Each year, FCAG (Fairfax County Association for the Gifted) hosts a summer camp fair and publishes a catalog of summer programs and enrichment camps. The 2015 Summer Program Fair will be held tonight, Tuesday, January 27th from 6:00-7:30 pm at Longfellow Middle School.

2015 Summer Camp Fair
January 27, 2015, 6:00-7:30 pm
Longfellow Middle School - Lecture Hall
2000 Westmoreland Street
Falls Church, VA 22043

Chesterbrook's very own summer camp program, Summer Quest, is just around the corner. Camps will run in week-long sessions July 6 - July 31 with classes for rising kindergartners through rising 7th graders. We'll be offering morning, afternoon, and after camp sessions and are targeting a mid-February registration. You can get an idea of about the policies and range of classes from last year's program.  Proceeds from the Summer Quest camps support Chesterbrook's technology department. If you have any questions about the program, please email summerquest@chesterbrookpta.org.

As you may know, McLean High School does not offer a Chinese language program at the high school level. The FCPS World Languages department believes the program lacks sufficient interest to warrant continuation into high school. This means that the teaching at Chesterbrook and Longfellow will come to an early end since it will not be possible for our students to continue their pursuit of Chinese. If you support the continuation of a complete Chinese language program in our school pyramid, please write or call the following administrators and let them know that you value this program:

If you have any questions or need further information, please contact Michelle Joss at mjoss@stanfordalumni.org or Delia Swigart at delia_swigart@yahoo.com.

The BEST day of the year is fast approaching and this year's Fun Fair will take place at Chesterbrook School from 10:00 am - 2:00pm on Saturday, March 14th. This year's theme is FORMULA FOR FUN and that formula begins with the wonderful Chesterbrook community. Be on the look out for many more details and how you can help in The Digest and in Thursday's folders in the coming weeks on this great FUNraiser and FUNDraiser.

Fun Fair Basket Raffle Collection Happening NOW thru February 13th.

We are collecting for the ever popular and amazing class baskets to be raffled off at Fun Fair. Each grade is assigned a theme or two. Please consider buying something for the basket, contributing with some other parents for a larger gift or donating money and letting the basket raffle committee do the shopping for you!! Please click this link for further details especially each grade's theme. If you have questions, please email the basket raffle committee at basketraffles@chesterbrookpta.org.
 

LMS Curriculum Night for Rising 7th Grade Parents is Thursday, February 19th, 6:00 - 8:00 pm. Curriculum Night is an opportunity for rising 7th grade parents to learn about Longfellow Middle School curriculum. The evening's highlights include introductions by our principal, administrators, counselors, and PTA president, as well as curriculum overviews from core subject and math teachers, and a student-produced video on the elective classes.  PTA members will be available at the front entrance to help answer parent questions.

Pizza, drinks, fruit, and homemade goodies provided by the PTA, as well as LMS spirit wear, will be available for purchase throughout the evening. 

Registration for the Spring Session of Girls on the Run (GOTR) goes from January 20 - February 20, 2015. Late registration runs from March 2 - 20, and will include a $25 late fee.

GOTR is a program that combines training for a 5k (3.1 mile) running event with self-esteem enhancing, uplifting workouts. The goals of the program is to encourage positive emotional, social, mental, and physical development. GOTR is open to girls in grades 3-6.

The Spring Season begins the week of March 9th through the week of May 21st (10 weeks). Practices will be held at Chesterbrook Elementary School on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30-4:30 pm. Chesterbrook's GOTR Head Coach this Spring is Ms. Terrone. The 5k race will be held the weekend of May 16th/17th.

To register, visit the GOTR of Nova website -  www.gotrnova.org. All registrants will be placed on a wait list until registration closes. If there are more registrants than spaces for Chesterbrook's GOTR program, a lottery will take place to select participants. GOTR charges $165 per session and payment is made directly to GOTR on the website. Please note that Credit Cards will not be charged until the participant is accepted into the program.

If you have additional questions, please contact the GOTR PTA Representative, Katia Luedtke at katia.luedtke@gmail.com.

We are looking forward to a great GOTR Spring Session!

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If you have any questions, please contact Susie French at thefrenchfamilyfive@gmail.com.

THANK YOU to all the Chesterbrook families that have already donated and become a Family Friend of Chesterbrook in 2014-15. See the list of all our generous donors to date.
We invite all Chesterbrook families to participate in our "Family Friends of Chesterbrook" armchair fundraiser. The Friends program is one of Chesterbrook PTA's primary means to support critical student, school, and enrichment needs. We ask for everyone's support of $100 per family to reach our annual goal of $40,000, but your gift of any size is appreciated.

There are two quick and easy ways to give:
1. You can donate online through the PTA website.
2. You can donate by check. Please make checks payable to "Chesterbrook PTA" and forward to school via backpack mail or mail directly to Chesterbrook PTA, 1753 Kirby Road, McLean, VA 22101.
We also accept Corporate Matching Gifts if your company has a program (just send us the form from your company and the PTA will fill it out). Additionally, businesses that donate $500 to our "Business Friends of Chesterbrook" program are recognized on our website and in other ways at school.
Questions? Contact Lori Boerner or Amanda Abraham at friends@chesterbrookpta.org.