Boosterthon Fun Run

This year Fox Mill will be supporting a new fundraiser for the school - The Boosterthron Fun Run. The PTA will not be selling Sally Foster or entertainment books this school year. The Boosterthon Fun Run will wrap fitness, leadership, and character building together into fundraising. The kids will learn that fitness is fun as they prepare for a Fun Run. They will also learn leadership skills. Students will collect pledges for the number of laps they run (25-35 laps).  All students will participate and receive a t-shirt regardless of pledges collected. Students will receive more information prior to the event. In the meantime, check out www.boosterthon.com to learn more. 

The theme for the Fun Run is "EPIC Adventure"

 E-Encourage, P-Play, I-Invite, and C-Celebrate 

Oct 5 School Pep Rally

K-2nd 1:40-2:30

3rd-6th 2:30-3:20

Oct. 6-13 Team Days

The Boosterthon team will visit each classroom in the morning and talk for about 3-5 minutes to the kids.

Oct. 14 Fun Run (outside unless it rains)

1st event 12:50-2:00    

2nd event 2:00-3:10

*All parents are welcome to attend the Fun Run. Hope to see you there! 

Want to volunteer to help with the Boosterthon? Click here  to e-mail Jennifer Bower. Opportunities include:

*Handing out water to the kids at the Fun Run on Oct.14

*Decorating the school before the Boosterthon Pep Rally on Oct. 5

*Collecting pledges and entering data on Oct. 20, Nov 1, Nov. 15, and Dec 1 around 10 a.m. 

Dining for Dollars

Shopping for Dollars

Shopping for Dollars is a program that raises money for our school at no extra cost to you. You simply shop and the PTA earns money based on what you spend. Please register your retail cards by Sept. 30. We can enter your membership information for you. Simply click here to open the form and complete the top section and and return it to Fox Mill in a sealed envelope labeled "Shopping for Dollars". Do not include any personal credit card information. Or if you prefer, you can register your cards yourself online with the information below.

• Giant Food: Register at www.giantfood.com/aplus by clicking "register your card" and use school code 01960 or call 1-877-366-2668.
• Harris Teeter: E-mail your 11-digit VIC card number with your first and last name to smhs72@gmail.com.
• Target: Register at redcard.target.com/redcard by clicking "Take Charge of Education" then "learn more" then "Enroll in Take Charge of Education" and use ID number 103739 or call 1-800-316-6142.
• Bloom: Regsiter at www.shopbloom.com by clicking "School Partnerships" then "Get Started Now" and use school code 01315. Enter your 11-digit Bloom card number. 
• Office Depot: No registration. Use school code 70103949 when you make a purchase.  

We are continuing to collect Box Tops for Education. Plus we have a new upcycling program -- empty chip bags. Start collecting those empty chip bags to bring to school.

If you have any questions about the Shopping for Dollars fundraising program, click here to e-mail Jennifer Bower.  

Volunteers Needed!

The Fox Mill PTA has plenty of opportunities to volunteer and get involved with the school. This year all of our signups for volunteers will be online, including Room Parents and GRACE Art!  Please click here to access the volunteer sign up form.

All of our committees and events need your support and we welcome your participation wherever you feel so inclined. For more information about volunteering in general, click here to e-mail Sheri Zimmerman or click here to Susie Dunne for more information about Room Parents.  

Celebrate Calm Workshop

GRACE Art Volunteers Needed

Are you looking for an opportunity to spend quality time in your child's
classroom? Do you enjoy working with children? Are you interested in art 
or art history? Please consider volunteering with the GRACE Art in the
Schools program at Fox Mill.

Each month we present a short lesson on a different artist or topic and allow students to create their own work of art. The lessons are provided by the Greater Reston Arts Center (GRACE). The kids love it and they look forward to seeing the Grace Art docents arrive in their classrooms each month. This is an excellent supplement to their education and a fun way to become involved at Fox Mill. No art background is required!  Click here to open a flyer with more information. 

Our first GRACE art meeting is Wednesday, Oct. 5 from 9-10:30 a.m. in the school cafeteria. Your child's younger siblings are welcome to come to the monthly docent meetings.
 

GRACE Art Topics for School Year 2011-2012 

October: Native American Art

November: Leonardo da Vinci

December: Alexander Calder

January: Henry Matisse

February: Faith Ringgold   

March: Cave Paintings from Lascaux, France

April: Andy Warhol

May: Auguste Renoir 

PTA Reflections: Unleash Artistic Talent

Students submit artwork to their local PTAs. Works are judged at the local level and the winning entries advance to the council, district, region, and state PTA levels. Top state award-winning entries advance to the national level of judging.

The deadline to submit artwork is Oct. 17. For more information, click here to open a flyer.

First Day Packets

A message from the Fox Mill Office Staff:

If you think you handled a lot of paperwork the first day of school, imagine how our crew of volunteers felt after organizing approximately 650 of those first day packets for our families!  Our volunteers worked hard on this project and we could not have gotten it done without their help. A well-deserved thank you goes to: Tori Avila, Meredith Brooker, Gianmichel D'Alessandro, Cole Gillions, Jed Henderschedt, Kaitlyn Jones, Miya Konishi, Jake Krukowski, Lauren Linton, Spencer Malone, McKenna Meek, Ashley Mietlicki, Annabella Prezioso, and Nikita Sawant. Thank you, too, to Sara Vigen who helped support our staff by distributing supplies and other materials for us. These students donated one of their last summer vacation days to help us out and we really appreciate it. It was a nice mix of both current students and alums working together.

A special thank you to Mrs. Malone who not only gathered the volunteers for this project but also organized our tour guides for the new student orientation.  

Sign Up for Parent View

A message from Fox Mill Office Staff:

We hope you have already signed up for Parent View and weCare@schools (aka Blackboard). But if you haven't gotten around to it yet, now's the time. All of our teachers will be using this as a means of communication and it is important that you have access. You received information about this in the principals' welcome back letter. In case you missed it, click here to open it.

Please follow the directions given. The best time to come in and have your account validated is during the school day between 10 a.m. and  2:30 p.m. We can also help you during arrival and dismissal times but you may have to wait since the office is very busy at these times. A few staff members will be also be available at Back to School Night on Sept. 20 to complete your enrollment process. Again, we recommend handling it during the school day to avoid having to wait.

Nonprofit Youth Organization Advertising

Once each year, Fox Mill Elementary School sends home flyers that advertise membership in nonprofit youth organizations. This year, these flyers will be included in the Tuesday packet on Oct. 4. The flyers must be submitted to and approved by the principal in advance. In addition, the flyers must be duplicated, collated, and ready to be placed in teachers' mailboxes no later than Friday morning, Sept. 30. Flyers may be placed in our brochure stand or on our community bulletin board in the lobby anytime during the year with principal approval.