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In this Paw Print:

1. Principal's Message 🗣️
2. Uniquely YOU Spotlight 💡
3. Parent Input Survey 📋
4. SCA School Store 💰
5. Join the Music!🎻🎺
6. Block Party - Save the Date! 🗓️ 
7. Block Party Volunteers!!! ✋
8. 6th Grade Photos Needed! 📸
9. Charger Chess Tournament ♟️
10. PTA  Announcements 
    
    • 💻 PTA Meeting
    • 🏃🏼‍♀️ Running Club
11. Staff Panther Praise!🎉
12. Follow Us! 👍🏽❤️

Dear Poplar Tree Families,

We had a lovely strings concert this week! Huge thanks to our strings teachers for leading our students this year in helping them to grow in their music talent! Congratulations to all of our students who should be so proud of all their hard work!

In addition, this week, we had the Power of our Words lessons in grades 3 & 6. The students had great discussions in the classrooms. This is the first step in our journey and we look forward to continuing this work in the upcoming school year!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Sue Andujar, Principal 

Amy Alley, Assistant Principal 

💡Uniquely YOU Spotlight 💡

As we are helping ensure everyone at Poplar Tree has the opportunity to celebrate their uniqueness, we also want to highlight what makes our staff members unique! This week's spotlight is on one of our Instructional Assistants, Mrs. Farris!

2024-25 Parent Input Form

As we look ahead to the 2024-25 school year, we are asking for your input. We value our partnership between home and school and appreciate your thoughts on your child's learning needs.  

If you feel that there is pertinent information to support your child’s success for the upcoming school year, please complete this optional Parent Input Form by Friday, May 24.

This system is not intended for families to request specific teachers. Requests for specific teachers will not be honored.

  💰SCA School Store-Open Monday!

The SCA is running our very popular school store starting MONDAY, May 20!!
They will be setup in the lobby during arrival time and this year there will be TWO lines to help keep kids moving through!

Questions? Email Mrs. Sniffin at [email protected]

🎺 Join Band or Strings🎻

Participation in Strings is available to all rising 4th - 6th graders and participation in Band is available to all rising 5th and 6th graders! Joining the PTES Band and Strings programs give your student the opportunity to perform at various events such as Solo and Ensemble and Fire and Ice as well as yearly concerts.

The electronic enrollment form will be available starting on Friday, May 31st. We look forward to working with your students next year in our programs!

  🗓️ Block Party - Save The Date! Friday, June 7th

Save the date for this year’s annual block party! June 7th, 6 - 8 pm at PTES!!

  We need YOU for the Block Party!

We need a little help to host a successful block party!

Sign up to help HERE!

  📸 6th Grade Photos Needed! 📸

Parents and guardians, help us celebrate our sixth graders at the year-end celebration! Please share an individual baby photo and current photo of your student, as well as friend group photos. Submit your photos here! Email questions to [email protected].

♟️Charger Chess Tournament♟️

Sign up for the Chantilly Charger Chess Tournament on May 25! 

Register HERE!

  💻 PTA Meeting

Our LAST PTA meeting of the year will be on Thursday, May 30!

Join the meeting via Zoom HERE!

We look forward to seeing many of you there!

  🏃🏾‍♂️ Running Club 🏃🏼‍♀️

It's time to get your running and walking shoes on! We are continuing the before school Running/Walking Club for all students grades 1-6. If a Kindergartener wants to join, please have a parent come and run/walk too. Best of all, it's FREE! 

Sign up HERE!

Meet at the blue playground, behind the gym from 7:45am to 8:20am.

 

🎉 Staff Panther Praise

We are so grateful for all of our awesome staff who keep our students engaged and learning everyday. If you would to recognize one of our staff members for all their hard work, please give them a Staff Panther Praise! 

Another option you have is to complete an FCPS Cares. You can do that HERE!

👍🏽❤️ Follow us on Social Media!

• Facebook
• Instagram

13440 Melville Lane, Chantilly, VA 20151  |  Main Phone: 703.633.7400
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2024-25 Parent Input Form

As we look ahead to the 2024-25 school year, we are asking for your input. We value our partnership between home and school and appreciate your thoughts on your child's learning needs.  

If you feel that there is pertinent information to support your child’s success for the upcoming school year, please complete this optional Parent Input Form by Friday, May 24.

This system is not intended for families to request specific teachers. Requests for specific teachers will not be honored.

Thank you in advance for your support, 
Poplar Tree

 

13440 Melville Lane, Chantilly, VA 20151  |  Main Phone: 703.633.7400
Attendance: 703.633.7474 or [email protected]
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In this Paw Print:

1. Principal's Message 🗣️
2. Uniquely YOU Spotlight 💡
3. SCA School Store 💰
4. Block Party - Save the Date! 🗓️ 
5. 6th Grade Photos Needed! 📸
6. Pack 1459 Boats & Floats ⛵
7. Charger Chess Tournament ♟️
8. PTA  Announcements 
   
   • 💻 PTA Meeting
   • 🏃🏼‍♀️ Running Club
   • 📣 Join the PTA!
9. Staff Panther Praise!🎉
10. Follow Us! 👍🏽❤️

Dear Poplar Tree Families,

What a wonderful Teacher Appreciation Week we had this week! We want to express our deepest gratitude for the outpouring of support shown to our incredible faculty and staff. The past week has been a heartwarming display of the strong bond that unites our school community.

From the heartfelt student artwork and handwritten notes to the delicious treats and thoughtful gift baskets, your efforts truly touched the hearts of our teachers. It was evident in the smiles on their faces and the appreciation in their voices how much your gestures meant.

Your recognition of their dedication, passion, and tireless commitment to our students is invaluable. Teachers play a vital role in shaping young minds and fostering a love of learning. Knowing that their efforts are appreciated fuels their passion and motivates them to continue creating a nurturing and enriching environment for our children.

Thank you, parents, students, and staff, for making Teacher Appreciation Week such a success. Together, we are building a strong foundation for our future generation.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Sue Andujar, Principal 

Amy Alley, Assistant Principal 

💡Uniquely YOU Spotlight 💡

As we are helping ensure everyone at Poplar Tree has the opportunity to celebrate their uniqueness, we also want to highlight what makes our staff members unique! This week's spotlight is on our Reading Specialist, Julie Majkowski.

Parent Input Survey

 

  💰SCA School Store PRE-ORDERS!

The SCA is running our very popular school store in a couple of weeks! To help avoid the lines and guarantee your child gets exactly what they want before it sells out, we are also doing pre-orders. The pre-order form is open NOW through May 8!

All pre-ordered items will be delivered by Friday, 5/17. **Items will not be reserved/delivered until money is paid via cash or check (made payable to Poplar Tree Elementary) and turned into Mrs. Sniffin.**

All of this information can be found on the pre-order form linked HERE! 

Your child is also more than welcome to come visit us at our in person store the week of May 20. We will be set up in the lobby during arrival time.

Questions? Email Mrs. Sniffin at [email protected]

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As a reminder, if you have already placed your pre-order, payment in the form of exact cash or a check made payable to Poplar Tree is due before the order will be filled. If payment is not received by 5/10, your child’s pre-order will NOT be filled. If you have questions about payment, please contact Mrs. Sniffin.

  🗓️ Block Party - Save The Date! Friday, June 7th

Save the date for this year’s annual block party! June 7th, 6 - 8 pm at PTES. Stay tuned for more details. 

Want to get involved? Email Kristin Rohrer - [email protected].

  📸 6th Grade Photos Needed! 📸

Parents and guardians, help us celebrate our sixth graders at the year-end celebration! Please share an individual baby photo and current photo of your student, as well as friend group photos. Submit your photos here! Email questions to [email protected].

  ⛵Pack 1459 Boats & Floats Event

Cub Scout Pack 1459 invites Kindergarten through 4th grade boys and girls to join us for our Boats and Floats event May 13th from 7:00-8:00 PM in front of the school. We will build and race boats, paper airplanes and more! Please email [email protected] if you would like to attend.

♟️Charger Chess Tournament♟️

Sign up for the Chantilly Charger Chess Tournament on May 25! 

Register HERE!

  💻 PTA Meeting 💻

Hope you can join us for the last PTA Meeting of the 2023-2024 school year!!

 Join us via Zoom HERE. Hope you can join us!

  🏃🏾‍♂️ Running Club 🏃🏼‍♀️

It's time to get your running and walking shoes on! We are continuing the before school Running/Walking Club for all students grades 1-6. If a Kindergartener wants to join, please have a parent come and run/walk too. Best of all, it's FREE! 

Sign up HERE!

Meet at the blue playground, behind the gym from 7:45am to 8:20am.

 

🎉 Staff Panther Praise

We are so grateful for all of our awesome staff who keep our students engaged and learning everyday. If you would to recognize one of our staff members for all their hard work, please give them a Staff Panther Praise! 

Another option you have is to complete an FCPS Cares. You can do that HERE!

👍🏽❤️ Follow us on Social Media!

• Facebook
• Instagram

13440 Melville Lane, Chantilly, VA 20151  |  Main Phone: 703.633.7400
Attendance: 703.633.7474 or [email protected]
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In this Paw Print:

1. Principal's Message 🗣️
2. Uniquely YOU Spotlight 💡
3. PoG Spirit Week 🎓❤️🧡💚🩵💙
4. SCA School Store 💰
5. 6th Grade Photos Needed! 📸
6. Pack 1459 Boats & Floats ⛵
7. Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Screener Results Coming Soon! ❤️
8. Testing Updates 💻
9. Charger Chess Tournament ♟️
10. PTA Support - Why it Matters! 💸
11. PTA  Announcements 
    

    • 🍎 Teacher Appreciation Week 

    • 🏃🏼‍♀️ Running Club
    • 📣 Join the PTA!
12. Staff Panther Praise!🎉
13. Follow Us! 👍🏽❤️

Dear Poplar Tree Families,

Last Friday, our amazing 6th graders took the court by storm for the "Fire vs. Ice" basketball game! The gym was buzzing with excitement as students, families, and staff cheered on each other! We loved seeing teamwork, sportsmanship, and pure joy throughout the gym. Whether you were Team Fire or Team Ice, fun was had by all!

