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Tuesday, December 4, 2018
Wednesday, December 5: Annual Staff Appreciation Chili Lunch Wednesday, December 5: Principal Coffee Grade 6 9:00am Large Pod 6:30pm Cafeteria Friday, December 14: Three Hour Early Release Monday, December 24 - Friday, January 4: Winter Break Friday, January 11: PTO Meeting 8:45am Large Pod Wednesday, January 16: Principal Coffee Grade 5 9:00am Large Pod 6:30pm Cafeteria
The Chili Lunch is Tomorrow!
Tomorrow is the annual Chili Lunch for the entire staff of Spring Hill Elementary! If you havesigned up to bring something in, make sure to have it in the Staff Lounge by 9:30am! Questions? Email us at [email protected]
Winter Vendor OSA Registration is Open!These classes are Spring Hill PTO sponsored with part of the proceeds going back to theschool. You must be a PTO member to register [PTO membership is $10/year]. Thanks foryour support. For questions about Spring Hill PTO OSA, pleasecontact [email protected]. Register for the PTO: https://springhillpto.org/join-the-pto/
KAIZEN KARATE
When: Tuesdays, December 11 - February 26 Grades: K- 6th: 3:45 - 4:45pm Advanced: 4:45 - 5:15pm Location: Small Pod Cost: Regular Class: $150 Advanced Class: $75 Register: www.KaizenFitnessUSA.com Why Karate? • Builds confidence & self-esteem • Develops focus and patience • Promotes doing your personal best at all times • Develops positive attitude and respect • Increases the ability to be calm & centered
MAGIC SCIENCE
When: Tuesdays, January 8 - March 5 7:45 - 8:45am
Grades: K-2nd grade Location: Large Pod Cost: $150 Register: https://www.curiosityzoneashburn.com/springhill/ It looks like magic, but it’s really science! Kids will learn to make color changing potions,disappearing ink, glowing slime, secret compartments, floating wands, optical illusions,disappearing coins and more. They’ll also learn to see around corners, make amazingpredictions, hide secret glowing messages, leave their shadows behind, move things with aninvisible force and so much more!
ENGINEERING MANIA - MECHANICS
When: Thursdays, January 8 - March 5 7:45am - 8:45am Grades: K-2nd Cost: $150 Register: https://www.curiosityzoneashburn.com/springhill/ For a child who likes to think outside the box and build various contraptions, this is theperfect class! The Little Engineers will utilize their creativity, out of box thinking to build andtest various contraptions such as launchers, pipelines, zip lines and more using a variety ofmaterials. In each class session, there will be a challenge to build a structure using differentmaterials and constraints on material. The engineers will work in teams to solve thechallenges.
GLOBAL PLUS LANGUAGE PROGRAM
When: Check specific class for dates / 10 week session All classes will be 3:45 - 4:45pm Grades: Check specific class Cost: $195 Early Bird Registration Discount! Register by January 5th and save $10! Use Promocode GLOBAL10 GP03110-0001 Chinese, Grades 1-3 Starts Mon Jan14 GP07010-0004 Spanish, Grades K Starts Wed, Jan 16 GP04010-0001 French, Grades K Starts Thurs, Jan17 Register now: http://bit.ly/GLOBALPlus Call 703-658-1201 and/or 703-658-1280 to apply for a 10% sibling discount! One siblingonly and cannot be combined with Early Bird discount. WWW.FCPS.EDU/ACADEMICS/GLOBAL-PLUS
ADRENALINE HIP HOP
When: Thursdays, January 10 - February 28 3:45 - 4:45pm Grades: K - 6th Location: Large Pod Cost: $115 Register: https://dancestudio-pro.com/online/danceforce Join us for the most FUN you’ll have all year while building confidence and a positive self –image all while learning some AMAZING hip hop moves! You don’t want to miss out on theopportunity to be trained by ADF!
ADRENALINE CHEER
When: Wednesdays, January 10 - February 28 3:45 - 4:45pm Grades: K - 6th Location: Cafeteria Cost: $115 To Register: https://dancestudio-pro.com/online/danceforce This class is designed to improve self-confidence, physical health and teamwork skills allwhile having a ton of FUN! Learn and perfect motions, jump technique and cheer dances fullof excitement and energy. Whether you are new to cheerleading or building on yourfoundation, this class will help you be your best! Show off your performance skills during thein-class showcase held on the last day of class for family and friends!
