In this Paw Print:
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School News:
- Principal's Message 🗣️
- Where in the School is Ms. Andujar!?🔍
- Strength Story 💪
- 6th Grade Bake Sale 🧁🍪
- Outstanding Employee Awards ⭐
- Help Create a Monarch Waystation 🦋
- Veterans Day Celebration 🪖🎖️
- Advanced Academics News🧠
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PTA News:
- Before School Running & Walking Club 👟
- Join the PTA! ❤️
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Community News:
- Rocky Run Middle School Exchange Program🗺️🛫
- Scouting for Food 🥫
Dear Poplar Tree Families,
We cannot believe we have reached the end of the first quarter! Time has flown by! Whether students have been working on counting and fact fluency in our younger grades or decimals and fractions in the upper grades, identifying the 5 Regions of Virginia or exploring Life Cycles and Ecosystems, building foundational literacy skills that help them to become avid readers as they get older...all our students have already grown so much since August!
It was a great week of Incentives in honor of raising so much money for our Panther Prowl! Monday, we had Free Choice Seating in the cafeteria! Check out our Facebook post about this HERE. Wednesday, some of our teachers got tattooed by those students that raised the most money! See a video about this HERE! Today many teachers are dressed in crazy/silly costumes and in the next couple week's we'll have our K-Poplar Karaoke since our school as a whole raised over $25,000! Way to go Panthers!
We are very excited to honor our Veterans next Friday, November 7. Our annual Veterans Day celebration is always a favorite for our staff, students, and community. If you or a family member are planning to attend, please do not forget to RSVP via the form linked HERE.
Remember there is no school for students Monday, November 3 and Tuesday November 4. We hope everyone enjoys their weekend!
Sue Andujar, Principal
Amy Alley, Assistant Principal
Where in the school is Ms. Andujar!?
Click the image below to get a VERY EXCITING update about our elevator!!
💪Strength Stories 🎯
This week's Strength Story features William & Ryan Dalianis and Nathan & Ryan Fahim!
- Goal: To hike the Grinnell Glacier Trail - 12 miles with an elevation gain of 2,075 in Glacier National Park
- What did they do to achieve this goal? Hiked numerous trails in Northern Virginia with backpacks and elevation gains
- Did they accomplish their goal? YES!!!
- What advice do they have for others working towards a goal
⛰️Way to go boys!🥾
To have your child featured in a Strength Story please complete THIS FORM!
🧁6th Grade Bake Sale🍪
Our 6th grade class will be having a Bake Sale on Election Day - Tuesday, November 4 in the front of Poplar Tree! Consider coming out to try a delicious baked good and donating to the 6th grade class! All donations will help make the 6th grade class' last year in Elementary School extra special!
6th grade students and families are asked to please volunteer to donate baked goods (homemade OR store bought) and sell them the day of the event.
Volunteer HERE!
⭐Outstanding Employees⭐
Do you know an amazing employee? We are now accepting nominations to recognize our outstanding employees at Poplar Tree ES for the 2025-2026 school year! Families are invited to nominate an outstanding employee by Oct. 31 using the link HERE!
🦋Help Create a Monarch Waystation 🦋
We are gathering plastic gallon milk jugs to help us grow milkweed. Once we have 30 milk jugs, we can start to grow our Monarch Butterfly Habitat. Please drop off your empty milk jugs in the labeled box in the front lobby.
🎖️PTES Celebrates our Veterans🎖️
Family members of our Poplar Tree students who have served or are currently serving in the military are invited to join us for an in-person celebration on Friday, November 7, 2025!
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The celebration will go as follows:
- ⭐ 9:00 am - Reception for Veterans in the Library
- ⭐ 9:15 am - Schoolwide Assembly in the gym
To have your Veterans' photo in a video slideshow we will be showing at the celebration, to sign up for your Veteran to speak at our assembly, or to RSVP to the event, please complete THIS FORM by Monday, November 3! If you have previously submitted a photo, we will use it again unless you would like to submit a NEW photo!
You will have to have a Google account to share your photo on this form. If you do not have one, you can send the photo via email to Leslie Leisey at lfleisey@fcps.edu.
⭐We look forward to honoring all of our Veterans!⭐
🤝Parent Meeting
Thank you to all who joined us for the hybrid Advanced Academic Parent Meeting this week!
- You can see a recording of the meeting HERE.
- You can view the slides that were shared HERE.
Please reach out to Kim Keleher (kjkeleher@fcps.edu) should you have any questions!
📅Referral Deadlines
Full-Time Referral Forms Due December 15.
Learn more HERE!!
❤️ Join the PTA! ❤️
Please join the PTA to help support our school!!
If you haven't joined yet, please do so HERE!
Rocky Run Middle School
🗺️ Exchange Program🛫
Opportunity for the 2026-27 School Year
Will your child be attending Rocky Run Middle School as a 7th Grader during the 2026-2027 school year? We have a unique opportunity for adventurous students to participate in an “exchange” program with students from the Warriner School in Bloxham, England. There will be an interest meeting for parents and students to learn about the program on November 19th at 6:30 pm in the Rocky Run Library. This program is open to all current 6th Grade students who will be attending Rocky Run as 7th Graders next year. Please see the attached flyer and video for more information. Questions? Contact Laura Robertson at lsrobertson@fcps.edu, 703-802-7700
🥫Non-Perishable Food Donations
Cub Scout Pack 1459 and Troop 695 will be tagging doors the weekend of November 1st to remind families to put out non-perishable food donations by 8:30 AM the morning of Saturday, November 8th!
Thank you for your support!
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