxiety shows up. And it looks like she’s not alone.
Pre-Order your hot dogs and full Costco pizzas until Wednesday, Sept 25 at 12pm!
Order Hot Dogs Here
Order Pizza Here
If you miss the order window, we will pick up a few more hot dogs and pizzas to have available
Movie Night Flyer & Club Information
Thursday Flyer
After School Clubs
Baroody After School Clubs are back!
Registration opens Wednesday, September 11 @ 8:00 AM.
Click here for details.
Volunteer
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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 is coming up on Oct. 25th! Planning starts soon!
Volunteer here today!!
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Fall Festival and Trunk-or-Treat
Girl Scouts
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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 PM at Deer Park ES in Pod 1 or get more information at https://bit.ly/girlcouts-centreville |
Sponsors
Mt. Kim
Card My Yard
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
L & V Cleaning
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Upcoming Dates |
September
23 - Early Release Monday - Dismissal at 12:25PM
24 - Unified School Committee Interest Meeting at 3:45PM
25 - Student Assembly - "Curtis Blues"
26 - Preschool Family Picnic on the preschool playground - 5:00-6:30PM
27 - PTA Movie Night & Spirit Wear Day
October
3 - Rosh Hashanah Holiday / NO School
4 - Student Holiday/Teacher Workday / NO School
14 - Indigenous Peoples' Day/Teacher Workday / NO School
28 - Early Release Monday / 12:25 Dismissal
31 - End of 1st Quarter / 2 hour early release / 1:25 Dismissal
November
1 - Diwali Holiday / NO School
4 - Student Holiday / Teacher Workday / NO School
5 - Student Holiday / Election Day/Teacher Workday / NO School
27 - 29 Thanksgiving Holidays / NO School
See the complete school year calendar here.
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