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Question:I'd like to attend the Parent Social, but with all the construction going on at Vinson Hall, where can I park?
Answer: Due to the construction, attendees are asked to park in the Chesterbrook Safeway Parking lot across the street from Vinson Hall. A Vinson Hall shuttle bus will transport parents from the Safeway to Vinson Hall for the duration of the event. The shuttle will begin at 7:45 p.m. |
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Check out Chester's
Top Ten Things to Do
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 #10 Jump Rope for Heart - April 16 - 19
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 Chesterbrook stud ents will participate in special jumping and athletic events during one of their regular PE classes this week as part of the Jump Rope For Heart
program. Since 1978, Jump Rope For Heart has been raising funds to help the American Heart Association (AHA) support lifesaving research and educational programs. Students will learn about how their heart works and what they can do to prevent heart disease & stroke. Students have the option to raise money for the AHA by collecting donations from family and friends. Materials on how to participate in the fundraising were sent home via Thursday Folders a few weeks ago.Donations can be sent to Chesterbrook through April 30th. In the last four years, Chesterbrook students have raised more than $20,000 through the Jump Rope for Heart event.
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#9 Principal's Coffee - April 17
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Attend the Principal's Coffee with Bob Fuqua on April 17th from 2-3 pm and learn more about school matters including school attendance policies. Come learn more about what is considered an excused versus an unexcused absence and what the county regulations are on this matter. The coffee will be held in the pod.
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#8 Jim Weiss Story Evening - April 19
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 Join your Chesterbrook friends for this Fun Family Event: A Storytelling Evening with Jim Weiss on April 19 from 6:30 to 7:30 pm. Jim Weiss is a renowned, award-winning story-teller whose "ear for dramatic tension, versatility in creating characters and flawless storyteller's rhythms work magic...even adults will find it difficult not to be caught up in the spell." Get a taste for the evening on Jim's website where there is a video of him telling a story about Abe Lincoln. |
#7 Earth Day Celebration & Fun Run - April 22
|  Celebrate Earth Day with Chester. Help celebrate our new outdoor renovations including the outdoor stairway and track. Join your friends and teachers in the Global Awareness Fun Run ( sign up here). Help the House and Grounds Committee plant some veggies. Check out our newest composter. Bring your smart phone and QR code reader so you can try out the Fitness Trail. Find out more about the upcoming Walk/Bike to School Day.
Details:
2:00 - 2:30 pm - Global Awareness Fun Run
2:30 - 3:30 pm - Check out the Fitness Trail, Plant veggies, Learn more about May 8th Walk/Bike to School Day, Check out the Composter, Enjoy Light Refreshments, and Be Good to the Earth!
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#6 Share & Be Chic Shopping Event - April 25
|  Join your friends at the Last Call Studio by Neiman Marcus's Share & Be Chic, a shopping event on Thursday, April 25 from 10 am to 2 pm. Tickets are $10 each (tax deductible and benefit Chesterbrook) and entitle the bearer to $20 off a single item at the store (one ticket per guest). You can purchase your ticket here. The store is located in the new Mosaic shopping district in Merrifield at 2905 District Avenue, Fairfax. For more information, contact Maryam Redjaee. |
#5 Decades Day - April 26
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 Kids dust off your parents' tie-dyed shirts and bell bottoms, poodle skirt and bobby sox, or blue jeans and white t-shirt! The SCA has proclaimed Friday, April 26th Decades Day. Join in the spirit! |
#4 Chesterbrook Parent Social - April 27
|  Put on your favorite resort attire and come meet new friends at the Second Annual Chesterbrook Elementary Parent "Spring Break" Social, Saturday, April 27, 8-11 pm! We're returning to the Penthouse at Vinson Hall for hors d'oeuvres, adult beverages, music and fun! Tickets are $40 per person if you purchase online by April 22nd or $50 per person at the door. View our invitation and purchase tickets. Direct questions to social@chesterbrookpta.org. You won't want to miss our Spring Fever Event!
