Husky Headlines Nov 11-15 2024

Chesterfield County Public Schools issues report cards to K-12 students at the end of each nine-week grading period. Here are the dates that students will receive printed report cards to take home in 2024-25:

• Printed report cards will be issued Nov. 8, Jan. 31 and April 11 to students at every school except Bellwood Elementary and Chester Early Childhood Learning Academy. Digital report cards will be posted to ParentVUE on those dates.

Using ParentVUE: Parents can find easy-to-follow directions for accessing ParentVUE online. ParentVUE is also available as a free app from the App Store and Google Play. Parents who do not have access to ParentVUE should contact their child’s school to get login information.

We are looking for part time reading/math tutors to provide tutoring to small groups of students (5-6) in grades 3-5 in reading or math. Work hours can be before, during or after the school day. Hourly pay is $33.74 with college degreee/$18.48 with non degreee. If you are interested please contact Mr. Hart christopher_hart@ccpsnet.net for more details.

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.

Dear Spring Run Families,

The PTA is hosting a survey, and we encourage all parents/guardians to please fill it out! Spring Run Elementary PTA is participating in the National PTA School of Excellence Program, which grows partnerships between PTAs and schools to enrich the educational experience and overall well-being of all students.

Part of the process is gathering feedback from families and administrators, at two points in the school year, one in the beginning and the end. Your feedback will help us improve family-school partnership and achieve excellence.

At a National PTA School of Excellence, families feel welcomed and empowered to support student success, and PTA is a key partner for continuous school improvement. We feel that Spring Run Elementary and Spring Run PTA can achieve that together-and the result will be national, state and community wide visibility for the positive impact we are making together at Spring Run.

Please take 5-10 minutes to fill out the survey & reflect on your experience at this school. The survey is completely anonymous. The deadline to fill out the survey is Friday, November 8th.

Survey Link : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1GmJruIzzkPurQ3KpJKue8CJeXLZl3rZakU-vucSfjVA/edit

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.

Nov 11 2:20 Gr 2 1st Qtr Awards Assembly Cafe and 3:00 Gr K Awards Cafe

Nov 12 Family Life Gr 5 11:30-1

Nov 13 Fall Picture Day Retakes and Class Picture Day

Nov 13 Family Life Gr 5 11:30-2

Nov 14 PTA Skate Away -Skate Night 6:30-8:30

Nov 14 Family Life Gr 5 11:30-1

Nov 18 6:30 Gr 3 Veteran’s Day Program Cafe

Nov 19 7:00 PTA General Mtg meet.google.com/ghe-rqea-wys

Nov 22 10:35-12:35 Gr 3 Young Scientists

Nov 27-29 Thanksgiving holiday No School

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,

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!

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

Join us at our next meeting: Tuesday, November 19th @ 7pm. In the library or virtually here: Google Meet joining info

Video call link: https://meet.google.com/ghe-rqea-wys

Important PTA Dates

11/14 Skate Night @ Skate-A-Way 6:30pm-8:30pm

11/19 General PTA Meeting

11/20 Walk to School from Triple Crown/Deer Run

12/14 Holiday Shop

Thank you to Ms. Winslow’s class & Scaly Tails!

Ms. Winslow’s kindergarten class redeemed their grand prize from Raise Craze this Wednesday and enjoyed a class session with Scaly Tails! It was a beautiful day to be outside learning about reptiles - we heard some really positive feedback from the students! Thank you, Scaly Tails, for your generosity and support of the PTA & Spring Run Elementary!

Last weekend, volunteers from the PTA painted some new sensory paths & mazes on the bus loop! Go check it out! The request was brought forward by 2 kindergarten teachers who wished the students had more to do in the bus loop area during recess. With a generous donation of paint from Benjamin Moore-Shenandoah Paint and another generous donation of materials from Hope Point Church, we were able to accomplish Phase 1 of the project! We’ve heard nothing but amazing reviews from the students and teachers and we are so happy that we could help bring the request to life! A huge shout out and thank you to all who donated their time and money to the project!

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-Vacant

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.

Check out the October Issue of CCPS On the Go here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X6XyAHAzsKIOlK9Emk5jSdvR8CWabJWW/view

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

• Nov. 20: Supporting Your Child's Self Esteem

• 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/