Husky Headlines Aug 19-23 2024

Dear Spring Run Families,

I hope each of you had a wonderful summer filled with relaxation, adventure, and memorable moments with family and friends.

Our dedicated teachers and staff have been working diligently to prepare engaging and enriching experiences for all our students for this new school year. We are eager to embark on a journey of learning, growth, and achievement together with you and your child.

We value the partnership between home and school, and we encourage open communication. Your involvement and support are crucial to our students' success, and we are here to assist in any way we can.

I wanted to take this opportunity to share some important back to school dates and information with you.

Safety/Security Updates

Construction of our new visitor vestibule in our main lobby is finishing up in the next few days. This new vestibule provides another layer of safety/security at our school as all visitors will now enter via the vestibule. Visitors then go directly into the main office to sign into the Raptor System. Once the visitor has a sticker then they are buzzed out of the office via another door into the main lobby.

Our school has also hired a School Security Officer, Mr. Dew, who will be present at the school everyday to help ensure school safety and security. We will also have a Chesterfield police officer directing traffic at our school entrance at arrival and dismissal times.

Transportation Updates

Transportation planning is underway for the coming school year. All families are asked to update student transportation information by logging into ParentVUE to choose the way students will travel to and from school and to check your home address and any alternative addresses. Easy-to-follow directions for accessing ParentVUE are online, and your student’s school can provide additional assistance.

Addresses: There are two ways to update your student’s address:

• School registrar: A student’s home address can only be entered by the registrar at the student’s school.

• ParentVUE: Parents/guardians can make changes to transportation information by logging into ParentVUE, clicking the student’s name, then clicking on student info.

Alternative addresses are places students stay before or after school on a regular basis (for example: alternating custodial parent addresses). Families use ParentVUE to update alternative addresses and pickup/drop-off days as often as needed.

Once students are routed, parents can see their child's route on the My Bus Stop App or via the Versatrans App.

• Families are asked to keep up-to-date student transportation information by logging into ParentVUE and checking your home address and any alternative addresses. For a link to ParentVUE and more details, go to oneccps.org/parentvue-studentvue.

• Prekindergarten, kindergarten or early childhood special education students may sit with an older sibling at the front of the bus.

• Bus stops are placed in the safest location possible with a maximum walking distance of 0.3 miles for students in grades K-5 and 0.5 miles for students in grades 6-12 when possible during the school year; distances may be greater during summer school.

• Bus stop information is available to parents via e-Link by using a student’s ID to sign in. Routes and stops are subject to change at any time.

• Students must be at their bus stop five minutes before their bus is due to arrive. School buses will not wait for students.

The My Stop web and mobile application allows you to locate your child’s bus via GPS tracking to see where the bus is and its estimated arrival to your bus stop. The bus location is updated on the map every five seconds so there are no surprises in the event of a delay. Here’s how to access My Stop:

• Via app: Search for My Stop in the app store and select “Versatrans My Stop.” There are several My Stop apps; choose the Versatrans version.

• Via computer: chesterfield.tylertech.com/elinkrp/

Express cards (or radio frequency identification cards) add an extra level of safety for the youngest students as they board and disembark school buses.

• Cards will be issued to PK-5 students to be used throughout their school years in Chesterfield County Public Schools. Students should bring their cards to school every day; they may be used on the bus, in the school library and in the school cafeteria.

• Students place the card against a sensor as they board and disembark. The tablet will make a happy sound if the student is boarding/disembarking at the correct locations.

• Parents can use My Stop to follow the bus the student rides, and the points at which the student enters and leaves the bus are recorded.

• The cards do not track students. The cards only associate students to the bus they are riding so parents know where their students are and drivers know which stops are the correct stops.

First Day of School

Students in Kindergarten with last names A-L attend the first week of school on only M/T Aug 19/20 and on Friday Aug 23

Students in Kindergarten with last names M-Z attend the first week of school on only W/TH Aug 21/22 and on Friday Aug 23.

All students in grades 1-5 first day of school is on Monday Aug 19

Important Spring Run Parent Information/Resources

This year we created an all in one Parent Info Hub for information and resources you may need or find useful throughout the school year. Check out this new resource here SRES Parent Info Hub

Please click here if you would like to subscribe to the SRES Parent Google Calendar of Dates/Events SRES Parent Google Calendar of Events

Please click here if you would like to view our Spring Run PTA Facebook Page Spring Run PTA Facebook

If you have any questions please call us at 804-639-6352 or you can email me christopher_hart@ccpsnet.net. The main office is open 8:30-4:30 M-F.

