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Important Dates
- Monday, May 18 | Principal’s Hour, 6:30 – 7:30 pm; Use this link to join. No need to RSVP.
- Wednesday, May 20 | Early Release Wednesday dismissal at 12:55 pm
- Monday, May 25 - Wednesday, May 27 | No school for students
Young Artists Night
Wednesday, May 13 from 5:00PM-7:00PM
Come join us for a gallery walk, rock painting, ukuleles in the garden, and more fun!
Career Day 2026!
SLES Families! Mark your calendars—Career Day is coming on Friday, June 12 (9:00–11:30 AM)! 🚀
We’re on the hunt for guest speakers to help bring careers to life for our students! Share your journey, your day-to-day, the fun parts of your job, and what it takes to get there. Big or small, every career story makes an impact!
Want in? I’d love to connect ❤️. We can’t do this without you!
Please feel free to reach out to Ms. Roop directly as well:
rroop@fcps.edu
SLES career day speaker sign up form 2026.pdf
Principal’s Hour
This is an excellent way our families can stay connected to the work of Stratford Landing. You'll get to hear from me on a variety of important topics, and you'll also have plenty of time for your questions and discussion. This is a great opportunity to stay informed, engaged, and connected with what's happening at our school.
At this upcoming meeting, we will reflect on our current school year and preview our upcoming school year. You will be able to offer feedback regarding this school year and ask questions as it relates to next school year. There is so much to celebrate this year. I also want to ensure a forum for our families to provide feedback so we may continue to strengthen and improve our work here at Stratford Landing.
Our last remaining Principal’s Hour Meeting:
Monday, May 18, 6:30 – 7:30 pm; Use this link to join. No need to RSVP.
Stratford Landing Class Placement Information for the 2026-2027 School Year
Many families value having a role in their child’s class placement. Parents and caregivers have the best overall knowledge of your child and her/his unique traits. The class placement process is approached very carefully and thoroughly at Stratford Landing, and we consider the academic and social needs of each student. To provide the best environment for your child, we seek input from both staff and families. Our teachers drive the class placement process, and we trust their judgement and expertise when creating class placements. We ask that you do not reach out directly to teachers to make requests for next school year. Parents and caregivers can provide their input through this process. When completing the form, please share the qualities of a teacher and classroom environment that would best meet your child’s needs.
Requests for specific teachers, or to be grouped with specific students, will not be honored. Instead, this is an opportunity for families to share information about their child that would support learning. To create equitable and dynamic class groupings, it is impossible to honor every request from a family to place a child in a specific classroom with specific students. Please be assured that with or without family input, each child's needs will be carefully considered to ensure the selection of a classroom in which your child will learn best and thrive socially.
Class assignments will not be finalized or communicated to families until closer to the start of the 2026-2027 School Year, likely just a few days before the new school year begins.
Complete this Class Placement Family Input Form to provide your input for the 2026-2027 school year. This form will close on Friday, May 22, 2026.
Thank you.
Your Principals,
Kevin Morris and Shea Hestmark
West Potomac Dance Team Summer Camps
This summer, your dancer will learn a pom, hip hop, and jazz dance straight from our team! Make new friends, enjoy fun crafts and games, and create memories that will last a lifetime. Open to boys and girls in K-8th grade!
Time:
9:00AM-2:00PM at West Potomac High School
Dates:
July 6th-9th
July 20th-24th
July 27th-31st.
Have any questions? Email Coach Zandy at zsosa@fcps.edu
Values in Prevention Camp
The camp is a partnership with the Fairfax County Department of Neighborhood and Community Services (NCS) and brings together multiple middle school communities in a coordinated effort to offer recreation, leisure, wellness, and prevention programming specifically focused on tweens. This camp is not curriculum-focus. Our camp brings together students from Whitman MS, Sandburg MS, Twain MS, Key MS, and Hayfield MS to focus on building positive relationships with peers and caring adults while introducing students to new hobbies and activities in a safe and supervised environment.
Information about camp, including the links to registration, can be found on the website: https://www.fcps.edu/get-involved/activities/middle-school-student-activities/vip-summer-camp
Messages from PTA
Young Artists Night - Wednesday, May 13th
Get ready to witness the amazing artwork of our Stratford Landing students on
Wednesday, May 13th at Young Artists Night!
If you have some free time next week, the art department is requesting a few
volunteers to help with mounting art, hanging art in the hallways and setting up
displays of the clay artwork by students. Even if you can only spare 30
minutes..your help is greatly appreciated.
Sign up here to help: https://signup.com/go/oMyYpkL
Dine Out For SLES!
The Stratford Landing ES PTA has teamed up with some neighborhood
restaurants to offer you a night off from cooking and a way to help Stratford
Landing Elementary School. These restaurants have generously offered to donate a percentage of orders that come in during the designated event to the Stratford Landing ES PTA. These donations go towards the planning of community events such as Movie Night and Winter Wonderland, showing appreciation to our SLES teachers and staff, and assisting with educational enrichment opportunities such as the Spelling Bee, Clubs and the Discovery Garden. Check out our upcoming “Dine Out” Nights! https://slpta.org/dine-out-for-sles/
Panera Bread on Thursday, May 14th.
Come Join us at Panera on Thursday, May 14th! Join your Stratford Landing Friends for a fun evening at Panera on Thursday, May 14th! Panera will donate 25% of all online orders made from 6am-9pm (all day!) and use the code FUND4U when checking out at panerabread.com, in the Panera App. Panera will donate 25% of all in-store orders that show the Panera flyer at https://slpta.org/dine-out-for-sles/ (paper copy or electronic copy) to the
cashier or use the code FUND4U at the in-store kiosks made between the hours of 4pm-8pm. The event is only valid at the 6670 Richmond Highway location in Alexandria, VA.
Save the Date! - Final PTA Meeting/Board Elections on Tuesday, June 9th
Come Join us for our final PTA meeting of the ‘25-’26 school year! We will be
electing the ‘26-’27 PTA Board and passing a summer budget. We would love to hear about your ideas for events for the upcoming school year! We would also love to have more volunteers on the Board to help with events and enrichment.
Stratford Landing Elementary School needs your help!
Check out all the SLES Volunteer opportunities on the PTA website!
https://slpta.org/volunteer/
Library Volunteers
The library needs you! There are many opportunities to help in the library during this school year doing things like shelving books, checking out books, creating bulletin boards or helping to set up activities. If any of this seems interesting to you and you have a ½ hour of time to give, please consider coming to the library. The May Library Volunteer Sign up:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0C4BADAA2EA1FA7-63816322-maylibrary
Stratford Landing ES Swag
What better way to show your school spirit than to sport some amazing SLES swag! We have new designs up now..and more to come over the next few weeks! We hope to give you lots of options and designs throughout the year! Check out the SLES PTA SWAG store: https://www.bonfire.com/store/stratford-landing-es/
We also have 2 designs of car magnets available for pre-order here:
https://slpta.org/product/sles_magnet
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