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IN THIS ISSUE
⭐Recognizing our Assistant Principals
🎩👗Fancy Fourth Graders
🎉April Events
🗓️Important Dates
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Important Dates
📸Tuesday, 4/14: Spring Picture Day
📚Tuesday, 4/14 - Friday, 4/17: Sangster Book Fair
🌎Wednesday, 4/15: Family Cultural Night, 6-7:30 pm
🟣Friday, 4/17 (changed from Wednesday): Wear PURPLE for Military Kids
🚨Saturday, 4/18: Deadline to Buy 25-26 Yearbook
✅Tuesday, 4/21: NO SCHOOL, Special Election Day
🍏Wednesday, 4/22: Wear GREEN for Earth Day
🍕🎬Friday, 4/24: PTA Pizza and Movie Night. Pre-order pizzas here!
💡Tuesday, 4/28: SOL Testing Window Opens
This week is Assistant Principals week. We are lucky to have two APs to keep Sangster running on a day-to-day basis almost effortlessly! Ms. Redford and Ms. Jimenez work tirelessly to support all teachers and students -- and without them, Sangster wouldn't be the special place it is.
🎩Fourth Grade Field Trip to Kennedy Center
 The fourth graders dressed up and headed downtown for a fun visit to the Kennedy Center for a performance by the National Symphony Orchestra right before Spring Break!
🌎Family Cultural Night
We are ready for our 3rd annual Family Cultural Night on Wednesday, April 15, from 6 – 7:30 pm!
The evening includes a cultural fashion show, posters, artwork, flags or other items (maybe even food samples!) from countries from all around the world.
📚Visit the Book Fair at the same time!
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🍎Advanced Academic Program (AAP) Screening for School-Based Services
This spring, all students in grades K–5 who are not currently eligible for or enrolled in Full-Time AAP will be screened for School-Based AAP Services.
If you would like to share your child’s strengths as part of this process, you may submit the AAP School-Based Services Referral Form, available here:
https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/forms/AAPSchoolBasedServicesReferralForm.pdf
Please email the completed form to both Ms. Linda Biberaj (LBiberaj@fcps.edu) and Jennifer Redford (JARedford@fcps.edu) no later than April 15.
Please note:
- Submitting this referral form does not initiate the screening process; all students are automatically screened.
- The form simply provides you with an opportunity to share additional information about your child’s strengths and ensures you will receive an eligibility notification in June.
- If your child already participated in the Full-Time AAP screening process this cycle and was not found eligible, no additional referral is needed; you will automatically receive notification.
- If your child is already eligible and receiving Subject-Specific or Part-Time AAP services, you do not need to submit a referral form, as they will continue to receive School-Based AAP services next year.
For more information about School-Based Services, please refer to the AAP Spring Newsletter, the flyer titled Screening for Subject-Specific and Part-Time Services, which was sent home in this week’s Thursday Folder.
If you have any additional questions, reach out to our Advanced Academic Resource Teacher, Ms. Biberaj at LBiberaj@fcps.edu.
🟣Sangster's Purple Up! on Friday, April 17
Why purple? Because purple symbolizes all branches of the military as a combination of Army green, Marine Corps red, and the blue of the Coast Guard, Navy, Air Force, and Space Force.
FCPS-wide is celebrating on Wed, 4/15, but we have moved Sangster's Purple Up Day to Friday, April 17, so as not to take away from Wednesday's Cultural Day festivities.
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🚨Last Chance to Buy 25-26 Yearbook!
Visit www.buytheyearbook.com
Sangster Yearbook School ID: 732371
Cost: $18
⏰DEADLINE: April 18
Keep your email receipt as proof of purchase.
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Quick Links
🍎Important School Reminders🍎
🖥️2026-2027 Online Registration
Online registration for the 2026-2027 school year is now open. To begin the process, visit fcps.edu/online-registration. Questions? Email Maribel Sanchez, Sangster Registrar.
❗3-Hour Early Release Wednesdays (12:55 pm dismissal) ❗
April 22 (This one has been canceled!)
The last 3-hour early release day for this year will be May 13
🚙Kiss and Ride Ends at 9:09 am
Staff leave the Kiss-n-Ride area around 9:09 am. If your child is brought to school at 9:10 am or after, they must be signed in at the main office by an adult.
🗓️Attendance
Report absences online through ParentVue, by email, or by calling 703-644-8282. Visit our attendance page for more information!
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