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May 2011 |
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PRESIDENT'S REMARKS | |
I hope everyone is enjoying the spring, rain, pollen and all! While all the end-of-year school events and upcoming SOL testing make it seem like the year is winding down, our volunteer-needing events are not! Our first Outdoor Movie Night is next Friday, the 13th (the date, not the movie) and we've opened up our sign-up to middle schoolers, in addition to adults. We really need some help with passing out popcorn and clean-up, etc. Please see below for more information. Also, our Spring Book fair is coming, also with more information below.
Thank you to Jennifer Barrett, Maria Huppe, and all of the Room Parents for coordinating Teacher Appreciation week. It's always a big group effort and we thank everyone who contributed. Special thanks to Kim Johnson and her committee for pulling off yet another grand luncheon for the staff last Monday. As usual it looked wonderful! The PTA and school are jointly purchasing Spirit Wear polo shirts for all staff as a gift this year. The shirts and luncheon were well received!
And thank you to Judy Williams for coordinating our Original Works art fundraiser--there are a lot of pieces to this program, including distributing materials to individual students all over the school! Thanks Judy! Orders should have come home with your child last Thursday. If you haven't seen materials please confirm with your child and/or his/her teacher that materials aren't still at school. Any questions can be directed to Judy at jandjwilliams@yahoo.com. This is a bi-annual fundraiser, so we won't be running it next year.
Laurie Plishker, PTA President |
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| SUMMER QUEST 2011 | |
Summer Quest registration is still going on! Last weekend, some of our classes may have been cut, but there is still time left to sign your child up for some great sessions! Classes such as Natural Disasters, Quilting, Art, Reading, Writing, Cooking, and much more are all still available for registration! Don't forget - after care is also available for your child! Check out the sessions at the Chesterbrook PTA Website: http://chesterbrookpta.org/summerquest.aspx Email any questions to summerquest@chesterbrookpta.org |
| COMMUNITY OUTREACH | |
Please help us collect items needed by the students of Carlin Springs Elementary School in Arlington and by needy students in our own school pyramid. Please consider making a donation of new school supplies or gently used chapter books. The following school supplies are required by summer school students and many students do not have the resources to purchase them. Gently-used chapter books will be sent home with students for summer reading.
· Markers
· Pencils
· Colored pencils
· Glue sticks
· Scissors
· Pencil Sharpeners
· Marble composition books
· 1 inch three-ring binders
· Staplers
· Pencil boxes
Please place items in the bin marked School Outreach outside the Media Center by May 19.
Want to help? Delivering donated items to our schools is a wonderful service-learning opportunity to share with your child. Contact Shawna Saaty at shawna@saaty.com or Emily Ludwikowski at eludwikowski@gmail.com with any questions or if you and your child would like to volunteer. Thank you for remembering to assist our friends and neighbors in need.
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| RSVP AND VOLUNTEER FOR MOVIE NIGHT | |
 Family Fun Movie Night is outdoors this year! Mark your calendars for a Friday, May 13, 8:30 pm showing of "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" (G-rated) on Chesterbrook's blacktop and hill by the playground.
Cost: FREE, includes popcorn
- Please RSVP here by Wednesday, May 11 so that we may have an accurate headcount (no need to bring the paper tickets emailed to you with registration).
- Please bring a towel or blanket to sit on and a beverage and snack. The movie will start promptly at 8:30 so please arrive early to get your popcorn and get settled.
- Please remember this event is a Thank You to our Chesterbrook families for supporting us all year long, so we ask that you bring only immediate family members.
- This is not a drop-off event -- all children must be supervised by a responsible adult.
We need volunteers to help with popcorn, ushering, and clean-up. Middle School volunteers, here's a fun, easy way to earn volunteer credit! To sign up, visit http://www.signupgenius.com/go/chesterbrook or contact Melissa House at (703) 506-4558. |
| CHESTERBROOK 2011 SPRING BOOK FAIR |
Our book specialists at Bookworm are offering a book pre-sale to get started on your summer reading. Please note that not all titles will be sold at the Spring Book Fair (May 31-June 2), and we will not do reorders for out-of-stock titles. So pre-order books to ensure they are available!
