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🗺️Family Heritage Night - February 27
Join us for an exciting Family Heritage Night tomorrow, Thursday, Feb. 27th from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.! Experience a vibrant "taste of Mosaic" as you explore our school’s cultural showcases. Wander through eye-catching displays, try your hand at creative crafts, and savor delicious food samples. It’s a fun-filled evening of community celebration you won’t want to miss!
🪄Mosaic Book Fair (March 3-7)
The Book Fair is next week!
The Mosaic PTA Book Fair will be held March 3 through 7 in the Mosaic Library. Students will have an opportunity to preview the fair and bring home a wish list, then return to shop on another day. Be on the lookout for your child's wish list, and send cash or a check made payable to Mosaic PTA if you wish to make a purchase. You may also set up an eWallet for your child at www.BookwormCentral.com. If you wish to shop with your child, our family shopping event will be on Wednesday, March 5 from 4:00 to 6:30 p.m.
Note: Backorders will not be placed for items that sell out. Please direct questions to: bookfair@mosaicespta.org
📚Read Across America Spirit Week
Mosaic’s annual Read Across America celebration is coming soon! We will celebrate the magic of books and reading during the week of March 3-7. Students are encouraged to dress for the following spirit days:
🔃Monday: Backwards Monday
🌈Tuesday: Tie-Dye Tuesday
💙Wednesday: Blue Out (Mosaic blue from head to toe!)
👕Thursday: Pajama Day (No slippers, please!)
🐭Friday: Book Character Day (Dress up as your favorite character!)
🏷️PTA Yard Sale
Where: Mosaic Cafeteria
Donate on Friday, March 14th (4:00 - 8:00 p.m.)
Shop on Saturday, March 15th (8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.)
Start collecting your donations now, and then get ready to shop! Look for our flyer in Wednesday folders next week. This year we will accept only small furnishings, and we'll continue to accept clothing, bath, kitchen, electronics, and toys in good condition. Please e-mail jennyholliday@yahoo.com if you have questions about a particular donation
🚌From the PTA: Direct Donation Campaign for Field Trips
Did you know that transportation to field trips is the biggest expense for the PTA? Every year we spend around $17,000 to pay for busses to take students on fun-filled adventures with their classmates. (The next highest expense is $3,000 for school assemblies.) If every family shared in this expense by contributing $20 per child, we could end the Direct Donation Campaign and our budget would be happily balanced. If you would like to help cover this expense for your child (and maybe friends of your child), please donate and add the expense to your tax deductions!
A reminder that one hundred percent of these direct donations go back to our school, and the 501(c)(3) EIN is at the link below for tax deduction purposes. You can also send an envelope to your child's teacher marked "PTA Direct Donation Campaign" with checks made out to Mosaic PTA.
🟣Purple-Up! Day T-Shirts Available for Purchase
Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) is gearing up to honor and celebrate its military-connected youth in April, the Month of the Military Child and on Purple Up! Day!
Due to schools being out for spring break, Virginia will celebrate Purple Up! Day on Wednesday, April 9, 2025. Purple Up! Day is a special day for communities to come together and wear purple as a visible gesture of support for our military-connected youth and their families. The color purple symbolizes the combined colors of all branches of the military.
FCPS Purple Up! t-shirts are available for purchase until Friday, March 7, 2025, through Custom Ink.
The shirts highlight our gratitude and appreciation for our over 13,500 military-connected students and their families. #PurpleUpFCPS!
For more information and/or to connect with FCPS resources, email us at militaryfamilies@fcps.edu.
🏫 2025-2026 Kindergarten Registration and Orientation
Kindergarten registration for the 2025-2026 school year is now open. If you have a child that will turn five by September 30, 2025, please go to https://www.fcps.edu/online-registration to use the new online registration portal. While online registration is preferred and recommended, you can also download the registration bundle at https://www.fcps.edu/registration/forms or you can stop by the Mosaic office any day between 9 - 2 to pick up a registration packet. Once you have filled out the forms, and collected the required documents, please call the office at 703-937-1600, or send email to jvdavisson@fcps.edu, to make an appointment with our registrar, Jenny Davisson. Read more about the registration process here.
The Kindergarten Orientation will be on Tuesday, April 1st at 2:00. Dr. Aste will provide an overview of the Kindergarten program. You are invited to bring your rising kindergartners with you as they will have an opportunity to play in a kindergarten classroom while you are enjoying the presentation. We will also have staff available if you wish to complete your registration after the presentation.
🔬Oakton High School STEAM Symposium
Oakton Cougar Robotics would like to invite the students of Mosaic Elementary School to Oakton High School’s very first STEAM Symposium!
During this event, students will be able to explore the STEAM clubs of Oakton High School and other FCPS High Schools through various booths and activities proctored by each of the clubs. This event will foster STEAM interest and learning and get your children excited about all the opportunities available in the near future.
This event will take place on Friday, March 28th, from 5:00 pm - 8:00 p.m., set up in a rotational manner so that attendees may come and go as they please.
🧑🏫 Varsity Tutors Provides On-Demand Support at No Cost
FCPS is partnering with Varsity Tutors to provide students and families with extra learning resources. Every student can take advantage of Varsity Tutors’ services at no cost, including weekly live online classes; on-demand 24/7 chat tutoring; essay editing; and study resources such as recorded content, practice problems, and diagnostic tests. Learn more about online tutoring with Varsity Tutors.
📑Resource Center Training for Families
FCPS has received a grant to offer two webinars through the FCPS Family Resource Center to support families in managing student anxiety. These webinars will be recorded, and FRC will share the links to the recordings afterwards. Please see the information below to register.
Parenting an Anxious Child: Counterintuitive yet Evidence-Based Skills and Strategies
February 21, 1- 2:30 p.m.
Dr. Jonathan Dalton, PhD, will review the important differences between healthy and unhealthy anxiety with a focus on the role of avoidance in creating and maintaining anxiety disorders. We will discuss specific parenting techniques and approaches that families can begin using immediately to help reduce their children's experience of anxiety.
➡️Register Here
Anxiety in the Context of Autism: What Parents Need to Know March 7, 2025 10 - 11:30 a.m.
Join Dr. Jonathan Dalton, PhD, founder and director of the Center for Anxiety and Behavioral Change as he presents on the critical differences in the treatment of anxiety in Neurotypical (allistic) and Autistic children. We will focus on the differences between fear and dread and why traditional anxiety treatment approaches are often insufficient when treating Autistic youth. We will build parenting skills that families can use to help relieve the anxious suffering of their Autistic children.
➡️Register here
🍎FCPS News
- In case you missed it in FCPS This Week, the school division shared updates on the following topics and others:
- Middle School Start Times
- New Lunch Items
- Talking to Teens About Tough Topics
Read FCPS This Week to learn more about these topics. If you are not already receiving this weekly newsletter, please sign up today.
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🗓️Upcoming Events
February 27 - Family Heritage Night, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
March 3-7 - Book Fair and Read Across America Spirit Week
March 5 - Book Fair Family Shopping Night, 4:00 - 6:30 p.m.
March 15 - PTA Yard Sale, 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
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