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School & PTA Partners
The Chesterbrook PTA Executive Committee Offers Our Sincere Thanks To Our School and PTA Partners. |
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Auction Sponsors
A Chesterbrook Grandmother
The Khani Family
The Brandon Family
The Russo Family
The Clancy Family
The Gralla Family
The Chesterbrook PTA Executive Committee Offers Our Sincere Thanks To Our Auction Sponsors. | |
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Registration for Spring After-School Classes
YOGA -- Grades K-2: Wednesdays starting April 14 and ending June 9 from 3:25 to 4:25 in the Cafeteria. Cost is $91.25 Click HERE To Register Now
YOGA -- Grades 3-6: Thursdays starting April 15 and ending June 10 from 3:25 to 4:25 in the Cafeteria. Cost is $91.25 Click HERE To Register Now
CREATIVE DRAMA -- Grades K-2: Tuesdays starting April 27 through June 1 from 3:30 to 4:30 in the pod outside the Library. Cost is $61.25. Registration Opens Next Thursday.
Scholarships are available; contact the front office for more information. |
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Parents of Rising 7th Graders: Longfellow MS Events to Help You Prepare for the Transition
Wednesday, April 14 - 9 to 10 AM in the Library: Principal's Coffee for Parents of Rising 7th Graders
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School Year Calendar Update
Monday, April 12th is a full, 7-hour day of school. The last day of school is Friday, June 25 (early release). Click HERE To See The 2009-2010 Standard School Year Calendar. |
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Hoops for Haiti Join in the Fun at the McLean Pyramid Hoops for Haiti fundraiser, which features a teacher vs. teacher basketball tournament at McLean High School's main gym on Friday, April 16th, 6:00 PM.
The cost will be $5 per person.
There will also be a three-point shoot-out at halftime.
All proceeds will be donated to two separate nonprofit organizations, Project Hope and Shelter Box, to benefit the people of Haiti.
Nine Chesterbrook faculty members will "represent", and we need as many spectators as possible. The other schools that are participating in our pyramid are: Haycock, Kent Gardens, Franklin Sherman, Timber Lane, Longfellow and McLean HS. Hope to see you all there!!
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Registration is open to all students, regardless of their local school affiliation.
Additional classes may be added to the catalog during the registration period.
In the event of low registration, management may eliminate or combine a class with another class.
Children registered for full day of classes will need to bring lunch. Lunch is between Noon and 12:30 PM.
Chipmunk Avenue is the PTA's new online class registration feature. Information about Chipmunk Avenue is available by clicking HERE.
Chipmunk Avenue allows payment by personal check, credit card or PayPal.
$2.50/week fee added to tuition at time of registration.
Scholarships for Chesterbrook ES students are available; please inquire at the front office, 703-714-8200. |
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Time For Chinese!
Chesterbrook 1st, 2nd and 3rd Grade Families
Get Together for Traditional Chinese Dim Sum
Fortune Chinese Seafood Restaurant
Seven CornersCenter
6249 Arlington Blvd.
Falls Church
Phone: 703-538-3333
Dates
Grade 1, Saturday, April 17th at 11 a.m.
Grade 2, Saturday, April 24th at 11 a.m.
Grade 3, Saturday, May 1st at 11 a.m.*
It will be a pre-ordered menu and more information about cost will be announced when we have the number of participants. *Depending on number of responses, third and second grade may be combined into a single event on April 24th.
To RSVP please email Mrs. Annie Chou at achou@fcps.eduby March 22nd with number attending, names of students and their grades, names of other family members attending, preferred date (if there are siblings in multiple grades, please choose the date you prefer). Please also note any dietary restrictions. Vegetarian, non-pork and non-shellfish menu available. Questions? Please email achou@fcps.edu. | |
Collection For Carlin Springs ES  Please help us collect items needed by the students and teachers at Carlin Springs Elementary School in Arlington. Carlin Springs' student population includes a very large percentage of children on free or reduced lunches and the school does not have a PTA.
