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Dec 14 Newsletter Mill Run Register Newsletter for Mill Run Elementary Volume 48 December 2014 Vickers’ Views: December At-A-Glance As I type my monthly newsle/er ar2cle, I am excitedly awai2ng the arrival of many of you to OUR school, as this is the day of our annual SCA Warming Tree will continue until th Turkey Feast. We will soon be serving nearly 2,000 turkey meals. We December 12 ! Please consider sending in new hats, gloves, scarves, and thermal had six wonderful volunteers here this morning to help with the set- socks. These will be shared with our up, and everyone just seems to be in the best of spirits. I was raised friends in Sterling, VA! by my own parents to love tradi2ons and to do everything within my power to perpetuate them. The Mill Run Turkey Feast is one of the Dec. 1 : Science Expo packets go home very best tradi2ons that we have here, and the excitement is Dec. 3 : Mt. Lion Pride Citizenship Breakfast @ 7:50 palpable with our students, their parents, and our staff. am (by invitation) Dec. 4 : This is a 2me of year when many of us become especially nostalgic, PTO Gift Card Orders Due and we cleave 2ghtly to our families and to our own tradi2ons. As I Snowman Contest info sent home look back to all that has happened here at Mill Run in November and Dec. 5 : PTO Movie Night from 6:30-9:00 p.m. project myself forward through Winter Break, I can’t help but focus Dec. 9 : PTO Board Meeting in Lounge @ 2:50 pm. on some of the special events that have become hallmarks of our Dec. 10 : Science Expo backboard orders due outstanding school. This month, we have held our Run for Fun, the Family Heritage Fes2val, the Scholas2c Book Fair, and now the Turkey Dec. 12 : Donuts w/ Dads from 7:00-7:45 a.m. in Feast. In December, we will have our Donuts with Dads breakfast, gym & café the PTO’s Movie Night, and nearly everyone’s favorite…the Holiday Adventures in Folklore Assembly for grades 1-3 @ 8:30 a.m. Sing-along! Coupled with the many special things that you are doing with your own families at home, it is no wonder that our children are Final day of SCA Warming Tree Cookies to Cure Childhood Cancer event so bright-eyed during this 2me of year! from 5:30-9:00 p.m. in gym We whole-heartedly believe that children learn best and retain the Dec. 16 : 5th grade Geography Bee in café @ 8:30 a.m. informaon that they learn most completely when they can make a Dec. 17 : 5th graders walk to Eagle Ridge for personal connec2on with the material and when the material is holiday band concert @ 9:20 a.m. taught in an interes2ng, engaging manner. Over the past few Dec. 18 : months, I have personally witnessed some of the finest teaching that PTO Care & Share breakfast for staff I have ever seen in my thirty years as a public school educator here in Dec. 19 : Holiday Sing-along @ 8:30 a.m. Virginia. I have marveled over how our teachers plan lessons to Class Parties @ 1:00 p.m. maximize their students’ ac2ve engagement, and I have been thrilled Dec. 20- Jan. 4 : Winter Break! to see and hear your children respond with a clarity of understanding. In fact, your kids con2nue to demonstrate an amazing level of insighXulness in their learning. As we move toward December, I want to take a moment to reflect upon the many things for which I am most thankful. Not only do I have a beau2ful family, but I also have the ul2mate job and profession. I am so grateful to have this opportunity to serve as Mill Run’s principal, in a community that places the highest value on educang the complete child. I invite all of you to reflect upon your own blessings during this season. Do you know that through our recent campaign of giving, we raised over $2700? The PTO will use these funds to purchase gi] cards for the essen2als (food, clothing, and gasoline) for local families-in-need. Without ques2on, these items are essen2al to our existence; but we are leaving out another key need that we have as human beings…LOVE! Even in the toughest of 2mes, we can always fall back on the fact that there are many people in our lives who love and depend upon us. Let’s not lose sight of this fact. We thank you for allowing us to play (what we believe is) a significant role in your children’s lives. They are most certainly amongst our greatest treasures! Have a blessed holiday season! Kindest regards, Paul L. Vickers Congratulations to Mill Run’s October Super Citizens!! Each month teachers select