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In this Paw Print:
- Principal's Message 🗣️
- Encouraging Digital Citizenship 💻
- Talent Show🩰🎹🥁🪄😝
- 6th Grade Sponsored Pajama Dance🪩
- PTA Announcements 📣
- Spelling Bee - Last Call!
- Join the PTA
Dear Poplar Tree Families,
This week's schedule might have been different than usual, but we were still able to maintain our sense of community and held our House Closing Circles! These events are a quick 20 minute gathering at the end of the day with each house where we greet each other, do a fun activity, share some news, and highlight students who have been Ethical & Global Citizens! The Yellow House met Tuesday, Blue House Thursday, Green House Friday, and the Red House will meet Monday! Ask your child about the expectations for assembly behavior!
We wanted to bring your attention to a new section of our Poplar Tree website that highlights the "Top Ten things about Poplar Tree!" Check it out HERE! We had fun identifying some things that truly make Poplar Tree a special and unique place to learn and grow!
Next week the quarter ends on Tuesday, and therefore Wednesday, January 29 is a teacher workday - no school for students!
We hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!
Sue Andujar, Principal
Amy Alley, Assistant Principal
💻Encouraging Digital Citizenship
In this ever changing digital world, we would like to emphasize the importance of teaching our students to be digital citizens. Doing this is a shared responsibility between the school and home! You can learn more about FCPS policy on this shared responsibility HERE!
In addition, we wanted to make sure you knew about ways in which you can help monitor what students are doing on their school devices.
- Sign up to receive Lightspeed Parent Reports sent to you each week. Click HERE to learn more!
- If your child is bringing home their school device home, you can check their history. See the image below for how to do this!
If you have any questions about technology use at Poplar Tree, please reach out to our School Based Technology Specialist, Leslie Leisey at lfleisey@fcps.edu.
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Sign Up For The Talent Show!
Is your student a singer, dancer, comedian, magician, musician? Do they have an amazing talent to share at this year's Talent Show?
- Every performer must complete the registration form by no later than March 1. Register HERE!
- A parent information session will be held on Zoom on Monday February 17 at 7 p.m. Join the Zoom HERE.
- Any background music (cut down to 2 min. in length) is to be submitted to suzanneeleonard@aol.com by no later than March 1.
- Rehearsals will be held on March 11 directly after school, a parent chaperone per act is required for rehearsals and for the night of the performance.
- The performance date is Friday March 14 at 6 p.m.
Questions? Email suzanneeleonard@aol.com.
Pajama Dance
Our 6th grade class will be hosting a pajama dance for students in Grades 4-6 on January 31, 2025 from 6:30 - 8:30 pm. Bring new never used socks, hats and gloves to donate the Hypothermia Shelters. Proceeds will be in support of the 6th Grade celebration!
Cost: $10 per student (drop off event)
Includes water and a snack. Bring cash for other concessions.
Register HERE!
To volunteer click HERE!
🐝Sign-up almost closed for the Spelling Bee🐝
The Poplar Tree PTA has been planning for a successful spelling bee program for 2024-2025. Poplar Tree is proud to offer students an opportunity to exhibit their proficiency in the art of spelling and, just as importantly, vocabulary. The school Spelling Bee Champion will advance to the Fairfax County regional competition. The regional winner will go to the Scripps National Spelling Bee representing Fairfax County. The registration deadline is 01/31/25. If you are interested, please visit the website for more information and to register HERE!
🖐🏼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
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