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The Rosa Lee Carter Register
February 2017
43330 Loudoun Reserve Drive, Ashburn, Virginia 20148 Phone: 703.957.4490 Attendance Line: 703.957.4491
http://www.lcps.org/carter
February Calendar
● February 2—5th Grade
Music Show
● February 10—Kindergarten
Pre Registration begins
online
● February 12—Spirit Night
@ Atomic Trampoline
● February 15—Rising 6th
Grader Parent Information
Night @ Stone Hill
● February 17—RLC Movie
Night
● February 20—No School,
President’s Day
● February 22—Rising 6th
Grade Music Night @
Stone Hill
● Web Calendar
From the Principal’s Pen
The Heart of the Matter………….
Parents,
During the month of February, we often reflect upon those we love and cherish. We desire for them to
have fulfilling and happy lives. By instilling the love of learning with our children at a very young age, we set
the foundation for them on their educational journey.
We nurture a child's love of learning by expanding on his/ her own inquisitive nature and allowing each to
reach his/her potential. As teachers and parents, we know that learning is more than just teaching “standards.”
We are responsible for creating an environment of support that allows our children to develop their own ideas,
express their feelings, take risks, make choices, and most of all, grow to be strong, thinking individuals.
Our “One to the World “and “Personalized Learning” initiatives promote the love of learning through highly
engaging lessons that are authentic, rigorous and strong in content, in addition to being individualized.
Students are excited to create, collaborate and problem solve with one another. Through our One to the World
lessons, our teachers are reaching beyond the classroom walls connecting with children around the world.
Personalized Learning has allowed our teachers to ensure standards are mastered and children are able to apply
concepts as they move towards project based instruction. These two initiatives perfectly go hand-in hand.
Our Rosa Lee Carter staff is meeting monthly to support these initiatives to ensure systems are in place for
student success.
The RLC community also plays an integral part to our instructional practices. Students improve the quality of
their work by connecting to others beyond their teachers and classmates. You may be asked to attend a
presentation, provide valuable tools or connect through technology to support teaching and learning.
We realize the need for our students to be highly productive individuals when entering the workforce. It will be
necessary for our children to be creators, collaborators, communicators and problem solvers. Through authentic,
rigorous lessons, students become invested in their learning and see the value of their education.
Thank you for partnering with us as we strive to be the very best at our trade.
We appreciate your constant support and encouragement.
Regards,
Principal,
Mrs. Ann Y. Hines
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Students of the Month
Rosa Lee Carter is excited to recognize students who have shown exemplar behavior throughout each school day. Every
month, students will be selected to represent their classroom as a student role model. These role models will be
showcased on the morning announcements. For February, the following students have been leading the way by respecting
self, others, and property. Congratulations to these Leaders of the Pack!
Absentee Phone Line And Absentee Email
If your child is absent for any reason, please make sure to call the Rosa Lee Carter
Absentee Phone Line, (703) 957-4491. If possible, please call before 7:30 am. Al-
so, please call the absentee number if your child will be tardy that day to prevent a phone call having to be
made home. The absentee phone line is available for your use 24 hours a day, everyday. You may also use
our absentee email: [email protected]. The email link is located at the bottom of our main web page.
Kindergarten
Manpretty Chahal
Rishik Devireddy
Anvita Eluri
Jackson Goller
Adora Ibekwe
Srikrishna Kanumilli
Rohan Tumu
First Grade
Asher Braun
Travis Deggs
Aisha Gaddam
Emerson Hagler
Abigail Poovathur
Ashish Rahi
Shafi Udin
Second Grade
Meghana Bodepudi
Baylee Cicheskie
Yashita Gandi
Ayush Rao
Daniela Rojas
Andrew Tran
Leah Villalobos
Fourth Grade
Maya Coleman
Marcus Duran
Falak Hasen
Kaustar Guttikon-da
Seshank Mallired-digari
Sumanth Sridnar
Brian Wright
Third Grade
Megha Ashadna
Veda Bellam
Ajeet Bondugula
Siddarth Donthireddy
Iha Gorjala
Jadelyn Nguyen
Maaz Taqi
Fifth Grade
Ananya Akula
Saihithi Akula
Shubha Ballurkar
Akhil Gogineni
Landon Hackley
Anshu Rajakumar
Veer Sidhu
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Ms. Hassinger will be on the cart and in the classroom this quarter. She will be starting Picasso Self-Portraits, Islamic Architecture, Mali designs and much more in the classroom.