Items needed:
Markers | Pencils | Pencil sharpeners | Jumbo-size glue sticks | Calculators | White card stock paper | Board games
Please be considerate and donate new school supplies only. While we would prefer to donate new board games as well, we will accept gently-used games if the packaging is not ripped and there are no missing game pieces.
Please place items in the bin marked Carlin Springs outside the Media Center.
You may contact Shawna Saaty at shawna@saaty.com with any questions. Thank you for remembering our friends at Carlin Springs!!! |
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Summer Opportunities Fair For Exceptional Children Ages 7-21 Featuring SUMMER SLEEPAWAY CAMPS AND LOCAL OPTIONS SATURDAY, APRIL 17 from 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM at 11614 SEVEN LOCKS ROAD, POTOMAC, MD 20854
The camps represented will support a broad range of mainstream and special education school children with challenges including: LD, ADD/ADHD, HFA, PDD/NOS, mild social and emotional disorders, cognitive disabilities, and sensory integration issues.
Camp activities include: sports; performing and visual arts; adventure; personal/social development; academics; aquatics; community service; horseback riding; speech and language therapy; vocational training and more. |
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Bullying is a Big Problem Whether is is traditional bullying found on the playground or at the lunchroom table or the 21st century-style bullying in cyberspace, bullying is a problem that is on the rise. Bullying is a problem that affects millions of students, and it has everyone worried as it hits the news channels and online media.
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FCPS FY 2011 Advertised Budget
Earlier this month the School Board approved the FY 2011 Advertised Budget with amendments.
Here are a few of the amendments/revisions included in the Advertised Budget:
- Restore funding of $17.1 million to eliminate the class size increase of one student per teacher for all classes except special education;
- Restore $2.2 million for the Foreign Language in the Elementary Schools (FLES) teacher positions in elementary schools, as well as the FLES support position in Instructional Services;
- Restore funding of $1.4 million for assistant principal positions;
- Restore funding of $0.8 million for instructional assistant positions;
- Recognize additional reductions in central office support to schools of $0.9 million;
Here are a variety of budget presentations that should serve to inform you about what parents, teachers, administrators -- but most of all, students are facing come July 1, 2010.
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Online Databases Available for FREE Through FCPS
Check it out! FCPS has loads of online databases available for FREE.
Home access requires a password - see your librarian or email Terry.Rihl@fcps.edu for a password list. When requesting a password list, please include the name of your school.
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Earth Day/Arbor Day Celebration Saturday, April 24, 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM at the NVCC, Annandale Campus
To learn more about what you can do to help the local environment, come join Chairman Sharon Bulovo at the Saturday April 24, 2010 from 11-4 as we celebrate Earth and Arbor Day at Northern Virginia Community College's Annandale Campus, located at 8333 Little River Turnpike in Annandale.
Click HERE For Map. |
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Chesterbrook Chronicle Newsletter Disclaimer
The Chesterbrook PTA Chronicle Newsletter may contain external links to non-Chesterbrook ES PTA web sites and access to certain third-party services, which may include, without limitation, social bookmarking services. These external links and services are provided as a convenience, and the Chesterbrook ES PTA is not responsible for the content of any linked web site or use of any third-service service. Any external link to a non-Chesterbrook ES PTA web site or service accessed from the Chesterbrook PTA Chronicle Newsletter is independent from the Chesterbrook ES PTA, and the Chesterbrook ES PTA has no control over, and assumes no responsibility for, the content, privacy policy, terms of use and practices of such web site or service. Any such web site or service has terms of use and a privacy policy different from the Chesterbrook ES PTA's privacy policy. In addition, an external link to any non-Chesterbrook ES PTA web site or access to a third-party service does not imply that the Chesterbrook ES PTA endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content or use of such web site or service. By using any such web site or service, you expressly release the Chesterbrook ES PTA from any liability arising from your use of such third-party web site and service and any related content. | |
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