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Volume 3, Issue 28; May 20, 2025
A colorful and heartfelt thank you to our amazing PTA for showering our staff with love during our rainbow-themed "Staff Appreciation Week!" 🌈✨ Every detail—from the bright decorations to the thoughtful treats—brought so much joy to our team. We are grateful for your creativity, generosity, and support!
#WeLoveOurPTA
Dear CRES Community,
We want to share that the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) testing season is well underway at Centre Ridge Elementary. These state-mandated assessments are given to students in grades 3 through 6 and measure their understanding in core academic areas such as reading, math, and science.
While the SOLs represent just one measure of academic progress, they provide valuable information that helps us reflect on instruction and ensure we are meeting the needs of all students. Success on these assessments is not built overnight—it begins in the earliest grades. Every school day, across all grade levels, plays an important role in building the skills and knowledge our students need to thrive.
At Centre Ridge, we do not define our students by a single test, but we are proud of their hard work and want to support strong outcomes for every learner. Thank you for helping us by making sure your child is present, on time, and ready to learn each day. Your partnership truly matters.
Warmly,
Dr. Hertzberg, Ms. Baugh, Ms. Sutton, Ms. Helmer, and Ms. Ford
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Every Day Counts at CRES!
Help us reach our goal of 6% or less this year!
To ensure transparency and celebrate our progress, we will be sharing weekly attendance data and updates in our newsletter. By highlighting this important information, we aim to keep our families informed and energized about our collective efforts to encourage regular school attendance.
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💪 Let's Finish the School Year Strong!
Student attendance at school is important all year long, up to the last day of school. Attendance has an effect on student performance and on school accreditation. See how to:
- Check your child’s attendance record.
- Help your student stay engaged at school.
- Report future absences.
- Understand the FCPS school calendar.
Learn more about attendance resources.
Together, let’s make every day count!
FCPS News Updates
🐻It’s Kindergarten Registration Time!
Attending kindergarten provides children with an opportunity to learn and practice the essential social, emotional, problem-solving, and self-regulation skills they will use throughout their lives. Fairfax County public schools typically conduct kindergarten registration events, including orientation, between January and April. Eligible children can also be registered throughout the summer, but registering your child early helps us prepare and ensure we have the teachers and resources needed on the first day of school.
Families should prepare for registration by gathering documents and completing forms on the FCPS kindergarten registration webpage. FCPS offers support and resources for all families to help with registration and the transition to kindergarten. For support in other languages, visit the kindergarten registration webpage.
✨ A strong start is Goal 1 of the 2023-30 Strategic Plan.
Phase 2 Community Boundary Review Meetings
Families, staff, and community members can explore and visualize potential boundary scenarios using a customized Boundary Explorer Tool. The tool will be accessible from the FCPS website. You are also invited to participate in another series of community meetings in order to review and reflect on the initial draft scenarios before the start of summer break:
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Friday, May 23, 7-8:30 p.m., at Lewis High School
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Wednesday, May 28, 7-8:30 p.m., at Annandale High School
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Thursday, May 29, 6:30-8 p.m., at Whitman Middle School
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Friday, May 30, 6:30-8 p.m., at Chantilly High School
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Friday, June 6, 6:30-8 p.m., at Glasgow Middle School
Click the date to register. Each meeting will be hybrid, meaning that you may attend in person or via Zoom. Childcare for in-person participants and language interpretation/translation for all participants will be available as needed. Another round of community meetings will be held in the fall.
Visit FCPS’ Comprehensive Boundary Review page for more information.
🩹 Required Immunizations for Rising 7th and 12th Graders
Additional immunizations are required for students entering 7th and 12th grades:
- All students entering 7th grade are required to receive one dose of each of the following immunizations prior to the beginning of school: Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis booster (Tdap), Meningococcal vaccine (MenACWY), and Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine.
- To meet the Tdap requirement, the vaccination must be administered at age 7 or older.
- To meet the MenACWY requirement, the vaccination must be administered at age 10 or older.
- As a parent/guardian, you may decide that your child not receive the HPV vaccination. The school does not require documentation if a parent/guardian elects for their student not to receive the HPV vaccination.
