Spring Run Elementary PTA

Thank you so much!! Omega Disaster Restoration

Share your pictures from Meet the Teacher/Supply Drop Off!

Share your pictures from Kindergarten Orientation!

Spirit Wear for Sale TODAY!

Come show your school spirit by purchasing your spirit wear at the Supply Drop off Today!

We have a brand new addition to our store this year, pictured below! You asked, and we provided!

Now your child can take home their very own Husky Dog!

We'll be near the entrance, come see us!

***Spirit wear can be purchased using cash or check preferred. Paying with a card is available with a small fee.***

Today is the day! We can't wait to see our Huskies!

You can still sign up to help with dismissal during the first two weeks of school. You must have a current CCPS volunteer application on file. you can find that here: https://apps.raptortech.com/Apply/NDYyOmVuLVVT

Sign up to help with dismissal here, all info in link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090F4AA5AC29A2FA7-50337698-dismissal #/

*High School & Middle School students can receive volunteer hours with this!*

Questions about lunch next week?

A free menu app makes it easy to find out what is being served in Chesterfield County Public Schools.
MealViewer - https://schools.mealviewer.com/district/ccps - users create a free account, choose the school they are interested in, then view detailed nutritional information (including possible allergens) about the entrees and side dishes available each day.

Tired of searching every morning for cash to pay for meals or a la carte items in school cafeterias?

Setting up an account on MySchoolBucks.com can help you ensure your child has money for school meals.

Each year, families may apply for free or reduced-price school meals. The online application is available in English and Spanish - https://www.myschoolapps.com/Home/PickDistrict - A paper application is available upon request from the school office or Food and Nutrition Services.

Kindergarten Families!

Included in your welcome email you should've received an invite to the SRES PTA's 2nd annual "Kindergarten Popsicles on the Playground" hosted on Saturday, August 24th!

Check the email for your scheduled class time! *Please understand that teachers are not required to be at this event*

This is a chance for your littles to come play with other classmates and meet new friends! We know its hard and scary starting a new school, we want to help build your child's social skills by offering this event! We will be providing yummy popsicles too :). We hope to see you there

All of our Spring Run staff & teachers had a warm welcome back today!

The Spring Run Cheerleaders were up early this morning, pepping up our staff for the first day! What a fun surprise!

The PTA provided a delicious lunch from Chicken Fiesta for them, as well as stocking the lounge full of goodies and treats! It’s been a great first day for them and everyone was smiling and happy to be back!

Thank you, Husky Families, for helping to provide these wonderful goodies to our teachers, and just by supporting the PTA so that we can continue to do things like this. Your donation means so much to everyone who we support at the school.

Remember to be kind and thank our wonderful teachers and staff…because as we all know, they are “Nacho Average” staff!

Due to weather and the office being closed tomorrow, all stock the lounge goodies can be turned in on Monday 8/12! Thank you for all your support :)

Let's welcome back the staff at SRES with a fully stocked lounge!

The teachers and staff are going to be mighty hungry next week, as they eagerly work to get their classrooms and hallways ready! Let's help them keep that energy going by stocking the lounge with some treats!

You can sign up at the link below! Please have items dropped off at the school by 4pm, Friday August 9th (unless directly indicated on the slot).

Thank you for helping to keep our staff fed and energized!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0444A4AE2CA3FD0-50550148-welcome?useFullSite=true #/

Due to inclement weather, all after-school activities for Chesterfield County Public Schools are canceled for Thursday, Aug. 8. This includes all school activities and all activities scheduled in school facilities.

Let's get excited, Huskies!

One more week until Supply Drop Off!

Don't forget to come see us at the PTA table... We will have spirit wear and memberships available to purchase!

Skip the line and purchase your PTA membership here: https://springrunpta.givebacks.com/store?limit=21&live=true

Need help with your student’s Chromebook? You can set up an appointment 7 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday through Aug. 15. To make an appointment, email this information to [email protected]: student name, student number, Chromebook asset tag number, brief description of issue, time and date you would like to schedule appointment and your preferred location (choose from sites listed below).

