Tuesday, November 19 - Spirit Day - Dress Your Best or Wear Your Favorite Outfit

Spotlight Assemblies

• K-2 at 8:00
• 3-5 at 12:35

Friday, November 22 - Parent Coffee Connection (Home and School Connections)

Saturday, November 23 - Dominion Presentation of Clue (2:00 pm)

Monday, November 25 and Tuesday, November 26 - No Clubs

November 27 - 29 - No School - Thanksgiving Holiday

Join us for a Parent Coffee session focused on ways to support your child’s learning outside the classroom. Discover strategies to create a positive learning environment, reinforce academic skills, and build routines that encourage success. This informal gathering will provide tips, resources, and time for parents to ask questions. Let's work together to help our students thrive!

We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to Mr. Wager for organizing an outstanding Veteran's Day Assembly. We also want to express our heartfelt appreciation to the veterans for their dedicated service and for attending the event. Additionally, thank you to everyone who came to show their support. We are truly grateful for this wonderful community.

A heartfelt thank you to Mrs. Rand and Mrs. Florkowski for organizing a truly fantastic book fair! We’re also deeply grateful to all the parent volunteers and everyone who contributed their time and effort to make this event such a success. Special thanks to those who generously donated, ensuring that every one of our Mustangs went home with a book. Your support means the world to our students and community!

Students from DHS Cluster Schools Receive Free Admission Saturday, November 23rd @ 2:00PM

Wear Your School’s Spirit Wear!

Purchase accompanying tickets at the door or http://dominionhs.booktix.com

$15 adults, $10 seniors, $5 students (free for Cluster students)

Additional Performances November 14, 15, 16, 21, 22 @ 7:00 p.m.

Doors open 30 minutes before showtime Based on the screenplay by Jonathan Lynn Written by Sandy Rustin; Additional Material by Hunter Foster and Eric Price Based on the Paramount Pictures Motion Picture; Based on the Hasbro board game CLUE Original Music by Michael Holland By special arrangement with The Araca Group, Work Light Productions, and Michael Barra/Lively McCabe Entertainment

Mustang Families, As promised, we are opening up the Mustang Cafe for your to visit with your K-5th Mustang during lunch! We love that so many of you want to visit. Thank you for making our cafeteria such a positive community environment!

Please remember the following when coming to visit your child during lunch:

• No adults without physical identification may enter the building. We cannot accept photos of identification.
• Adults who are not already approved to visit with the child such as parents and grandparents must receive preapproval by administration.
  
• We will only have lunch visitors from Monday - Thursday. Fridays are too busy for the front office staff due to numerous early dismissals.
• Please follow the directions of all Meadowland employees in the lunchroom, as they are there to provide a safe, clean, and secure cafeteria environment and maintain routines.
• Please sit at a table with your child(ren) in the back of the cafeteria. Sometimes you will be sitting with another Mustang and their family member. If the tables are full, please ask a Meadowland employee where to sit.
• Family members may sit with their child(ren) only during the lunch block and cannot invite other students.
• Families cannot give food, share food, or give money to children other than their own.
• No photographs or cell phone use may occur during lunch. Some families have requested no photographs and internet use for their children, and we need to honor this request in the cafeteria.
• Please enter and exit from the main office only.
• As always, bring concerns to Anna Purdy, Andrew Lynch, or Peggy Nieves and we will work to resolve them as soon as possible.

These procedures support the safety and security of all students and we appreciate your assistance!

In addition:

Teachers are unable to meet to discuss your Mustang during lunch drop off or pick up.

Families cannot escort children back to the classroom or join for recess without prior notice and approval by the classroom teacher and the principal.

Thank you to everyone that signed up to restock books. We have enough volunteers at the moment. Thank you for your support!

Do you love umpiring, finding missing sports equipment, or turning a jump rope? Then we have the volunteer opportunity for you! Sign up as a recess monitor here using this Google form

Do you love loud noises, opening milk, or reminding children about routines? Then we have the volunteer opportunity for you! Sign up as a cafeteria monitor here using this Google form.

School delegates play an important role in achieving the mission, vision and goals of the committee. MSAAC relies on community volunteers to serve as delegates and alternates from each LCPS.

School delegates to MSAAC:

• Attend MSAAC general body meetings and share the information and experience with their respective home schools.

• Represent and advocate for the particular needs of minority students within your home school.

• Comprise the body of voting MSAAC members for MSAAC board elections or bylaw amendments

We welcome your involvement!

Want to learn more? If you are interested in serving as your school’s delegate or alternate to MSAAC, please contact the MSAAC Vice Chair.

Delegate FAQ:

What does MSAAC expect from delegates/alternates before, during and after monthly meetings?