Here's how it works:
- Browse summer reading titles suggested by our own teachers and other experts
- Pre-order on attached form by Friday, May 13th to ensure your choices are available
- Pick up your books at the Spring Book Fair. Books will be available by Thursday, June 2nd
- Browse a fresh selection of additional titles including games and activities at the Fair
It's that easy! And you will be helping support the library with materials that support curriculum and operating expenses for the year ahead! For more information, or to help with the Fair, contact Marsha Camp, marshacamp65@gmail.com.
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LATER START TIMES FOR HS AND MS STUDENTS |
By: Phyllis Payne and Terry Tuley (SLEEP)
The FCPS School Board remains deadlocked on later start times issue for middle school and high school students, but that means they only need one more Board Member's support. Half of the School Board members recognize that our community CONTINUES TO SUPPORT the need for HEALTHY SCHOOL BELL SCHEDULES for all students and would like to work to find viable solutions.
Goals for 2011:
· Grow our petition to 10,000. Please tell friends to sign: http://www.sleepinfairfax.org/petition.htm
· Work to elect a minimum of seven school board members who will support healthy start times for our high school students. (The entire school board will be up for re-election in November).
· Push for authentic optimization of bus routing. Staff is hiring another consultant, but consultants have been given oral instructions NOT TO FIX THE BELL TIMES. There are hundreds of ways to re-arrange our bus routes--some cost more, some save more, but true optimization would seek to help students.
· Study the sports and activities schedules from counties in Virginia that have high school start times at 8 a.m. or later. Identify workable options for Fairfax.
· Share information with SLEEP supporters about how other families have coped with the too-early start times in Fairfax, including the use of a medical "waiver" to opt out of first block.
· Seventy-one (71) of 95 counties in Virginia already have high school start times at or after 8:00 a.m., some as late as 9:20 a.m.! We remain confident that Fairfax can have healthy schedules, too.
We appreciate the community's continued support. Together, we have already helped thousands of Fairfax middle schoolers. Thanks to our efforts, FCPS staff recognize that it is possible to improve transportation and in 2009, staff chose to shift start times closer to 8 a.m. at several middle schools and SAVED money.
Next step: Help the high school and secondary school students who still have 7:20 start times. |
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UPCOMING EVENTS |
May 10, 7:30 pm PTA Meeting
May 11 School Nurse Day
May 12, 9 and 2 2nd Grade Showcase
May 13, 8:30 pm Outdoor Movie Night (volunteer event)
May 27, 1:20 pm 2-Hour early release
May 30 Memorial Day Holiday
May 31-June 3 Spring Book Fair (volunteer event)
June 2 Cultural Arts assemblies
June 8, 2 & 7pm Strings concerts
June 10, 2:20 pm Band Concert
June 14, 7 pm Short PTA Meeting and Band Concert
June 16 Field Day and Brain Show assembly
June 16, 6 pm The Brain Show (volunteer event)
June 21, 8:40 am Promotion Ceremony for 6th Graders
June 21, 11 am Early dismissal for last day of school |
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UPCOMING EVENTS AT OLD FIREHOUSE |
Open House for Rising 7th and 8th Graders
Tuesday, May 17, 6-9 pm (No registration necessary)
Rising 7th and 8th graders and their parents are invited to visit the Old Firehouse Teen Center. Staff members will give you a tour and explain all of the Teen Center programs. Memberships are 10% off if purchased at the Open House. Memberships will be valid from the date of the Firehouse Luau (aka Rising 7th Grade Dance) on June 10 until September 3, 2012.
Firehouse Luau aka Rising 7th Grade Dance
Friday, June 10, 7-10 pm (No registration. Open to first 200 people.)
$5 Members/ $10 Non-Members, Non-Member waiver required. Exact change appreciated. The Old Firehouse Teen Center invites all rising 7th graders to join us for the first time at our rising Firehouse Luau Dance! All of our usual activities will be available plus we'll have a photo booth to capture all the smiles! Bring a little cash for carnival food concessions.
All participants must have either a current Membership or a completed Non-member Waiver to enter the dance. Please download the Membership or Non-Member Waiver form from our webpage and complete it prior to arriving so your child can get into to the party quickly. Memberships may also be purchased prior to the party at the Open House (see above) or Monday- Friday from 9 am - 6 pm at the Old Firehouse.