Mrs. Solazzo will be in the art room making clay coil pots and doing a lot of painting. Please remember that art days can be messy!
The Artist’s Brush
In music, the kindergarteners continue to explore classroom instruments, do movement activities, as well as keeping a steady beat and singing in tune. First grade will be learning about the instruments in an orchestra, singing solfege (so la and mi), composer Camille Saint-Saens, and matching pitch. Second grade will also be learning about the instruments in an orchestra and what family they belong to, as well as about composer Sergei Prokofiev. Third grade will be focusing on their show, they can’t wait to share it with you in March! Fourth grade will be reviewing treble clef note names, composer Aaron Copland, and beginning their recorder unit. Fifth grade will review what they know about the orchestra, composer Ludwig van Beethoven, and how to write a complete measure of music!
It’s an exciting month to be in the music room!
Music
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This February, the PE program at Rosa Lee Carter Elementary School will continue with underhand toss/catch and football skills. Starting on the second week of February we will be emphasizing on striking with a hand held implement. Students will learn how to play scooter hockey and floor hockey and practice fundamental skills. We will continue to emphasize the importance of learning the five components of fitness along with the five intensity levels. We believe as a PE department that the process of participating regularly in a physically active lifestyle will lead to personal enjoyment, challenge, satisfaction, and a healthy mind and body. We will emphasize to our students to give their very best effort and show good sportsmanship in all they do in PE class.
Stay active!
Physical Education
For the month of February, our guidance lessons will focus on the character trait of caring.
This character trait focuses on being kind, being compassionate, expressing gratitude, forgiving others, helping people in need, and being charitable and altruistic. Students will be writing letters to a special staff member whom they want to thank for all their hard work. We will also discuss conflict resolution, problem solving, and tattling versus reporting.
Counselor’s Corner with Mr. Hak and Mrs. Kraly
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During our SEARCH lessons, students are provided the opportunity to explore
many avenues for successful problem solving in the classroom. Perhaps your
children have mentioned that they have used one of our five thinking keys to
help unlock their brain to complete a task requiring perceiving, connecting,
reasoning, evaluating, or creating.
In SEARCH we emphasize creating, which aligns with the highest level of Bloom’s Taxonomy. Four
elements of creativity can be used to identify both creative thinkers and creative products: fluency,
flexibility, originality, and elaboration. Creativity is a trait that is present in every person and one
that can be improved with practice. Fortunately, there are many ways in which parents can
promote creativity in their children.
First, it is important to establish a home environment that encourages creativity. Provide a private
work space, materials, and unscheduled quiet time for thinking. Display your children’s work, and
emphasize their effort and creative choices.
Creativity can also be promoted by experimenting with new ideas. Allow your children to follow
through on questions they have about the world around them. Permit your children to investigate
the backyard, create a new recipe, or come up with a different way to organize their rooms. When
some of these explorations do not turn out as planned, let your children know that creativity
involves a certain amount of risk, and that mistakes lead to new learning.
In addition, children benefit from parents who model creativity and demonstrate its worth. Share
your own interests such as drawing, writing poetry, or playing an instrument. Think aloud as you
brainstorm solutions to a problem. Visit places such as museums, restaurants, or the library to
incorporate discovery into the family’s daily life.
As you encourage creativity in your children, keep in mind that the creative product is no more
important than the creative process. Learning to practice and persevere will increase a child’s
confidence in their creative abilities.
SEARCH
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Greetings from the Library!
Our students in grades K-2 are now participating in the statewide Virginia Readers' Choice contest, along with our students in grades 3-5 that began participating last fall. Every year a committee of educators nominates 10 books at the primary, elementary, middle school, and high school level for this award. They ask students throughout the state to read these books and then vote for their favorite sometime in the spring. It is a very prestigious literary award and one of the only that is chosen entirely by children's votes. Students in grades K-2 will have these books read to them during their weekly library period, while students in grades 3- 5 have the option to read the books on the elementary list on their own. Our students have really been enjoying this year's selections so far.
