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Principal's Message
Dear Terraset Families,
We hope you enjoyed the long weekend and are refreshed for our full week of learning this week. Please remember to mark your calendars for this Wednesday, October 9th for Walk, Bike, and Roll to School Day! If your child/ren is biking or riding, please make sure they wear a helmet. Also, younger students should have an adult accompany them along their route. This celebration promotes healthy physical activity and promotes safe routes to school. Meet us at Door 5 (walker door) for giveaways from our PTO and a photo opportunity with us!
On another note, we want to share our current chronic absenteeism rate. We are currently at 6.9%, which is down from 12.4% around this time last month. Way to go families! Our goal is to stay below 10% all year. Every day that we partner together to keep chronic absenteeism down, we provide all Tigers with the environment to succeed.
Warmly,
Katie Aldridge, Principal
Dave Ickowski, Assistant Principal
🆕Terraset Site-Based Substitute Opening
We currently have an opening for an additional site-based substitute at Terraset. Site-based substitutes support all student-facing positions in the building. You must be a current FCPS substitute and have 30 or more college credits. See the FCPS website for more information about site-based substitute requirements.
🚲October 9 Is Walk, Bike, and Roll to School Day
Terraset will be participating in Walk, Bike, and Roll to School Day on Wednesday, October 9. Make sure that your child wears a helmet if biking or riding, and that younger students have an adult with them. Be safe–use sidewalks and crosswalks to get to school. Get together with your neighbors and walk or bike together! Walk, Bike, and Roll to School Day helps encourage physical activity and promote safe routes to school. We will meet at Door 5 for giveaways and we will take a picture with an administrator at 9:10.
📝AAP Parent Referral Information Night
If you have a student in grades 2 – 6 and you think they would benefit from Full Time Advanced Academic Services, please come to the Parent Referral Information Night on Monday, October 21st, 5:30 – 6:30 pm in the Terraset Library. We will review the referral process, identify types of work samples from home, and announce paperwork deadlines. Questions may be directed to our AART, Jennifer Szczesniak, jkszczesniak@fcps.edu.
🍂Hughes Middle School Fall Fest
Langston Hughes Middle School student council is hosting a Fall Festival on October 30th from 5:00-6:30 p.m. There will be games, prizes and a costume contest. You can enjoy free popcorn, hot dogs, and trunk or treating!
🌼Calling all K-1 Daisies!
Is your kindergartener or 1st grader interested in Girl Scouts? A new Daisy troop is forming at Terraset!
Please fill out the survey for more information.
Questions? Please reach out to Sarah Nieto (sanieto@fcps.edu)
📚 Social Studies Basal Resources Review
FCPS is adopting Social Studies Basal Resources for the 2025-26 school year. Basal resources are the primary resources used to support instruction in a given subject. Public review of the instructional materials under consideration — which is part of the process for selecting new resources — is underway. Visit the Community Review webpage for more information on how to view the materials online or in person.
All community feedback will be shared with School Board members before they vote to select materials in spring 2025. FCPS adopts basal resources by the process outlined in Regulation 3004.
🎶Band, Chorus, and Orchestra Concerts- Save the Date!
Below are the dates of our Winter and Spring Concerts for this year. Performances are required for all students participating in Band, Orchestra and Chorus. This year, we will hold two Spring Concerts: one for Band/Chorus and one for Orchestra.
Winter Concert -
- 5th/6th Grade Orchestra, 6th Grade Band & 5th/6th Grade Chorus
- Wednesday, December 11th, 2024 @ Terraset Gym
- 2:30pm - Performance for the school
- 7:00pm - Evening Performance for Families (Free)
- Band & Orchestra: Please arrive at 6:30pm.
- Chorus: Please arrive at 6:45pm.
Band/Chorus Spring Concert -
- 5th/6th Grade Band & 5th/6th Grade Chorus
- Wednesday, April 30th, 2025 @ Terraset Gym
- 2:30pm - Performance for the school
- 7:00pm - Evening Performance for Families (Free)
- Band: Please arrive at 6:30pm.
- Chorus: Please arrive at 6:45pm.
Orchestra Spring Concert -
- 4th/5th/6th Orchestra
- Monday, May 5th, 2025 @ Terraset Gym
- 2:30pm - Performance for the school
- 7:00pm - Evening Performance for Families (Free)
- Orchestra Students: Please arrive at 6:30pm.
Band, Orchestra, and Chorus families, please be on the lookout for more detailed communication about these concerts coming home via Talking Points from the music department!
🏫FCPS News
In case you missed it in FCPS This Week, the school division shared updates on the following topics and others:
- All FCPS Schools Accredited
- How FCPS Is Teaching Reading and Writing
- Become a Special Education Teacher
Read FCPS This Week to learn more about these topics. If you are not already receiving this weekly newsletter, please sign up today.
🐯PTO News
Be sure to subscribe to PTO news for more info about everything the PTO has coming up, including:
- TOMORROW MORNING: October 9: Walk, Bike & Roll to School Day - meet at Door 5 for a photo before school!
- TOMORROW EVENING: PTO Meeting, 6:30 pm in the cafeteria. In addition to our usual committee reports and an update from our Principal, we will also have Bettina Forman, Terraset’s Reading Specialist, speaking about new literacy updates. Childcare and snacks for adults and kids will be provided. K & 1st Grade parents, please plan to stay after to help quickly restock the staff lounge! Thank you to everyone who donated items from our Amazon wishlist to help treat our staff. The full agenda will be available here prior to the meeting.
- October 16: Tigers on the Town at Chipotle in the South Lakes Shopping Center, 5-9 pm
🐾P.A.W.S. (Parents Appreciating Wonderful Staff)
Have you seen a staff member go above and beyond for your family or student? Take a moment to fill out this quick form to let us know and say thank you!
Click here to tell us about a PAWSitively amazing staff member!
🗓️TES Looking Ahead:
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Wednesday, October 9- Walk, Bike, and Roll to School Day
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Wednesday, October 9- PTO Meeting @ 6:30pm (Terraset Cafeteria)
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Monday, October 14- No School (Teacher Workday)
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Monday, October 21- AAP Parent Referral Information @ 5:30 – 6:30pm (Terraset Library)
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Monday, October 28- 3-hour Early Release for students
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Thursday, October 31- 2-hour Early Release: End of 1st Quarter
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Friday, November 1- No School (Diwali)
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Monday, November 4- No School (Teacher Workday)
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Tuesday, November 5- No School (Teacher Workday)
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