For more details, please click here |
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STOP HUNGER NOW - TWO UPCOMING EVENTS | |
May 18th Empty Bowls Ice Cream Social Fundraiser
The McLean High School Interact Club, Key Club, National Art Honor Society and Student Government, along with the MHS PTSA, invite you to an Empty Bowls Ice Cream Social on Wednesday, May 18th from 5-8 pm in the McLean HS cafeteria. Using bowls made at McLean High School's March 3rd Empty Bowls event, you will be able to select a bowl to fill with ice cream. In exchange for a suggested donation of $10, guests are asked to keep a bowl as a reminder of all the empty bowls in the world. All money raised will be donated to Stop Hunger Now.
Empty Bowls is an international grassroots effort to fight hunger, and through Empty Bowls, we will be making ceramic bowls to raise funds for Stop Hunger Now. Please join us for this exciting event and help spread the word!
June 11th Stop Hunger Now 10,000 Meals Event
Stop Hunger Now is an immensely fun, hands-on and rewarding experience for anyone of any age. A group of 40- 50 volunteers can package 10,000 meals in just two hours. Join us for a community wide event on June 11 at Redeemer Lutheran Church in McLean (corner of Westmoreland and Chain Bridge Road). Volunteers of all ages are needed on June 11 to help package over 150,000 meals in a single day. Students, Scouts and Seniors can all lend a hand. Under nutrition contributes to more than one-half of the 9.7 million deaths of children under five each year in developing countries. This means that one child dies every six seconds from malnutrition and related causes. (Source: World Food Programme, 2009)
The Stop Hunger Now assembly process combines rice, soy, dehydrated vegetables and a flavoring mix including 21 essential vitamins and minerals into small meal packages. These meal packages are shipped around the world to support school feeding programs and crisis relief. The food stores easily, transports quickly and has a shelf-life of five years. These are the kinds of meals that were distributed in Haiti one year ago and in Japan as we speak.
Questions or to sign up to help package meals on June 11th, please contact Lucinda Romberg at Lucinda.romberg@verizon.net. Visit www.stophungernow.org to learn more about the program. Groups are welcome, but please note that this is a not a drop off event, adult supervision is needed. |
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CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN AT ALDEN THEATER |
 Don't miss the McLean Community Players' presentation of Cheaper by the Dozen. This delightful family comedy is based on the growing-up years in the 1920s of the 12 children of Frank and Lillian Gilbreth, two internationally known industrial engineers. Frank Gilbreth, a pioneering efficiency expert, tests his theories on his large family. The results are terribly embarrassing, funny and---it must be admitted---extremely effective! Director Adriana Hardy leads the lively cast.
To purchase tickets, contact OvationTix by phone (1-866-811-411) or order online. For further information, visit the McLean Community Players Website.
Performance Schedule: April 29-May 14: Fridays and Saturdays, 8 pm; Sundays, 3 pm |
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JACK AND THE MAGIC BEANS AT ENCORE STAGE |
Don't miss "Jack and the Magic Beans," presented by Encore Stage & Studio. The story is written by Vera Morris. Jack sells the family cow for magic beans and grows a beanstalk. Jack goes up the beanstalk and into the castle where he finds magical creatures such as a giant, a troll, a singing harp, and a very special chicken. Performance dates: Fridays, June 3 and 10 at 7:30 pm; Saturdays, June 4 and 11 at 3:00 pm & 7:30 pm; and Sundays, June 5 and 12 at 3:00 pm. Ticket prices -- Children, Students, Seniors: $8; Adults: $10. For details about ordering tickets, please visit http://encorestage.org/tickets/tickets.html.
Performance location: The Thomas Jefferson Community Theatre, 125 South Old Glebe Road, Arlington, VA 22204. Encore Stage & Studio has provided Arlington youth theatre opportunities since 1967 and is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. |
| ADVERTISING GUIDELINES | If you would like to include an ad in the Chronicle, please email editor@chesterbrookpta.org In keeping with our goal to support the Chesterbrook community, classified ads must be relevant and fit within these guidelines.
- Ads will be placed on a space available, first come first served basis. We reserve the right to edit or refuse any classified ad.
- Ads are offered free of charge to Chesterbrook students, staff, parents, or alumni.
- For businesses not associated with Chesterbrook students, staff, parents, or alumni, we only consider ads that have an educational value or would be of benefit to our member community. A $10 donation to the PTA is requested with each ad.