• Liaison:

  • Get to know your home school. Talk with school principal and/or school administration about the topics discussed at MSAAC Membership meeting.

    • Share related school data or insights gathered from participation in PTA or PTSO and through conversations with teachers and parents.

    • Discuss school needs &/or concerns that should be shared at the next MSAAC Membership meeting.

    • Share ideas or propose new areas of focus that impact student learning and achievement.

      
      

• Participate and Share:

• Attend monthly MSAAC General Body meetings. Where Delegates ask questions, share ideas, suggest solutions and brainstorm with their cluster.

  
  

• As a parent representative, Delegates are the eyes and ears of your school and as a result your insights and ideas are essential to the success of MSAAC.

https://www.lcps.org/page/msaac-delegates

Would you like to make sure that Meadowland's concerns are heard at the district level?

Parents/Guardians who are interested in serving as the 2024-2025 LEAF representative should possess a desire to focus on engaging with the school administration and the PTO, as well as developing opportunities for two-way communication, through which learning, feedback and information sharing with positive outcomes for children are at the forefront. If applicable, check in with your PTA/PTO about their thoughts on nominations for next year. You can also visit www.lcps.org/leaf to learn more or chat with me about how your LEAF representative can support your school community.

Families, please review our arrival and dismissal procedures and let us know if you have questions. Remember, we never recommend parking on Sugarland Drive and allowing student to enter and exit vehicles there. This creates a danger to students, families and other drivers.

• Your child's teacher and bus schedule are posted in ParentVUE.
• Report Cards will also be posted in ParentVUE
• If you aren't a current ParentVUE user, a message has been sent to the email account we have on file. https://www.lcps.org/page/parentvue-home
• Have your contact information changed? Please email kim.hjort@lcps.org or peggy.nieves@lcps.org for support

We will always provide you with an interpreter if you require one.

If you need an interpreter, please contact Peggy Nieves or Leti Murphy at (571) 434-4440. Our wonderful interpreters are fluent in Spanish and can assist you with any questions and communication with the staff at Meadowland.

If you need an interpreter for a language other than Spanish, please contact the school. We will gladly arrange an interpreter to assist you.

We can schedule and arrange interpretation services for any school event, including:

• Parent/teacher conferences

• Back-to-School nights

• Enrollment assistance

• School counseling conferences

• Emergency communications

• IEP meetings

• Speech and language screenings/evaluations

• Educational assessment for eligibility

• Eligibility meetings

• Other school meetings or events

Chronic absenteeism is defined as missing ten percent or more of the academic year for any reason, including excused absences, unexcused absences, and suspensions. Last year over 16% of Meadowland students were chronically absent! That is 120 students.

We will be sharing this document for you to keep in a highly visible place. Share this document with your Mustang regularly. This will help them know and understand when they will be expected to go to school, and when they will have to stay home. Thank you for collaborating with us to have your child at school every day! Classes will be awarded for their efforts!

Here are the highlights of the plan, and you can read the full plan using the link below:

• Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) is proud to have a Strategic Plan, One LCPS Strategic Plan for Excellence, to provide direction for our school division through 2027. The School Board approved the new strategic plan on June 28, 2022 to include the vision, mission, core values, goals, aligned actions, and strategies.

  Our students are at the center of all we do. The vision, mission and core values not only guide our work with students, but they are also the pillars of what we imagine for our students:

  • LCPS Vision: Every student will reach their full potential and achieve their dreams.
  • LCPS Mission: Empowering all students to make meaningful contributions to the world.
  • LCPS Core Values:
  • • HOLISTIC SUPPORT: Every student should have the support to feel safe, happy, and cared for in school.
    • EQUITY AND OPPORTUNITY: All students and staff should have access to resources, programs, and support that enable a successful future.
    • TRUST THROUGH LISTENING: All students, staff, and community members should have regular opportunities to be heard in two-way conversations across the division.
    • RIGOROUS TEACHING AND LEARNING: All students should be challenged to reach their full potential in the classroom as part of a system that aspires to become the best-performing division in the nation.
    • INDIVIDUALIZED SUCCESS: All unique strengths, skills, and passions should be celebrated, encouraging diverse pathways that support readiness after graduation
    • CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT: A culture of continuous improvement should drive the fulfillment of our mission

  As you explore the Strategic Plan, you will notice that we have four goals that are foundational in helping us achieve our mission and vision:

  • Empowered Students
  • Exemplary Staff
  • Enriched Division
  • Engaged Community

  
  As One LCPS, our families, staff, division and community can work together to empower all students to make meaningful contributions to the world. It is our belief that every student can and will reach their full potential and achieve their dreams through our collective and collaborative efforts.