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Calendar Reminders

3rd Quarter End, Eid al-Fitr, and Student Holiday

Friday, March 28, is the last day of the third quarter. It is a full day of school for students. 

All FCPS schools and offices are closed on Monday, March 31, for Eid al-Fitr. Tuesday, April 1, is a student holiday and teacher workday

Eid al-Fitr, also known as small Eid, marks the end of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting, and is celebrated during the first three days of Shawwal, the 10th month of the Islamic calendar. Muslims congregate that morning for Eid prayers. It is a time of official receptions and private visits, when friends greet one another, presents are given, new clothes are worn, and the graves of relatives are visited. The most common way to wish someone a Happy Eid al-Fitr is Eid Mubarak, which means “blessed feast” (or festival).

Top Fundraisers Luncheon

Congratulations to Natalia, Avery, Sebastian, Zoey and Jordan who were the top earners from the Fun Run Fundraiser.  They enjoyed a special lunch with Principal D'Amato, Assistant Principal Hitz and Mrs. Holmberg.  Way to go!

Kindergarten 2025-2026

Rising Kindergarten students and parents are invited to attend our Kindergarten Orientation on Tuesday, April 1st at noon!

Families will have the opportunity to meet our Principal, Mr. D’Amato and our Assistant Principal, Mrs. Hitz, along with our Kindergarten Team who will share some ideas for how to prepare your child for school next year.

While parents meet with our staff, the rising Kindergarteners will do an activity in the Kindergarten classrooms and then rejoin parents for a tour of the school. We will end with a short school bus ride around the neighborhood and popsicles back at the school when the ride is over.

Do you know a neighbor with a rising kindergartner? Please encourage them to contact Deer Park so we have accurate numbers for staffing our classes for next year.

Still need to enroll?  Please contact our Registrar for enrollment information.

Preschool/Headstart 2025-2026

Do you have a Preschool student?

Deer Park has an inclusive PreK/Head Start program to provide a quality preschool experience with comprehensive services at no cost to qualifying families, who reside in Fairfax County. Though families may qualify, spaces are limited, and selection is based on need, not “first come, first serve”, with PreK priority given to 4 year olds and Deer Park based students. More information and the application in both Spanish and English can be found at this link, early childhood/preK/early Headstart application.

This program will be in addition our existing preschool Special Education Class Based program and our Preschool Autism Program. If you think your preschooler has a developmental delay or a disability contact Child Find for FCPS. Child Find is the process of identifying children with potential special education needs. Child Find screenings are free to residents of FCPS whose child is 2 through 5 years old early childhood/child find.  If you have a child who is under the age of 2, who may have a delay, contact neighborhood community services/infant toddler connection  for a free screening.

All Ages Read Together (AART)

AART is enrolling for the upcoming school year in Centreville! Classes are held twice a week for 90 minutes. AART’s FREE part-time preschool program is specifically designed for children who fall in the gap between those who qualify for publicly funded programs and those families who cannot afford preschool.

To qualify for AART, your child must be: 4 or 5 years old, not enrolled in another preschool program, Head Start, STEP, or PreK. 

Learn more here.

New ELL Storytime Program

Deer Park PTA Information www.deerparkespta.org

Cheer Squad

Cheer-IT with Spir-IT Cheerleading & Jump Rope

Rope Motion creates Emotion! Take your spirit to a higher level! Learn routines, cheers, motions and jumps that promote teamwork, fitness and FUN. We'll work on basic cheer and dance movements that have participants smiling from ear to ear and bouncing from head to toe! We bring the sidelines to center stage with cheers that include: “Who Rocks the House”, “G-O Yell GO”, “Dynamite”, and many more. Our pyramid of activity will include cheers, routines, jump roping, and warm up games. Come be a part of something bigger, sign up today!

Day: Mondays

Time: 5-6:00pm

Weeks: 6 weeks

Dates: 4/21, 4/28, 5/5, 5/12, 5/19, 6/2   (no program 5/26)

Cost: $120.00

Register here.