- All students entering 12th grade are to receive one dose of Meningococcal vaccine (MenACWY) prior to the beginning of school.
- To meet the MenACWY 12th grade requirement, the vaccination must be administered at age 16 or older.
Please consider getting your child’s immunizations early so that they can attend school in the fall. Summer is a busy time for families and health care providers. As long as your child meets the age requirements listed above, they can be immunized at any time. Additional resources are available on the FCPS Immunization Resources webpage and the Fairfax County Health Department.
📰FCPS News: In Case You Missed It!
In case you missed it in FCPS This Week, the school division shared updates on the following topics and others:
- Celebrating Students
- Stop Arms Issue Tickets
- Next Steps in Budget Process
Read FCPS This Week to learn more about these topics. If you are not already receiving this weekly newsletter, please sign up today.
Ronnie Ram's Homerun Highlights!
We love highlighting learning experiences that support the acquisition of Portrait of a Graduate attributes and skills across our classrooms!
Collaboration in action! During our GLAD Lab with our central office GLADiators, students showed off their Portrait of a Graduate skills—communicating ideas, thinking critically, and working collaboratively. 💡🌍 #PoGinAction #FCPSPoG #GLADLabLearning
A Central Office GLADiator is an expert in Project GLAD (Guided Language Acquisition Design) strategies who supports school staff with effective instructional practices—particularly in classrooms with Multilingual Learners. GLADiators help teachers integrate language development and academic content through engaging, research-based strategies. Their coaching and modeling empower educators to create more accessible, language-rich learning environments for all students.
For more information on Portrait of a Graduate, ask your child how they are a communicator, collaborator, critical and creative thinker, goal-directed and resilient individual, or ethical and global citizen. Or, click here!
Please click on our main hashtags, #CRESSchoolofDreams and #CRESAllStars, for more awesome highlights from Centre Ridge!
We will continue to expand our social media presence this year!
Twitter and InstagRAM
DedicatED: For Parents and Teachers
How Can Parents Can Support Critical Thinking At Home?
contributed by Lee Caroll, PhD and updated by TeachThought Staff
Research agrees that the strongest students emerge from homes supportive in the learning process, and below we’ve listed a few ways parents can support students at home.
To read more, click on the article here!
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Family Literacy Program: Learn English!
Who: For parents with children in FCPS or with children from 3-5 years old.
When: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 am-12 pm (You can join anytime!)
Where: At Centre Ridge Elementary!
For more information, please contact Mary Pierri, our Family Liaison, at (703) 227-2600.
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Please Mark Your Calendars!
Great news! Centre Ridge Elementary School's events are now easily added to your own personal calendar. To find out how to download our calendar feed, please go here.
Thursday, May 22nd: PTA Meeting via Zoom, 7:00 pm; RSVP here!
Monday, May 26th: Memorial Day; no school
Tuesday, June 3rd: Schoolwide Field Day; (Rain date, June 5th)
Wednesday, June 11th: Last Day of School (early release)
See the complete 2024-2025 school year calendar.
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Food Distribution at Centreville Library |
14200 St. Germain Drive, Centreville, VA 20121
The food distributions will be offered from 5:30-6:30 PM
on the following dates in 2025:
Thursday, May 22, 2025
Thursday, June 26, 2025
Free food, clothes, household items, toys, furniture, and diapers |
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Second Saturday of each month
Distribution from 7:30-9:30 am
June 14
July 12
August 9
September 13
October 11
November 8
December 13
Centreville United Methodist Church
6400 Old Centreville Road
Centreville, VA 20121
Tel: 703-830-2684
www.centreville-umc.org
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FCPS Cares Program
Recognizing employees who go above and beyond
FCPS Cares is an opportunity for parents, staff, and community members to recognize those who go above and beyond to help others and show they care. We invite you to submit your story so we can all acknowledge the outstanding work of FCPS, and more specifically, Centre Ridge employees.
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Ram Reflection
To provide feedback directly to Dr. Hertzberg, please use the QR code, or click on this link. Thank you, in advance, for sharing your thinking!
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