This event wouldn't have been possible without the tireless efforts of our dedicated PTA and parent volunteers. From organizing the game to setting up the decorations and refreshments, their commitment to building a strong school community truly shines. A HUGE thank you to everyone who helped make this event such a resounding success!

Be sure to check out the photos below to relive the excitement!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Sue Andujar, Principal 

Amy Alley, Assistant Principal 

💡Uniquely YOU Spotlight 💡

As we are helping ensure everyone at Poplar Tree has the opportunity to celebrate their uniqueness, we also want to highlight what makes our staff members unique! This week's spotlight is on our Kindergarten Teachers, Ms. Bauer, Ms. Melchiori, & Ms. Sitter!

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  🥳 Happy Birthday PoG! 🥳 Let's Celebrate with a Spirit Week!

We have been teaching our students in FCPS Portrait of a Graduate attributes for 10 years! And we're seeing how they are growing in each of these areas! To celebrate, we'll have a Spirit Week NEXT WEEK - starting Monday, May 6!

• ❤️ Monday: Communicator - POGjama Day
• 💛 Tuesday: Collaborator - Multiples Day
• 💚 Wednesday: Ethical & Global Citizen - House T-Shirt Day
• 🩵 Thursday: Critical & Creative Thinker - Crazy Hair Day
• 💙 Friday: Goal Directed & Resilient Individual - Career Goals Day

Can't wait to see all the PoG school spirit!   💰SCA School Store PRE-ORDERS!

The SCA is running our very popular school store in a couple of weeks! To help avoid the lines and guarantee your child gets exactly what they want before it sells out, we are also doing pre-orders. The pre-order form is open NOW through May 8!

All pre-ordered items will be delivered by Friday, 5/17. **Items will not be reserved/delivered until money is paid via cash or check (made payable to Poplar Tree Elementary) and turned into Mrs. Sniffin.**

All of this information can be found on the pre-order form linked HERE! 

Your child is also more than welcome to come visit us at our in person store the week of May 20. We will be set up in the lobby during arrival time.

Questions? Email Mrs. Sniffin at [email protected]

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As a reminder, if you have already placed your pre-order, payment in the form of exact cash or a check made payable to Poplar Tree is due before the order will be filled. If payment is not received by 5/10, your child’s pre-order will NOT be filled. If you have questions about payment, please contact Mrs. Sniffin.

  📸 6th Grade Photos Needed! 📸

Parents and guardians, help us celebrate our sixth graders at the year-end celebration! Please share an individual baby photo and current photo of your student, as well as friend group photos. Submit your photos here! Email questions to [email protected].

  ⛵Pack 1459 Boats & Floats Event

Cub Scout Pack 1459 invites Kindergarten through 4th grade boys and girls to join us for our Boats and Floats event May 13th from 7:00-8:00 PM in front of the school. We will build and race boats, paper airplanes and more! Please email [email protected] if you would like to attend.

  ❤️Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Screener Results Coming Soon!

Students in grades 3-12 took the SEL Screener during the month of March, providing parents and teachers with their current perspective on SEL skills like achieving goals, understanding and managing emotions, establishing and maintaining relationships, and making responsible decisions. The screener also asks students how well their school community makes them feel valued, included, and supported.

In late April, individual student SEL Screener results will be available to families in the Documents section of SIS ParentVUE. For families who do not have an active ParentVUE account, results will be sent via postal mail. For more information about the screener please visit the Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Screener webpage. For support in understanding your individual student’s results or for ideas on how to support them at home, please review the Family Guide or contact your student’s school.

  iReady Assessments

Students in Grades 1-6 will be taking the iReady assessments in the coming weeks. The purpose of iReady assessments is to identify students who may have gaps in foundational literacy and mathematics skills. iReady tests are also used to measure student progress in reading and mathematics skills. 

Additional information can be found at the iReady Universal Screener webpage (https://www.fcps.edu/us). If you have further questions about these assessments, please contact your student’s teacher or one of our school test coordinators Amy Alley, avalley@fcps.edu or Leslie Leisey, [email protected].

♟️Charger Chess Tournament♟️

Sign up for the Chantilly Charger Chess Tournament on May 25! 

Register HERE!

Our PTA's fundraising efforts include giving the school grants for supplies. While most supplies are not big or flashy, they are greatly appreciated!

Thank you for participating in the PTA's fundraising efforts!

Your support benefits our students and staff!

  🍎 Teacher Appreciation Week 🍎 May 6-10

Teacher Appreciation Week is just around the corner! We need your help to make it a success for our amazing Poplar Tree staff. Please sign up HERE to volunteer for a time slot or two, or donate items for the staff lounges HERE.

Thank you for your support!    🏃🏾‍♂️ Running Club 🏃🏼‍♀️

It's time to get your running and walking shoes on! We are continuing the before school Running/Walking Club for all students grades 1-6. If a Kindergartener wants to join, please have a parent come and run/walk too. Best of all, it's FREE! 

Sign up HERE!

Meet at the blue playground, behind the gym from 7:45am to 8:20am.

 

 

📣 Join the PTA!!!

If you haven't renewed your membership yet this year, you can renew here: http://www.poplartreepta.org/membership!

🎉 Staff Panther Praise

We are so grateful for all of our awesome staff who keep our students engaged and learning everyday. If you would to recognize one of our staff members for all their hard work, please give them a Staff Panther Praise! 

Another option you have is to complete an FCPS Cares. You can do that HERE!

👍🏽❤️ Follow us on Social Media!

• Facebook
• Instagram

13440 Melville Lane, Chantilly, VA 20151  |  Main Phone: 703.633.7400
Attendance: 703.633.7474 or [email protected]
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🥳 Happy Birthday PoG! 🥳 Let's Celebrate with a Spirit Week!

We have been teaching our students in FCPS Portrait of a Graduate attributes for 10 years! And we're seeing how they are growing in each of these areas! To celebrate, we'll have a Spirit Week NEXT WEEK - starting Monday, May 6!

• ❤️ Monday: Communicator - POGjama Day
• 💛 Tuesday: Collaborator - Multiples Day
• 💚 Wednesday: Ethical & Global Citizen - House T-Shirt Day
• 🩵 Thursday: Critical & Creative Thinker - Crazy Hair Day
• 💙 Friday: Goal Directed & Resilient Individual - Career Goals Day

Can't wait to see all the PoG school spirit!

 

13440 Melville Lane, Chantilly, VA 20151  |  Main Phone: 703.633.7400
Attendance: 703.633.7474 or [email protected]
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In this Paw Print:

1. Principal's Message 🗣️
2. 6th Grade Photos Needed! 📸
3. Fire vs Ice Basketball Game 🏀🔥🧊
4. Outdoor Sensory Walk - Volunteers Needed! 🖐️
5. Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Screener Results Coming Soon! ❤️
6. Testing Updates 💻
7. PTA  Announcements 
   

   • 📢Call for PTA Board Members

   • ⭐ Starting Monday: Poplar Tree Online Auction!

   • 🍎 Teacher Appreciation Week 

   • 🏃🏼‍♀️ Running Club
   • 📣 Join the PTA!
8. PTA Support - Why it Matters! 💸
9. Chantilly Math Competition 🔣
10. Cyber Patriot Summer Camp 🔒
11. Staff Panther Praise!🎉
12. Follow Us! 👍🏽❤️

Dear Poplar Tree Families,

Thank you to all who came to the Power of our Words lesson preview last night! We look forward to sharing these lessons with our students in the upcoming weeks. We will also be forming a parent work group to help develop a parent work shop this fall. Stay tuned for a sign up for this!

Thank you also to those who came to our PTA meeting. We are so lucky to have such a supportive PTA and community!

We want to extend our warmest wishes to all our families who observe Passover and Theravada New Year!

Passover, a joyous holiday in Judaism, commemorates freedom and liberation. It's a time for families to gather, reflect, and share traditions.

Theravada New Year, a vibrant celebration in many Southeast Asian countries, marks the beginning of a new year based on the lunar calendar. It's a time for renewal, good deeds, and spending time with loved ones.

We celebrate the diversity within our school community and recognize the importance of these significant holidays. May both Passover and Theravada New Year bring you and your families joy, peace, and treasured moments together.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Sue Andujar, Principal 

Amy Alley, Assistant Principal 

  📸 6th Grade Photos Needed! 📸

Parents and guardians, help us celebrate our sixth graders at the year-end celebration! Please share an individual baby photo and current photo of your student, as well as friend group photos. Submit your photos here! Email questions to [email protected].

  🔥Fire vs. Ice Basketball Game🧊 TONIGHT!!!

• Doors & concessions open at 6pm
• Teacher Knockout game at 6:15
• Girls Basketball game at 6:45
• Halftime Show at 7:10
• Boys Basketball game at 7:25

See you there!!   Outdoor Sensory Walk Installation

Calling Adult Volunteers!! Poplar Tree is looking for adult volunteers to help install an outdoor sensory walk next to the kindergarten playground during the teacher workday on Friday, May 3rd starting at 9:30 AM weather permitting. This will entail spray painting the concrete with provided stencils so please dress accordingly. 

If you are available to help, please Sign Up HERE!

  ❤️Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Screener Results Coming Soon!

Students in grades 3-12 took the SEL Screener during the month of March, providing parents and teachers with their current perspective on SEL skills like achieving goals, understanding and managing emotions, establishing and maintaining relationships, and making responsible decisions. The screener also asks students how well their school community makes them feel valued, included, and supported.

In late April, individual student SEL Screener results will be available to families in the Documents section of SIS ParentVUE. For families who do not have an active ParentVUE account, results will be sent via postal mail. For more information about the screener please visit the Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Screener webpage. For support in understanding your individual student’s results or for ideas on how to support them at home, please review the Family Guide or contact your student’s school.

  iReady Assessments

Students in Grades 1-6 will be taking the iReady assessments in the coming weeks. The purpose of iReady assessments is to identify students who may have gaps in foundational literacy and mathematics skills. iReady tests are also used to measure student progress in reading and mathematics skills. 

Additional information can be found at the iReady Universal Screener webpage (https://www.fcps.edu/us). If you have further questions about these assessments, please contact your student’s teacher or one of our school test coordinators Amy Alley, avalley@fcps.edu or Leslie Leisey, [email protected].

