The Discovery Elementary PTO is organized to support and benefit the education of students at Discovery Elementary. Go Trailblazers!
Operating as usual
01/08/2023
Join us tomorrow, January 9 for our first PTO meeting of the year! Learn about upcoming events happening at our school, how we support our teachers and students and how you can get involved. Agenda is linked below! We can NOT do this without you! Not a member? No problem! You can sign up anytime at trailblazerspto.com
01/05/2023
Our Holiday Shoppe raffle winner for Morning Office Assistant is being put to work this morning!! Don’t worry, he got a donut and hot chocolate break too 🥰
12/16/2022
Please give a warm, parting goodbye to our AMAZING Security Officer, Sebastian on his last day with Discovery!! We are all heartbroken to see him leave but wish him the best of luck on his next adventure!! 💙
12/15/2022
❄️❄️CLOSED!!❄️❄️
Loudoun County Public Schools and Administrative Offices are closed today, December 15, 2022. All activities on school campuses are canceled at this time. Scheduled activities on school campuses may be allowed after 4:00 p.m. An announcement will be made by NOON. Please check our website, www.lcps.org for specific program information to see how the closure could affect you.
12/13/2022
Yupppp. 3 more sleeps until break, Trailblazers - we can do this!!! 🤗🤗
12/12/2022
December is busy enough - skip cooking tonight and pick up dinner from Buffalo Wing Factory Ashburn! Don't forget to mention that you are with Discovery Elementary and a portion of the proceeds go back to the PTO and drop your receipt in the basket on the way out! Available for take-out or dine-in starting at 4pm so grab some friends or call ahead to take it home. We'll see you there!!
Buffalo Wing Factory Ashburn
43761 Parkhurst Plaza #100, Ashburn, VA 20147
703-729-4200
buffalowingfactory.com
12/08/2022
Don’t forget that your teacher’s Favorite Things List can be found on our website at trailblazerspto.com when you click on FAVORITE THINGS at the top!! You can view teachers and staff listed by name 🤗
**Please note: the PDF doesn’t allow links so the Amazon Wishlist links will need to be copied and pasted into your browser 💻
12/05/2022
Drumroll Please!! 🥁
Congratulations to these lucky raffle prize winners!! Keep your eyes on your phone or your inbox as we will be contacting you in the next couple of days to coordinate pick up for your raffle prizes! 🎁🎄
Apple AirPods: Leah McLaughlin
Apple iPad: Magali Everett
Reading Lovers Basket: Paola Runlett
Fitness Tracker: Olga Adileh
Sports Basket: Rahm Gandhi
Car Swag Basket: Drishti Karn
Roblox Lover’s Basket: Amy Rajeh
Baking Lover’s Basket: Olivia Varol
Bath & Body Works Basket: Jen Agam
Board Game Tower: Jeanine Fox
Bruster's Gift Pack: Lexie Westervelt
Go Bananas Gift Card: Meredith Vitale
Pet Basket: Kristen M Perrott
Luxury Hair Care Basket: Erin Sullivan
Williams Martial-Arts Summer Camp: Cena Shafiee
Williams Martial Arts One Month Karate: Andrew Baker
Starbucks Lover’s Basket: Suzanne Malarcher
Total Wine Basket: Marcus Wright
Candy Tower: Baker Flannery
Principal For a Day: Amanda Drake
Morning Office Assistant with Donuts and Hot Chocolate: Chris Hoponick
Hot Cocoa and Craft with Ms. Ivers and Mrs. Hunt: Blake Peterson
Clay and Music Time with Mrs. Zimmerman and Mrs. Zumbach-Woullard: Jessica DeHond
Cookie Decorating with Ms. Atkinson and Ms. Paek: Alanna Vitale
Hot Cocoa Sip & Paint with Miss Warner and Mrs. Anderson: Jill Schinkel
Lunch Bunch/Crumbl with Mrs. O’Shaughnessey: Amanda Drake
Sundaes and Sparkles with 2nd Grade Team: Jill Schinkel
Craft and Snack with Mrs. T***s and Mrs. Marine: Maanvi Chidri
12/03/2022
We had an amazing, magical day at Holiday Shoppe 2022!!! Huge thank you to all our volunteers, elves, wrappers and shoppers!! We loved seeing everyone in all their festive spirit! Also thank you to Giant in Ryan Park for the donuts and for fueling our team and our guests!! 🎄✨🎁
12/02/2022
HOLIDAY SHOPPE IS TOMORROW, Trailblazers!! ✨ Have you signed up for a shopping spot yet?! Due to the inclement weather, we will be moving check-in, raffle prizes, donuts and Santa indoors. Please bring your student through the main entrance to get your photo with Santa, purchase raffle tickets and a treat and check them in to shop! We will also have a coffee trailer outside for parents while you’re waiting for your shopper to finish up. The weather can’t hold us down - we are excited for an amazing, festive event!! Don’t forget to sign up for a shopping spot at bit.ly/holidayshoppe2022 and purchase your raffle tickets in advance on our website: trailblazerspto.com!! See you tomorrow!! 🎅🏼🎄🎁
12/01/2022
❄️ Happy December, Discovery Fam!! ❄️ Don’t miss our two events this month - Holiday Shoppe and Spirit Night on Monday, December 12 at in Ashburn! Raffle tickets for some amazing prizes are still available at trailblazerspto.com, click on HOLIDAY SHOPPE! 🎁🎄✨
11/30/2022
Look at the amazing experience prizes our Discovery Staff and Admin have put together!!! Principal for a day?! Crumbl Cookie?! Lunch bunch!! How about arts and crafts with our incredible music and art teachers?? If your student would like to win any of these experiences, raffle tickets are now available on our website and you don’t have to be attending Holiday Shoppe to enter!! Get your raffle tickets now! Visit trailblazerspto.com and click on HOLIDAY SHOPPE at the top!