Chalkley Elementary library
Marguerite Christian Elementary library
Crenshaw Elementary library
Crestwood Elementary library
Ettrick Elementary library
Evergreen Elementary library
Hening Elementary library
Old Hundred Elementary library
Elizabeth Scott Elementary library
Spring Run Elementary library
Wells Elementary library
Winterpock Elementary library
Manchester Middle library
Midlothian Middle Room 412
Providence Middle library
Bird High TSA office/library
Cosby High TSA office
James River High TSA office
Matoaca High TSA office

Blizzard and the Husky Team can’t wait to welcome back all of our Huskies to Spring Run!

Our teachers and staff return to work next week and we look forward to getting everything ready for another wonderful year of teaching and learning!

Dear SRES Families,
All parents will be able to see who their child’s teacher assignment is beginning on Monday,Aug 12 at 5pm via ParentVue. You will also be receiving a welcome back to school email from your child’s teacher on Monday Aug 12.

Meet the Teacher/Drop off School Supplies
Thursday, August 15 is our Meet the Teacher/Drop Off School Supplies Event. Please see the times for your child listed below. This is an opportunity for you and your child to meet your child’s teacher and drop off their school supplies in the classroom before the first day of school.

1:00-2:00 Kindergarten Orientation in the Cafeteria
2:00-3:00 Grades 1-5 Last Names A-L in the teacher’s classroom
3:00-4:00 Grades 1-5 Last Names M-Z in the teacher’s classroom

Our school hours are 9:10-3:55. Students who are car riders may not enter into the school until 9:10AM. Please do not drop off students on our sidewalk until 9:10 as staff are not outside on duty until that time. Student arrival is from 9:10-9:25. Student dismissal begins at 3:55 and typically is completed by 4:10PM. Please note there is usually increased traffic the first few weeks of school and it may take longer than usual for arrival and departure times until all students settle into their routines.

Car Rider Parent Pick Up tags are now available in our main office to pick up. They are blue this year. If your child did parent pick up last year then we have a tag ready for you in your child's classroom you may pick up on Meet the Teacher Day Aug 15. If you have more than one child at SRES your tags will be in your oldest child's classroom. At dismissal please have your blue parent pick up tag visbile in your passenger side window until your child is picked up in the loop. Please pull all the way up in the loop at pick up so we can expedite getting as many cars as possible off of Spring Run Rd as quickly as possible. Please always turn right when exiting Spring Run at dismissal time. We will once again have a Chesterfield police office directing traffic at our entrance in the AM/PM.

We please ask for NO visitors during student lunch times until the week of Sept 9 to allow for our staff/students time to learn and understand the lunch routines and schedules. Beginning Sept 9 visitors may have lunch with only their own child in the designated visitor lunch area along the back windows in the cafe. All visitors will enter the building via the new vestibule, come into the main office and have their license/ID scanned into our Raptor System to get a sticker to wear while visiting the school. When leaving the school please take the sticker off and scan it again at our Raptor Kiosk in the office.

Chesterfield schools have many volunteer opportunities available, both in person and virtual. Most volunteers must complete an application which goes through a central approval process that includes a background check. This could take two to four weeks, so be sure to allow ample time for your application to be reviewed before you plan to volunteer. Click here to apply to be a volunteer https://www.oneccps.org/page/volunteer

You must submit an application if you plan to:
Chaperone a field trip
Advise a club or sports team
Participate in mentor groups
Work with students unsupervised

You do not have to submit an application if you are:
Visiting for lunch
Helping in the library or office
A college student in classrooms for program credit
18 & under
A supervised classroom helper such as a room mom, assisting with a class party, etc.

Transportation Updates
Transportation planning is underway for the coming school year. All families are asked to update student transportation information by logging into ParentVUE to choose the way students will travel to and from school and to check your home address and any alternative addresses. Easy-to-follow directions for accessing ParentVUE are online, and your student’s school can provide additional assistance.

Addresses: There are two ways to update your student’s address:
School registrar: A student’s home address can only be entered by the registrar at the student’s school.

ParentVUE: Parents/guardians can make changes to transportation information by logging into ParentVUE, clicking the student’s name, then clicking on student info.

Alternative addresses are places students stay before or after school on a regular basis (for example: alternating custodial parent addresses). Families use ParentVUE to update alternative addresses and pickup/drop-off days as often as needed.

Once students are routed, parents can see their child's route on the My Bus Stop App or via the Versatrans App.