Disclaimer: The posting of advertising on this site does not constitute or imply an endorsement by the Chesterbrook PTA of the advertiser. The content of all advertisements is that of the advertiser alone and the Chesterbrook PTA does not assume responsibility for such content nor does it verify the accuracy of or exert editorial control over such content. The decision to view and/or act upon any advertising is that of the viewer and the Chesterbrook PTA shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for any damage or loss caused by or associated in any way with such advertising or any action taken in connection therewith. |
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GIRLS BASKETBALL CAMP | |
Girls ages 7-15 are invited to attend the McLean High School Girls Basketball Camp. This summer camp will emphasize fundamental instruction in small group sessions. The goal of the camp is to improve the knowledge and skill of each player while providing an enjoyable, learning experience. Stations for skill instruction will include: Shooting, defense, foul shooting, dribbling, hand/eye coordination, passing, one-on-one moves, and team defense. Staff include: McLean High School Coaches and current & former varsity players.
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Camp Location: McLean High School
Campers will be grouped according to age and/or ability.
Cost: $170 per week
Week 1 (Jun 27 - Jul 1 )
Week 2 (Jul 11 - Jul 15)
Each camper will receive a camp t-shirt and an individual evaluation card. Click here to view camp brochure. Questions? Please contact MPOBrien@fcps.edu or Robert.Bouchard@fcps.edu |
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VIENNA BAND CAMP NOW REGISTERING | |
Largest band camp in Northern Virginia with over 400 students!
Our 31st Annual Summer Band Camp!
M-F 8:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M.
June 27 to July 21, 2011
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McLean High School
1633 Davidson Road
- Special program for beginning students
- Free band camp t-shirt for each student
- Class lessons with instrumental specialists
- Four different band levels grouped by ability
- Free final evening concert - all bands (July 21)
Camp Fee: $205 for all four weeks! You can view and print the Band Camp Application from the Announcements Section of your child's Blackboard Account http://fcps.blackboard.com Questions? Email Chesterbrook Instrumental Music Specialists, Allison Parrell and Deidra Denson, at AKOdmark@fcps.edu or DMDenson@fcps.edu
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We Pick Up After School!
SMARTplay is a unique, after school youth enrichment program based on the discipline of Jhoon Rhee Tae Kwon Do adapted into a fun learning environment for children. Our program combines fitness and wellness for children, incorporating physical activity with interactive learning designed to empower children to excel academically, athletically, and in life.
SMARTplay is a licensed martial arts school, not a day care center.
For more information, please call Chun Rhee
703-237-7433 (Mon -Fri 3 to 7 pm)
SMARTplayFC@gmail.com
www.SMARTplayFC.com |
Offering art sessions in Drawing, Painting, and Mixed Media
In these camps, students are taught to be
keen observers as they develop art skills.
Now Enrolling for
Summer Art Camps and Fall Art Classes
with Sue Bikoff
Master of Fine Arts Degree, Exhibiting
Artist in U.S. and Overseas, 26 years of
teaching experience in universities and
magnet art schools.
Call or email now to enroll
703-790-0671
sue@artworksstudiob.com
www.artworksstudiob.com |
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Write & Read Right!
Fairfax County 7th Grade English Teacher available
to tutor 4th grade through 6th grade students.
*Expand your child's writing skills
*Strengthen their reading comprehension
*Increase their vocabulary
*Improve their grammar and spelling
*Prepare them for the SOLs
Contact Mary Kay Folk at 703-801-7188 or email Mary.Folk@fcps.edu
I have been teaching 7th grade English for 17 years. I have a Master's Degree in Reading and a Master's Degree in English; in addition, I have endorsements in Gifted Education and as a Reading Specialist. I can tutor students at the local library or in the convenience of your home.
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Any time of day - Any day of the week
Professional - Reliable - Newborn Caregivers
We help with siblings too!
Let us help you get your life in order!
Visit:
www.mommy-relief.com
703-532-MOMS (6667) |
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Former Chesterbrook student, Maya Kavaler, who is a senior at the Maret School in the District, is available to babysit Monday-Fridays from the last week in June until the 10thof August from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. She is also willing to work the occasional evening and weekend. Maya is a lovely girl! She has volunteered since the eighth grade helping to care for 2-4 year olds at the daycare facility run by Martha's Table, a soup kitchen in the District. She is asking for $12 an hour, and $15 if she needs to drive. Maya's contact points are maya.kavaler@gmail.com orhkavaler@msn.com; 703-237-5340 (home) and 703-850-1402 (cell). |
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