Husky Headlines Nov 25-29 2024

This week school purchased new "snackleboxes" for our staff. We filled them up with little snacks to help fuel our staff through the busy week with items such as M&M's, nuts, gummy worms, raisins, pretzels, goldfish, animal crackers, skittles, jelly beans (any small type of snack) If any parents would like to donate any bags of these items to help us replenish these snackleboxes throughout the year please drop off your donations in the main office. Thank You!

Nov 27-29 Thanksgiving holiday No School

Dec 2 9:45 Gr 5 Student CCPS Climate Surveys

Dec 2-20 SOL Testing Grades 3-5

Reading: 3rd-12/4, 4th-12/5, 5th-12/6

Math: 3rd-12/10, 4th-12/11, 5th-12/12

Makeups: 12/16-12/19

Dec 14 PTA Holiday Shop 9-1

Dec 19 11-1:30 Gr 1 Field Trip Drifty the Snowman Show

The PTA Holiday Shop is coming to town! Join us on Saturday, December 14th from 9am-1pm, as we turn the school’s cafeteria into a shopping experience! Students will have the opportunity to purchase gifts for loved ones, with an array of items ranging from 50 cents to $12! This is not a fundraiser, it is an event that we enjoy providing to the students of Spring Run Elementary! We use Penguin Patch as our partnering company to supply these items.

Could you help us too? We are asking for volunteers to help us set up for the event on the evening of Friday December 13th & during the event on Saturday! All the information is in the link! Sign up to help and have your name entered into a drawing to win a shopping voucher from the Penguin Patch company!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090F4AA5AC29A2FA7-53467375-holiday

Black Friday Spirit Wear Sale! Take an extra 15% off your purchase of spirit wear when you use code GOBBLEGOBBLE at our PTA Store between November 29 - December 2. https://springrunpta.givebacks.com/store?limit=21&live=true

Attention 5th Grade Parents! Baby Pictures needed for the yearbook!: It is a Spring Run tradition to include our 5th graders’ baby pictures in the yearbook! If you have a 5th grade student, please submit a baby picture of them using the link below. INSTRUCTIONS: Click the link, use your own information to log in. Once you have uploaded the picture, it will ask you to “fast tag” the picture - this is where you enter your student’s first and last name. All submissions will be due by January 15th. You may use this link: https://photos.jostens.com/477P7X

Have pictures to submit to the yearbook committee? Use this link:

Yearbook Pictures Submission The deadline to submit pictures for review is February 15, 2025.

Want to purchase a yearbook? Use the link listed here, make sure to search for Spring Run Elementary! jostens.com/backtoschool

We Sell Spirit Wear! Check out what's in stock today at the PTA Store !

Enjoy treating your staff members? Every year we create a “Staff Favorites List” to take the guesswork out of treating our wonderful staff members! Check out the list here: Teacher / Staff Favorites

Important PTA Dates

12/14 Holiday Shop, 9am-1pm

Hello Husky Families,

Please see this note from the Square 1 Art Fundraiser Company…

Coming home to you soon is your child's custom catalog for the Square 1 Art fundraiser catalog - featuring their own name and art on the cover, WITH FREE STICKERS OF THEIR ART!

Get a head start, and start ordering keepsakes and gifts featuring your child's art online NOW, if you like! Simply search for your child's art using Art Search, and enter state, school name, and your student's name. Your student's art and code will appear, and you may order! NEW - *Ship to Home FREE. (*Customer pays a small processing fee at checkout and order ships to home.)

Order by: 12/2/2024

Upload additional art if you like, using Art Upload!

If you have questions, or need anything at all, contact customer care online .

Thank you for supporting our school!

Michele Kelly

Square 1 Art fundraiser coordinator

Spring Run Elementary

square1art.com/shop

• Chesterfield schools and school offices will be closed Nov. 27-29 for Thanksgiving.

• Winter break for students and teachers will run Dec. 23 through Jan. 3.

• Complete student calendars for 2024-25 are available on the school division website.

The School Board is considering changes to policy 4010-R regarding student cellphones during the school day. To see video of the Nov. 12 meeting where the changes were introduced, click this link, then click the Swagit Video icon at the bottom of the page, then click item G to skip to the discussion agenda segment of the video.

