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Important Dates
Mark your calendars with these upcoming Chesterbrook events:
August 29: Open House & Ice Cream Social
September 2: First Day of School
September 8: New Parent Coffee & Directory deadline
September 9: PTA meeting, 7:00 pm
September 12: Before & After School Activities Sign Up, 7:00 pm
September 16: Back to School Night, 6:30 pm
September 26: Pumpkin & Fall Plant Sale Order Deadline
October 5 & 6: Pumpkin & Fall Plant Sale Pick-up
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Don't Forget to Sign Up or Renew Your
PTA Membership
Did you know you can join or renew your membership to the PTA online? Click the button below to pay your dues. Why? By joining our PTA, you are investing in our children and making a difference at Chesterbrook. PTA dues provide or subsidize a host of education enrichment activities, including cultural events, computer lab, science appreciation, field trips, family fun events, staff appreciation, staff development, discovery gardens, classroom materials, equipment, and so much more! Members get a free Family Directory (non-member price is $8) and exclusive access to our online directory app. This is an essential tool for every household! Join today!
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Back to School Items
Online school kit orders from Innisbrook ended July 31st. Please call Innisbrook directly at 1-800-334-8461 to order your child's supplies. Our school code is 107939. Please have that number ready if you call. Thanks for your support of this PTA fundraiser! All kits and other school kit supplies ordered from the PTA website will be delivered directly to your child's teacher.
If you would like to purchase your supplies separately, the lists can be found here. You need to order Assignment Notebooks for rising 3rd-6th graders, Quick Word Books for rising 2nd graders and two recorders for each 3rd grader (as well as new students in grades 3-6). These items are necessary, but not included in the kits. We will continue to sell these items on the PTA website through the end of August and then in the school store during the first two weeks of school.
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Join Us for Our Open House & Ice Cream Social!
Please come to our Open House on Friday, August 29th. It is not just a great chance to meet your teachers, it is a chance to join the PTA, and buy spirit wear in the cafeteria. Please stop by the cafeteria and bring checkbooks and/or cash if you wish to do so. We will have computers set up for parents to join on the spot.
Kindergarteners - 10:00 am to 10:45 am
Grades 1st to 6th - 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Ice Cream Social - 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
The Ice Cream Social will be on the blacktop out back.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
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School Directory Information
The PTA has partnered with AtoZ School Directories to produce our directory. PTA members not only receive a free copy of the printed directory, but also access to a secure/password-protected directory app from AtoZ via web-enabled device - so you can view the directory data where and when you need it! Our goal is to have the printed directory available in October, but we need your help! Returning Chesterbrook Families: If you are a returning Chesterbrook family and your family's information was in last year's directory, you will receive a "verification" email from chesterbrook@schooldirectoryupdate.com by the first day of school, September 2nd. The verification email will contain your user name, password, and instructions on how to access and verify your directory information, as well as access the AtoZ School Directory App. Please follow the directions outlined in this email to update your family data by Monday, September 8th. If you do not receive a verification email, please contact us at directory@chesterbrookpta.org and we'll make sure that it is forwarded to you. New Chesterbrook Families: If your family is new to Chesterbrook this year (or your family's information did not ap pear in last year's directory), please email us at directory@chesterbrookpta.org as soon as possible (please include your full name, your children's full names, and their grades this fall). We will then enter that information into the system so that you can receive a verification request email from our system on the first day of school (including your own login and password information). This year's printed directory will be spiral bound with larger print for easy reading and will include a resource guide in the back of the directory listing sponsorships from local businesses that have defrayed the cost to the PTA of this new and improved directory. Anyone interested in promoting their business in the directory can email AtoZ Directories at info@atozdirectories.com or click here for more information. If you have any questions, please contact the directory team at directory@chesterbrookpta.org. Thank you for continued help with the directory! |
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First PTA Meeting is September 9th
On September 9th at 7:00 pm, we will have our first PTA meeting in the Cafeteria. Please come and meet your new PTA Chairs and Volunteers. Find out how the Chesterbrook PTA is supporting our school and get involved!
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New to Chesterbrook?
Then join us for our New Parent Coffee on Monday, September 8th at 8:45 am in the cafeteria. We will have light refreshments and you will have the chance to ask questions and tour the school.
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Get Your Pumpkins, Fall Plants, and Decorations & Support Your School!
This year the PTA is working with Meadows Farms Nurseries to hold a Pumpkin & Fall Plant Sale. Click below to order!
Pick up your order at the school's front entrance on Sunday, October 5th from 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm and join us for some fall fun (weather permitting) including pumpkin decorating, crafts, and refreshments.
You can also pick up orders next to the trailers on Monday, October 6th from 8:45 am - 10:00 am and 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm.
Orders must be received by September 26th.
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Reserve Your Seat!
The Safe Community Coalition is sponsoring a discussion with
Dr. Brad Sachs on Tuesday, September 30th, from 7:00 pm -
9 pm, at The Alden Theatre in the McLean Community Center, located at 1234 Ingleside Avenue, McLean, VA.
The event, titled Building Resiliency for "Success" In Our Kids, is free, but space is limited.
Dr. Brad Sachs is a psychologist, educator, consultant and best-selling author. He is the author of Emptying The Nest: Launching Your Young Adult Toward Success and Self-Reliance and The Good Enough Child: How to Have an Imperfect Family and Be Perfectly Satisfied, which was the Amazon Best Seller of the Year, featured on The Today Show, and excerpted in Family Circle magazine.
Reserve your seat today or visit the Safe Community Coalition for more information.
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Before & After School Activities and
Girls On The Run (GOTR) Sign-Ups
The Chesterbrook PTA offers before and after school activities to enrich students' intellectual and physical education experiences at the school. Information on activities for 2014-15 is posted here! We have some exciting new opportunities this year. Registration for most activities will be on the website September 12th at 7:00 pm. Please see the individual activities for details and flyers that will be sent home in the Thursday folders.
Registration for the Fall Session of Girls on the Run (GOTR) will begin on September 2nd. GOTR is a program that combines training for a 5k (3.1 mile) running event with self-esteem enhancing, uplifting workouts. For more information and to register, visit the GOTR of Nova website - www.gotrnova.org. If you have additional questions, please contact the GOTR PTA Representative, Katia Luedtke at katia.luedtke@gmail.com.
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Business Friends of the Chesterbrook PTA:
To become a Business Friend of Chesterbrook PTA for the 2014-15 school year, or for more information about the program, please contact Amanda Abraham at friends@chesterbrookpta.org. |
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Chesterbrook PTA Newsletters Disclaimer:
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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