one student from their class who has demonstrated character traits that are consistent with creating a respectful and caring school climate. Noelle Middleton Abby Hardy Maddie Downer Kyna Marimuthu Ranson Thayambath McKenna Schauss Campbell Taylor Isabella Arnold Ruby Edwards Aneesh Pabolu Colin Greise Amy Taylor Evan Fornino Brady Louis Landon Foley Rachel White Krish Yalavarthy Adithya Subramanian AJ VanDyke Will Hornbeck Brandon Fornino Aaron Rodriguez Raaga Kodali Jimmy McManus Cara Roser Aditya Amdekar Sahana Sreeham Jack Bickmann Neel Patwardhan Cole Allen Madison Hunt Rohit Prasanna Ahyan Baqar Shravya Raj Adriana Barsoom Helen Levy Carrie Burkart Madison Gilliam Sarah Nguyen Michael Hargenrater Resources for Parents and Students on the Web Mill Run Website: http://www.lcps.org/millrun Loudoun County Public Schools: http://www.lcps.org Cornely’s Conversation The month of December… I’m sure many of you are thinking, “Wow! Where did the year go?!?!” I know this is certainly the case for my family. As I reflect on this school year thus far, I have an overwhelming feeling of pride, joy, and appreciaon for all stakeholders in our Mill Run Community. As Mr. Vickers men2oned in his newsle/er ar2cle, so many of our families par2cipated in the annual Mill Run For Fun and our Family Heritage Fes2val, which helped raise nearly $3,000 to support our families in need. In addi2on to this outstanding accomplishment, so many of you have made donaons toward helping Mill Run families in need. This was made possible because of you and your efforts to support others in our community. From the bo*om of my heart, thank you so much for your generous and kind hearts! This support, without a doubt, will have a lasng impression on all of our families for many years to come! With a slight shi] of focus, I wanted to con2nue to encourage our children to read throughout the month of December and especially over the winter break. Reading is the most powerful gi] our children can possess, and that is why it makes it that much more important for children to have books or a Kindle in their hands. Below are a few ways you can insert comprehension ques2ons into your conversaon with your students. Addi2onally, if you are looking for a book to read during the month of December, you may wish to visit my blog. I am featuring a “Book of the Month” for all to consider. • When reading a picture book, look at the illustraons and have your child ask him/herself what the main idea of the picture is. What is this picture trying to tell me? • Check out a variety of genres from the library. With each new genre, prac2ce finding the main idea so that your child is exposed to a variety of texts. • Have your child make a connec2on to the text. If your child can connect to what s/he is reading, it will be easier to understand the main idea of the text. • Have your child prac2ce asking him/herself ques2ons like: “What ques2ons do I ask myself to find the main idea when I am reading?” or “What does the author want me to learn?” or “What is the big idea of what I am reading?” • Find examples of main idea/comprehension tests online. Explore how they are worded with your child. Help him or her understand the way tests ask students to state the main idea. Examples: “This story is mainly about _____?” or “Which best states the main idea of ______?” or “Which of the following is a theme of _____?” or “What is the main idea of paragraph 1 of this passage?” I am so thankful to be a part of this wonderful Mill Run family and am so excited to con2nue such a beau2ful relaonship with you and your family! Please Label Jackets Now that the weather is getting a bit cooler, please make sure to write your children’s names inside their jackets. You would be surprised how many jackets are left at school each year and never reclaimed. At the end of each year, we wash our lost and found items and give them to charity. We always check for identification labels and return them to the appropriate children first. Please remember that you can find our Lost and Found in the two wardrobe cabinets outside of the gym. Veltri’s Vision By: Marisa Veltri, Administrative Intern It is hard to believe that we are about to enter a new year…2015! I would like to extend a warm holiday greeting to all of our Mill Run families. I hope that all of you will have the opportunity to spend some time with family and friends this holiday season.
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