Have you heard about this easy and important way to honor outstanding teachers and staff members of Chesterfield County Public Schools? You can nominate them for the Superintendent’s Game Changer Award! Everyone is encouraged to use this simple online form to recognize employees who go above and beyond to connect with students, build relationships, provide engaging learning opportunities and help families.

Nominations are accepted throughout the school year. Then each month, 21 remarkable employees will be chosen and will receive their awards when the superintendent and a School Board representative stop by to surprise them.

But before any teacher or school employee can receive the Superintendent’s Game Changer Award, they first have to be nominated by a parent, student, colleague or community member.

So how about it? How many game changers do you know? Please nominate them by answering the five easy questions on the nomination form. By spending five minutes of your day to fill out the form, you can spark great joy throughout Chesterfield County Public Schools.

School safety is a top priority, and Chesterfield County Public Schools remains on alert year-round. The latest video in our CCPS in the Know series focuses on how we work to keep students and staff safe. You can get more information about school safety on this webpage.

This fall, Chesterfield County Public Schools launched the CCPS in the Know video series to give quick-but-helpful insights into central Virginia’s largest school system. If you have a question that you’d like answered, then ask it here. We’ll cover as many topics as we can. You can see all of the videos via this playlist, with captions available in English and in Spanish.

Free online tutoring is available for students in grades 3-12 via Stride Tutoring.

Students can reserve time for online video meetings with tutors licensed in subject areas in which they need additional support. Students do not need a teacher referral or recommendation and there are no fees for families.

To access Stride Tutoring, students along with their families should go to the backpack icon on the RapidIdentity dashboard using their CCPS-issued Chromebook. Click the Stride Tutoring icon under the “District Applications” heading. No additional login credentials are required.

Stride tutors are certified teachers who develop instruction to help students succeed. Tutoring sessions may be scheduled for any subject/topic/concept where additional instruction is needed. Students may share materials from class and representations of their work to help the tutor best align the session with the work being done in the classroom.

At this time, there is no limit to the number of tutoring sessions a student may use. Additional information, including FAQ and a quick-start guide for logging on to the Stride platform, is available at oneccps.org/tutors.

To provide this service, Chesterfield County Public Schools is using funds available through the Virginia Department of Education’s ALL In initiative as well as other funding sources. Free tutoring will be open to students as long as funds are available.

5th Grade Yearbook Baby Pictures: Time To Submit!

Hello, parents! Can you believe that you have a 5th grader already? Where has the time gone?!

For the yearbook this year, we want to showcase those adorable baby pictures! This will be a

really fun way to see the changes in your child as they conclude their time in elementary school.

Below is the how and when of it all...

1. Deadline to submit: January 15, 2025

2. How to submit: https://photos.jostens.com/477P7X

3. IMPORTANT! When you upload your picture, save it in the following format: “Last

name, First name” (ex: “Smith, Ashley”).

4. If you’re unable to save your picture with the above format, please “fast tag” the picture,

which is an option when you upload the picture to the website.

If you have any questions, or run into any issues with the upload process, feel free to contact the

yearbook committee chair, Beth Miller at bethmiller00@gmail.com or you can text/call her at:

703-967-3751.

Thank you for helping make this an awesome yearbook for your children!

Best,

The SRES Yearbook Committee

What is Club 3:16?

Started by students in the spring of 2022, Club 3:16 is a place for students grades 3-5th to meet and greet with others who are interested in exploring and growing their faith in Jesus. 3:16 was named by students after the scripture passage John 3:16.

What do we do at Club 3:16? At this club you’ll meet new people, sing songs, play some team games and hear a message about faith that you’ll get to talk about with other students.

How can I attend Club 3:16? If you’re interested in Club 3:16 you can fill out the permission slip in the weekly school parent newsletter. You can attend all or just some of the meetings!

When are Club 3:16 Meeting Dates?

October 9, 23

November 13

December 11

January 8, 22

February 12, 26

March 12, 26

April 9, 23

May 14

When is the first Club 3:16 hangout? Our kickoff for 3:16 will be at See You at The Pole with families on September 25, 2023 BEFORE school at 8:30 at the flagpole.

On regular club dates: when you arrive to school, please enter from the parent pickup loop at the gym entrance no earlier that 8:15.

Before you attend you must submit a permission slip below.

Club Permission Slip

See you there!

