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December 9th: &Pizza Restaurant Night (flyer below)
December 12th: Strings Concert 6:30 PM
December 13th: InCourage Martial Art's Parent's Night Out! 4:00-6:00 PM
December 15th: AAP Full Time referrals due
December 16th: Band Concert 6:30 PM
December 23rd-January 3rd: Winter Break-Student Holiday
January 14th: Chorus Concert 6:30 PM
January 20th: Martin Luther King, Jr’s Birthday- Student Holiday
January 23rd: Family Book Club 8:15 AM (library)
January 24th: Family Culture Night 6:00 PM
Please bookmark the FCPS School Calendar to stay informed about school holidays, breaks, and observances.
 During Inclusive Schools Week, students expressed their feelings of belonging by completing the sentence stem 'I feel included when...' on cougar paws. These paw-sitive messages will be displayed in our main hallway!
Dear CWES Families,
We hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving break. It is hard to believe we only have 10 school days until winter break. We have a variety of fun activities happening, so be sure to look through this entire newsletter!
This past week we celebrated Inclusive Schools Week (December 2-6). Throughout the week, CWES highlighted the diversity of our school community by celebrating the theme “Every Voice Matters.” This theme emphasizes the importance of recognizing and valuing the unique perspectives and experiences of all students. Ask your students what they learned this week!
The SCA will be collecting donations to make Care Kits for the Ronald McDonald House of Northern Virginia. Items will be collected now through December 18th, and they will be organized to create Care Kits to bring some comfort and joy to the families staying at the Ronald McDonald House located on the Inova Fairfax campus. Please see flyer for a list of needed items.
Family Culture Night
CWES will host Family Culture Night on Friday, January 24th from 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Please share your family’s culture and traditions with the CWES community! All families and cultures are welcome!
- The culture of your home country
- The culture of the country or countries of your ancestral heritage or that you’ve lived in or visited
- The culture of a city or state in the U.S. where you have lived or visited
- Your family’s traditions and celebrations
- Any culture to which you feel connected!
If you would like to share about your family’s culture, Please fill out the Google Form by Friday, January 10th. If you have any questions, contact Mona Mouneimne at mmmouneimne@fcps.edu.
Have a wonderful weekend,
Leslie Malkowski, Kristi McGeehan, and Mindy Milliron
CWES Administrative Team
Reminder: Window for Full-Time AAP Referrals Closes on December 15, 2024
Parents/guardians of students in Grades 2-7 who would like their student to be considered for Full-Time advanced academic programs may submit the AAP Full-Time Referral Form to Andrea Warren (amwarren@fcps.edu) and Erin Quinn (erquinn@fcps.edu) no later than December 15, 2024.
The window for families to submit a referral for Full-Time AAP services is the first day of school through December 15, annually. Forms for Full-Time and part-time referrals are available on the AAP Forms Page. No late referrals for Full-Time AAP services will be accepted.
Submitting a referral form for Full-Time AAP will initiate a process that begins at the local school and is then completed at the central office level. Our school will put together a portfolio that includes multiple data which are considered holistically. At the central office level, a committee of six trained professionals from various schools and roles will review the portfolio materials to determine eligibility for Full-Time placement. Eligibility decisions are communicated by early April. Parents may request a copy of the portfolio that was submitted after they have been turned in for central selection by emailing Andrea Warren (amwarren@fcps.edu) and Erin Quinn (erquinn@fcps.edu).
Referrals for Subject-Specific and Part-Time AAP are screened at the local school. If you miss this deadline, your student can still be screened for Subject-Specific AAP or Part-Time AAP for the remainder of the year and submit a referral for Full-Time AAP next fall.
For more information, please visit the Advanced Academic Programs website.
Join us for the Quarter 2 Family Book Club: CWES Loves Food on Thursday, January 23rd at 8:15 am in the library and/or art room. An adult must be in attendance with their student.
Students and families can choose from one of 2 books: the picture book: Lunch from Home or the chapter book: A Place at the Table. Families are encouraged to read the books alongside their students. You can sign up using the flyer found in Tuesday Folders or the following link: CWES Family Book Club - Quarter 2.
Please contact Mona Mouneimne (mmmouneimne@fcps.edu) if you have any questions.
Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Screener Results Available in SIS ParentVUE
Students in grades 3-12 took the SEL Screener during the month of October, providing information on their SEL skills like achieving goals, understanding and managing emotions, establishing and maintaining relationships, and making responsible decisions. The screener also asks students how well their school community makes them feel valued, included, and supported.
Individual student SEL Screener results are now available to families in the Documents section of SIS ParentVUE. For families who do not have an active ParentVUE account, results will be sent via postal mail.
For support in understanding your individual student’s results or for ideas on how to support them at home, please review the Family Guide or reach out to our school staff with any questions.
⏰ Update on Potential Changes to Middle School Start Times
At Tuesday’s School Board work session, staff from Prismatic Services, Inc., presented options for adjusting start times at FCPS middle schools. As a reminder, Prismatic is charged with developing an action plan to help the School Board reach its goal of starting middle school at or after 8 a.m.
The presentation includes five options for adjusting middle school start times based on the consultant’s analysis from community forums, surveys, and interviews with staff, parents, associations, and other groups. The School Board will provide next steps to the superintendent.
Watch a video of the work session. Visit the Middle School Start Times webpage for more information on the project.
 Bodhi Day, Friday, December 8, is the Buddhist holiday that commemorates the day that the historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama (Shakyamuni), experienced enlightenment, also known as bodhi in Sanskrit and Pali.
Looking for unique gifts this holiday season? Look out for brochures from Display My Art (which have already come home or will next week). You can purchase gifts decorated with your child's art, with proceeds benefitting the Canterbury Woods PTA.
**Free shipping has been extended until Dec. 13!**
If you have questions or don't receive a brochure with your student's personal order code by Tuesday afternoon, you can reach out to Erica Silverstein at easilver@yahoo.com.
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