  📢Call for PTA Board Members🙋🏽

Our nominating committee is hard at work recruiting for THREE open positions for our PTA Board for the 2024-2025 school year - VP1, Treasurer and Secretary! NOMINATIONS ARE DUE ON MONDAY, APRIL 30! If you are interested, please email Cat Berta at [email protected]. We will have a special meeting on Thursday, May 2 to vote. Don't miss it!

Join here!

Nomination forms are due by April 30th.

 

  ⭐ Starting Monday:⭐ Poplar Tree Online Auction!!!!

Mark your calendars!! The Poplar Tree Online Auction will be open April 29-May 1 with another collection of AMAZING items, experiences, gift cards, and fabulous class baskets!! Your support of the auction allows the PTA to support funding various school needs, such as music and art programs, classroom materials, library author visits, software technology, staff appreciation, and so much more. Bidding starts at 8am on Monday, April 29, so create your Bidding Owl account now and start planning your bids!!

Create your Bidding Owl account HERE and start planning your bids now!!

 

🍎 Teacher Appreciation Week 🍎 May 6-10

Teacher Appreciation Week is just around the corner! We need your help to make it a success for our amazing Poplar Tree staff. Please sign up HERE to volunteer for a time slot or two, or donate items for the staff lounges HERE.

Thank you for your support!    🏃🏾‍♂️ Running Club 🏃🏼‍♀️

It's time to get your running and walking shoes on! We are continuing the before school Running/Walking Club for all students grades 1-6. If a Kindergartener wants to join, please have a parent come and run/walk too. Best of all, it's FREE! 

Sign up HERE!

Meet at the blue playground, behind the gym from 7:45am to 8:20am.

 

 

📣 Join the PTA!!!

If you haven't renewed your membership yet this year, you can renew here: http://www.poplartreepta.org/membership!

Our PTA's fundraising efforts include giving the school grants for supplies. While most supplies are not big or flashy, they are greatly appreciated!

Thank you for participating in the PTA's fundraising efforts!

Your support benefits our students and staff!

🎉 Staff Panther Praise

We are so grateful for all of our awesome staff who keep our students engaged and learning everyday. If you would to recognize one of our staff members for all their hard work, please give them a Staff Panther Praise! 

Another option you have is to complete an FCPS Cares. You can do that HERE!

👍🏽❤️ Follow us on Social Media!

• Facebook
• Instagram

13440 Melville Lane, Chantilly, VA 20151  |  Main Phone: 703.633.7400
Attendance: 703.633.7474 or [email protected]
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🗣️ Power of our Words

Please join us at 6:30pm TOMORROW, April 25 before the PTA meeting via ZOOM to hear about the Power of our Words grade level lessons that will be taught in 3rd and 6th grade this school year. The plan is to include more grade levels in these lessons for the 2024-2025 school year.

During these lessons, students will go over what it means to be an upstander and reflect on the power of words and how they can impact others. We will also go over the Stop, Think, Act strategies with students. 

We look forward to seeing you there!

 

  ❤️ PTA Meeting TOMORROW

Please join us for our PTA meeting on Thursday, April 25 starting at 7pm! You can join via Zoom HERE.

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🥧Pie in the Face Fundraiser!💸 The SCA is raising money for St. Judes!

Bring in your money and donate it to the bins in the front lobby labeled for various teachers and SCA Officers. Whoever gets the most money will get pied in the face! Money can be donated from now until April 30!

13440 Melville Lane, Chantilly, VA 20151  |  Main Phone: 703.633.7400
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In this Paw Print:

1. Principal's Message 🗣️
2. Uniquely YOU Spotlight💡
3. 6th Grade Photos Needed! 📸
4. Solar Eclipse Glasses 🔅🕶️
5. Fire & Ice Basketball Game 🏀🔥🧊
6. Order Spring School Pictures 📷
7. Fairfax County Health Department School Health Services Survey 🩹
8. PTA Support - Why it Matters! 💸
9. Chantilly High School Baseball Camp ⚾
10. PTA  Announcements 
    
    • 💻 PTA Meeting

    • 📢Call for PTA Board Members

    • ⭐ Coming Soon: Poplar Tree Online Auction!!!!

    • 🍎 Teacher Appreciation Week 

    • 🏃🏼‍♀️ Running Club
    • 📣 Join the PTA!
11. Staff Panther Praise!🎉
12. Follow Us! 👍🏽❤️

Dear Poplar Tree Families,

At Poplar Tree, we strive to provide an educational environment where all feel welcomed, safe, and supported to learn. Part of our commitment is to provide our students with meaningful learning opportunities that allow them to continue to grow as Ethical and Global Citizens. During the month of May, we have planned some grade-level lessons focused on the power of our words. 

We will hold the lesson with our 3rd and 6th grade students. During the lesson, we will go over what it means to be an upstander and reflect with students about the power of words and how they can impact others. We will also go over the Stop, Think, Act strategies with students. 

In preparation for the lessons, families are invited to join us virtually for a review of the Student Presentation before the PTA meeting on Thursday, April 25 at 6:30. You can join this virtual presentation via Zoom HERE.

If you have any questions or would like support at home, please feel free to contact the administrative team directly.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Sue Andujar, Principal 

Amy Alley, Assistant Principal 

💡Uniquely YOU Spotlight 💡

As we are helping ensure everyone at Poplar Tree has the opportunity to celebrate their uniqueness, we also want to highlight what makes our staff members unique! This week's spotlight is on our 2nd grade teachers, Ms. Brumet, Ms. Francis, & Ms. Polandick.

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      Think about it...what makes YOU Uniquely YOU!?    📸 6th Grade Photos Needed! 📸

Parents and guardians, help us celebrate our sixth graders at the year-end celebration! Please share an individual baby photo and current photo of your student, as well as friend group photos. Submit your photos here! Email questions to [email protected].

  🔅 Solar Eclipse Glasses 🕶️

Our SCA is collecting used Solar Eclipse Glasses to send to South America so that children and families there can experience watching the Solar Eclipse safely in October! There is a bin in the front lobby and we'll be accepting glasses until April 26th!

  🔥Fire and Ice Basketball Game🧊

The 6th grade invites you to join us for the Fire and Ice on Friday, April 26, 2024. Fire and Ice is two basketball games. One between 6th grade students and one between 6th grade students and Poplar Tree Elementary teachers. There will be a fun half-time show, the Poplar Tree band, and a sprit squad. There will be food, drinks, and novelties sold. It is a fun, exciting, family friendly event. All Poplar Tree Student's and their families are invited to come!

  🍕 Pre-Order Pizza 🍕

 Need dinner on the night of Fire & Ice? Just click HERE to pre-order pizza for the night of the event, and your pizza will be ready and waiting for you to enjoy! A flyer was sent home in your student's Friday Folder with the QR code too. If you have any questions please reach out to Rachel Cabero at [email protected].

 

Our PTA's fundraising efforts include giving the school grants for supplies. While most supplies are not big or flashy, they are greatly appreciated!

Thank you for participating in the PTA's fundraising efforts!

Your support benefits our students and staff!

📷 Spring Pictures 📷 Don't Forget to Order Spring Pictures!

ENJOY 10% OFF your order!

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EXPIRES: December 31, 2024

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Fairfax County Health Department School Health Services Survey

The Fairfax County Health Department (FCHD) employs school health aides and public health nurses who provide school health services to the students in Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS). To determine the quality of these services, a survey has been developed by the FCHD to be shared with all parents or guardians of FCPS students. Parents/guardians will be asked for feedback on the level of satisfaction with School Health services provided to the school community. The survey will be distributed electronically via FCPS This Week. The survey window is April 15 - April 26, 2024. Survey link: www.redcap.link/FCHDSchoolHealthSurvey.

Survey results will provide a basis for quality improvement of School Health services. The data-driven process is in alignment with the FCPS Strategic planning process, and the survey results will contribute positively to the FCPS Strategic Plan that reflects a shared consensus among stakeholders.

  ⚾Chantilly Boys Baseball Camp

Chantilly High School is sponsoring a baseball camp this summer from June 17 -20! The cost is $240 per player and includes a camp shirt. Join head coach Eric Crozier and Chantilly High School players by registering HERE!

  ❤️ PTA Meeting 💻

Please join us for the next PTA meeting THIS Thursday, April 25th at 7:00 pm. Join us via Zoom HERE. Hope you can join us!

  📢Call for PTA Board Members🙋🏽

Our nominating committee is hard at work recruiting for THREE open positions for our PTA Board for the 2024-2025 school year - VP1, Treasurer and Secretary! If you are interested, please email Cat Berta at [email protected] to be connected with the committee for more information and for information to join the Zoom Q&A.

Nomination forms are due by April 30th.   ⭐ Coming Soon:⭐ Poplar Tree Online Auction!!!!

Mark your calendars!! The Poplar Tree Online Auction will be open April 29-May 1 with another collection of AMAZING items, experiences, gift cards, and fabulous class baskets!! Your support of the auction allows the PTA to support funding various school needs, such as music and art programs, classroom materials, library author visits, software technology, staff appreciation, and so much more.

Create your Bidding Owl account HERE and start planning your bids now!!

 

🍎 Teacher Appreciation Week 🍎 May 6-10

Teacher Appreciation Week is just around the corner! We need your help to make it a success for our amazing Poplar Tree staff. Please sign up HERE to volunteer for a time slot or two, or donate items for the staff lounges HERE.

Thank you for your support!    🏃🏾‍♂️ Running Club 🏃🏼‍♀️

It's time to get your running and walking shoes on! We are continuing the before school Running/Walking Club for all students grades 1-6. If a Kindergartener wants to join, please have a parent come and run/walk too. Best of all, it's FREE! 

Sign up HERE!

Meet at the blue playground, behind the gym from 7:45am to 8:20am.

 

 

📣 Join the PTA!!!

If you haven't renewed your membership yet this year, you can renew here: http://www.poplartreepta.org/membership!

🎉 Staff Panther Praise

We are so grateful for all of our awesome staff who keep our students engaged and learning everyday. If you would to recognize one of our staff members for all their hard work, please give them a Staff Panther Praise! 

Another option you have is to complete an FCPS Cares. You can do that HERE!

👍🏽❤️ Follow us on Social Media!

• Facebook
• Instagram

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Purple Up FCPS! April is the month of the military child!