Welcome, Husky Families! School season is here which means another year that your PTA supports SRES! The mission of the PTA is To make every child's potential a reality by engaging and empowering families and communities to advocate for all children. We want to promote an environment at school where teachers and administrators can do their best work and our students can do their best learning. We’re always eager to find more great people, like you, to help us meet this goal. Interested in being more involved with PTA? Send an email to volunteer@springrunpta.com

2024-2025 PTA Board

President-Ashlee Creador

VP Programs-Nakia Taylor

VP Membership-Eva Skillman

VP Ways & Means-Sara Eisert-Wlodarczyk

Treasurer-Matt McCollester

Secretary-Kara Fisher

PTA Meetings: Join us in the library at 7pm on the third Tuesday of each month, or look for the virtual meeting information in Mr. Hart’s weekly email or the Facebook page.

These school wide expectations are modeled and taught by your child's teacher in class, by our counselors when they teach lessons in classrooms, by our administrative team when they visit classrooms and via our AM Husky News Program broadcast in every classroom.

We have developed a new online student absence reporting form. If/when your child will be absent from school you can complete this simple online form instead of calling and reporting your child's absence to the office. When a parent completes this form it sends a notification to the main office so the attendance secretary can record your child's absence in our Synergy student database. We hope you will find this new tool useful and helpful in reporting your child's absences.

Here is the new form https://bit.ly/3TsQjeq

CCPS Hiring Substitutes: If you’re looking for a flexible schedule so you can work when you choose, then consider applying to become a substitute teacher. Chesterfield County Public Schools pays substitute teachers $136 on regular days and $203 on Fridays and high-demand days.

Requirements to work as a substitute teacher include:

• Be at least 18 years old.
• Hold a high school diploma or a GED certificate.
• Have two years of work experience with children (paid or unpaid) or have at least 60 college credit hours.
• To work as a long-term sub, at least 60 college credit hours are required and a bachelor’s degree is preferred.

Coffee & Conversation is an easy way to connect with experts offering advice on topics helpful to parents. The free online gatherings take place 1-2 p.m. weekly. See the full schedule and register here for topics of your choice

• Dec. 4: Managing Screen Time

• Dec. 11: Recognizing the Signs of Human Trafficking

SRES Staff Game Changer nominations are open

Nomination forms are open for Game Changer Awards. Nominations are due by the 21st of each month. Game Changer nominations may be submitted by anyone – staff or community members. Nominations are due by Sept. 21 for upcoming awards. Submit your nomination here.

The Chesterfield County Health Department has shared that there have been increased reports of pediatric pneumonia in Virginia. Here are tips they have provided:

• Wash hands often, especially when exposed to someone with an infection or when touching objects that may be contaminated.

• Cover mouth and nose with a disposable tissue when coughing or sneezing or use your inner arm (elbow crease), but do not use your hands.

• Dispose of facial tissues that contain nasal secretions after each use. Wash hands afterwards.

• Avoid touching the eyes, nose or mouth.

• Routinely clean and disinfect commonly touched surfaces, toys, etc.

• Students who are sick should remain home until they are fever-free for a full 24-hours without the use of fever-reducing medication and other symptoms have improved such that they are feeling well enough to participate in school activities.

• Avoid close contact with people who are sick

Now is a great time to download the Chesterfield County Public Schools mobile app. It connects with school websites, so there will always be something new to view. Get started by downloading the free Chesterfield Schools app from the Apple App Store or Google Play, then dive in to discover all of the information at your fingertips. Choose which schools to follow — be sure to follow the school district too — then you can find out what’s for lunch, see a calendar of events, find out when teams are playing and much more.

Interested in volunteering this year? You will need to submit an application to CCPS as a volunteer which goes through a central approval process that includes a background check. This could take two to four weeks, so be sure to allow ample time for your application to be reviewed before you plan to volunteer. Submit your application here: https://apps.raptortech.com/Apply/NDYyOmVuLVVT

You must submit an application if you plan to:

Chaperone a field trip

Advise a club or sports team

Participate in mentor groups

Work with students unsupervised

You do not have to submit an application if you are:

Visiting for lunch

Helping in the library or office

A college student in classrooms for program credit

18 or younger

A supervised classroom helper such as a room mom, assisting with a class party, etc.

Parents, Here is the CCPS county website where you can find forms and publications for back to school such as the CCPS Parent Handbook, Health forms, Free and reduced lunch forms, chromebook device agreements, etc. https://oneccps.org/publications-and-forms/