FLAG FOOTBALL AND NERF DODGEBALL
When: Thursdays, January 31 – May 30 3:45 - 4:45pm Grades: 3rd - 6th Cost: $156
Register: https://gamepointathletics.com/registration/springhillfootball/ It's Football time! Students will work on the overhand throw, catching, and play in thrillinggames! To prepare for games, participants will practice basic offensive routes and defensivecoverages. The plan is for the students to experience a NFL playoff style tournament with aSuper Bowl!! Experience the exciting thrill of playing different kinds of Nerf Dodge-ball games!Students will enjoy the Classic game, Army Dodgeball, Medic, Pin Dodgeball, FourQuadrants, Gauntlet, Pokémon, and more! Coaches will ensure all students have a safe andenjoyable experience. The dodgeballs used in this class are very soft. There are manybenefits to playing dodgeball: throwing and catching while moving, dodging, communication,integrity, teamwork, sportsmanship, and tons of FUN!
ROBOTICS, CODING, ELECTRICTY/ELECTRONICS
When: January 14 - April 8 Robotics: Mondays, 3:45 - 4:45pm Coding: Wednesdays, 3:45 - 4:45pm Electricity/Electronics: Fridays, 3:45 - 4:45pm Grades: 1st - 6th Cost: $184 Register here: https://campscui.active.com/orgs/StemtreeEducationCenter Returning students will have different activities and continue learning new science andengineering concepts.
KIDS YOGA
When: Mondays, January 7 - March 18 7:45 - 8:45am Grades: K - 5th Cost: $121.50
Register: www.novakidsinmotion.com/registration/
Develop focus, flexibility, strength, and coordination through a variety of yoga poses, stories,music, sing a longs, drawings and games. These classes enhance energy while teachingchildren how to remain calm and centered. Children learn basic yoga movements in a fun,relaxed setting, which always promotes doing their personal best in a non-competitive
environment.
ULTIMATE DANCE FITNESS
When: Mondays, January 7 - March 25 3:45 - 4:45pm Grades: K - 5th Cost: $121.50
Register: www.novakidsinmotion.com/registration/
Students will follow along with the teacher to songs and dances, use finger lights to create aglow in the dark theme for part of the class, plays games that include limbo sticks, balloons,parachutes, pom poms, freeze dance, 4 corners dance style, balloon relay races, congo linedancing, and more! This ultimate fun fitness class uses kid friendly music and combinesparts of our Zumba and glow light dance party classes and adds even more fun and gamesto the mix.
ULTIMATE PE GAMES
When: Tuesdays, January 29 - May 28 3:45 - 4:45pm Grades: K - 6th Cost: $156 Register for Grades K - 2nd: https://gamepointathletics.com/registration/springhillgamesk2/ Register for Grades 3rd -6th: https://gamepointathletics.com/registration/springhillgames36/ A sampling of games to be played are Nerf Dodge Ball, Dome Ball, Capture the Flag,parachute activities, Omni – kin Ball, and numerous tag games that require strategy and awillingness to have intense joy! The action-packed session ensures kid movement does notstop until it is time to go home! Students quickly and often move from one exciting game tothe next! Great exercise in these classic and modern PE games!
It's the season of giving... SHE is collecting unwrapped toys, games, books, and gifts to be distributed to children atFairfax Hospital, Georgetown Lombardi Cancer Center, and to children in the community
who might not otherwise have a cheerful holiday season! Boxes are setup in the MainLobby. The deadline is Monday, December 10, 9:00am. Thank you for your generosity!
Are you collecting BoxTops? Announcing our Winter BoxTops raffle contest enddates! Friday, January 18 and Friday, February 15, 2019! Please send in as many BoxTops for Education as youcan! Thank you for the almost 5,000 BoxTops for Educationyou sent in the first two months of school. That equalsalmost $500 for Spring Hill! Please look for the next pink flyer coming home soon inyour Thursday Folder, or find additional forms on thePTO website. The whole school celebrates at 20,000 BoxTops, whichequals $2,000 for Spring Hill!
Spirits and Sparkles! Bids for Kids Auction Party
Save the Date! The Bids for Kids Auction Party is Saturday, February 23, 2019! Detailswill be coming soon!
Staff Lounge K-cup Donations There is a Keurig coffee/tea maker in the Staff Lounge and it’s a nice treat for the teachersand staff to have K-cups available for a quick cup! If you would like to donate a box ofcoffee or tea anytime throughout the year, please drop it off in the office. Thank you!
Have you joined thePTO yet?
Your $10 PTO membership includesa printed directory and the ability toregister for Outside School Activitieswithout paying a separateregistration fee. Click here for more information onJoin the PTO.