Families are asked to keep up-to-date student transportation information by logging into ParentVUE and checking your home address and any alternative addresses. For a link to ParentVUE and more details, go to oneccps.org/parentvue-studentvue.
Prekindergarten, kindergarten or early childhood special education students may sit with an older sibling at the front of the bus.

Bus stops are placed in the safest location possible with a maximum walking distance of 0.3 miles for students in grades K-5 and 0.5 miles for students in grades 6-12 when possible during the school year; distances may be greater during summer school.
Bus stop information is available to parents via e-Link by using a student’s ID to sign in. Routes and stops are subject to change at any time.

Students must be at their bus stop five minutes before their bus is due to arrive. School buses will not wait for students.

The My Stop web and mobile application allows you to locate your child’s bus via GPS tracking to see where the bus is and its estimated arrival to your bus stop. The bus location is updated on the map every five seconds so there are no surprises in the event of a delay. Here’s how to access My Stop:
Via app: Search for My Stop in the app store and select “Versatrans My Stop.” There are several My Stop apps; choose the Versatrans version.
Via computer: chesterfield.tylertech.com/elinkrp/

Express cards (or radio frequency identification cards) add an extra level of safety for the youngest students as they board and disembark school buses.

Cards will be issued to PK-5 students to be used throughout their school years in Chesterfield County Public Schools. Students should bring their cards to school every day; they may be used on the bus, in the school library and in the school cafeteria.

Students place the card against a sensor as they board and disembark. The tablet will make a happy sound if the student is boarding/disembarking at the correct locations.

Parents can use My Stop to follow the bus the student rides, and the points at which the student enters and leaves the bus are recorded.

The cards do not track students. The cards only associate students to the bus they are riding so parents know where their students are and drivers know which stops are the correct stops.

First Day of School
Students in Kindergarten with last names A-L attend the first week of school on only M/T Aug 19/20 and on Friday Aug 23.
Students in Kindergarten with last names M-Z attend the first week of school on only W/TH Aug 21/22 and on Friday Aug 23.
All students in grades 1-5 first day of school is on Monday Aug 19

Important Spring Run Parent Information/Resources
This year we created an all in one Parent Info Hub for information and resources you may need or find useful throughout the school year. Check out this new resource here SRES Parent Info Hub https://docs.google.com/document/d/11wTqQlFLk7N3DC0I964yBk6BdA1eFuZd-dwjoNi0AcQ/edit
Please click here if you would like to subscribe to the SRES Parent Google Calendar of Dates/Events SRES Parent Google Calendar of Events https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=Y2Nwc25ldC5uZXRfOGswZnV1cmRmbHFvdXFtNWY0NzF2ZWg2cmNAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ

Please click here if you would like to view our Spring Run PTA page Spring Run PTA Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SpringRunElementaryPTA

If you have any questions please call us at 804-639-6352. The main office is open 7-5 M-TH in the summer up until Aug 9. Starting Aug 12 the office is open 8:30-4:30 M-F.

We look forward to partnering with you and your child,
Mr. Hart, Principal Spring Run Elementary School

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Let's welcome back the staff at SRES with a fully stocked lounge!

The teachers and staff are going to be mighty hungry next week, as they eagerly work to get their classrooms and hallways ready! Let's help them keep that energy going by stocking the lounge with some treats!

You can sign up at the link below! Please have items dropped off at the school by 4pm, Friday August 9th (unless directly indicated on the slot).

Thank you for helping to keep our staff fed and energized!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0444A4AE2CA3FD0-50550148-welcome?useFullSite=true #/

Come join us in 1 week!

We need some help packing the Husky Folders!

On Wednesday, August 14th... we will meet at 9am at the school to pack the Husky folders with all of the beginning of the year paperwork.

Children can come along, if needed. Middle school and high school students can earn volunteer hours.

Sign up below!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090F4AA5AC29A2FA7-50154744-husky

Hey Husky Fam!

It's time to welcome back the incredible staff at SRES with a luncheon to kick the year off right!

We also want to stock the lounge full of goodies for them to snack on. Please, take a look at the SignUp Genius and consider signing up for a donation today!

