Clover Hill Elementary School PTA

This month's CHES PTA Newsletter features August event updates, upcoming events for September, volunteer opportunities, the Reflections art program, how to order a yearbook, and more about this year's PTA board! https://mailchi.mp/2f70beb48963/ches-pta-newsletter-august-2023

Make plans to join us next Thursday for our first spirit night of the school year at Gelati Celesti! Enjoy a sweet treat while supporting our school. Hope to see you there!

Kindergarten parents and guardians, you're invited to a Boohoo Breakfast under the front awning of CHES this morning at student drop-off. Free beverages and pastries - tissues may be extra. (P.S. Your little one is going to have an AWESOME day!)

Is your Kindergartener starting CHES on Wednesday? 🥹
Join fellow parents tomorrow between 7:30 - 8:15 a.m. for our second BOO HOO Breakfast! After you say your goodbyes, park in the upper lot and join fellow parents/guardians under the front awning. The PTA will provide juice and breakfast goodies (plus lots of good company). 💚

Happy first day of school, CHES!! 🍀 Have a wonderful day!

Kindergarten parents and guardians, you're invited to a Boohoo Breakfast under the front awning of CHES this morning at student drop-off. Come for the complimentary beverages and pastries; stay for the conversation. (P.S. Your little one is going to do GREAT!)

Thanks to everyone who came out to CHES this evening for Chalk the Walk! We had a great turnout and lots of amazing drawings to welcome us back to school tomorrow. 🍀

Don't forget to join us in a couple hours to Chalk the Walk at CHES! Bring your creativity and share some positivity for our students and staff on the first day of school tomorrow. 🍀 See you at 5pm today!!

Kindergarten parents and guardians, you're invited to a Boohoo Breakfast under the front awning of CHES at your first student drop-off Monday or Wednesday! Commiserate with others sharing those "first day of school" blues while enjoying some complimentary beverages and pastries. (Breakfast is offered Monday and Wednesday due to staggered start dates of our Kindergarten classes.)

We are looking for volunteers to assist CHES staff during arrival and dismissal for the first two weeks of school to help bring students to the classrooms in the morning and to their transportation/dismissal locations in the afternoons. If you are available to help, please click below to learn more and sign up! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D48AEA62FABFB6-back1

*All volunteers must have an approved CCPS volunteer application and be able to assist without additional children in tow.

Back to School - Arrival & Dismissal Volunteers! We are looking for volunteers to assist CHES staff during arrival and dismissal for the first two weeks of school to help bring students to the classrooms in the morning and to their transportation/dismissal locations in the afternoons. Given the nature of this volunteer role, the school team feels....

After a busy morning of meeting new students and organizing classroom supplies, our teachers and staff got to grab snacks and drinks from our Woot Woot Wagon traveling around the building! Thank you to everyone who contributed food and drink items to keep our staff going this week.

Did you come to drop off supplies today? Let's see pics of your students in their classrooms and meeting their new teachers!

Join us on Sunday for our annual "Chalk the Walk" event! Decorate the sidewalks of CHES to welcome students and staff back for their first day of school. Come to school at 5pm on Sunday, August 20, and bring your creativity!

CHES staff was provided yummy lunch today courtesy of school administration and PTA! We're grateful for the donations to allow us to share love for our teachers and staff while they work hard to prepare for next week. A special shoutout to Molly Walker and Sophia Snell for taking lead on PTA's teacher workweek activities!

Thanks to everyone for attending tonight's PTA meeting and voting to approve this year's budget!

Be sure to join the PTA, voice your ideas on PTA events and special projects, and volunteer to help make this another awesome year at CHES!

CHES PTA Join the PTA Online

Join us NOW for our first PTA meeting - meet the officers, vote on the budget, and learn about exciting things happening this school year!

JOIN -> https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81993997842?pwd=SFlveS8rK092OXZKYjVGNms3T0hyUT09

Reminder: Tonight's PTA Meeting and budget vote - https://mailchi.mp/395788c4b206/ches-pta-meeting-august-15371876

Let's welcome our teachers back to CHES in style this week! We are still in need of items and volunteers to help us spoil our teachers and share our excitement for the start of a new school year. View the sign-up form here and thanks for anything you can contribute:

CHES Teacher Work Week CHES families and volunteers will be providing snacks, drinks and monetary donations for Teacher Work Week from 8/14-8/18. Items can be dropped off to the front office labeled "Teacher Work Week" starting on Thursday 8/10 (closed Friday 8/11) and up until the day your item is needed if it is shelf s...

Thanks to everyone who came to this morning’s popsicle party! It was a pleasure to meet each of you. Plan to come back on 8/20 to help us Chalk the Walk!

Join us for these upcoming events in August!

Join us August 15 to vote on the 2023-24 budget and meet this year's officers - https://mailchi.mp/2345a027a2bc/ches-pta-meeting-august-2023

Teachers return next week! Please help us welcome them back by providing food items for their work week or helping with set up and clean up.

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👋🏻 CHES Families, help us welcome back teachers and staff during teacher work week by providing snacks, fruit, and drinks. We also need some help with setting up during the week. Sign up through the link below. 👇🏻

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🚨Are you available to help CHES administration next week get the school ready for students by putting together decorations or weeding the courtyard?

If so, sign up below ⬇️!

Back to School Prep at CHES! The 2023-2024 school year is right around the corner, and the CHES administration and staff need our help to get ready! They are looking for volunteers to help with cleaning up the courtyards and also, assembling and hanging decorations in the hallways outside of the classrooms. If you are in a posi...

📣HELP NEEDED📣

👋🏻 CHES Families,

It’s hard to believe we are less than 3 weeks away from the start of the new school year! We hope everyone is having a great summer!

