The Little Judges' Docket

Thank you for a wonderful time at the Snow Much Fun event. We had a full house! Your student should have brought home a form to fill out on Friday if you would like them to participate in the Ms. Pat's Holiday Shoppe. The shop will be open from December 16 - 18 during school hours. Each class will get one opportunity to shop for 5 gifts for family members or friends. We ask that you write the names of the people they are shopping for so we can help them choose gifts. The limit of gifts to be bought will be five. Each gift is only $1. Please send in the forms and money by Friday, December 13th so we will be ready to shop with our students!

Your student has the snow day packets just in case there are "virtual" snow days coming up. There are 3 days worth of work in the folder. Please keep these handy for those days. If students return work completed after a virtual day, they will be counted present for that day. They are also posted on the main webpage under the Inclement Weather Plans.

No Tutoring until spring. Be on the lookout for more information after winter break!

We sent home permission forms for students to be able to receive free dental services (cleaning, sealants, and fluoride). Please remember to return the permission form for the free dental services put on by the Virginia Department of Health. We will have safety drills this week.

This month is also when we celebrate Native American Heritage Month.

Please remember that we do not have anyone to get children from the back parking lot after 7:45am. At that time, you will need to bring your child to the front office to sign them in.

Car Riders: Please do not enter the parking lot until after 2:15pm to make sure all of our students have come in from recess and are safe crossing the parking lot. We also need to make sure that we are following our guidelines for students of being safe, kind, and responsible. Parking on the side of the road does not "start the line" for car riders.

Please make sure you have signed into your parent portal and completed the annual verification forms. Part of that is to make sure your child can be issued a Chromebook to use at school, without the agreement your student cannot be issued a Chromebook which we use for testing and instruction.

Just a reminder that announcements are at 7:45am so we can begin instruction right at 7:50am.

Thank you as always for your support for our school. We need to work together as a community to make our students successful because we are creating Local leaders today - Global leaders tomorrow!

Lisa Pluska, Ed.D.

Principal, Virginia Avenue Charlotte DeHart Elementary School

540-665-6330

Any family that has a child with a reading plan needs to let us know whether you would like to get updates through progress notes coming home, a conversation, or Talking Points. We will reach out to you to find out. No more tutoring until Spring. We work in small groups for Reading and Math based on student needs everyday. We also regroup as students learn new skills or we find deficits in others. Our goal is to make sure every child gets just what they need to be on grade level or beyond. Growth for every child is the goal! Thanks for all your help in making sure our students are ready for school and ready to learn.

Our Perfect Attendance event for December will be the day we return to school on January 6th. Our attendance protocol this year is for a phone call home if a student is absent. As we miss more than 3 days (excused or unexcused), we will send letters, request meetings, and set up an attendance plan. Attendance is so important. If a student misses even one day a month, they will be considered chronic absentee. Please make sure that your child is at school unless they have a fever or are throwing up. Of course if they are sick, they need to stay home. Please send a note to school if they are absent. We will be having our monthly Perfect Attendance celebrations again this year. Students also receive PBIS points for coming to school.

Keep earning those points for our next quarterly event which is our Lip Sync Event on December 19th. Students will be able to use the points they have earned for following rules to attend. We have PBIS celebrations every quarter for the students that are earning points for being safe, kind, and responsible.

Every day on the announcements we will be talking about the three school wide rules -

1. Keep hands and feet to self and use kind words;
2. Stay in your assigned area; and
3. Follow directions quickly and quietly.

USEFUL TIPS TO ENCOURAGE READING AND WRITING AT HOME

https://literacy.virginia.edu/resources-families

December 13 - Money due for Ms. Pat's Holiday Shoppe

December 16 - 18 - Ms. Pat's Holiday Shoppe

December 19 - PBIS Event

December 20 - Early Release at 11:45am

January 6 - Students return to school

• Here is the link for the Parent/Student Handbook
• If there needs to be a change in transportation, please call the office (not the teacher) at 540-665-6330 before noon to let us know. Car riders must come to the back of the school by Pleasant Valley, walkers to the bus loop doors, and bus riders will be let on and off the bus on the Van Fossen St side. Staff will be there to help guide and get your child into the school safely.
• If you arrive after 7:50 A.M., you must accompany your child to the office to sign your child in.