Chesterbrook PTA
Friday Digest
No.31

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In This Issue
Rising 7th Graders
Let's Put on a Play: Summer Quest Spotlight
Penny Harvest for Haiti
Staff Appreciation Lunch
Time for Chinese!
Carlin Springs ES Collection
Bullying
FCPS FY 2011 Advertised Budget
Earth Day/Arbor Day
A Fool at the Circus: Synectic Theater
Tech Fair for People with Disabilities
School & PTA Partners
 
ATK:  A Premier Aerospace Company
 
Corporate Visions, Inc., The Creative Ideas Company
 
Wheat's Landscaping 
 
The Chesterbrook PTA Executive Committee Offers Our Sincere Thanks To Our School and PTA Partners.
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.
Help for Haiti: Learn What You Can Do

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Spring Portraits
Spring Portraits are scheduled for Wednesday, April 28th.
 

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How to Thrive at Longfellow MS

Longfellow Middle School
If you missed the Longfellow MS PTA's "How to Thrive" program but want to view the slideshow . . .

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Summer Quest 2010Is 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)
 
  • Questions about classes may be directed to [email protected].
  • Billing questions may be directed to [email protected].
  • Scholarships for Chesterbrook ES students are available; please inquire at the front office, 703-714-8200.
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    Penny Harvest for Haiti:  Chesterbrook Brownie Troop 1765 
    Thank you so much for the thousands of coins that have already been given to the Penny Harvest to benefit earthquake relief in Haiti.  Chesterbrook Brownie Troop #1765 has really appreciated all of your donations.  Pennies are continuing to be collected, so please keep bringing them in! 
     
    The money collected from your generous donations will support the Habitat for Humanity's response to the Haiti earthquake.
    Habitat for Humanity

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    Staff Appreciation Lunch:  Monday, May 3rd
    photo of chipmunk on log 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 [email protected] 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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     dim sum

    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

    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 [email protected] with any questions.

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    Collection For Carlin Springs ES
    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 [email protected] 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
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    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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    Synectic TheaterA silent, slapstick show based around Synetic's unique blend of pantomime, movement and dance.  Set in the style of silent films from the 1920s and 30s, this sequel to last season's very successful A Classical Fool lands our hero in the middle of a circus! For ages 4+. Conceived, Written, Directed by and Starring Nicholas Allen, whose recent Puss 'n Boots lit up the Synetic Family stage.

    Saturdays and Sundays at 12:30 through May 16.

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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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