We are so grateful for all of our military families and the sacrifices they make to help our country. To celebrate all of our Poplar Tree children of military families, we will all wear PURPLE on Wednesday, April 17! 

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In this Paw Print:

1. Principal's Message 🗣️
2. Uniquely YOU Spotlight💡
3. YOU-Seum 🧩
4. Solar Eclipse Glasses 🔅🕶️
5. Kindergarten Registration 🏫
6. Fire & Ice Basketball Game 🏀🔥🧊
7. Fairfax County Health Department School Health Services Survey 🩹
8. PTA Support - Why it Matters! 💸
9. Chantilly High School Basketball Camp 🏀
10. PTA  Announcements 
    • 🏃🏼‍♀️ Running Club
    • 💻 PTA Meeting
    • 🫶🏼 Calling for Community Donations (Silent Auction) 
    • 📣 Join the PTA!
11. Staff Panther Praise!🎉
12. Follow Us! 👍🏽❤️

Dear Poplar Tree Families,

We want to extend warm wishes to all those who celebrated Eid al-Fitr. We hope your your Eid was filled with joy, peace, and togetherness with loved ones.

This week we were able to meet with each colored house for a closing circle! It was fun to have all the classes in each house together, meeting and greeting each other, and sharing the ways our students have been Ethical & Global Citizens! 

Being an Ethical & Global Citizen is one of 5 Portrait of a Graduate attributes that FCPS hopes for all students to have by the time they graduate from high school. The other attributes include Communicator, Collaborator, Critical & Creative Thinker, and Goal Directed and Resilient Individual. FCPS is celebrating 10 years of Portrait of a Graduate and even came to Poplar Tree to record some of our students talking about it! We are very proud of the work that our school does around Portrait of a Graduate and are excited that FCPS recognizes this work at Poplar Tree! You can see the video by clicking the image below!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Sue Andujar, Principal 

Amy Alley, Assistant Principal 

💡Uniquely YOU Spotlight 💡

As we are helping ensure everyone at Poplar Tree has the opportunity to celebrate their uniqueness, we also want to highlight what makes our staff members unique! This week's spotlight is on Romney Short, our Administrative Assistant. 

      Think about it...what makes YOU Uniquely YOU!?  YOU-seum Final chance to sign up!

Does your student have a cool collection, awesome art, terrific trophies, lotsa Lego builds, or anything else they’d love to share with the school? Iyour last chance to display them in the YOU-seum! In line with our school motto this year, “Uniquely You,” the display cases next to the front office and at the top of the stairs are being dedicated to showcasing all the ways Poplar Tree Panthers are unique and special. Every two weeks, 3 students will be able to curate a collection of items they want to show off! Grown-ups can sign their student up for one slot on a first-come, first-served basis. Please do not sign up if your students has already been a curator this year. Students may also collaborate if they choose. This is the final sign-up for the year. Click HERE to sign up!

  🔅 Solar Eclipse Glasses 🕶️

Our SCA is collecting used Solar Eclipse Glasses to send to South America so that children and families there can experience watching the Solar Eclipse safely in October! There is a bin in the front lobby and we'll be accepting glasses until April 26th!

  🏫 Kindergarten Registration 🏫 We are so excited for our littlest Panthers to join our school for the 2024-2025 school year!

It's time to register your child for Kindergarten! To do this, fill out the forms linked HERE. Then, please contact our School Information Assistant (SIA), Claudia Guitjens-Munson ([email protected]) to schedule an appointment!

  🔥Fire and Ice Basketball Game🧊

The 6th grade invites you to join us for the Fire and Ice on Friday, April 26, 2024. Fire and Ice is two basketball games. One between 6th grade students and one between 6th grade students and Poplar Tree Elementary teachers. There will be a fun half-time show, the Poplar Tree band, and a sprit squad. There will be food, drinks, and novelties sold. It is a fun, exciting, family friendly event. All Poplar Tree Student's and their families are invited to come!

  🍕 Pre-Order Pizza 🍕

 Need dinner on the night of Fire & Ice? Just click HERE to pre-order pizza for the night of the event, and your pizza will be ready and waiting for you to enjoy! A flyer was sent home in your student's Friday Folder with the QR code too. If you have any questions please reach out to Rachel Cabero at [email protected].

 

Our PTA's fundraising efforts include giving the school grants for supplies. While most supplies are not big or flashy, they are greatly appreciated!

Thank you for participating in the PTA's fundraising efforts!

Your support benefits our students and staff!

Fairfax County Health Department School Health Services Survey

The Fairfax County Health Department (FCHD) employs school health aides and public health nurses who provide school health services to the students in Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS). To determine the quality of these services, a survey has been developed by the FCHD to be shared with all parents or guardians of FCPS students. Parents/guardians will be asked for feedback on the level of satisfaction with School Health services provided to the school community. The survey will be distributed electronically via FCPS This Week. The survey window is April 15 - April 26, 2024. Survey link: www.redcap.link/FCHDSchoolHealthSurvey.

Survey results will provide a basis for quality improvement of School Health services. The data-driven process is in alignment with the FCPS Strategic planning process, and the survey results will contribute positively to the FCPS Strategic Plan that reflects a shared consensus among stakeholders.

  🏀Chantilly Boys Basketball Camp

Chantilly High School will be sponsoring a boys basketball camp the week of June 17th to the 21st from 9:00 am to 2:30 pm. They will have pizza and snacks available to purchase for lunch as well as t-shirts and trophies for those who excel during camp. Register HERE!

🏃🏾‍♂️ Running Club 🏃🏼‍♀️

It's time to get your running and walking shoes on! We are continuing the before school Running/Walking Club for all students grades 1-6. If a Kindergartener wants to join, please have a parent come and run/walk too. Best of all, it's FREE! 

Sign up HERE!

Meet at the blue playground, behind the gym from 7:45am to 8:20am.

 

❤️ PTA Meeting 💻

Please join us for the next PTA meeting on Thursday, April 25th at 7:00 pm. Join us via Zoom HERE. Hope you can join us!

  🫶🏼Call for community donations!💰

The annual PTES PTA Auction will be held from April 29 - May 1! If you or anyone you know has an item you'd like to donate to be auctioned off, please send an email to [email protected]. Previous donations have included artwork, vacation home rentals, household items, and gift cards just to name a few!

Thank you for all your support to make the 2024 auction the best one yet!

 

 

📣 Join the PTA!!!

If you haven't renewed your membership yet this year, you can renew here: http://www.poplartreepta.org/membership!

🎉 Staff Panther Praise

We are so grateful for all of our awesome staff who keep our students engaged and learning everyday. If you would to recognize one of our staff members for all their hard work, please give them a Staff Panther Praise! 

Another option you have is to complete an FCPS Cares. You can do that HERE!

👍🏽❤️ Follow us on Social Media!

• Facebook
• Instagram

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In this Paw Print:

1. Principal's Message 🗣️
2. SCA Spirit Day 🧸
3. Recycling Bags ♻️
4. Kindergarten Registration 🏫
5. SOL Dates 🗓️
6. Chantilly Pyramid Art Show 🎨
7. Fire & Ice Basketball Game 🏀🔥🧊
8. Rocky Run Middle School presents A Wrinkle in Time 🎭
9. Fairfax County Health Department School Health Services Survey 🩹
10. PTA Support - Why it Matters! 💸
11. PTA  Announcements 
    • 💻 PTA Meeting
    • 🫶🏼 Calling for Community Donations (Silent Auction) 
    • 📣 Join the PTA!
12. Staff Panther Praise!🎉
13. Follow Us! 👍🏽❤️

Dear Poplar Tree Families,

Welcome back from Spring Break! We hope everyone had a chance to rest and recharge as we get ready to head into the final quarter of the school year. 

We want to thank the PTA for sponsoring the Science Fair last night. Our young scientists absolutely amazed us with their creativity, curiosity, and passion for exploration. We loved to see so many students confidently explain their scientific methods and share their findings. A huge thank you to all the families who supported our scientists at home and encouraged their love of learning! 

We look forward to seeing many of you at the Chantilly Pyramid Art Show tonight at Chantilly High School!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Sue Andujar, Principal 

Amy Alley, Assistant Principal 

  🧸 SCA Spirit Day🧸

Our next spirit day will be Friday, April 12 and it will be Pajama & Stuffed Animal Day! Make sure stuffed animals can fit inside backpacks!

We can't wait to see all the school spirit!  ♻️ Recycling Bags🌱

We are now offering a place to recycle bags! In the front lobby of Poplar Tree and in the SACC room, there are bins where you can recycle your produce or store bags, ziploc and cereal box liners, or newspaper sleeves and bubble wrap! Thank you for helping our students be Ethical & Global Citizens and take care of our environment! 

  🏫 Kindergarten Registration 🏫 We are so excited for our littlest Panthers to join our school for the 2024-2025 school year!

It's time to register your child for Kindergarten! To do this, fill out the forms linked HERE. Then, please contact our School Information Assistant (SIA), Claudia Guitjens-Munson ([email protected]) to schedule an appointment!

  🗓️ SOL Testing Dates 🗓️ 

Our Spring Standards of Learning (SOL) tests are coming up in April & May.

These assessments measure the extent to which students have learned the content and skills reflected in state standards. The content tested varies by grade level. See below for the scheduled dates this Spring.

Grade 3:

• 📖 Reading: Wednesday, May 8
• 🧮 Math: Wednesday, May 15

  Grade 4:

• 📖 Reading: Wednesday, May 8
• 🧮Math: Wednesday, May 15

  Grade 5:

• ⌨️Integrated Reading & Writing: Thursday, April 18
  • ✨New this year: Students taking the grade 5 or grade 8 SOL Reading test will complete an integrated reading and writing (IRW) component. The IRW component has with one non-fiction reading passage followed by 4-6 of multiple-choice/technology-enhanced items and an “invitation to write” based on the passage.
• 📖 Reading: Thursday, May 9
• 🔬 Science: Thursday, May 16
• 🧮 Math: Tuesday, May 21

  Grade 6:

• 📖 Reading: Thursday, May 9
• 🧮 Math: Tuesday, May 21

If you have any questions about SOL tests, please reach out to our School Testing Coordinators, Amy Alley ([email protected]) or Leslie Leisey ([email protected]).

