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Important Dates:Feb 10 Early Release Monday- Dismissal at 12:55 PM
Feb 17 No School- Presidents' Day
Feb 18 SLES Class Photo Day
Feb 27 Spelling Bee
❤️SLA Kindness Spirit Week❤️Please join in our SLA Kindness Sprit Week next week! We will kick of the spirit week with Pajama Day on Monday❤️ Let's spread kindness here at SLES❤️
✏️Kindergarten Registration🎒Online registration is open for the 2025-26 school year!
Kindergarten Registration: It’s as Easy as 1-2-3…
Below is the five-step process if you would like to register your child for kindergarten:
- Determine eligibility.
- Identify your local school.
- Gather documents.
- Fill out forms.
- Schedule an appointment.
Read more about the registration process. For additional information, please contact Ms. Kris Rakes, our school registrar.
Inscripción para el Kindergarten: Es tan fácil como 1-2-3...
Hay un proceso fácil de cinco pasos para los padres que deseen inscribir a su hijo para el kindergarten:
- Determinar la elegibilidad.
- Identifique su escuela local.
- Reunir documentos.
- Completar formularios.
- Programar una cita.
Más información sobre el proceso de inscripción.
Save the Date! Friday March 14 Family Identity & Culture Night!!!We will be having our Family Identity & Culture Night on March 14th, Friday from 6-8 pm. Please save the date and join us to celebrate the many wonderful family traditions, backgrounds, and cultures we have here at SLES!
Please email Ms. Roop and Ms. Shaker if you can contribute a display, performance, and/ or food at the event.
Ms. Roop: [email protected]
Ms. Shaker: [email protected]
📗Volunteers Needed in the Library!A maker space in the SLES library is going to be built with some of the funds raised from the book fair. Our librarian, Ms. Gresham, could really use volunteers in the library to help make this happen along with helping with check outs, returns, shelving books...the list goes on. Please email Ms. Gresham at [email protected] with any questions or use the following link to sign up for a time to volunteer https://signup.com/go/YQPzMuf
📃Lexia Parent ReportsIn the upcoming 2nd Quarter Progress Report envelopes, you will receive a parent copy of your child’s Lexia Skills Report. The purpose of this report is to share information about the progress your student is making in Lexia. Lexia Reading (CORE5 and PowerUp) is our computer program designed to supplement literacy instruction and it is just one component of the literacy block. This report will contain your student’s progress since they started using Lexia. It is a snapshot of the different levels they have completed. For clarification, you will see - Rate and Accuracy. Rate tells the speed that students go through each task. Accuracy tells how correct (high, medium, low) they were on a task. Please remember we are in the 3rd year of implementation of the Lexia Reading computer program and so you may note some discrepancies. Therefore, the data from the 2024-2025 school year is most beneficial for informing instructional next steps and that is our focus.
Please keep an eye out for a FAQ sheet in your student's newsletter from their teachers or contact Ms.Liz Wegner, Reading Specialist ([email protected]) with any questions you may have.
🔍Lost & Found Do you have any missing sweatshirts, jackets, water bottles, or lunch bags? Please take a moment to ask your child to check the Lost & Found station set in front of the office for any missing items! 🐝 SLES Spelling Bee Thursday, Feb. 27th at 6pmJoin us for the annual Spelling Bee this February! The Bee will be schoolwide, with all students participating the evening of Feb. 27th. Please use the link to sign your student(s) up and please also consider volunteering to help make this Bee great! Registration will close: Feb. 14th at 8pm.
https://forms.gle/eYEnL4BdzAHesaZ77
❄️Winter WeatherPlease watch this video to see how weather-related closing decisions are made. FCPS’ website is generally the first place to find out about emergency weather closings. Other communication channels will be used as quickly as possible including email, text, social media, and news stations. Learn more about how schedule changes are communicated.
Be sure to plan for the winter season. Update your contact information in SIS ParentVUE, bookmark the FCPS website, and arrange for childcare if needed.
We will monitor the weather for low temperatures, wind chill advisories and warnings, and weather advisories which may prevent children from being outside. Make sure your child is dressed appropriately with a warm coat and other cold-weather clothing, so they can comfortably enjoy their time outdoors. See the National Weather Service’s tips on staying safe during cold weather.
If you need assistance supplying your child with cold-weather clothing or food, please contact our family liaison below:
Haruka Hopp (Family Liaison)
703-619-3690
You can also call Fairfax County's Coordinated Services Planning at 703-222-0880. Their multilingual staff can assist with any challenges you are facing, including food, shelter, employment, financial assistance, and health care.
Programs in FCPS 📝Tutoring Resource: Varsity TutorsVarsity Tutors offers a variety of free services to all FCPS students: on-demand chat tutoring, live group classes, essay review, college and career ready resources, and assessment and self-study resources. These are all free and students automatically have access to these services through Clever. For the “on-demand chat tutoring,” tutors are matched with students based on their subject of choice and can work through homework problems or a review for an upcoming test with the tutor providing visual problem solving. This would not be a consistent tutor as it functions more like open office hours where students can drop in at any time and work with one of the tutors that are currently available.
Here are some resources that might be helpful:
- Overview of Varsity Tutors- FCPS Page
- Overview of Varsity Tutors- Varsity Tutor Page
The Family Resource Center offers a wide range of webinars helpful for families. The next webinar will be tomorrow, February 7th and will be discussing effective strategies at home with children in upper elementary. Please click HERE to register for the 2/7 webinar.
For more information, please visit Family Resource Center Webinars
Programs in the Community Join Girls on the RunRegistration to join Girls on the Run is now open for their upcoming season from March 3rd to May 18th. Registration closes Feb. 23rd. Program scholarships and additional supports are available. If you have any questions, please contact [email protected] for more details.
📖FCFT Reading Opens the World EventFairfax County Federation of Teachers (FCFT) will be holding Reading Opens the World event at the Lorton Community Center on Saturday, February 8th from 10 AM- 2 PM. They will be giving away over 30,000 books to the Fairfax Community, with up to 10 books for each student and 50 books for each educator to add to their classroom library!
Parent Project- Loving SolutionsFamily Workshop-Loving SolutionsLoving Solutions is a FREE 10-week family workshop for families with 5-10 year old children. The workshop will provides tips on how you can create a space of harmony at home to help families support strong-willed children in a positive and loving way.
To learn more about Loving Solutions, please visit Loving Solutions – Parent Project. Please click HERE to register.
Lunar New Year Celebration EventThere will be a Lunar New Year Celebration Event on Saturday, February 8 from 6-8 PM at the Twin Lakes Golf Course. There will be live performances, dazzling demonstrations, and foods from local food trucks.
For more details, please visit Lunar New Year Celebration.
⚽LMVSC Spring SportsLMVSC is a local non-profit organization that provides fun and affordable sports programs for kids in our community. They are currently registering kids for their programs in the flyer below. Please see the attached flyer for more information.
They also offer financial aid to ensure that every child has the opportunity to participate.
Please contact Ms. Jennifer Deems at [email protected] from LMVSC for any questions you may have regarding this opportunity.
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