In this Paw Print:
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School News:
- Principal's Message 🗣️
- Where in the School is Ms. Andujar!?🔍
- Book Fair Volunteers Needed📚
- SCA School Store 💸
- Jersey Day ⚾🏀⚽🎾🏈🥎
- Future of FCPS Student Food Show - Grades 4-6 🌯🥗
- Help Create a Monarch Waystation 🦋
- Advanced Academics News🧠
- SEL Screener Results Coming Soon!😞😄
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PTA News:
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Community News:
- Rocky Run Middle School Exchange Program🗺️🛫
Dear Poplar Tree Families,
Next week, we have our 3-hour Early Release on Wednesday, November 19. You should have received an email confirming the plan for your child on Thursday, November 13. If the plan for your child is DIFFERENT than what was in the email, please complete THIS FORM.
Thank you - have a great weekend!
Sue Andujar, Principal
Amy Alley, Assistant Principal
Where in the school is Ms. Andujar!?
Click the image below to see Ms. Andujar visit Mr. Schroll's 6th grade class during a Socratic Seminar!
📚Book Fair Volunteers Needed📚
⚔️ Calling All Parent Adventurers!💎⛏️
Join our quest to create the ultimate Minecraft Book Fair! The library needs brave volunteers to help students dig into great stories, craft creativity, and explore the world of reading. Your help will make this event legendary!
Sign up HERE!
💸SCA School Store✏️
The SCA school store is back! The store will be set up in the lobby during arrival the week of November 17th. Items will be between $0.25 and $2.00- cash only. Thanks for supporting the school store!
🎉SCA Spirit Day: Jersey Day!
Friday, November 21st is Jersey Day! Show your school spirit and wear your favorite team's jersey or shirt!
🥗FCPS Student Food Show🌯
Students in Grades 4-6 only!
Does your child love eating trying new foods? If so, perhaps they would like to attend the 3rd Annual Future of FCPS Student Food Show where students in grades 4-11 will have the opportunity to sample new menu concepts to evaluate and select potential items for School Year 2026-2027 menus!
During this event, the students will:
- Gain insights into the capacities and complexities of food services in FCPS.
- Collaborate on the recipe development process at FCPS through their partnership with local and national food manufacturers.
- Sample potential new recipes.
- Provide feedback on the acceptability and viability of these menu items.
The show will take place on December 9, 2025 at the Westfields Marriot from 10:30 am - 12:30 pm. We will be sending 8-10 students along with two chaperones from Poplar Tree. We ask that students who attend have no dietary restrictions or food allergies.
If your child is interested, please complete THIS FORM by Tuesday, November 25. If we have more than 8-10 interested students, we will choose randomly.
🦋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.
🤝Parent Meeting
Thank you to all who joined us for the hybrid Advanced Academic Parent Meeting!
- 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!!
😞Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Screener😄
Results Coming Soon!
Students in grades 3-6 took the SEL Screener during the month of October, providing information on their SEL skills like achieving goals, understanding and managing emotions, establishing and maintaining relationships, and making responsible decisions. The screener also asks students how well their school community makes them feel valued, included, and supported.
Individual student SEL Screener results will be available to families on November 17 in the Documents section of SIS ParentVUE. For families who do not have an active ParentVUE account, results will be sent via postal mail.
For support in understanding your individual student’s results or for ideas on how to support them at home, please review the Family Guide. Feel free to contact your child’s teacher or our school counselor or school social worker with any questions!
Beth Mertens
School Counselor
Grades K, 1, 5 & 6
Carrie Clark
School Social Worker
Grades 2, 3, & 4
🍔Foster's Grille Spirit Night 🍟
Tuesday, November 18th
- Foster’s Grille, Chantilly
- 5007-E Westone Plaza Drive
Foster’s Grille will be donating 10-15% of ALL sales (excluding alcohol and deliveries) to our Poplar Tree school PTA!
❤️ PTA Meeting on 11/24 🐾
Join our next PTA meeting on 11/24 to hear about upcoming events and opportunities, as well as the latest news from Ms. Andujar and Ms. Alley. Join us in person at the school at 6 p.m. or on Zoom. To join via Zoom use THIS LINK.
As a member, you have a voice and a vote!
🐝School Spelling Bee Competition
We are excited to explore hosting a School Spelling Bee Competition this year for Grade 3-6 and would like to see how many students are interested in participating. The registration fee is expected to be between $10–$20 per student, depending on the total number of participants.
If your child may be interested, please take a moment to complete this interest poll. This will help us plan and confirm the event.
Please respond by 11/19/2025
Thank you for your support and encouragement for our students’ learning!
❤️ 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
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