  🎨 Chantilly Pyramid Art Show 🖼️

Our greatly anticipated Pyramid Art Show is right around the corner!

Join our Chantilly community on Friday, April 5th at Chantilly High School from 6-8pm for a fun and creative night out! Check out select artworks from our very own Poplar Tree Panthers, and learn about art programs in the Middle and High Schools as well! There will be fun crafts like bag hats, henna tattoos, and even a photo booth! Did we mention that there will be 4 different food trucks this year? YUM!

There will also be T-Shirt sales at the event for any proud artists to rock for the rest of the year! Bring the family and enjoy a night of creativity and community!

We hope to see you there!   🔥Fire and Ice Basketball Game🧊

The 6th grade invites you to join us for the Fire and Ice on Friday, April 26, 2024. Fire and Ice is two basketball games. One between 6th grade students and one between 6th grade students and Poplar Tree Elementary teachers. There will be a fun half-time show, the Poplar Tree band, and a sprit squad. There will be food, drinks, and novelties sold. It is a fun, exciting, family friendly event. All Poplar Tree Student's and their families are invited to come!

Please be on the look out for more information coming soon!

 

Our PTA's fundraising efforts include giving the school grants for supplies. While most supplies are not big or flashy, they are greatly appreciated!

Thank you for participating in the PTA's fundraising efforts!

Your support benefits our students and staff!

  🎟️ A Wrinkle in Time 🎭

Rocky Run Middle School theatre presents A Wrinkle in Time on April 12, 13, & 14. There will be some former Poplar Tree students involved in the production! You can purchase tickets HERE.

Fairfax County Health Department School Health Services Survey

The Fairfax County Health Department (FCHD) employs school health aides and public health nurses who provide school health services to the students in Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS). To determine the quality of these services, a survey has been developed by the FCHD to be shared with all parents or guardians of FCPS students. Parents/guardians will be asked for feedback on the level of satisfaction with School Health services provided to the school community. The survey will be distributed electronically via FCPS This Week. The survey window is April 15 - April 26, 2024. Survey link: www.redcap.link/FCHDSchoolHealthSurvey.

Survey results will provide a basis for quality improvement of School Health services. The data-driven process is in alignment with the FCPS Strategic planning process, and the survey results will contribute positively to the FCPS Strategic Plan that reflects a shared consensus among stakeholders.

❤️ PTA Meeting 💻

Please join us for the next PTA meeting on Thursday, April 25th at 7:00 pm. Join us via Zoom HERE. Hope you can join us!

  🫶🏼Call for community donations!💰

The annual PTES PTA Auction will be held from April 29 - May 1! If you or anyone you know has an item you'd like to donate to be auctioned off, please send an email to [email protected]. Previous donations have included artwork, vacation home rentals, household items, and gift cards just to name a few!

Thank you for all your support to make the 2024 auction the best one yet!

 

 

📣 Join the PTA!!!

If you haven't renewed your membership yet this year, you can renew here: http://www.poplartreepta.org/membership!

🎉 Staff Panther Praise

We are so grateful for all of our awesome staff who keep our students engaged and learning everyday. If you would to recognize one of our staff members for all their hard work, please give them a Staff Panther Praise! 

Another option you have is to complete an FCPS Cares. You can do that HERE!

👍🏽❤️ Follow us on Social Media!

• Facebook
• Instagram

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☀️ Total Solar Eclipse on April 8 ☀️

A total solar eclipse will occur on Monday, April 8, and will be viewable, depending on weather, in Fairfax County. The eclipse will begin in our area around 2:04PM and end around 4:32PM, with the maximum eclipse occurring around 3:20PM.

Maintaining our priority on safety, Poplar Tree will not be sending students outside to view the eclipse. Students and staff will be provided with the NASA livestream link as an option to safely observe the eclipse.

There will be some overlap of the expected window and Poplar Tree dismissal. To help with student safety we will be following our rain dismissal plan for kiss and ride, so kiss and ride students will be dismissed from the cafeteria that day. Students will be reminded to not stare at the sun, and we ask that parents remind their children that it is not safe to look directly at the Sun without specialized eye protection for solar viewing. 

FCPS has a page that shares information about Solar Eclipses at https://www.fcps.edu/solar-eclipse. 

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In this Paw Print:

1. Principal's Message 🗣️
2. Uniquely YOU Spotlight 💡
3. Attendance Reminders ✅
4. Kindergarten Registration 🏫
5. Kindergarten Orientation 🖐🏼
6. SOL Dates 🗓️
7. Chantilly Pyramid Art Show 🎨
8. Fire & Ice Basketball Game 🏀🔥🧊
9. PTA Support - Why it Matters! 💸
10. PTA  Announcements 📣
    • 🫶🏼 Calling for Community Donations (Silent Auction) 
    • 🎭 Not Just Dance Registration
    • 📣 Join the PTA!
11. Staff Panther Praise!🎉
12. Follow Us! 👍🏽❤️

Dear Poplar Tree Families,

Thank you to all our students and families who participated in or came to see the amazing performances for the Talent Show! There was dancing, singing, playing of musical instruments, 2 special Chinese Yo-Yo acts, and more!  A huge THANK YOU to the PTA members who volunteered their time to make the Talent Show a success!

We are so grateful at Poplar Tree to have such a diverse group of student learners! We strive to truly make every student feel like they belong. This is evident in many ways, including our Adapted PE classes where our multi-age students gain access to physical education activities that are just right for them. Check out this video highlighting some of our students enjoying some of these activities this week!

Another THANK YOU to our PTA for purchasing equipment so that our staff can create these engaging opportunities for all learners! 

Have a wonderful weekend!

Sue Andujar, Principal 

Amy Alley, Assistant Principal 

💡Uniquely YOU Spotlight 💡

As we are helping ensure everyone at Poplar Tree has the opportunity to celebrate their uniqueness, we also want to highlight what makes our staff members unique! This week's spotlight is on two of our multi-age teachers, Ms. Sheehy & Ms. Venkatanarayanan. 

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    Think about it...what makes YOU Uniquely YOU!? 

 

✅ Student Attendance🏫

Student attendance is very important. Every day, our teachers are teaching, and students are learning. Studies have shown that just two absences per month can cause students to fall behind.

Family trips taken during school days will be counted as “Unexcused Absences.” Excessive absences can additionally hurt our school’s accreditation status with the Virginia Department of Education. Most importantly, it creates a very difficult learning gap in a student’s education both academically and socially for all the days that are missed.

We ask that families do their best to schedule your trips during school breaks. The next school break is Spring Break which is March 25-29. Spring Break is followed by two teacher workdays (student holidays) on Monday, April 1 and Tuesday, April .

Please reach out to our school counselors Beth Mertens ([email protected]) or Stephanie Girellini ([email protected]) if you have any attendance concerns. You can also visit this website for attendance resources.

Let’s work together to make sure your student(s) are in school and excited to finish the year strong!   🏫 Kindergarten Registration 🏫 We are so excited for our littlest Panthers to join our school for the 2024-2025 school year!

It's time to register your child for Kindergarten! To do this, fill out the forms linked HERE. Then, please contact our School Information Assistant (SIA), Claudia Guitjens-Munson ([email protected]) to schedule an appointment!

 

🔠 Kindergarten Orientation 🖐🏼

Our future Panthers and their families are invited to come meet our Kindergarten teachers, see our Kindergarten classrooms, and learn more about our school community!

• When: Tuesday, April 2, 2024
• Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm

Students will go to classrooms with the teachers, hear a story in the library, and take a tour of a bus, while guardians will meet in the cafeteria for a presentation!

  🗓️ SOL Testing Dates 🗓️ 

Our Spring Standards of Learning (SOL) tests are coming up in April & May.

These assessments measure the extent to which students have learned the content and skills reflected in state standards. The content tested varies by grade level. See below for the scheduled dates this Spring.

Grade 3:

• 📖 Reading: Wednesday, May 8
• 🧮 Math: Wednesday, May 15

  Grade 4:

• 📖 Reading: Wednesday, May 8
• 🧮Math: Wednesday, May 15

  Grade 5:

• ⌨️Integrated Reading & Writing: Thursday, April 18
  • ✨New this year: Students taking the grade 5 or grade 8 SOL Reading test will complete an integrated reading and writing (IRW) component. The IRW component has with one non-fiction reading passage followed by 4-6 of multiple-choice/technology-enhanced items and an “invitation to write” based on the passage.
• 📖 Reading: Thursday, May 9
• 🔬 Science: Thursday, May 16
• 🧮 Math: Tuesday, May 21

  Grade 6:

• 📖 Reading: Thursday, May 9
• 🧮 Math: Tuesday, May 21

If you have any questions about SOL tests, please reach out to our School Testing Coordinators, Amy Alley ([email protected]) or Leslie Leisey ([email protected]).

  🎨 Chantilly Pyramid Art Show 🖼️

Our greatly anticipated Pyramid Art Show is right around the corner!

Join our Chantilly community on Friday, April 5th at Chantilly High School from 6-8pm for a fun and creative night out! Check out select artworks from our very own Poplar Tree Panthers, and learn about art programs in the Middle and High Schools as well! There will be fun crafts like bag hats, henna tattoos, and even a photo booth! Did we mention that there will be 4 different food trucks this year? YUM!

There will also be T-Shirt sales at the event for any proud artists to rock for the rest of the year! Bring the family and enjoy a night of creativity and community!

We hope to see you there!   🔥Fire and Ice Basketball Game🧊

The 6th grade invites you to join us for the Fire and Ice on Friday, April 26, 2024. Fire and Ice is two basketball games. One between 6th grade students and one between 6th grade students and Poplar Tree Elementary teachers. There will be a fun half-time show, the Poplar Tree band, and a sprit squad. There will be food, drinks, and novelties sold. It is a fun, exciting, family friendly event. All Poplar Tree Student's and their families are invited to come!

Please be on the look out for more information coming soon!

 

  ORDER TODAY 👕 Fire and Ice T-Shirts 🔥🧊

Fire and Ice spirit is high! Order your Fire and Ice T-shirt today to join in the spirit of the game. If you are coming to enjoy the game you can pick from blue (ice), orange (fire), or white (both teams)!

Order T-Shirts HERE!

 

Our PTA's fundraising efforts include giving the school grants for supplies. While most supplies are not big or flashy, they are greatly appreciated!