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#3 Register Your Kids for Summer Quest 2013
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Hey, Chester! Why'd you sneak this one in? Its because there's a minimum number of kids needed to run each Summer Quest class. In order to avoid getting families excited about classes which we don't think will get enough attendees, we've cancelled the following classes which had zero students enrolled - Week 1: Journey Through the States, Introduction to Puppetry, Game Strategies, Making Paper Crafts and Books, Quilting for Charities (two week class) Week 2: Art Around the World, Advanced Cooking, Quilting for Charities (two week class), Journey Through the States. Week 4: Beginning Painting and Shakespeare 101.
The following classes are at risk of being cancelled due to low enrollment (this means the class needs 4 or 5 additional students to enroll): Week 1 AM: Elementary Voice, Science Can do That?, My Reading Personal Trainer, Golf. Week 1 PM: Moving Up in Reading, Arts Time Traveling. Week 2 AM: Broadway Performance, Make your own Book. Week 2 PM: Advanced Arts and crafts, Pintastic. Week 3 AM: Mosaic Magic, Shakespeare 101, Beginning Cooking, Cooking With Characters, Broadway Performance, & Writer's Workshop. Week 3 PM: Multicultural Cooking, Step up to First Grade, Summer Strings. Week 4 AM: Fun with Poetry, Advanced Cooking, Chinese Calligraphy. Week 4 PM: Learn to Knit and Step into Storytelling. .
What can you do? If your child(ren) are interested in one of these classes and you haven't signed them up yet, do it TODAY so we know there's interest. If you've already signed up your children for one of these classes, talk them up with your kids' friends' parents and Tell them to sign up TODAY!! Most classes require a minimum of six students.
For those of you who haven't focused on summer yet, its time to do that NOW! Summer Quest will be held over four 1-week sessions beginning July 8, 15, 22, and 29, with morning and afternoon sessions and an after-care program. The Program Guide includes descriptions of the camps. We also have Matrix that shows classes by week and age group.* Please note the Program Guide and Matrix still include the cancelled and low enrollment classes.
Because of construction work that will take place at Chesterbrook this summer, Summer Quest will be held at Haycock Elementary School at 6616 Haycock Rd, Falls Church, Virginia. It is the same Summer Quest program you've enjoyed the past few summers taught primarily by Chesterbrook Elementary teachers....only the location has changed and by less than two miles!
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#2 Longfellow Lancer Challenge 5K - April 28
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 Ok, Chester snuck this one in too, but only because Chester loves to run! Chester wants you to know about the Longfellow Middle School PTA's 2nd Annual Lancer Challenge 5K Race. This event is a 5K run / 2.5K walk being held on Sunday, April 28th. Elementary-age children are welcome to participate but should be accompanied by a registered adult. Online registration and additional information are available at Longfellow PTA. Same day registration is $20 and starts at 7:30 am on race day; race starts promptly at 8:30 am. |
#1 Spring 2013 Book Fair - April 29 to May 2
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 The Spring Book Fair is just around the corner - Monday, April 29th to Thursday, May 2nd. The Fair will give families a head start on summer reading and activities supplies, as well as generate funds for our school library. Plus, books make great gifts so stock up for those summer birthdays! Unlike the Fall, there will be no re-stocks during the Spring Book Fair so come in early for the best selection! Chesterbrook will be hosting a book drive for Books From The Heart® in conjunction with the Book Fair. Books from the Heart is a program of a national non-profit organization called The Heart of America Foundation®. All of the books collected for Books from the Heart will be given to disadvantaged children in our area. We will be collecting books that are in good condition and suitable for children from babies through teenagers. The drive will take place from April 29 through May 3. |
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The Chesterbrook PTA Newsletter (Weekly Digest and Digest PLUS) may contain external links to non-Chesterbrook ES PTA websites 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 website or use of any third-service service. Any external link to a non-Chesterbrook ES PTA website or service accessed from the Chesterbrook PTA 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 website or service. Any such website 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 website 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 website or service. By using any such website or service, you expressly release the Chesterbrook ES PTA from any liability arising from your use of such third-party website and service and any related content. |
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