11/28/2022
Here is just a sneak peek of all the raffle prizes available at this year’s Holiday Shoppe!! Skip the line and the time of buying your tickets in person and purchase them directly through our website! Several chances to win some AMAZING prizes including AirPods, and iPad, Gift Baskets, a Kindle fire, gift cards and more!! Visit our website now to get your tickets, trailblazerspto.com and click on HOLIDAY SHOPPE! 🎟️🎁
11/23/2022
Holiday Shoppe is right around the corner! Have you signed up for a shopping slot yet?? Stay tuned for our raffle basket announcements later this week so you can purchase raffle tickets ahead of time for some AMAZING prizes!! We can’t wait to see you there!
Sign up for a shopping slot: https://bit.ly/holidayshoppe2022
11/15/2022
Congratulations to our three Read-a-thon Grand Prize winners Grant, June and Genavieve who each received a Kids Kindle Fire for raising over $500 in our Fall Fundraiser!! Way to go! 💪🏽
11/14/2022
We want to wish a very Happy Birthday to our fearless leader, Mr. Painter!! Be sure to wish our favorite principal a great day if you see him around. Thank you for everything you do for our students and our school! 🤗
11/11/2022
We had the most amazing time at our honored Veterans Day Assembly!! 🇺🇸 Thank you to everyone who attended and volunteered, thank you to our staff for organizing, the PTO for providing breakfast for our guests, and of course to our amazing veterans for your service and dedication! ❤️🤍💙
11/10/2022
Please join us in wishing a VERY Happy Birthday and belated congratulations to our amazing Dean of Students, newlywed Mrs. Pavelko (DiLorenzo)!!! Thank you for everything you do, we hope you have a fabulous day!! 🥳💙
11/08/2022
Showing our future voters the importance of democracy! Enjoy your day off, Trailblazers and don’t forget to VOTE! 🗳️ 🇺🇸
11/07/2022
Welllll the best laid plans don’t always go as we want and unfortunately we had some technical difficulties with the popcorn machine today and weren’t able to deliver to the whole school 😭 but don’t worry, Trailblazers - if you didn’t get popcorn today, you will get it first thing on Wednesday morning!! We were thrilled to see the students excited about their treat today and once again thankful for everyone who supported Discovery in our Read-a-thon Fundraiser!! 👏🏽🍿
11/06/2022
Spirit Night details, Veteran’s Day Assembly information and where you can attend our next PTO meeting is all in our weekly newsletter! Check it out 📨
11/04/2022
Happy Weekend, Trailblazers! Don’t forget that Monday is our Popcorn + Pajama Party to celebrate achieving our Read-a-thon goal! Please fill out the permission form to allow your child to enjoy some popcorn if you haven’t already. Thank you all for your support!! 🍿🥳
11/03/2022
Guess what - we have school on Monday!! But…. not on Tuesday 🙈 Which means Monday is going to be weird so take a night off from the kitchen and join us at Chin-Chin Cafe!! Mention Discovery and 20% of your order goes back to the PTO! Available for dine-in, takeout AND delivery!! Thank you for supporting our school! 🍣🥟🥡
11/01/2022
And just like that… it’s NOVEMBER! 🍂🍁🦃 The holidays are right around the corner and we have a lot of exciting stuff coming up at Discovery! Don’t forget to fill out the permission form so your child can enjoy some popcorn at our Popcorn + Pajama reward day on Nov. 7! There is also no school on Tuesday, November 8 for Election Day and you don’t want to miss our Veteran’s Day Assembly on Friday, Nov. 11!! 🇺🇸 Lastly, grab your smartest friend and join us for Trivia Night at Lost Rhino Brewing Co. on November 17! We are looking forward to a fantastic month! 🤗
POPCORN + PAJAMA PERMISSION FORM: https://forms.gle/pamQYtchS4VEgqSj8
10/31/2022