If you are willing and able to purchase and drop off any of the items in the link below, the staff at SRES and the PTA would greatly appreciate it! Please have it turned into the front office by 4pm, Friday August 9th (unless directly indicated on the slot).

Thank you so much for all your help in spoiling our amazing staff members, as they get ready to welcome back our students back for another great school year!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0444A4AE2CA3FD0-50550148-welcome?useFullSite=true #/

Need school supplies?

Check out the School Supply Lists below! Each grade level has its own list.

Dear Spring Run Families,

I hope each of you had a wonderful summer filled with relaxation, adventure, and memorable moments with family and friends.

Our dedicated teachers and staff have been working diligently to prepare engaging and enriching experiences for all our students for this new school year. We are eager to embark on a journey of learning, growth, and achievement together with you and your child.

We value the partnership between home and school, and we encourage open communication. Your involvement and support are crucial to our students' success, and we are here to assist in any way we can.

I wanted to take this opportunity to share some important back to school dates and information with you.

Safety/Security Updates

Construction of our new visitor vestibule in our main lobby is finishing up in the next few days. This new vestibule provides another layer of safety/security at our school as all visitors will now enter via the vestibule. Visitors then go directly into the main office to sign in to the Raptor System. Once the visitor has a sticker then they are buzzed out of the office via another door into the main lobby.

Our school has also hired a School Security Officer who will be present at the school everyday to help ensure school safety and security. We will also have a Chesterfield police officer directing traffic at our school entrance at arrival and dismissal times.

Teacher Assignments

All parents will be able to see who their child’s teacher assignment is beginning on Monday,Aug 12 at 5pm via ParentVue. You will also be receiving a welcome back to school email from your child’s teacher on Monday Aug 12.

Meet the Teacher/Drop off School Supplies

Thursday, August 15 is our Meet the Teacher/Drop Off School Supplies Event. Please see the times for your child listed below. This is an opportunity for you and your child to meet your child’s teacher and drop off their school supplies in the classroom before the first day of school.

1:00-2:00 Kindergarten Orientation in the Cafeteria

2:00-3:00 Grades 1-5 Last Names A-L in the teacher’s classroom

3:00-4:00 Grades 1-5 Last Names M-Z in the teacher’s classroom

Transportation Updates

Transportation planning is underway for the coming school year. All families are asked to update student transportation information by logging into ParentVUE to choose the way students will travel to and from school and to check your home address and any alternative addresses. Easy-to-follow directions for accessing ParentVUE are online, and your student’s school can provide additional assistance.

Addresses: There are two ways to update your student’s address:

School registrar: A student’s home address can only be entered by the registrar at the student’s school.

ParentVUE: Parents/guardians can make changes to transportation information by logging into ParentVUE, clicking the student’s name, then clicking on student info.

Alternative addresses are places students stay before or after school on a regular basis (for example: alternating custodial parent addresses). Families use ParentVUE to update alternative addresses and pickup/drop-off days as often as needed.

Once students are routed, parents can see their child's route on the My Bus Stop App or via the Versatrans App.

Families are asked to keep up-to-date student transportation information by logging into ParentVUE and checking your home address and any alternative addresses. For a link to ParentVUE and more details, go to oneccps.org/parentvue-studentvue.

Prekindergarten, kindergarten or early childhood special education students may sit with an older sibling at the front of the bus.

Bus stops are placed in the safest location possible with a maximum walking distance of 0.3 miles for students in grades K-5 and 0.5 miles for students in grades 6-12 when possible during the school year; distances may be greater during summer school.

Bus stop information is available to parents via e-Link by using a student’s ID to sign in. Routes and stops are subject to change at any time.

Students must be at their bus stop five minutes before their bus is due to arrive. School buses will not wait for students.

The My Stop web and mobile application allows you to locate your child’s bus via GPS tracking to see where the bus is and its estimated arrival to your bus stop. The bus location is updated on the map every five seconds so there are no surprises in the event of a delay. Here’s how to access My Stop:

Via app: Search for My Stop in the app store and select “Versatrans My Stop.” There are several My Stop apps; choose the Versatrans version.

Via computer: chesterfield.tylertech.com/elinkrp/

Express cards (or radio frequency identification cards) add an extra level of safety for the youngest students as they board and disembark school buses.

