15 May
The PTA Executive Committee for next year was voted on and approved today! The Board will be:
President: Lisa Emerson
President Elect: Open
Vice President: Barb Heider
Treasurer: Charlotte Blane
Secretary: Amy Vernon
Congratulations to the new Board!! We all look forward to working with you next year!
13 May
We LOVE our CPES teachers and staff! Thank you for all that you do for our students. We hope you enjoyed all of the goodies from your biggest fans and their families during Teacher Appreciation Week! And, a huge THANK YOU to Kristin Parker and her team of volunteers, as well as our Hospitality Committee (Michelle Howard and Joni Curtis) for orchestrating a very organized and successful TA week!
The Spring Girls on the Run (GOTR) team has been practicing early mornings getting ready for the 5K in May. The practice 5k will be held on Friday, May 11th, right after school. We need volunteers to help count laps, cheer on the runners, and hand out water!! Please contact Athena Gu (mdathena@yahoo.com) or Melanie Dorn (Melanie.dorn@verizon.net) if you are interested in helping at the practice run!
The annual Vienna Walk/Bike to School Challenge will be held May 14th-18th! Each year, all of the Vienna elementary schools participate to see which school has to most walkers/riders during the week. We will need volunteers to help us count the number of students who bike/walk. Right now, Cunningham Park holds the trophy…let’s keep it! If you can help count in the mornings or afternoons, please contact me (lschmorrow@gmail.com) !!
The next PTA Meeting will be held on May 15th, 7-8pm, in the CPES Library. We will be hearing all about the new standards based progress reporting being implemented in Fairfax County Public Schools next year. We will no longer see O-G-S-N nor A-B-C-D grades, but rather a “scales” system demonstrating a student’s mastery of grade-level standards. As always, our wonderful Girl Scouts will be providing babysitting services in the cafeteria until 8pm.
Next week begins our SOL testing in Grades 3-6! Make sure your students have lots of rest and a good breakfast. Parents are contributing SOL snacks and drinks via the classroom teachers. Contact your students’ teachers to see how you can help!
School Supply Order Forms went home in last week’s Friday folder! This is a very easy way to order school supplies for next year without having to worry about it in the summer. The forms are due May 25th!
Yearbook Order Forms!! Stacey Leimbach finished and submitted the beautiful yearbook for this school year! The books will arrive at school in June so if you haven’t already ordered one, there is still time to do so! Contact Stacey (stacey_leimbach@yahoo.com) to place the order.
It’s a busy time of year with many exciting programs and activities. Please check out the PTA website for updates and calendar events; “like” the Cunningham Park Elementary School PTA Facebook page; or email me or any of the PTA members for any information you need.
16 Apr
CONGRATULATIONS CUNNINGHAM PARK CARDINALS ON AN AWESOME BASKETBALL GAME AND FAMILY EVENT!! Starting with an energy-filled exciting pep rally on Friday afternoon and ending with a CPES staff victory, what a great day for our Cardinals! Thanks to all the PTA volunteers who helped; to the teachers and staff who played and cheered; and to the students and families who came to the game and showed an incredible display of school spirit!
Can you believe there are only 2 more months of school? It’s going to FLY BY! We have a lot of exciting events coming up and hope to see you all there.
The PTA wants to give a special THANK YOU to Mike Lyons and his volunteers for all of the hard work put into Science Days last month. The event is always fun and educational for students of all ages!
Be looking for the School Supply Order Forms to come home in the next Friday folder! This is a very easy way to order school supplies for next year without having to worry about it in the summer.
The next Dining for Dollars will be held on May 2nd, 12:00-11:00pm, at Vocelli Pizza in Vienna!!! Order your pizzas and support the school!!
The Spring Girls on the Run (GOTR) team has been practicing early mornings getting ready for the 5K in May. The practice 5k will be held on May 11th right after school. Please contact Athena Gu (mdathena@yahoo.com) or Melanie Dorn (Melanie.dorn@verizon.net) if you are interested in helping at the practice run!
Yearbook Order Forms were due at the end of March but there is still time to place an order if you haven’t done so! Please let me know (lschmorrow@gmail.com) if you would still like to order a Yearbook!
This year, Teacher Appreciation Week will be during the week of May 7th-11th! We will be sending out flyers very soon on what we would like to do to show our appreciation toward the teachers and staff for all that they do for our students every day.
The annual Vienna Walk/Bike to School Challenge will be held May 14th-18th! Each year, all of the Vienna elementary schools participate to see which school has to most walkers/riders during the week. We will need volunteers to help us count the number of students who bike/walk. Right now, Cunningham Park holds the trophy…likes keep it!