Nomination for Treasurer

Know someone who dreams of counting pennies and balancing budgets? We're on the hunt for a PTA Treasurer for the 2025-2027 school years! If you know the perfect candidate, give us a shout at pta.deerparkes@gmail.com.

Original Works Get creative and make a masterpiece in class, then turn it into a keepsake! With our art fundraiser, families can order custom treasures online through our special school website. Choose delivery to school or straight to your home — either way, students artwork become a lasting memory while supporting Deer Park! Students' art work is being prepared for this and will be sent out to Original Works today, March 27! Flyers will come home soon after with your student specific order form!

Spirit Wear

Celebrate Deer Park’s 30th anniversary with this fun shirt and coordinating leggings featuring a cool 90s vibe. Choose a t-shirt, long sleeve t-shirt, crewneck or leggings. Orders ship to your house! All traditional Bucky spiritwear is available too!! Click here to order!

Membership

Help Deer Park reach our membership goal! Tell your friends to join with a ONE time donation! Your membership gets you access to the members only MemberHub with features like an online contact directory and discounts!

Please join here.

OTA Summer Camp Pass

Overtime Athletics Summer Camp Pass is back to allow you the MOST flexibility and LOWEST prices that you can find in the Northern Virginia Camp scene! Just choose how many weeks of camp you would like to join us for this summer and reserve your spot today. These can be used for any of our traditional day camps (and you don’t even have to choose just one!). All Families will receive an email from the OTA Team in February for final week/location selection. Any Add-ons may be purchased at this point.
Deer Park ES Camp 2025

Girl Scouts

Are you interested in joining your child(ren) up for Girl Scouts? We have a new Deer Park Kindergarten troop formed that meets Thursday at 6pm, twice a month at Deer Park Elementary. If you are interested in joining this troop, please email Megan Durst at megankdurst@gmail.com (Deer Park GS Troop Organizer).

Volunteer

Share your talents with the PTA, we need you. Vounteer Opportunities Here!

Sponsors

A huge thank you to our sponsors for Deer Park! Your support is greatly appreciated as we move towards our goals for the school!

Check them out below!!

Mt Kim Martial Arts

Card My Yard Centreville

L and V Cleaning

BOWA

Victory Martial Arts

Thank you to our Educational Partner, Jessica Fauteux with Re/Max Allegiance for your support of our PTA programs!

Upcoming Dates

March

28 - PTA Spirit Wear Day

28 - End of Third Quarter (full school day)

31 - Eid al Fitr - Holiday - No School; April 1 No School/Teacher Workday

April

1 - Teacher work day / No School for students

1 - Kindergarten Orientation 2025-26 (12:00-1:30 p.m.)

3 - 3rd Quarter Perfect Attendance Celebration

9 - 3rd Quarter Awards Celebration (by invitation)

9 - Purple Up! Day, Support Military Children by wearing Purple

10 - Progress reports sent home

11 - Fun Fit Fridays Resume, 8:10 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. on the Track

14 - 18 - Spring Break - No School 

25 - PTA Movie Night & Spirit wear Day

28 - Early Release Monday - Dismissal at 12:25 p.m.

30 - 6th Grade panoramic picture

May

1 - 3rd Grade and 5th Grade SOL / Language Arts Testing

5 - 9 - Staff Appreciation Week

5 - 9 - Spring Bookfair

8 - 3rd Grade and 5th Grade SOL / Math Testing 8 - 4th Grade and 6th Grade SOL / Language Arts Testing

15 - 4th Grade and 6th/7th Grade SOL / Math Testing 15 - 4th Grade Math SOL Testing 15 - 5th Grade Science SOL Testing

16 - PTA Bucky's Block Party - 30th Bash

19 - Early Release Monday / Dismissal at 12:25 p.m.

22 - Spring Choral Concert - 7:00 p.m.

23 - PTA Spirit Wear Day

26 - Memorial Day Holiday

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