Thank you for participating in the PTA's fundraising efforts!

Your support benefits our students and staff!

  🫶🏼Call for community donations!💰

The annual PTES PTA Auction will be held from April 29 - May 1! If you or anyone you know has an item you'd like to donate to be auctioned off, please send an email to [email protected]. Previous donations have included artwork, vacation home rentals, household items, and gift cards just to name a few!

Thank you for all your support to make the 2024 auction the best one yet!

 

  🎭 Not Just Dance Registration

To register for the next session of Not Just Dance, click HERE! Meetings will be Thursdays from 3:30 - 4:30 from April 11 - June 6, 2024. Register by April 2!

 

📣 Join the PTA!!!

If you haven't renewed your membership yet this year, you can renew here: http://www.poplartreepta.org/membership!

🎉 Staff Panther Praise

We are so grateful for all of our awesome staff who keep our students engaged and learning everyday. If you would to recognize one of our staff members for all their hard work, please give them a Staff Panther Praise! 

Another option you have is to complete an FCPS Cares. You can do that HERE!

👍🏽❤️ Follow us on Social Media!

• Facebook
• Instagram

13440 Melville Lane, Chantilly, VA 20151  |  Main Phone: 703.633.7400
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In this Paw Print:

1. Principal's Message 🗣️
2. Uniquely YOU Spotlight 💡
3. Attendance Reminders ✅
4. Canned Food Drive 🥫
5. Kindergarten Registration 🏫
6. Kindergarten Orientation 🖐🏼
7. Little Free Library 📚
8. Chantilly Pyramid Art Show 🎨
9. Kids Heart Challenge ❤️💪
10. Fire & Ice Basketball Game 🏀🔥🧊
11. Techstravaganza 2024 🧬🧲🚀⚛️
12. PTA Support - Why it Matters! 💸
13. PTA  Announcements 📣
14. Staff Panther Praise!🎉
15. Follow Us! 👍🏽❤️

Dear Poplar Tree Families,

As many of you know, Ramadan, the holy month of fasting and reflection for Muslims, began this week. During this time, our Muslim students, families, and staff members will be observing traditions that center around prayer, charity, and community.

Here at Poplar Tree, we strive to foster a respectful and inclusive environment. We can support our Muslim community members during Ramadan by:

• Being understanding: Some students observing Ramadan may experience changes in energy levels or require adjustments to their schedules.
• Celebrating the spirit: We can encourage acts of kindness and generosity throughout the school, reflecting the spirit of Ramadan.

Wishing all those celebrating Ramadan a peaceful and blessed month.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Sue Andujar, Principal 

Amy Alley, Assistant Principal 

💡Uniquely YOU Spotlight 💡

As we are helping ensure everyone at Poplar Tree has the opportunity to celebrate their uniqueness, we also want to highlight what makes our staff members unique! This week's spotlight is our other ESOL teacher - Patty Chambers.

    Think about it...what makes YOU Uniquely YOU!? 

 

✅ Student Attendance🏫

Student attendance is very important. Every day, our teachers are teaching, and students are learning. Studies have shown that just two absences per month can cause students to fall behind.

Family trips taken during school days will be counted as “Unexcused Absences.” Excessive absences can additionally hurt our school’s accreditation status with the Virginia Department of Education. Most importantly, it creates a very difficult learning gap in a student’s education both academically and socially for all the days that are missed.

We ask that families do their best to schedule your trips during school breaks. The next school break is Spring Break which is March 25-29. Spring Break is followed by two teacher workdays (student holidays) on Monday, April 1 and Tuesday, April .

Please reach out to our school counselors Beth Mertens ([email protected]) or Stephanie Girellini ([email protected]) if you have any attendance concerns. You can also visit this website for attendance resources.

Let’s work together to make sure your student(s) are in school and excited to finish the year strong!   🥫SCA Food Drive 🥫

The SCA is running a food drive through 3/22 to help support our community. All donations will be donated to a local food pantry. There's a bin in the lobby to place any canned goods or non-perishables. If you have any questions, please reach out to Mrs. Sniffin ([email protected]).

  🏫 Kindergarten Registration 🏫 We are so excited for our littlest Panthers to join our school for the 2024-2025 school year!

It's time to register your child for Kindergarten! To do this, fill out the forms linked HERE. Then, please contact our School Information Assistant (SIA), Claudia Guitjens-Munson ([email protected]) to schedule an appointment!

 

🔠 Kindergarten Orientation 🖐🏼

Our future Panthers and their families are invited to come meet our Kindergarten teachers, see our Kindergarten classrooms, and learn more about our school community!

• When: Tuesday, April 2, 2024
• Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm

Students will go to classrooms with the teachers, hear a story in the library, and take a tour of a bus, while guardians will meet in the cafeteria for a presentation!

  📚 SCA Little Free Library 📚

We love seeing all of the use that the Little Free Library gets, however, we noticed it's running low on books. If you have any books that you're looking to donate, please feel free to add them directly to the shelves or coordinate a drop off time with Mrs. Sniffin ([email protected]).

Thank you for your continued support of our community!

  🎨 Chantilly Pyramid Art Show 🖼️

Our greatly anticipated Pyramid Art Show is right around the corner!

Join our Chantilly community on Friday, April 5th at Chantilly High School from 6-8pm for a fun and creative night out! Check out select artworks from our very own Poplar Tree Panthers, and learn about art programs in the Middle and High Schools as well! There will be fun crafts like bag hats, henna tattoos, and even a photo booth! Did we mention that there will be 4 different food trucks this year? YUM!

There will also be T-Shirt sales at the event for any proud artists to rock for the rest of the year! Bring the family and enjoy a night of creativity and community!

We hope to see you there!   ❤️ Kids Heart Challenge 💪

The Kids Heart Challenge is now over and we would like to thank all that registered and helped raise money for this fundraiser. Poplar Tree raised over $8,000 for the American Heart Association. Way to go Panthers!

Additional "thank you" gifts that your child earned will be distributed in the next few weeks.

  🔥Fire and Ice Basketball Game🧊

The 6th grade invites you to join us for the Fire and Ice on Friday, April 26, 2024. Fire and Ice is two basketball games. One between 6th grade students and one between 6th grade students and Poplar Tree Elementary teachers. There will be a fun half-time show, the Poplar Tree band, and a sprit squad. There will be food, drinks, and novelties sold. It is a fun, exciting, family friendly event. All Poplar Tree Student's and their families are invited to come!

Please be on the look out for more information coming soon!

  🧬🧲 Techstravaganza 🚀⚛️

Techstravaganza is a free, public, hands-on STEM activity fair for elementary and middle school students in Northern Virginia put on by Tomorrow’s Women in Science and Technology (TWIST), a student organization at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST). Each year, they promote STEM through their annual flagship outreach event, Techstravaganza.

The Techstravaganza will happen on Saturday, May 18, 2024 from 10 AM to 4 PM at TJHSST. Admission is free and food will be for sale. Register here: https://tinyurl.com/techstrav24, 

More information can be found on their website at tjtechstrav.org.

Our PTA's fundraising efforts include giving the school grants for supplies. While most supplies are not big or flashy, they are greatly appreciated!

Thank you for participating in the PTA's fundraising efforts!

Your support benefits our students and staff!

  🎷🎹 PTES Talent Show 🎤🎩

Come out and support our performers TONIGHT, FRIDAY, MARCH 15 at  6pm! We have over 60 performers. There will also be bake sale items to support our 6th graders!

 

  🎭 Not Just Dance Registration

To register for the next session of Not Just Dance, click HERE! Meetings will be Thursdays from 3:30 - 4:30 from April 11 - June 6, 2024. Register by April 2!

 

📣 Join the PTA!!!

If you haven't renewed your membership yet this year, you can renew here: http://www.poplartreepta.org/membership!

🎉 Staff Panther Praise

We are so grateful for all of our awesome staff who keep our students engaged and learning everyday. If you would to recognize one of our staff members for all their hard work, please give them a Staff Panther Praise! 

Another option you have is to complete an FCPS Cares. You can do that HERE!

👍🏽❤️ Follow us on Social Media!

• Facebook
• Instagram

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  **Corrected 6th Grade Reading SOL Test**

Thursday, May 9

 

🗓️ SOL Testing Dates 🗓️ Our Spring Standards of Learning (SOL) tests are coming up in April & May.

These assessments measure the extent to which students have learned the content and skills reflected in state standards. The content tested varies by grade level. See below for the scheduled dates this Spring.

Grade 3:

• 📖 Reading: Wednesday, May 8
• 🧮 Math: Wednesday, May 15

  Grade 4:

• 📖 Reading: Wednesday, May 8
• 🧮Math: Wednesday, May 15

  Grade 5:

• ⌨️Integrated Reading & Writing: Thursday, April 18
  • ✨New this year: Students taking the grade 5 or grade 8 SOL Reading test will complete an integrated reading and writing (IRW) component. The IRW component has with one non-fiction reading passage followed by 4-6 of multiple-choice/technology-enhanced items and an “invitation to write” based on the passage.
• 📖 Reading: Thursday, May 9
• 🔬 Science: Thursday, May 16
• 🧮 Math: Tuesday, May 21

  Grade 6:

• 📖 Reading: Thursday, May 9
• 🧮 Math: Tuesday, May 21

If you have any questions about SOL tests, please reach out to our School Testing Coordinators, Amy Alley ([email protected]) or Leslie Leisey ([email protected]).

 

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🗓️ SOL Testing Dates 🗓️ Our Spring Standards of Learning (SOL) tests are coming up in April & May.

These assessments measure the extent to which students have learned the content and skills reflected in state standards. The content tested varies by grade level. See below for the scheduled dates this Spring.

Grade 3:

• 📖 Reading: Wednesday, May 8
• 🧮 Math: Wednesday, May 15

  Grade 4:

• 📖 Reading: Wednesday, May 8
• 🧮Math: Wednesday, May 15

  Grade 5:

• ⌨️Integrated Reading & Writing: Thursday, April 18
  • ✨New this year: Students taking the grade 5 or grade 8 SOL Reading test will complete an integrated reading and writing (IRW) component. The IRW component has with one non-fiction reading passage followed by 4-6 of multiple-choice/technology-enhanced items and an “invitation to write” based on the passage.
• 📖 Reading: Thursday, May 9
• 🔬 Science: Thursday, May 16
• 🧮 Math: Tuesday, May 21

  Grade 6:

• 📖 Reading: Thursday, May 2
• 🧮 Math: Tuesday, May 21

If you have any questions about SOL tests, please reach out to our School Testing Coordinators, Amy Alley ([email protected]) or Leslie Leisey ([email protected]).