We have recently added to our library's digital collection. We have purchased more books on CD for primary teachers to use with their students in their listening centers. Playaways, audio books recorded on their own device, are on order and will be arriving later this month for our older students. We have also been given additional money from Loudoun County to purchase E-books for our collection, and those resources will be available to students and teachers soon.
If there are any parents who are looking for volunteer opportunities within our school, please keep the library in mind. You can drop in anytime. We can always use an extra hand, and we provide on the job training!
Library
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We start each day at Rosa Lee Carter with a morning news show. Our morning news is directed by fifth graders and reported by fourth graders. Our goal for the morning news is to get students excited for the day and to bring relevant information to our students and staff. We highlight Rosa Lee Carter events, students of the month, Watch D.O.G.S. and we will begin to focus on students’ One to the World projects. There is so much going on in every classroom and we love showcasing what other classes are doing.
For our morning news show, we use Keynote on two iPads. One iPad is the teleprompter, and the other iPad is the remote for the teleprompter which is controlled by one of our reporters so we have smooth dialogue throughout our broadcast.
We are able to use a green screen in our broadcast, and our creative director controls all of the backgrounds, transitions, and sound effects from our Wirecast program.
Our students love the morning news show, and we love making the show every day.
Technology
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Upcoming Events:
2/12/2017 Spirit Night @ Atomic Trampoline
2/17/2017 Family Movie Night
Your PTO would like to invite you to our Family Movie Night on Friday, February 17th at 6:30 pm. We will be showing the movie, "The Secret Life of Pets". There will be no charge for admission. Concessions will be for sale, such as pizza, popcorn, snacks and beverages. Bring your blankets, pillows and snuggle up in the school gym for a fun family evening!
For more information on how to become involved with Rosa Lee Carter PTO, please visit our website
PTO
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SEAC REPRESENTATIVE TALKING POINTS
January 4, 2017
Presentation by Dr. Jimenez, LCPS Director of Special Education
Dyslexia (Part II) – Services & Support
Dr. Jimenez shared the presentation slides she and John Lody, Director of Diagnostic and Prevention Services presented to the School Board, Student Support Services Committee on December 7, 2016 titled, Assessment, Intervention and Professional Learning. The presentation can be viewed at https://www.lcps.org/Page/86357, Presentation #1. SEAC:
Plan to attend upcoming School Board Budget Meetings or contact the entire School Board at www.lcps.org to advocate for special education staff, programs and services.
To review and reinforce SEAC’s identified priorities and recommendations for students with disabilities, please view the 2016 SEAC Annual Report at www.lcps.org/seac.
PTA liaisons are encouraged to reach out to their PTA Presidents to discuss their PTA’s advocacy plans with regard to the 2018 budget and special education funding.
The next state SEAC meeting will be held on March 30-31, 2017.
The Virginia Dept. of Education (VDOE), in accordance with a new VA law (HB842), will begin requiring all teachers seeking initial licensure or renewal of licensure to complete a one-time awareness online training on the indicators of dyslexia, evidence-based interventions and accommodations. The training module will be available by February 1, 2017. HB842 also calls for the VDOE to collaborate with the State Council of Higher Education for VA to ensure that teacher training programs will cover information on identification of students at risk for dyslexia and other language based disabilities as well as attention deficit disorder. As part of this collaboration, a survey has been developed to ask higher education what they need from the VDOE in order to make this happen. SEAC now has a focus group to explore speech language services and supports. Parents or staff who wish to contribute information about this effort should contact Billie Jo Bevan at [email protected].
LCPS has formed a “Specialized Reading Instruction Stakeholder Advisory Group.” The first meeting will be on Jan. 25, 2017. SEAC Chair, Lorraine Hightower and SEAC Chair of the Dyslexia Subcommittee will attend to represent SEAC.
S.E.A.C.