We look forward to partnering with you and your child,

Mr. Hart, Principal Spring Run Elementary School

Parents who are dropping off or picking up your students from Spring Run please watch this video which explains our parent drop off/pick up procedures. Please also make sure your blue tag is visible in your passenger side window or front windshield until you leave the loop. Drop off times are from 9:10-9:25 and pick up times are from 3:55-4:15. Please note the first few days of school both of these procedures are delayed and there is a lot of traffic on both Spring Run Rd and Springford Parkway. Check out this video to learn more about how parent drop off and pick up works in our front loop https://www.wevideo.com/view/3526703798?fbclid=IwY2xjawEvIYFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHbDux13lqA57cNG5ScbGVv8VJwJA9MLg8YmmgC-pSER-3M10Kh8anORciA_aem_XOZJXr_sQMvcW8Q4wloCgg

Looking for Info? Check out this new Spring Run Parent Info HUB https://docs.google.com/document/d/11wTqQlFLk7N3DC0I964yBk6BdA1eFuZd-dwjoNi0AcQ/edit or click here for CCPS Back to School Info https://www.oneccps.org/page/school-life

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.

Promote Respect is how our school division educates parents, staff and students about bullying prevention. It is a year-long program that focuses on proactive and positive interventions to teach expectations of respect and provides opportunities for students to practice those skills and make it a part of their daily routine.

The program uses consistent language to identify what respect looks like and sounds like, starting with the description of respect of self, respect of property and respect between peers and generations. It also outlines procedures to report, investigate and intervene when bullying behavior occurs.

What is bullying?

Bullying is defined as any aggressive and unwanted behavior that is intended to harm, intimidate or humiliate the victim; involves a real or perceived power imbalance between the aggressor or aggressors and target; and is repeated over time or causes severe emotional trauma. Bullying includes cyber bullying. Bullying does not include ordinary teasing, horseplay, argument or peer conflict.

What happens when bullying is reported through the Promote Respect form?

Reports about potential bullying incidents can come from multiple sources including students, teachers, administrators, counselors and family members. Reports can be made in person or anonymously using a paper or electronic report form. Reporters are encouraged — but not required — to identify themselves so staff can conduct the appropriate follow up. Every school has two adults identified as leads for Promote Respect. These school-based adults ensure the systems and practices are in place to address bullying concerns. When a report is made, designated adults are alerted and follow a protocol to investigate and remediate the concern.

About the program

Promote Respect was developed using research-based practices and it fulfills the state mandate requiring each school board to implement policy and procedures to educate stakeholders about bullying to create a respectful school climate free of bullying. Staff receive proactive training in ways to prevent and intervene in bullying situations and students are educated about preventing and reporting bullying behavior. Each school has a Promote Respect committee that works to reinforce the program within their school throughout the year. Schools continuously monitor data and assess areas of need in order to make any needed changes to promote positive school climate

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

Video guide and other resources for families of

• Guide to special education: Available from the Virginia Department of Education is the Virginia Family's Guide to Special Education. The department developed this new guide to help those involved in special education, whether as families, teachers, school administrators, advocates or students. Meeting the needs of children with disabilities requires an understanding of rights and responsibilities, which include the child’s rights and the school’s responsibilities to meet their needs. This guide includes a description of the special education process and what is required during each step of that process. The guide is currently available in English; translations will soon be available in Spanish, Arabic, Amharic, Urdu and Vietnamese.

• New video guide: The Virginia Department of Education has released a video guide to the special education evaluation process. These video modules provide parents, families and other stakeholders a brief but comprehensive overview of the special education process on these topics: introduction to video series, identification, evaluation, eligibility, individualized education program, reevaluation, early intervention and what’s next. Each module is designed to be viewed as a stand-alone resource or viewed in succession.

• Website: Lots of helpful information is available on the special education for families webpage of the Virginia Department of Education.

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.

ou can still sign up to help with dismissal during the first two weeks of school. You must have a current CCPS volunteer application on file. you can find that here: https://apps.raptortech.com/Apply/NDYyOmVuLVVT

Sign up to help with dismissal here, all info in link: https://www.signupgenius.com/.../4090F4AA5AC29A2FA7...

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-Megan Price

VP Ways & Means-Sara Eisert-Wlod

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.

Thanks to our Staff Appreciation Committee, the PTA was able to welcome back the staff with a delicious lunch from Chicken Fiesta! We would also like to express our thanks and gratitude towards each one of you who donated towards the lunch and stocking the lounge for the first week. Without you, we wouldn't have been able to provide those extra snacks to our teachers & staff. so THANK YOU!

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/