Thank you to everyone who was able to attend our joint PTA and Principal’s Coffee on Wednesday. Mr. Stewart, our school-based Technology Specialist, led a session on how we support students with technology at school and shared helpful strategies for supporting technology use at home. Presentation slides can be found here.
We are excited to host our second Family Partnership Series on March 4, please save the date! This session will focus on an important topic: Anxiety — “How to Support Your Child When Worry Shows Up.” Additional details are included below. We hope you can join us!
A reminder that Monday and Tuesday are no school days for students in observance of Presidents’ Day and a Teacher Workday, respectively. We look forward to seeing everyone back on Wednesday, which will be a 3-hour early release day. After this week, we move into a stretch of more consistent weeks ahead!
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Ashley & Jody
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February 16: School Holiday, President's Day
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February 17: School Holiday, Teacher Workday
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February 18: PTA Enrichment at 8:15 a.m. & 3-hour Early Release Wednesday at 1:05 p.m.
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February 24: PTA Math Olympiads at 8:15 a.m.
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February 25: PTA Enrichment at 8:15 a.m. & PTA Girls Basketball Practice at 5:00 p.m.
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February 26: PTA Yearbook Club at 8:15 a.m. & Show What You Know (SWYK) at 5:30 p.m.
Our next 3-Hour Early Release Wednesday is February 18, with student dismissal at 1:05 p.m. A confirmation email of your child’s dismissal plan was sent on February 11. Please notify the office if your child will be dismissing in a different way than usual. It is important that we have this information in advance of the early release day.
Join Us for Our March Family Partnership Series
Anxiety: How to Support Your Child When Worry Shows Up
We’re excited to host our second session featuring Ms. Laura Hayes. Worry and anxiety are a common part of childhood but knowing how to respond can make a big difference.
Join the Sunrise Valley Mental Health Team for an evening focused on understanding worry, how anxiety works in the brain, and practical ways parents can support children without unintentionally feeding worry and anxiety.
Families will leave with helpful tools and language that build confidence and resilience.
Mark your calendars—you won’t want to miss it!
Talk about community! A huge thank you to everyone who came out to help shovel our blacktop: Matt Oettinger, Sasha Hafner, Holly Reynolds, Vanessa Varma, Jennifer Glynn, Taylor Clarke, Hellen Rojas Miranda, and Aurelie Clermidy (I hope I didn’t miss anyone!).
Because of your support, we were able to reopen the blacktop for recess on Friday, and I think the teachers were just as excited as the students!
We are still looking for a few additional volunteers to help shovel the preschool playground area. If you’re available and willing to lend a hand, we would greatly appreciate it. Please come on up!
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This week, we hosted a “Share the Love Week” for our staff. Throughout the week, staff members wrote notes of appreciation to one another, which were delivered to their mailboxes at the end of the week. It was incredibly special to see the outpouring of kind words and the many notes shared across our school community!
We also held a “Cookies & Cocoa” event as a special treat. A huge thank you to Vanessa Varma, Helga Geirsdottir and Anna Corte for helping to organize and lead this event! Staff were able to stop by, decorate a cookie, and enjoy hot cocoa with all the fixings, a perfect midweek pick-me-up.
Thursday, February 26 at 6:00 p.m. in the SVES gym and cafeteria.
It’s time to get ready for Sunrise Valley’s Show What You Know Expo 2026. SWYK will allow students to showcase their learning and knowledge in a particular subject area with other students and their parents.
Many thanks to the parents who've volunteered to collect boards, check students in, and clean up after. We still need a few more helpers setting boards up before the event (5-6 PM). Great service opportunity for teens. Sign up here to volunteer.
Questions? Contact Micah Chi or Jennifer Glynn.
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From February 18 to March 19, 2026, a Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) waiver allows students fasting during the school day to request take-home meal kits. These kits include a complete school breakfast and lunch to be eaten after the school day ends.
Important Meal Kit Information:
- Kits are charged based on a student’s meal status (Free, Reduced, or Paid).
- Students may claim one breakfast and one lunch kit per day.
- Students who eat a meal at school during the day are not eligible for a take-home kit on the same day.
- Kits are distributed at the end of the school day. Students must pick up their own kits; adults are not permitted to collect them.
Parents or guardians must submit a weekly request form via the FCPS FNS website by the deadlines:
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February 11, 2026 for week of February 18, 2026
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February 16, 2026 for the week of February 23, 2026
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February 23, 2026 for the week of March 2, 2026
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March 2, 2026 for the week of March 9, 2026
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March 9, 2026 for the week of March 16, 2026
Forms must be submitted on time to receive meal kits for the following week.
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