The next PTA Meeting will be held on May 15th, 7-8pm, in the CPES Library. We will be hearing all about the new standards based progress reporting being implemented in Fairfax County Public Schools next year. We will no longer see O-G-S-N nor A-B-C-D grades, but rather a “scales” system demonstrating a student’s mastery of grade-level standards. As always, our wonderful Girl Scouts will be providing babysitting services in the cafeteria until 8pm.
The PTA is now recruiting to the Executive Board positions for next school year. As many of you know, Lisa Emerson will be the PTA President next year. She is looking for candidates to fill the board positions of Secretary, Vice President, and President Elect (PTA President for school year 2013-14). If you are interested in hearing more about the positions or in being a candidate, please contact me at the email address above or Lisa Emerson (lisaemerson3@verizon.net).
It’s a busy time of year with many exciting programs and activities. Please check out the PTA website for updates and calendar events; “like” the Cunningham Park Elementary School PTA Facebook page; or email me or any of the PTA members for any information you need.
12 Apr
CPES Friends and Families!
The much anticipated teacher/staff basketball game between Cunningham Park Elementary and Wolf Trap Elementary is THIS Friday, April 13th in the Madison High School Gymnasium! Entry is FREE! Doors open at 6:15pm and the game starts at 7:00pm. The PTA will be selling pom-poms ($2 each), small basketballs ($4 each), and stadium cups ($3 each) — all have the CPES logo on them! We will also have Spirit Wear available if you need t-shirts! The Madison Boosters will have a full snack bar open before and during the game.
On Friday at school, we will be holding a pep rally to get the studetns ready for the game. We will introduce all the players and cheerleaders and teach the students “the wave” and a few cheers so they can cheer on their teachers! Have your students wear their CPES or a RED t-shirt!
This will be a fun family event for everyone. Join us while we cheer on our school, and give your students the opportunity to see their favorite teachers and staff members play basketball!
PLAYERS:
Ms. Baenig, Principal
Mr. Taylor, Asst Principal
Mrs. Demetriades, Principal Intern
Mr. Yi, 6th grade
Mrs. Kenyon, 6th grade
Mr. Schlenke, 5th grade
Ms. Thiel, 4th grade
Mr. James, 3rd grade
Ms. Daddario, 3rd grade
Mrs. Markley, Kindergarten
Mrs. Caspari, Kindergarten IA
Mr. Meredith, SACC
Mrs. Jawadian, SE
Mrs. Heider, SE
Mrs. Desmarais, SE IA
Mrs. Sullivan, SE
Mrs. Hibner, Instructional Coach
Cheerleaders:
Mrs. Coles, 4th grade
Mrs. Cooper, 2nd grade
Mrs. Wood, 2nd grade
Mrs. Carpenter, 2nd grade
Mrs. Haas, 1st grade
Mrs. Walsh, Kindergarten
Mrs. Lawler, Kindergarten IA
Mrs. Tynch, Music Teacher
Mrs. Brinkhuis, Librarian
Mrs. Witt, SE
Ms. Fink, HS Intern
12 Mar
For those of you that participated in Dr. Seuss Night and the Teacher Time Silent Auction…THANK YOU! The PTA wants to give a special thank you to all of the CPES teachers and staff that contributed their time and energy to making Seuss Night fun for all of our families. The students loved hearing you read their favorite Dr. Seuss stories. The Teacher Time silent auction was by far our most successful. The money we raised will go toward field trips, assemblies, and other enrichment activities. Thank you to all of our very generous CPES families and to Kristen Fennel, Michelle Howard, and Joni Curtis for leading the charge!
Next week, the PTA is proud to host Science Days at CPES, March 13-16! Mike Lyons will be organizing this event taking place in the CPES cafeteria. The students LOVE this program, and so do the parents that help volunteer. If you have time and can volunteer for this event, please contact Mike Lyons (mxlyons@cox.net). The schedule is:
Tuesday 3/13 8:45-11:00 a.m. 5th grade
Tuesday 3/13 1:00-3:15 p.m. 1st grade
Wednesday 3/14 1:00-3:15 p.m. 4th grade
Thursday 3/15 8:45-11:00 a.m. 6th grade
Thursday 3/15 1:00-3:15 p.m. 3rd grade
Friday 3/16 8:45-11:00 a.m. 2nd grade
Friday 3/16 1:00-3:15 p.m. Kindergarten
The Spring Girls on the Run (GOTR) is underway! Practices will be held Thursday/Friday mornings 7:15-8:15am, working toward the 5K on May 20th! Thank you Athena Gu and Melanie Dorn for leading these ladies in this wonderful program.
