 Louise Archer honors all active, reserves, and veterans for Veterans Day 2024. Please stop by the bulletin board in the gym hallway to see our display. Thank you for your service!
From the Principal's Desk:
As we move into the second quarter of the school year, take a moment to reflect on your child's progress so far. Please take some time to discuss with your child their strengths and goals for the coming quarter. Parent-teacher conferences offered valuable insights into their daily experiences. We appreciate your ongoing partnership in fostering a love of learning and responsible citizenship. Your support is invaluable, and we look forward to another successful quarter together.
November offers countless opportunities to express gratitude and give back to our school and community. Let's continue to inspire our students by modeling the values we hold dear. Our Junior Optimist Club is dedicated to fostering a spirit of service throughout the year. We're proud to see our students actively contributing to our community this month as we begin a food drive. More details to follow!
Early Release Mondays
The three-hour early release Mondays planned throughout the school year are essential to allow elementary educators time for planning and professional development. Students will be dismissed 3 hours early 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. To resolve these concerns, student supervision will be available for families who need it.
Please let us know your plans for the remaining early release days by filling out this form. Even if you completed a form at the beginning of the school year, we are asking that you submit this information again. If you have multiple children at Louise Archer, you will need to submit multiple forms.
The remaining dates for Early Release Mondays are:
- December 9
- February 24
- March 17
- April 28
- May 19
We will send out a confirmation form to families one week prior to each of those dates as well for any last-minute changes.
Language Arts Curriculum Updates
With the introduction of the new language arts curriculum, progress reports this year might look different than in the past. With our new Benchmark curriculum, rather than teach discreet skills each quarter, every skill is taught every quarter and continually reinforced and built upon. Students are not expected to have mastered any skill by the end of first quarter. Because it is the first quarter and most skills have just been introduced, do not be alarmed if you do not see 4s on a first quarter report card in language arts. This does not necessarily mean your child needs extra support in that area, just that we have only begun to practice the skill. Likewise, please also remember that a "progress report" is different than a traditional report card and progress is what students know at a point in time rather than an average of performance over an entire period. You can read more on the FCPS website.
Outstanding Employee Awards
Nominations are now open for FCPS's Outstanding Employee Awards! To submit a nomination for a Louise Archer outstanding employee in one of the categories below, please click on the appropriate nomination link. You may nominate more than one employee, or employees, across multiple categories. All that is required for this preliminary nomination is a brief statement. If your nomination progresses within FCPS, you will be contacted to provide additional detailed information with specific examples. Additional information regarding each of these awards, as well as the eligibility requirements, are included within each link.
Outstanding Teacher – a teacher or librarian with 3 or more years of experience
New Teacher - a teacher or librarian with less than 3 years of experience
Principal – a building principal with 3 or more years of experience
Outstanding Leader – assistant principal with 1 or more years of experience
Professional Employee - these positions could include School-Based Technology Specialists, Technology Support Specialist, Instructional Coach, Psychologist, Social Worker, School Counselor
Operational Employee – these positions could include administrative and office staff, custodial staff, food service staff, Instructional Assistants, Public Health Assistants, Public Health Training Assistants
Note: The deadline to submit a nomination is Monday, November 11th, 2024.
If you have any questions, please contact Becca Stille in the front office.
2024 Silent Auction - Coming Virtually In December!
PTA's planning for this year’s virtual silent auction is now underway!
In addition to fun experiences with faculty and staff and goods/services from local businesses, we very much welcome donations from families that could be included in our silent auction.
We’ll happily accept:
*gift certificate to an online or local shop
*tickets to a sporting event
*tickets to a theater or concert venue
*bundle of books or games
*experiences such as vacation home rental
* . . . and more!
If you are willing to make a donation, please email silentauction@louisearcherpta.org with a brief description and a member of our planning committee will follow up shortly. All proceeds will help fund PTA initiatives that benefit the LAES community.
We thank you in advance for your support and please stay tuned for more information about the event!
Impact Aid Forms
Federal Impact Aid provides revenue to local education agencies to mitigate costs of educating children in areas impacted by federal activity. Impact Aid goes into the general fund and is intended to offset the costs (e.g. staff, facilities, and transportation) associated with educating military dependent children and other special groups.
Please fill out your Impact Aid Form as soon as possible (one for each child in FCPS). To access the form, log in to your SIS ParentVUE account and select the Online Packets tab in the top right corner.
Main Office
The main office is now located at the front of the building. All parents and visitors should now enter through Door 1. Please ring the doorbell located on the right side of the doors and the office staff will buzz you into the building.
PTA Sock Hop
Put your dancing shoes on for the Sock Hop at Louise Archer. The event will be on Friday, November 15th. We will have food in the Cafeteria from 6-7:30 pm and a DJ in the Gym from 6-8:30pm. As always our 6th graders will hop the tables and raise funds via tips for their 6th grade celebration.
Please note, this is NOT a drop off event. Chaperones, parents and caregivers must ensure that children follow school-wide hallway expectations as they move from the cafeteria to the gym. No children are permitted on the playground or blacktop during this event.
Please consider volunteering and/or donating needed supplies via this Sign-Up for this event to make it a success! We greatly appreciate your help!and we can’t wait to host this fun event for students and families! Contact Molly Peng or Reshma Patel with any questions.
11/11 - Veteran's Day, School Holiday
11/27-11/29 - Thanksgiving Break
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