 

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In this Paw Print:

1. Principal's Message 🗣️
2. Uniquely YOU Spotlight 💡
3. Kindergarten Orientation 🖐🏼
4. Chantilly Pyramid Art Show 🎨
5. A Note about Ramadan 
6. Kids Heart Challenge ❤️💪
7. Fire & Ice Basketball Game 🏀🔥🧊
8. Science Night Expo 🧬 
9. PTA Support - Why it Matters! 💸
10. CHS Basketball Shooting Camp 🏀
11. PTA  Announcements 📣
12. Staff Panther Praise!🎉
13. Follow Us! 👍🏽❤️

Dear Poplar Tree Families,

On Monday, March 18, all Poplar Tree parents/guardians will be sent an email containing a link to complete the online FCPS Principal Evaluation Parent/Guardian Feedback Form. This questionnaire is part of the VDOE-mandated Performance Evaluation Program for principals and offers parents/guardians an opportunity to provide anonymous input about various topics related to our school. These topics include how the principal demonstrates/impacts instructional leadership, school climate, management, communication and community relations, culturally responsive and equitable leadership, and professionalism within the school.

The questionnaire will be administered between March 18 and April 5. When you receive an email from FCPS Surveys, please take a few minutes to complete the questionnaire. Your feedback matters!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Sue Andujar, Principal 

Amy Alley, Assistant Principal 

💡Uniquely YOU Spotlight 💡

As we are helping ensure everyone at Poplar Tree has the opportunity to celebrate their uniqueness, we also want to highlight what makes our staff members unique! This week's spotlight is on one of our ESOL teachers - Kelly Doyle.

    Think about it...what makes YOU Uniquely YOU!? 

 

🔠 Kindergarten Orientation 🖐🏼

Our future Panthers and their families are invited to come meet our Kindergarten teachers, see our Kindergarten classrooms, and learn more about our school community!

• When: Tuesday, April 2, 2024
• Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm

Students will go to classrooms with the teachers, hear a story in the library, and take a tour of a bus, while guardians will meet in the cafeteria for a presentation!

You are welcome to bring any registration forms and required documents with you starting at 1:30 pm.

  🎨 Chantilly Pyramid Art Show 🖼️

Our greatly anticipated Pyramid Art Show is right around the corner!

Join our Chantilly community on Friday, April 5th at Chantilly High School from 6-8pm for a fun and creative night out! Check out select artworks from our very own Poplar Tree Panthers, and learn about art programs in the Middle and High Schools as well! There will be fun crafts like bag hats, henna tattoos, and even a photo booth! Did we mention that there will be 4 different food trucks this year? YUM!

There will also be T-Shirt sales at the event for any proud artists to rock for the rest of the year! Bring the family and enjoy a night of creativity and community!

We hope to see you there!   A Note about Ramadan for our Poplar Tree Families

Ramadan, one of the holiest times on the Islamic calendar, begins on March 11. If your child needs an alternative space for lunch or prayer during this time, we will accommodate them. Please email their school counselor and they will make arrangements: Mrs. Girellini (Grades 2,3,4: [email protected]) or Ms. Mertens (Grades K, 1, 5 and 6: [email protected]).

  ❤️ Kids Heart Challenge 💪

This year Poplar Tree is participating in the American Heart Association’s Kids Heart Challenge. Please register your child by going to heart.org/khc and search “Poplar Tree” at the bottom. You can also search “AHA Schools” in the app store to download the app. It is free to register!!

We hope to see all of our Panthers participate!

  🔥Fire and Ice Basketball Game🧊

The 6th grade invites you to join us for the Fire and Ice on Friday, April 26, 2024. Fire and Ice is two basketball games. One between 6th grade students and one between 6th grade students and Poplar Tree Elementary teachers. There will be a fun half-time show, the Poplar Tree band, and a sprit squad. There will be food, drinks, and novelties sold. It is a fun, exciting, family friendly event. All Poplar Tree Student's and their families are invited to come!

Please be on the look out for more information coming soon!

 

 We are excited to bring back Poplar Tree’s Science Night Expo! It’s an exciting opportunity for each student to create a science-related project that captures his or her interest. All projects will be evaluated and each participant will receive a special ribbon of participation on the Expo night.

The Science Night approval form must be turned into your child’s teacher by March 14th.

To learn more about the Expo night, visit the Poplar Tree website HERE. If you have any questions, please contact Phil Storch at [email protected].

**IMPORTANT**

All Science Night Expo projects should be brought to school the NIGHT of the expo. Please do not bring projects to school the day of the the fair. 

Our PTA's fundraising efforts include giving the school grants for supplies. While most supplies are not big or flashy, they are greatly appreciated!

Thank you for participating in the PTA's fundraising efforts!

Your support benefits our students and staff!

  🏀 CHS Basketball Shooting Camp

Sign up for the CHS Basketball Shooting Camp during Spring Break. Click HERE for registration.

  💻 PTA Meeting❤️

Please join us for our next PTA meeting on Thursday, March 14th @ 7pm via Zoom. HERE's the Zoom link. Hope you can join us!!

 

  🎷🎹 PTES Talent Show 🎤🎩

Come out and support our performers on Friday, March 15 at 6pm. We have over 60 performers. There will also be bake sale items to support our 6th graders!

  🎭 Not Just Dance Registration

To register for the next session of Not Just Dance, click HERE! Meetings will be Thursdays from 3:30 - 4:30 from April 11 - June 6, 2024. Register by April 2!

 

📣 Join the PTA!!!

If you haven't renewed your membership yet this year, you can renew here: http://www.poplartreepta.org/membership!

🎉 Staff Panther Praise

We are so grateful for all of our awesome staff who keep our students engaged and learning everyday. If you would to recognize one of our staff members for all their hard work, please give them a Staff Panther Praise! 

Another option you have is to complete an FCPS Cares. You can do that HERE!

👍🏽❤️ Follow us on Social Media!

• Facebook
• Instagram

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In this Paw Print:

1. Principal's Message 🗣️
2. Uniquely YOU Spotlight 💡
3. SCA Spirit Day - Multiples Day 👫
4. Kindergarten Orientation 🖐🏼
5. Chantilly Pyramid Art Show 🎨🖼️
6. Energy Star Award 🔌⭐ 
7. A Note about Ramadan 
8. Kids Heart Challenge ❤️💪
9. Fire & Ice Basketball Game 🏀🔥🧊
10. Science Night Expo 🧬 
11. PTA Support - Why it Matters! 💸
12. PTA  Announcements 📣
13. Staff Panther Praise!🎉
14. Follow Us! 👍🏽❤️

Dear Poplar Tree Families,

Student attendance is very important. Every day, our teachers are teaching, and students are learning. Studies have shown that just two absences per month can cause students to fall behind.

Family trips taken during school days will be counted as “Unexcused Absences.”  Excessive absences can additionally hurt our school’s accreditation status with the Virginia Department of Education.  Most importantly, it creates a very difficult learning gap in a student’s education both academically and socially for all the days that are missed.

We ask that families do their best to schedule your trips during school breaks. The next school break is Spring Break which is March 25-29. Spring Break is followed by two teacher workdays (student holidays) on Monday, April 1 and Tuesday, April 2

Please reach out to our school counselors Beth Mertens or Stephanie Girellini  if you have any attendance concerns. You can also visit this  website for attendance resources. 

Let’s work together to make sure your student(s) are in school and excited to finish the year strong!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Sue Andujar, Principal 

Amy Alley, Assistant Principal 

💡Uniquely YOU Spotlight 💡

As we are helping ensure everyone at Poplar Tree has the opportunity to celebrate their uniqueness, we also want to highlight what makes our staff members unique! This week's spotlight is on our Advanced Academics Resource Teacher - Kim Keleher.

    Think about it...what makes YOU Uniquely YOU!?    👫SCA Spirit Day-Multiples Day

Dress like your friends, classmates, or teachers on Friday March 8!

Can't wait to see all the school spirit!

 

🔠 Kindergarten Orientation 🖐🏼

Our future Panthers and their families are invited to come meet our Kindergarten teachers, see our Kindergarten classrooms, and learn more about our school community!

• When: Tuesday, April 2, 2024
• Time: 2:00 - 3:00 pm

Students will go to classrooms with the teachers, hear a story in the library, and take a tour of a bus, while guardians will meet in the cafeteria for a presentation!

You are welcome to bring any registration forms and required documents with you starting at 1:30 pm.

  🎨 Chantilly Pyramid Art Show 🖼️

Our greatly anticipated Pyramid Art Show is right around the corner!

Join our Chantilly community on Friday, April 5th at Chantilly High School from 6-8pm for a fun and creative night out! Check out select artworks from our very own Poplar Tree Panthers, and learn about art programs in the Middle and High Schools as well! There will be fun crafts like bag hats, henna tattoos, and even a photo booth! Did we mention that there will be 4 different food trucks this year? YUM!

There will also be T-Shirt sales at the event for any proud artists to rock for the rest of the year! Bring the family and enjoy a night of creativity and community!

We hope to see you there!   🐝 Poplar Tree Spelling Bee🏆 Winners - Announcement

Congratulations to all students who participated in this year's Spelling Bee. Everyone did an excellent job!

An extra special congratulations to winner Aadhya Vijayakumar, 2nd place winner Aarthi Sabapathy and 3rd place winner Abhinav Prasath!

Aadhya will represent Poplar Tree Elementary at the Fairfax County Regional Bee on March 17th.

Thanks to our judges and families who made this event possible!

  🔌Energy Star Award⭐ 

Poplar Tree Elementary earned an Energy Star Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in recognition of superior energy performance. We received a score of 84 which signifies that our building is more energy proficient than 84 percent of similar buildings nationwide. On Average, Energy Star certified buildings like this one generate 35 percent fewer greenhouse gas emissions than typical buildings.