Yearbooks Love Lines order forms were sent out last Friday! They are due by March 16th, so get those Love Lines orders in. Yearbook orders are also due, but you have a little more time for those. Love line orders must be received so they can be included in the Yearbook—which is due to the publisher April 2nd.
The next PTA Meeting will be held on March 13th, 7-8pm, in the CPES Library. Ms. Baenig, along with the architect who is designing the addition to our school, will be there to discuss the plans and show pictures of what the addition will look like! Please join us next Tuesday for the exciting update. As always, our wonderful Girl Scouts will be providing babysitting services in the cafeteria until 8pm.
Don’t forget! Friday, April 13th, the CPES teachers and staff will take on the Wolf Trap teachers and staff in a Basketball Bonanza! The game will be held in the gym at Madison High School. Many more details to follow! We will be selling Spirit Wear during the remainder of March to give students and families another opportunity to buy CPES t-shirts! We’d love to have all of the fans attending the Basketball game wearing CPES shirts! GO CARDINALS!!!
The PTA is now recruiting to the Executive Board positions for next school year. As many of you know, Lisa Emerson will be the PTA President next year. She is looking for candidates to fill the board positions of Secretary, Vice President, and President Elect (PTA President for school year 2013-14). If you are interested in hearing more about the positions or in being a candidate, please contact me at the email address above or Lisa Emerson (lisaemerson3@verizon.net).
It’s a busy time of year with many exciting programs and activities. Please check out the PTA website for updates and calendar events; “like” the Cunningham Park Elementary School PTA Facebook page; or email me or any of the PTA members for any information you need.
24 Feb
As most of you know, we had a phenomenal Book Fair last week! Students and families earned almost $4000 for our CPES library!! Scholastic is matching the $2500 our students earned and providing books to disadvantaged kids across the US!! Way to go CPES Readers!
Last PTA Patch reported a few Read-a-thon facts…and here are a few more!
Classes with the most minutes (ICE CREAM PARTY WINNERS!)
Classes with the most pledges (GAME HOUR WINNERS!)
HUGE THANK YOU to Donna Bobalek, Mai Duckworth, Sandy Pompelli, Cathy Janowski, and Laura Martin for going above and beyond to make the Book Fair and Read-a-thon so successful this year!!
Silent Auction will be held on February 29th, in conjunction with the CPES Dr. Seuss Night! Silent Auction booklets will be coming home in this week’s Friday folder! Bidding will begin at 6:30 and end at 7:15pm. Adult-only bidding this year will reduce the confusion at the end of the auction. Winners will be announced at 7:45pm! Hope to see you there!
Girls on the Run (GOTR) registration (girls in grades 3-6) is underway! Got to www.gotrnova.org to register for the Spring session!
It’s almost time to order Yearbooks and Love Lines! Be looking for order forms coming home soon. Also, Stacey Leimback (Stacey_leimbach@yahoo.com) needs your PICTURES! If you’ve taken any photos at school functions or out on the playground, and you’d be willing to let Stacey use them, let her know!
Mark your calendars! Friday, April 13th, the CPES teachers and staff will take on the Wolf Trap teachers and staff in a Basketball Bonanza! The game will be held in the gym at Madison High School. Many more details to follow!
The PTA is now recruiting to the Executive Board positions for next school year. As many of you know, Lisa Emerson will be the PTA President next year. She is looking for candidates to fill the board positions of Secretary, Vice President, and President Elect (PTA President for school year 2013-14). If you are interested in hearing more about the positions or in being a candidate, please contact me at the email address above or Lisa Emerson (lisaemerson3@verizon.net).
It’s a busy time of year with many exciting programs and activities. Please check out the PTA website for updates and calendar events; “like” the Cunningham Park Elementary School PTA Facebook page; or email me or any of the PTA members for any information you need.
6 Feb
Tomorrow, Tuesday February 7th (4-10pm), is CPES Dining for Dollars night at BAJA FRESH! Baja Fresh is located at 3011-A Nutley Street in the Pan Am Shopping Center (Next to Safeway on the Corner of Lee Highway and Nutley Streets).
15% OF ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO TO SUPPORT OUR SCHOOL! So, enjoy a night out, and let Baja Fresh do the cooking! Eat in or take out!
30 Jan
Thank you Athena Gu and Melanie Dorn who have signed on to lead our Girls on the Run (GOTR) program this spring! Registration (girls in grades 3-6) begins February 21st, so be looking for a flyer in the Friday folder!