What do you thinkabout 16 FREE pizzas
for $10?The Spring Hill PTO is partneringwith Domino’s Pizza and selling $10Delivering the Dough cards. This isa special card that gives you FREEpizzas with your purchases.
How does it work?
Join the PTO Today
Currently Raised: $35,615
2018-2019 Goal: $45,000
The needs and population of ourschool are growing. Unfortunately,FCPS doesn’t have the funds to keepup with all the needs of our studentsso we need YOUR help! ThePanther Fund (aka Fall Fundraiser)is our direct donation and is themost effective way to support SpringHill Elementary.
Did you know that in the last fewyears the Spring Hill PTO haspurchased:
$32,000 in computers$25,000 in new mathworkbooks$10,500 on water fountainreplacements with bottlefillers$10,000 on hand air dryers topromote a greener school$7,000 on teacher starterfunds$6,100 on math manipulatives
*These amounts DO NOT includethe funds the PTO pays to subsidizefield trips, educational supplies, andschool beautification projects.
How can you help?
Donate to the PantherFund/Fall Fundraiser –Suggested amount is $100per child
Join the PTO – $10 per family
Each $10 Delivering the Dough cardhas 16 stickers. When you purchaseone pizza at menu price, eachsticker gets you one FREE pizza ofequal or lesser value. That’s a totalof 16 FREE pizzas!
The best part is the Spring HillPTO receives $9 as a donationto the school for every $10Delivering the Dough card that ispurchased.
Click here for more informationon Domino’s $10 Delivering theDough card. Please contact theFundraising Committee Chair withany questions [email protected]
How do I get a card?
Domino’s $10 Delivering the Doughcards are available for sale online bythe PTO.
School Checklist1. Join the PTO – Membership is $102. Contribute to the Panther Fund/Fall
Fundraiser – A donation of $100 perchild is ideal, but no donation is tobig or small.
3. Verify and Update the SHEDirectory
4. Register with CauseNetwork andVendor Bonus Cards and Earn FREEMONEY (they earn more moneythan you think)
5. Buy Spirit Wear6. Bonus – Volunteer with the PTO
Buy Card
Please join the fight to keep SpringHill Elementary one of the topschools in Virginia. Imagine what wecan accomplish with your help! Click here for more information onthe Panther Fund.
Want to see picturesof your kids in theschool yearbook?
Upload your photos from schoolevents to the Lifetouch communitysite: https://community.lifetouch.com/
Yearbook access code KUDSNX
Please contact the YearbookCommitteeat [email protected] any questions!
How to Stay Informed 1. Read our weekly online newsletter -
The Scoop2. Like us on Facebook3. Attend monthly PTO meetings 4. Look for weekly flyers in your
child’s Thursday folders5. Visit Spring Hill PTO website
Make a Donation
Would you like to workwith the PTO?
Positions Available on the2018-19 PTO Board
We're seeking energetic candidates forthese roles:
FundraisingTreasurerGreen InitiativesSHARE coordinator/ SHE MilkProgram
The PTO works to directly benefit thestudents at Spring Hill Elementary! Ourparents and teachers work together toprovide educational enrichment programs,family fun events, fundraising for schoolequipment & technology, faculty support,field trips, after school activities, andmuch more!
Please contact Denys King [email protected] if youare interested in working with the PTO.
Spring Hill Cares NeedsYour Help!
SHC is a special branch of the PTO whosepurpose is to offer support to bothfamilies and faculty members of ourschool community, who find themselves inneed during difficult situations. It may beduring a time when they are dealing withan injury, sickness, death of a familymember, or sudden loss of employment.
Library Volunteers
Needed!Your children love to read and that meanshundreds of books in an out of the libraryeach week! We need your help to keepthe library organized and ready for ourreaders. Please consider being a library volunteersto help with reshelving books, assistingstudents that come into the library, andcompleting other projects as they arise.Timing can be flexible to suit you: usually1-2 hours at a time – weekly, bi-weekly,or monthly are all possible. Training willbe provided. To volunteer or ask questions pleasecontact Maryam Malik [email protected].
Our SHC parent volunteers providesupport with delivery of home cookedmeals to the family in need. SHC can alsoassist with services such as as groceryshopping, transportation, donations ofclothing, yard work or other assistancedeemed appropriate depending on thesituation.
Please visit our SHC page to read moreabout this special committee and to signup to volunteer!
Thank you to those who attended the Fun Fair planning meeting last week! ChairwomanStacy Kernzer has got everyone off to a great start! It's going to be an amazing day!
Thank you to our generous sponsors!
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