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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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Spring Portraits Spring Portraits are scheduled for Wednesday, April 28th.
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Registration for Creative Drama
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. Click HERE To Register Now
Scholarships are available; contact the front office for more information. |
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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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How to Thrive at Longfellow MS
Wednesday, April 21 - 7 to 9 PM at McLean High School: How to Thrive at Longfellow MS; Sponsored by Longfellow MS PTA (Parents Only) |
 Is your child the Class Clown? Or full of Drama? Summer Quest has the perfect class for him or her!
Let's Put on a Play is the only full-day Summer Quest class and is offered to rising 4th, 5th and 6th graders during the first week of Summer Quest, July 12-16.
Join Mrs. Moseley, renown Chesterbrook Drama Queen and Theatre major at Northwestern University, for five full days (9:00 AM to 3:30 PM) of Drama Fun. Your little Brad or Meryl will work on costumes and props; learn how to build a character; act silly and have fun; and, flex their creative muscles! From casting to performing, your child can have the experience of putting on a show in just one week. Students will act in one or more short plays based on folk tales. Along the way, they will play theater games to learn more about acting.
Oh, to be young again . . . sigh. (Exit stage right)
Scholarships for Chesterbrook ES students are available; please inquire at the front office, 703-714-8200. |
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Chesterbrook's Living Classroom Volunteer Work Day
Saturday, April 17 from 9:30 to Noon at the field next to the Pumping Station on Kirby Road (just east of Chesterbrook Swim Club).
The upper field next to the pumping station will become an upland forest and environmental education center complete with native plants, meandering paths and places to sit. Please join in and help begin spring work!
Tasks to be addressed: Mixing and screening soil; planting and removing turf grass; mulching.
Additional wheelbarrows are required. Please bring on from home. Also bring your own garden gloves and garden tools.
All are welcome but parents or guardians need to accompany volunteers younger than 18.
Questions -- contact Jeanette Stewart, Lands and Waters, at 703-204-0841, 571-294-3646 or inti@mindspring.com. |
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Staff Appreciation Lunch: Monday, May 3rd  Help us Celebrate Our Wonderful Chesterbrook Staff with our Staff Appreciation Lunch on Monday, May, 3rd! Look up your favorite recipes and share them with our staff who does so much for our children. We need donations of main dish items, salads, desserts, and help with set up and clean up.
Please Click HERE To Sign-Up
Any questions, or to sign up without linking to the sign-up site, please contact Kim Johnson at kimjohnson5@gmail.com or (703)220-7456. Thank you for helping to make this traditional lunch a fun, tasty and successful celebration for our Chesterbrook staff! |
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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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Time For Chinese!
(UPDATED FROM EARLIER VERSION SENT TONIGHT)
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
Saturday, April 24th at 11 a.m.
Saturday, May 1st at 11 a.m.
Cost is $9 per person.
The deadline to RSVP has been extended to April 16th. Checks and RSVP must be returned by April 16th to Mrs. Chou so the numbers can be finalized and tables can be reserved. Please email achou@fcps.edu with any questions. |
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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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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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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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Technology Fair for People with Disabilities Fairfax County Public Library's Access Services branch invites people with disabilities, caregivers, friends, family and other interested parties to Tech Quest 2010 Friday, May 7, 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM. This tech fair will showcase assistive devices and local resources that can help those with disabilities enjoy reading and other pleasures of daily life. Tech Quest 2010 will be held at George Mason Regional Library, 7001 Little River Turnpike, Annandale. Click HERE For Directions or call 703-256-3800. For more information about Tech Quest 2010 call 703-324-8380.
Generous support from the Friends of Reston Regional Library and the Fairfax Library Foundation has made this free event possible. A network specialist from the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped will offer continuous demonstrations for Talking Books customers on how to download digital audio books and magazines from the NLS Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD) online collection. Other nonprofit and service organizations will also exhibit at the tech fair.
To request special accommodations for this event, call the Access Services branch at 703-324-8380. TTY 703-324-8365. Fairfax County Public Library's Access Services branch makes library services accessible to people with disabilities. |
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