DINING FOR DOLLARS, Tuesday February 7th (4-10pm) at Baja Fresh! Take your friends and family to dinner at Baja Fresh in the Pan Am Shopping Center (Lee Highway/Nutley Street)! Tell them you’re participating in the CPES Dining for Dollars and earn money for our school!!
Stacey Leimbach is working hard to create the 2011-12 CPES Yearbook! If you visit your student’s classroom for activities, participate in field trips, or eat lunch with your kids, please take photos and pass them on to Stacey!!
We are still looking for a volunteer to coordinate with the committee chairs from our fellow Vienna Elementary Schools participating in the Safe Routes to School Program. For the past two years, CPES has participated in the week long Bike/Walk to school challenge, where volunteers keep count of how many bikers and walkers we have for the week. Last year CPES won!! Let me know if you’re interested in leading this fun program!
You should have all received your Read-a-Thon packets, so READ READ READ! Log sheets and money need to be returned in the Ziplocs on February 1st! It’s important to remember that if students receive NO donations, they should still submit their log sheets in order to get a $5 certificate to use at the book fair!
The Scholastic Book Fair will take place the week of February 13th. We need volunteers to help at the Book Fair. I’ll be sending out a Jooners request so please let me know if you can help!
Mark your calendars! Dr. Seuss night and the Teacher Auction will be held February 29th. This is a fun family night, so we hope to see you there.
It’s a busy time of year with many exciting programs and activities. Please check out the PTA website for updates and calendar events; “like” the Cunningham Park Elementary School PTA Facebook page; or email me or any of the PTA members for any information you need.
12 Jan
After 7 wonderful seasons, Laura Martin is stepping down as head coach of the GOTR program at Cunningham Park. We are looking for someone to pick up this program as the head coach, as well as an assistant coach, for the Spring season. The head coach should be a woman due to the nature of the subjects that are discussed with the girls in grades 3 through 6; the coaches must be 21 years old, must pass a background investigation/drug test, and must take 2 online training classes/become CPR certified.
The GOTR season lasts about 2 1/2 months and practices are held 2 mornings a week before school (7-8am). Helping the girls set and meet their goals, as well as helping them understand issues that are common to girls in their age group provides coaches with a rewarding opportunity that is unique to this program. The coaches do not need to have children that are participating, nor do they need to have students at CPES! If you are interested in helping CPES by serving as a GOTR coach, or if you know someone in our community who may be interested, please email me (cpespta.president@gmail.com).
4 Jan
I hope everyone enjoyed the Winter Break and are feeling relaxed and refreshed and ready for the New Year!
On Tuesday, January 10th, we are lucky to have Dr. Rene Hackney join us at the PTA Meeting (7pm, library). She will be discussing “Social Aggression” and ways to support and address the victim child, the aggressive child and the bystanders. This will include how to build a sense of community in the classroom or neighborhood. Please join us for this important presentation and Q&A session.
On January 13th, students will bring home their Read-a-Thon forms! Read-a-Thon will begin the weekend of the 14th, and end on January 31st . Forms will be due on Wednesday, February 1st. This is not only a big fund raiser for CPES, but also is a great time to encourage our students to read, read, read! Students who read will earn credits for the Book Fair, which will be held the week of February 13th. Look for more details in this week’s Friday folder!
6 Dec
In honor of Inclusive Schools Week (December 5th-12th), the PTA meeting on December 13th will focus on Inclusion Programs at CPES and within FCPS. Inclusive Schools Week is a time designated to acknowledge the hard work and commitment of teachers, administrators, students, and parents in making their schools more inclusive and, thereby, significantly contributing to the development of a more inclusive society. CPES teacher representatives will speak briefly about how our school continues the journey toward providing a quality education to all children regardless of differences in ability, gender, ethnicity, language and health status. We will also hear from our Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) representatives who will describe the HIPPY readiness program that helps qualifying parents prepare their three-, four-, and returning five-year-old children for success in school. Hellen Cortez and Elizabeth Bruzon will present certificates to two of the participating families at the PTA meeting. We are also lucky to have Early Literacy and Family Literacy representatives from Fairfax County join us at our PTA meeting. We will hear not only how this program is succeeding but how the Family Literacy instructor, Manuel Lavalle, has been doing an excellent job at having conversations with his students about the PTA, volunteering and the benefits of being actively engaged in their children’s education. So, please join us for this exciting meeting on 12/13 at 7pm in the library. As always, babysitting services are provided by our wonderful CPES Girl Scouts!
For those of you on Facebook who would like CPES updates, feel free to “like” the Cunningham Park Elementary School PTA Facebook page! And, don’t forget to do your Amazon shopping on-line via the CPES PTA website (www.cppta.org) Rewards page!! CPES receives money for sales via our website.
