Dragon Tales
Arcola's Weekly Newsletter
OCTOBER 19, 2019
Good Afternoon Arcola Families!
Parents whose children are enrolled in an ASE Club, please be sure to note where you need to pick them up after school, please do not park in our bus loop. There is a chart listed below. Pickup from ASE clubs is 3:45. Please be ontime for pickup.
This is an exciting week at both Arcola and for DC Baseball fans everywhere! This week we will be supporting good causes and showing our team spirit. Read below to see each day how we are showing our spirit and rallying support for Breast Cancer Awareness, Bully Prevention and the Washington Nationals!
Our Second Graders will host their performance "A Little Bit of Nonsense" on Thursday, October 24th at 6:30 PM. Students should arrive by 6:00.
Our website got a facelift! Have you seen our new look? In the upcoming weeks we will have a scavenger hunt to help you familiarize yourself with out new website. We hope that you find it more helpful and easier to navigate when looking for information about life at Arcola!
It is almost the end of the first quarter. We will not be printing report cards, all grades will be posted in your ParentVue account.
Enjoy your weekend!
~Andrew Stevens
Principal
ASE CLUB PICK UP LOCATIONS
WEAR YOUR ORANGE FOR UNITY!
2nd Grade Performance
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME!
BOOK CHARACTER PARADE OCTOBER 31st!
Arcola will be celebrating book character appreciation day on October 31st. All students staff and parents that come into the building will be allowed to dress as their favorite book character for the day. We will also have a character parade for all kindergarten students at 1:45 pm. Parents of kindergarten students are invited to attend.
HELP DURING THE HOLDIAYS
THE HOLIDAYS ARE COMING...NEED HELP?
RESOURCES
If your family is experiencing difficult times and you would like to learn about area opportunities and resources, please contact Sam.Woodard@lcps.org.
We support Arcola families by helping you find needed resources to help with food, clothing, employment, parenting and many other areas. All information is strictly confidential.
Please note that all Holiday Needs request forms are due by NOVEMBER 1st. If your family needs help with coats, food or holiday help over the breaks, please contact me immediately.
Holiday Food
Dulles South Food Pantry will have a Thanksgiving distribution on Wednesday, November 20th from 1:00 - 7:00 pm. Guests may make their distribution appointment by calling 703-507-2795 x1 or emailing info@dsfp.org. They will receive their normal food distribution, in addition to Thanksgiving side dishes and a voucher for a turkey to be picked up at Giant in South Riding. The Pantry will be closed November 27th - November 30th.
Clothing Exchange – Need clothing? Want to donate clothing?
There will be a free community clothing event on Saturday, November 9th from 8am to 11am at 42530 Tall Cedars Pkwy, South Riding. You do not need to donate to receive clothing. If you wish to donate clothing or time, see the link below. The flyer is attached.
Volunteers can sign up at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0b4fa4a923a02-gifts. They particularly need volunteers that speak Spanish or Arabic. Long tables and portable hanging clothes racks are also needed.
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
HELPING HANDS
Looking for a way to help others this season? If you are interested in helping our neediest Loudoun county students, please donate gifts cards to share with Loudoun county families. Gift Cards may be purchased from any grocery stores, clothing stores, shoe stores, and gas stations and will help support families right in this area. Please mark the gift card amount clearly for distribution purposes. Donations should be addressed to Sam Woodard, Parent Liaison and may be dropped off at the front office.
The multi-faith committee organizing the clothing events being planned for 2020 would like your input on the items besides food and clothing that would be most helpful to your families. Some suggestions so far include backpacks, school supplies, coats and other winter gear, and diapers.
You can send ideas or suggestions to me at this email address or call me at 571-344-1617
PARENT COFFEE SESSIONS
The Elementary Schools in the John Champe and Freedom Clusters are joining forces to offer some parent presentations for the remainder of the school year and need your help. Would you please fill out this brief survey to indicate what topics would interest you and what time of day/evening would be best for you to attend. Thank you for helping us set up some great parent coffees for the year! Please just click the link to let us know what works for you!
Social Emotional Learning
Loudoun County Public Schools is offering a few seminars to help parents understand the Social Emotional Learning Programs available to our students. There is an evening option (October 29th 6-8 PM) & a morning option (November 6th 9-11 AM).
In other exciting MTSS news, the MTSS-Library is now accessible through LCPS Go! Resources are updated regularly for you and your teachers to help support the process of building SEL in our schools.
DRAGON DADS ARE BACK!
We would like to thank Jason Cherry and Jeremy Patrick for coming in this week and being such great Dragon Dads!