HAPPY HALLOWEEN, Trailblazers!!! 🎃👻🧟♂️🧙♀️☠️Don’t forget to tag us in your costumes to be featured on our social media!! And how amazing is our Third Grade team all dressed up in these dinosaur blow ups?! 🤩🤩
10/29/2022
About last night ✨✨ More Spooky Bingo and Trunk-or-Treat photos! Which trunk was your favorite?! 👻
10/29/2022
It was a packed house for Spooky Bingo tonight and we love to see it!! The costumes, energy and excitement were all on point!! Huge shoutout to all of our amazing volunteers who decorated the gym, sorted candy, came up with the most creative trunks, slung pizza and cotton candy and popcorn and showed up to have a memorable night! Supporting the PTO helps us put on fun events like this and we so appreciate your support!! Happy Halloweekend, Trailblazers!! 👻🎃🧟♂️☠️
10/28/2022
We had some festive teachers and students at school today!! We love seeing our administration and staff get in on the costume fun!! Hope everyone has a fantastic, long weekend!!! Don’t forget - parents have to deal with the sugar crash on November 1!!! 👻🎃🧟♂️☠️
10/25/2022
Congratulations to Ms. Atkinson and her 5th Grade class for raising the most money during our Read-a-thon!! They earned exclusive Discovery Hologram stickers for their participation and Ms. Atkinson earned a Discovery Blue Stanley Water Bottle!! Thank you for sharing, fundraising and supporting our school!! 💙🚀
10/25/2022
CHARACTER COUNTS SPIRIT WEEK begins tomorrow!! October is National Bullying Prevention month and our School Counseling Team has set up special activities and lessons to celebrate and promote this mission. We are going to work together to support this campaign by delivering daily bullying prevention messages, teaching bullying prevention lessons, and hosting a Spirit Week!! Together we can put a stop to bullying!
10/24/2022
Our candy monsters are still hungry!! If you’re able to donate a bag of candy for Trunk or Treat, they would appreciate it!! 🍬 You can bring it to the office or send it with your student so they can feed the monster themselves! 👹
10/23/2022
No school tomorrow, Trailblazers!! Enjoy your long weekend and Happy Diwali to all who celebrate 🪔✨
10/20/2022
Spooky Bingo + Trunk or Treat is next Friday!!! We can’t wait to bring back this fun and festive event. The 5:30pm time slot is FULL and RSVPing is required for this event! If you’d like to attend and have not RSVP’d, please do so HERE: https://forms.gle/dCNandEBKn7khEaj7
Come in costume ready to play bingo, eat candy, and have FUN! 👻🎃🧟 Thank you to Williams Martial Arts and Fitness for sponsoring this event!!
10/19/2022
WE DID IT!!!!!! With all your hard work, reading, sharing and tracking, we hit our $15,000k goal!!!!!! The Discovery Astronaut even came by this morning to hand out prizes and celebrate!! Way to go, Discovery! We have two days left so let’s see how far we can exceed our goal and support our school! 🚀🚀🚀
10/18/2022
More excited kiddos received their Read-a-thon prizes this morning!!!! We only have THREE DAYS LEFT so don’t forget to read, share, and track!! We are so close to our goal, Trailblazers!!!
10/17/2022
We are SO CLOSE to our fundraising goal!!! We are so proud of all the Trailblazers and families that are reading, tracking and sharing your sponsorship link with friends and family! We have FIVE MORE DAYS to hit (or exceed!) our goal to support our teachers and students - we can’t do this without you!! 🤗🤗🤗
10/16/2022
Join the PTO Board on Monday, 10/17 at the new Neighbors Sports Bar & Grill in Broadlands for an October social (and meeting 😜) - meet the board, get the inside scoop on upcoming events (hint: HOLIDAY SHOPPE!!!) and how you can be involved. We can’t do this without you!! 🤗🤗
View the meeting agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/188_XvWp_EZfwskj08sA-y2XVkLF-PFS0eFgNFIl_PF0/edit?usp=sharing
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