CHES Administration needs some help next week Monday-Wednesday getting the school ready for students.

Can you help with cleaning up the courtyard or putting together decorations? Click the link to sign up!

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📣 Supply Drop Off & Meet the Teacher is Thursday, August 17! Teacher assignments will come out via phone call Aug. 15.

See below for times, organized by last name. Rising Kindergartners, ECSE, and all new students may arrive at 9am to meet their teachers and tour the school.

Back to School Drop off and Meet Your teacher- August 17th!

CHES Families! Please mark your calendars! August 17th will be here very soon! Teacher assignments will come out via phone call on August 15th!

The Raise Craze Committee is looking for ideas for a school-wide service project for this fall. Please comment below or send us an email/message if you know of an organization that we might partner with. The committee is meeting TONIGHT (7/11) at Fest at 7 pm if you would like to join and help out/learn more about Raise Craze! The more the merrier!

✏️ 📓 SCHOOL SUPPLY LIST 📓 ✏️

Clover Hill Elementary School Supply List - 2023-24 Kindergarten 1 durable plastic pocket folder, bottom pockets, labeled 1 primary journal, top half blank/bottom half lines 2 highlighters 2 bottles white washable school glue, 4 oz. 1 pack plain #2 pencils, sharpened 6 boxes crayons, 24 small classic colors 2 boxes washable markers, classic colors...

Happy Father’s Day to all the father figures in our CHES community! We’re so lucky to have you 🍀

Happy Father's Day to all the dads and father figures who give their time and energy to support our school communities. You’re appreciated! We hope you enjoy a relaxing day with your family.

📣 Public Comment Opportunity re: Math SOL Revisions. The Va Board of Education (VBOE) will review math SOL revisions this summer. Check out the info below and make a public comment if you’d like your opinion to be heard by the VBOE.

PUBLIC COMMENT OPEN: MATH STANDARDS

Standards are reviewed every 7 years. The Math Standards, last reviewed in 2016, are now open for public comment.

TOMORROW'S BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING WILL COVER:

PRESENTATION:
https://www.doe.virginia.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/45401

Overview
https://www.doe.virginia.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/45405

2023 Proposed Math Standards
https://www.doe.virginia.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/45403

👀WATCH THE VBOE MEETING
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrbxl9wHScrWKWIEoUWNIfQ/videos

🗣WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT
https://forms.office.com/g/ksfTdq2NKq

🗣SIGN_UP TO SPEAK ON THURSDAY
https://forms.office.com/g/vwL5cfsudr

📢🎉 We love our annual CHES "Clap Out" tradition celebrating our rising 6th Graders! 🎉📢

Today our school community came together to bid farewell and wish good luck to our amazing students who are moving up and out of CHES. The "Clap Out" is such a special occasion where all the students and teachers join forces to show their love and support for our rising leaders.

👋🎓 It's truly a bittersweet moment that we wanted to share with everyone.

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🍀 Congrats to ALL our CHES clovers and school staff on another great year!

💚 A big shout out to all the kids who didn’t win an award or make honor roll, and maybe even barely made it through the school year.

A hug to the parents or caregivers that stuck by them as they pushed through.

Some achievements are not seen or recognized. Learning how to make a friend, getting through a week without a meltdown, not losing a jacket or water bottle, or getting a ‘C’ on the most recent math or spelling quiz may not sound like a big deal to some, but it can be a big accomplishment to others.

Let’s not forget these kids. Let’s celebrate their progress and praise their uniqueness. Whether it’s their kindness, creativity, leadership skills, or other talents. They may not fit into the expected mold - but they are special in their own way and they are deserving of our love too. (Thanks to Robyn Browne for these words!)

ONLY 10 COPIES LEFT!!

We will be at CHES this evening from 6-7pm to sell the last remaining copies of this year's yearbook, so come get them while we still have them!

$40 cash, check, or pay online at https://www.yearbookordercenter.com/job/13797

🎉 Congrats to our 5th graders! Thank you to our parent volunteers, teachers, and administration for putting together a great promotion ceremony for these rising 6th graders. Families, share your photos and memories below 💚

We only have a few yearbooks remaining!

We will be selling the remaining copies this evening from 5:30-6:30pm (before the 5th grade graduation ceremony) outside the CHES entrance.

First come, first serve or purchase online ahead of time for pickup this evening: https://www.yearbookordercenter.com/index.cfm/job/13797

All yearbook preorders were distributed today!

If you would like to order one, we have limited quantities of extras for sale - $40 each.

Pay online and pick up at school, or we will be selling yearbooks in the lobby from 8-10am tomorrow (Wednesday, 5/31) for students to pay with cash/check. Additional distribution times are scheduled for evenings this week.

To purchase online: https://www.yearbookordercenter.com/index.cfm/job/13797

📸 View Your Let's Glow Crazy Photo Booth Photos! - https://mailchi.mp/a0ee2cb78f12/letsglowphotos2023

Honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice 🇺🇸

In Memory of Many, In Honor of All 🇺🇸 This Memorial Day, we honor and remember the brave men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice

A special delivery has arrived at CHES! Yearbooks will be distributed Tuesday to all students who have preordered.

Still need to order? We have a few copies left, but they're going quickly! You can order online at https://www.yearbookordercenter.com/index.cfm/job/13797 or purchase during an in-person sales time beginning Wednesday, 5/31, from 6-7pm at CHES. $40 per book until they are all gone!!

(Books will also be available for purchase from 8-10am on Wednesday, 5/31, in the lobby during the 5th grade signing party.)

Not sure if you've ordered one? Email [email protected] to check.