Cards will be issued to PK-5 students to be used throughout their school years in Chesterfield County Public Schools. Students should bring their cards to school every day; they may be used on the bus, in the school library and in the school cafeteria.

Students place the card against a sensor as they board and disembark. The tablet will make a happy sound if the student is boarding/disembarking at the correct locations.

Parents can use My Stop to follow the bus the student rides, and the points at which the student enters and leaves the bus are recorded.

The cards do not track students. The cards only associate students to the bus they are riding so parents know where their students are and drivers know which stops are the correct stops.

First Day of School

Students in Kindergarten with last names A-L attend the first week of school on only M/T Aug 19/20 and on Friday Aug 21.

Students in Kindergarten with last names M-Z attend the first week of school on only W/TH Aug 21/22 and on Friday Aug 23.

All students in grades 1-5 first day of school is on Monday Aug 19

Important Spring Run Parent Information/Resources

This year we created an all in one Parent Info Hub for information and resources you may need or find useful throughout the school year. Check out this new resource here SRES Parent Info Hub https://docs.google.com/document/d/11wTqQlFLk7N3DC0I964yBk6BdA1eFuZd-dwjoNi0AcQ/edit

Please click here if you would like to subscribe to the SRES Parent Google Calendar of Dates/Events SRES Parent Google Calendar of Events https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=Y2Nwc25ldC5uZXRfOGswZnV1cmRmbHFvdXFtNWY0NzF2ZWg2cmNAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ

If you have any questions please call us at 804-639-6352. The main office is open 7-5 M-TH in the summer up until Aug 9. Starting Aug 12 the office is open 8:30-4:30 M-F.

We look forward to partnering with you and your child,

Mr. Hart, Principal Spring Run Elementary School

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PTA Memberships are available for purchase now! By becoming a member of the Spring Run PTA, you are helping to facilitate the relationships between the staff and parents.

Read below to find out how we build these relationships!

Spring Run PTA members will also receive a new member's gift, will be entered in our Yearbook Raffle, access to our members only directory, and more!

Join here today! https://springrunpta.givebacks.com/store?limit=21&live=true

We are inviting volunteers to help at dismissal time (3:30-4:45pm) for the first two weeks of school.
With close to 900 students, dismissal time can be challenging for some, especially our new K students. Come help our students get to where they need to be.

This would be a great opportunity for high school & middle school students to earn volunteer hours!

Click the link below for more information:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090F4AA5AC29A2FA7-50337698-dismissal #/

Come join us in a few weeks to help pack the Husky folders!

On Wednesday, August 14th... we will meet at 9am at the school to pack the Husky folders with all of the beginning of the year paperwork.

We will work until we are done - it may go until about 1pm, depending on the number of volunteers. Come for an hour, come for the whole time. Any contributions are welcome!

Children can come along, if needed. Middle school and high school students can earn volunteer hours.

Sign up below!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090F4AA5AC29A2FA7-50154744-husky

Mark your calendars Huskies for 8/15! The Supply Drop off Schedule is below!

Don't forget to stop by the PTA table for your Husky Spirit Wear & PTA Membership when you drop off your supplies!

A HUGE thank you to all of our volunteers who showed up this morning to help spruce up our school grounds. The rain held off and we were able to get so much done. We planted flowers, mulched in the back, pulled up weeds and a few other things.

Thank you again, Hope Point Church for taking the time to come and help with this project!

Tomorrow! Volunteers from Hope Point Church & the SRES PTA will be teaming up to spruce up the grounds of Spring Run and we invite you to join us! We will begin at 9am and end around 12pm! Sign up below!

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090F4AA5AC29A2FA7-50116139-beautify #/

🚌Transportation planning is underway for the coming school year. All families are asked to update student transportation information by logging into ParentVUE to choose the way students will travel to and from school and to check your home address and any alternative addresses.

Membership Matters! Join the Spring Run PTA!

The PTA helps facilitate relationships between the staff and parents. When our staff and parents work together, our children win!

Spring Run PTA members will also receive a new member's gift, will be entered in our Yearbook Raffle, access to our members only directory, and more!

Membership cost is $7 for 1 adult or $12 for a family membership, which covers 2 adults.

Join here today! https://springrunpta.givebacks.com/store?limit=21&live=true

Need the school supply list for your student's grade level? Check below!