  A Note about Ramadan for our Poplar Tree Families

Ramadan, one of the holiest times on the Islamic calendar, begins on March 11. If your child needs an alternative space for lunch or prayer during this time, we will accommodate them. Please email their school counselor and they will make arrangements: Mrs. Girellini (Grades 2,3,4: [email protected]) or Ms. Mertens (Grades K, 1, 5 and 6: [email protected]).

  ❤️ Kids Heart Challenge 💪

This year Poplar Tree is participating in the American Heart Association’s Kids Heart Challenge. Please register your child by going to heart.org/khc and search “Poplar Tree” at the bottom. You can also search “AHA Schools” in the app store to download the app. It is free to register!!

We hope to see all of our Panthers participate!

  🔥Fire and Ice Basketball Game🧊

The 6th grade invites you to join us for the Fire and Ice on Friday, April 26, 2024. Fire and Ice is two basketball games. One between 6th grade students and one between 6th grade students and Poplar Tree Elementary teachers. There will be a fun half-time show, the Poplar Tree band, and a sprit squad. There will be food, drinks, and novelties sold. It is a fun, exciting, family friendly event. All Poplar Tree Student's and their families are invited to come!

Please be on the look out for more information coming soon!

 

 We are excited to bring back Poplar Tree’s Science Night Expo! It’s an exciting opportunity for each student to create a science-related project that captures his or her interest. All projects will be evaluated and each participant will receive a special ribbon of participation on the Expo night.

The Science Night approval form must be turned into your child’s teacher by March 14th.

To learn more about the Expo night, visit the Poplar Tree website HERE. If you have any questions, please contact Phil Storch at [email protected].

Our PTA's fundraising efforts include giving the school grants for supplies. While most supplies are not big or flashy, they are greatly appreciated!

Thank you for participating in the PTA's fundraising efforts!

Your support benefits our students and staff!

  💻 PTA Meeting❤️

Please join us for our next PTA meeting on Thursday, March 14th @ 7pm via Zoom. HERE's the Zoom link. Hope you can join us!!

 

🎷🎹 PTES Talent Show 🎤🎩 Welcoming all PTES singers, dancers, comedians, magicians, musicians, and more!

Acts will be limited to 2 minutes each. All interested participants, please complete THIS FORM. 

Then, mark your calendars for these important dates:

• Friday, March 8 - Provide any background music to be played in the show
• Wednesday, March 13 @ 3:30 pm - Rehearsal
• Friday, March 15 @ 6pm: The Talent Show!

Questions? Feel free to contact [email protected]

 

📣 Join the PTA!!!

If you haven't renewed your membership yet this year, you can renew here: http://www.poplartreepta.org/membership!

🎉 Staff Panther Praise

We are so grateful for all of our awesome staff who keep our students engaged and learning everyday. If you would to recognize one of our staff members for all their hard work, please give them a Staff Panther Praise! 

Another option you have is to complete an FCPS Cares. You can do that HERE!

👍🏽❤️ Follow us on Social Media!

• Facebook
• Instagram

13440 Melville Lane, Chantilly, VA 20151  |  Main Phone: 703.633.7400
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In this Paw Print:

1. Principal's Message 🗣️
2. Kids Heart Challenge ❤️💪
3. K-2 Author Visit Books 📚
4. Parents Night Out: KWONS Game Night 🎉
5. Fire & Ice Basketball Game 🏀🔥🧊
6. Science Night Expo 🧬 
7. VGA Results 💻
8. Spring SEL Screener 💕
9. PTA Support - Why it Matters! 💸
10. PTA  Announcements 📣
11. Staff Panther Praise!🎉
12. Follow Us! 👍🏽❤️

Dear Poplar Tree Families,

FCPS is partnering with independent research firm K12 Insight to administer a Family Engagement Survey, which will be open from Sunday, March 3, to Friday, March 22. Your feedback is critical in helping FCPS to better recognize, understand, respect, and address family strengths and needs throughout the district. Survey topics include:

• Welcoming environment
• Communication
• Student success
• Advocacy
• Family and school partnerships
• Community partnerships

The survey will be available in English, Amharic, Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, Korean, Pashto, Spanish, Urdu, and Vietnamese. 

Parents/caregivers will receive the survey link via email from K12 Insight. A public link will also be posted on FCPS’ website. Paper surveys will be available in our front office. Please stay tuned for more information.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Sue Andujar, Principal 

Amy Alley, Assistant Principal 

  ❤️ Kids Heart Challenge 💪

This year Poplar Tree is participating in the American Heart Association’s Kids Heart Challenge. Please register your child by going to heart.org/khc and search “Poplar Tree” at the bottom. You can also search “AHA Schools” in the app store to download the app. It is free to register!!

We hope to see all of our Panthers participate!

  📚 K-2 Author Visits 📚

Author Debra Shumaker spoke with students in grades K-2 about being an author and fascinating animal adaptations today, Friday, February 23. We’ve made arrangements for Debra to personalize and sign books for any readers who would like to purchase them through Scrawl Books in Reston. They will be delivered to Poplar Tree after the school visit.

Orders may be placed online HERE. Under “Calculate Shipping Costs,” please select “Poplar Tree Elementary Author Visit $0.00.” For a personalized copy, in the “Order Comments” box, list the name of the student(s) you would like Debra to sign the book to! Orders close Monday, February 26, 2024 and books will be delivered and distributed the following week.

 

🎉 Parents Night Out 🎉

ULTIMATE GAME NIGHT at Kwon's Champion School

Saturday, February 24 5:30- 9:00pm

Register HERE for the Ultimate Game Night/ Parent’s Night Out

$30 per child, $20 per additional sibling, ages 5-12 only

Location: 

Kwon’s Champion School

13005-0 Lee Jackson Memorial Highway

ALL PROCEEDS GO TO POPLAR TREE PTA!!

The Games Have Come to Life! Calling all board gamers! No, not bored gamers, I mean gamers who like to play board games! For one night only, Kwon’s Champion School Fairfax will be hosting the Ultimate Game Night where the board games come to life!  Get ready to checkmate your opponent, sink their battleship, and destroy the competition in this Ultimate Game Night where your child will have the chance to play some of their favorite table games in a life size setting! Don’t wait, spots will go fast!

  🔥Fire and Ice Basketball Game🧊

The 6th grade invites you to join us for the Fire and Ice on Friday, April 26, 2024. Fire and Ice is two basketball games. One between 6th grade students and one between 6th grade students and Poplar Tree Elementary teachers. There will be a fun half-time show, the Poplar Tree band, and a sprit squad. There will be food, drinks, and novelties sold. It is a fun, exciting, family friendly event. All Poplar Tree Student's and their families are invited to come! Please be on the look out for more information coming soon!

 

 We are excited to bring back Poplar Tree’s Science Night Expo! It’s an exciting opportunity for each student to create a science-related project that captures his or her interest. All projects will be evaluated and each participant will receive a special ribbon of participation on the Expo night.

The Science Night approval form must be turned into your child’s teacher by March 14th.

To learn more about the Expo night, visit the Poplar Tree website HERE. If you have any questions, please contact Phil Storch at [email protected].

  💻 VGA Results 💻

Families of students in grades 3-6 who participated in the Winter VGA, will soon be receiving VGA results in the mail.

• The Winter VGA primarily assessed reading/math standards for the current year.
• This is different from Fall VGAs, which primarily assessed content from the previous year.
• Therefore, the score from the Fall cannot be compared to the Winter.

The VGA is just one of many data points school staff collect throughout the school year. School staff use VGA results together with other available data to create a more complete picture of your student’s academic performance.

If you have any questions about your students’ progress, please reach out to your child’s teacher.

💕 Spring SEL Screener 💕

The Spring Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Screener will be administered to students in grades 3-6 between Feb. 26 and March 14 on a day selected by each classroom teacher. Students use the SEL Screener twice a year to share their perspectives on how well their school and community help them develop skills they need to succeed. The screener also helps them evaluate how well their school community makes them feel valued, included, and supported. The screener works by asking questions or presenting statements that students can think about and respond to. More information is available about the SEL Screener at THIS LINK.

If you have any questions please reach out to our SEL Screener Lead, Beth Mertens, at mailto:[email protected]. Thank you!

Our PTA's fundraising efforts include giving the school grants for supplies. While most supplies are not big or flashy, they are greatly appreciated!

Thank you for participating in the PTA's fundraising efforts!

Your support benefits our students and staff!

  🍕 MOD PIZZA Spirit Night 🍕 Thursday, February 29th

Mark your calendars!! Come grab dinner and have some fun at at MOD Pizza on Thursday, February 29th. A portion of the proceeds on this day will go to the Poplar Tree PTA. Make sure to mention that you are there for the Poplar Tree Fundraiser and/or bring the paper that will be sent home in your child's Friday Folder. If life is too busy to come in person, but you want to order online, you can use fundraiser code MODGIVES20 for all online orders!

🍗Chick Fil A Spirit Night 🐄 Wednesday, March 13

Mark your calendars!! Come grab dinner and have some fun at the Poplar Tree Spirit Night at Chick-Fil-A in Fair Lakes between 4pm-8pm on March 13th, 2024. Address is 4516 Fair Knoll Dr., Fairfax, VA. A portion of the proceeds during these hours will be donated to the Poplar Tree PTA. Hope to see you there!

  🎷🎹 PTES Talent Show 🎤🎩 Welcoming all PTES singers, dancers, comedians, magicians, musicians, and more!

Acts will be limited to 2 minutes each. All interested participants, please complete THIS FORM. 

Then, mark your calendars for these important dates:

• Monday, Feburary 26 @ 7pm: Parent Info session on Zoom (Zoom Link)
• Friday, March 8 - Provide any background music to be played in the show
• Wednesday, March 13 @ 3:30 pm - Rehearsal
• Friday, March 15 @ 6pm: The Talent Show!

Questions? Feel free to contact [email protected]

 

📣 Join the PTA!!!

If you haven't renewed your membership yet this year, you can renew here: http://www.poplartreepta.org/membership!

🎉 Staff Panther Praise

We are so grateful for all of our awesome staff who keep our students engaged and learning everyday. If you would to recognize one of our staff members for all their hard work, please give them a Staff Panther Praise! 

Another option you have is to complete an FCPS Cares. You can do that HERE!

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