September 30, 2021 - Vol. 4, No. 15
Forest Park High School’s A-Street Bruins get a taste of their favorite story genres
The A-Street Bruins, a special group of students at Forest Park High School, recently needed a reservation to enter their fourth-period classroom. That’s because their teacher, Ashley Tayon, transformed their classroom into a café for the annual "book-tasting" event designed to help her students learn about book genres and discover which ones they loved the most.
This ad supports SPARK, the Education Foundation for PWCS.
Schools across the Division mark Childhood Cancer Awareness Month with special events:
Haymarket Elementary School’s LEGO® Drive brightens the day for young cancer fighters, including one of their own
The Haymarket Elementary School community is holding its annual Childhood Cancer Awareness LEGO® Drive to support Inova Children’s Hospital, thanks to the efforts of Niko, a childhood cancer fighter, and his family. Read more.
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Patriot High School’s dance team goes "Gold" for childhood cancer
Patriot High School’s dance team sponsored "Go Gold for Childhood Cancer" to support cancer research and awareness. Members held a dance clinic for children ages 4-12 to perform with the team at halftime of a home football game.
A portion of the registration fee was donated to the Ryland Strong Foundation, in memory of Ryland Harris, who attended Brentsville District High School, and Dance Hope Cure, supporting Kendall Lebowitz, a student at Battlefield High School. Thirty-nine young dancers joined the dance team for two days of rehearsals and the halftime performance.
Charles J. Colgan Sr. High School Students' Research Published in Peer-review Journal
Charles J. Colgan Sr. High School students Tony Bright, Arman Lateef, and Gabriel Ralston, have built on their science fair success to have their research published in the Pre-Collegiate Health Review. Read more.
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Technology trainer Moneka Lyons is recognized for innovative support of PWCS educators
Congratulations to Moneka Lyons, training specialist in the Office of Instructional Technology Services, for being named a Lumio™ SMART Innovator. Read more.
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Pennington Traditional School teacher gains new knowledge at Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Teacher Institute
Sheri Huret, a fourth-grade teacher at Pennington Traditional School, is bringing new knowledge and experiences to her classroom this year, thanks to her involvement in the 2021 Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Summer Teacher Institute. Read more.
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PACE West dedicates gym to a former teacher
PACE West dedicated their gym in honor of Douglas MacArthur Lovelace, a special education teacher as well as a basketball and kickball coach at the school for over 20 years. Read more.
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Suicide prevention is a community effort and when a person has expressed thoughts of suicide, follow-up should occur from different people. After the initial contact with a person experiencing thoughts of suicide takes place and connecting the individual to appropriate resources, it is important to continue to check in with text messages, calls, or just a voicemail that includes acknowledgment, support, and encouragement.
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Announcements
The Specialty Program Information Nights inform students and families about Advanced Academic Specialty Programs (AASP), Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs, Governor's School at Innovation Park, and Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) opportunities available in PWCS.
Specialty Programs General Information Sessions will be held virtually as follows:
All applications open on November 1, 2021. Consult the specific programs for application deadlines.
We are at the mid-point of the first marking period. As a reminder, there is no separately calculated interim grade, and no separate interim will be distributed. All grades are reflected in real time online, so check your ParentVUE account regularly for the most current grade information. If you are having trouble accessing your ParentVUE account, please contact your child’s school.
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The School Board will hold a public meeting at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, October 6
PWCS shares citizen comment, safety protocols for School Board meetings
Students 13-14 years old: Apply to be a page during VA Legislative Session
The 2021 Osbourn Park High School Athletic Hall of Fame inductees will be celebrated at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 28, 2021
The Office of Special Education and the Parent Resource Center are hosting a Dyslexia Awareness workshop on Thursday, October 21, 2021
Support Staff Job Opportunities - Come work for PWCS!
Saturday, October 9, 2021
9 a.m. to Noon
The Kelly Leadership Center
Job openings include school bus drivers, substitute teachers and substitute teacher assistants, substitute custodians, substitute bus attendants, food service associates, and aquatics center lifeguards and instructors. Those interested will be able to test drive a school bus from 9-11 a.m.
Register for the Support Staff Job Fair
Apply for a position
Enterprise Elementary School celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with cultural corners
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, Eliana Cabrera, an ESOL teacher at Enterprise Elementary, setup a cultural corner in the library showing clothing, hats, maps, and other items from Columbia. She brings her students into the library to share her culture and answer their questions.
Xinia Espinoza Rieu, a Spanish language teacher from Costa Rica, also shares her culture with her students. She has given a presentation on Costa Rica and life there to her students and discussed famous Hispanic Americans.
The response from the students has been very positive for both teachers as they celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. Students enjoy when Cabrera wears her festival dress from Columbia. She said, “They find it beautiful and different.”
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