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Parent Resource Services:
Sign up for regular notices at www.lcps.org/parentresourceservices
Highlights of upcoming events for January & February https://www.lcps.org/Page/185643:
Thursday, January 12 from 6:30 to 8:00pm, Early Intervention Connection: No Registration Required
Wednesday, January 25 from 6:30 to 8:30pm, Assistive Technology Tools and Supports for Executive Functioning Challenges Download Flyer Here Register Here
Thursday, January 26 from 9:00 – 11:00 am, Promoting Independence in Activities of Daily Living Download Flyer Here Register Here
Tuesday, February 7 from 6:30 to 8:30, Dyslexia: Current Research and Practice with Mary Stowe, MEd Training and Technical Assistance Specialist from T/TAC at The College of William and Mary Download Flyer Here Register Here
Tuesday, February 7 from 6:30 to 8:30, Leisure Skills and their Importance in Transition and Independence Download Flyer Here Register Here
Wednesday, February 22 from 7:00-8:30pm, Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM) Register Here
Paxton Campus Activities www.paxtoncampus.org:
DMV Connect: Need an ID, but can’t go to the DMV? DMV Connect will be providing services at Paxton Campus on Wednesday, January 11; 9am to 2pm by appointment only. Please contact Eileen Shaffer [email protected] or 703-777-1939x208
Futures Planning: Housing Options for Loudoun, Fairfax and Prince William, January 19; 10am to noon. http://www.paxtoncampus.org/futures-planning/ Please contact Tammy at [email protected] or 703-777-1939x207
S.E.A.C. cont.
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LCPS Department of Pupil Services will be presenting a Mental Health & Wellness Parent Seminar Se-ries beginning in 2017 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at the LCPS Administrative Building https://www.lcps.org/Page/185265
January 19, The Power of Play: A Relationship-Based Approach to Improved Behavior create posi-
tive adult/child relationships that result in improved behavior. Download Flyer Here Register Here
February 2, Suicide Prevention identification, referral and resources. The presentation will focus on suicide pre-
vention as an on-going process. Download Flyer Here Register Here
February 16, Promoting Healthy Teen Relationships Download Flyer Here Register Here
March 2, Managing Bumps in the Road: Building Resilient Relationships with Your Teen how to
avoid an emotional response, stay in charge and maintain a good relationship. Download Flyer Here Register Here
March 16, Cyberbullying and Internet Safety Get advice on how to talk with your children about the dangers.
Download Flyer Here Register Here
March 29, Anxiety and School Refusal Participants will deepen their understanding of children’s anxiety and
potential next steps. Download Flyer Here Register Here
April 6, Fostering Resilience in a Stressful World earn about the impact of stress on development as well as
strategies to nurture resilience. Download Flyer Here Register Here
May 4, The Role of Restorative Practices in Building Emotional Literacy how the use of restorative lan-
guage and circles teaches children empathy and self-awareness and creates a safe learning environment. Download Flyer Here Register Here
May 18, Mindful Parenting: Remaining Calm While Improving Family Dynamics utilize Mindfulness
Next SEAC Meeting is February 1 at 7pm, Presentation: Transition:
Focus on CII-Community Independence Instruction
(formerly known as CBI)
in your role as a parent to support your children in improving focus, reducing anxiety, and being more present in each moment. Download Flyer Here Register Here
S.E.A.C. cont.
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The Minority Student Achievement Advisory Committee (MSAAC) is tasked to:
Advise the local school system of the educational and cultural needs of the minority student.
Cultivate an equitable educational experience for all students that will positively impact achievement gaps.
Submit periodic reports and recommendations on how to improve the minority students' educational experience
Create a forum of safe and respectable communication between parents, teachers and administrators.
Help parents and educators collectively understand the importance of nurturing a climate of cultural sensitivity in an academic/social environment that is increasing in diversity each year.
Facilitate an environment where teachers and parents can recognize, honor and teach when differences exist.
MSAAC
MSAAC is dedicated to further the academic, social and cultural development of every
student and to ensure that the needs of all minority students are met.
MSAAC is committed to developing school cultures that create a learning environment where every minority student is afforded the opportunity to achieve their full potential and is recognized as an integral member of the student body.
MSAAC is striving to ensure that the LCPS community is culturally competent and pro-vides fair and equitable instruction to all LCPS students.
Supporters of MSAAC also include parents, educators, administrators, business repre-sentatives and other interested community groups.
