Virtual Tuesday Envelope

• IMPORTANT May 21, 2012— Tech Center Groundbreaking --Kiss and Ride Parents: Please do not plan on parking and waiting early in the Kiss and Ride area on Monday, May 21. The area will be blocked off for the groundbreaking ceremony which is being held outside and out in the front of school. The buses are also not allowed on our property until 12:50 on May 21. Thank you so much. 

• New Educational Rebate Labels- Please check your pantry for any LABELS FOR EDUCATION UPC codes. You may find them on Campbell's soup products, Pepperidge Farm cookies and bread bags, Prego, Swanson, V-8, and Post cereals to name a few. Go to Labelsforeducation.com for more information. Please turn your UPC codes into the office by May 18th for the final submission for this school. WT will earn points which can be redeemed for athletic, art, or academic merchandise. Thanks for your support!

• New After School Programs - Feedback Survey Participants will be entered into a drawing for $50 toward a fall after school class! Take the Survey: After School Program Feedback HERE

• New School Supplies - All orders must be placed online again this year.  You can order for all your children at the same time, just pick the appropriate grade level.  You will receive an email confirmation once you place your order.  The kits will be in your child’s classroom during Open House on August 31^st.  Order online at www.shopttkits.com by Monday, May 28^th.  Use account number 93796.  If you have any questions, contact Maureen Allen at moallen49@msn.com. 

• New PTA Committee Openings - The following openings remain for the 2012-2013 year. President Elect, Secretary, Cultural Arts, Girls on the Run, 5K, Edison Expo &
  Tech Center Committee - NEW COMMITTEE -  including technical advisory: server, networking, software, devices and more. Endowment Fund raising: corporate, parents and community.  Legal consultation.
  
• See full list of Committee Descriptions here. Contact the volunteer coordinator as soon as possible with any questions or your willingness to serve! 

• New Summer play dates for the Kindergarteners and first graders where your child can meet new friends before school starts.
  

• New Dr. Blain's Newsletter - May Issue

• Wolftrap's Camp Invention will be held at Freedom Hill ES (just 2 miles away!)
  • New Dates: July 16th - 20th
  • What is Camp invention? Video
    
  • Register on-line at:  www.campinvention.org
  • Or, by phone:  800-­968-4332.
  • Directed by Emily Simon and taught by Wolftrap teachers!
    
  • Discount Available - $15 "Spring into Summer" discount available through May 31st

• Upcoming Dates
  
  • May 14th-18th - Vienna Bike/Walk Challenge Week.  We can't lose that trophy and need to win the overall one too.  We need counters so please signup.  Thank you.
  • May 14th and 15th: Weight of the Nation Premier Learn More.
    
  • May 21st - Leyton Technology Center Groundbreaking Ceremony 12:15 - 12:45
    
  • May 25th - Spirit Day - Twin Day
    
  • June 1 - First Grade Worm Musical - 2pm, cafeteria
  • Save the Date! - June 1, 6-8pm, Blainapalooza Beach "Ball" - Bring your picnic and blanket. Music and space for frolicking provided, as well as an opportunity to say good-bye and give warm wishes to Dr. Blain.
    
  • June 4 - Field Day - Grades K - 3, 9:00-11:00am
  • June 5 - Field Day - Grades 4 - 6, 9:00-11:00am
    

• eHowler - April Issue

• PTA Survey How are we doing? Take the one question PTA survey and provide us with some feedback. Thanks!

• Buy a Brick - Support the Track - There are many ways that families can help raise funds for the new running track.  Personalized bricks are being sold for $250 and many other donation opportunities are available. Learn More. 

Community News

• Kilmer PTA Meeting: May 16 @ 7:30 pm - FACEBOOK for Parents! Catherine Read, a Social Media Marketing Consultant will facilitate an interactive, hands on Facebook presentation. Attendees will be provided a laptop computer and encouraged to log on to a FACEBOOK page during the session. Ms. Read will also discuss cyber bullying and address specific issues facing KMS students. Please RSVP to info@kilmerpta.org to reserve a laptop. Computers are still available, so come even if you have not RSVPed.

• New Wolfie's Bike Train Makes the News. Video here.

• New Bike Rodeo Rustles up 70 Kids to learn bike and pedestrian safety. Learn More.

• New Joint Legislative and Review Committee must assess the experiences and outcomes of schools operating on year-round calendars in Virginia. As part of our mandate, JLARC must assess the impacts of year-round calendars on parents. JLARC staff have drafted a survey in order to obtain the experiences and perceptions of parents regarding the school calendar.

  The survey will not require advance preparation on your part, and should take less than five minutes for you to complete. If a question is unclear, or you spot errors or other issues with the survey, please notify JLARC staff via email at schools@jlarc.virginia.gov.  We ask that if you participate, please submit your survey response and any comments on the survey to JLARC staff no later than Friday, May 11th.

  The survey can be accessed by clicking the following link: http://survey.jlarc.virginia.gov/Survey.aspx?surveyid=2483

• New Girls Basketball Camp at Madison High School. Learn More.
  

• New Later Sleep Times Means Better Performance. On Thursday, April 12th, the school board voted 10 to 2 to set a goal to achieve high school start times after 8 a.m. and directed the superintendent to study how other districts have been able to implement this goal. Read more.

• Report Cards for 2012-2013. A new report card for elementary schools will be used beginning in the next school year, 2012-2013.  Informational flyer.  

• Field Hockey Camp at Marshall High School. Learn more.

• 2012 Safe Routes to School - VDOT Winter 2012 Newsletter features comments by Jeff Anderson.

• Cultural Arts Adventures - current issue

• Vienna Little League  - Challenger Program for children with special needs. Questions?

• Summer Art Program - Open to students currently in 3rd through 5th grade. Learn more.

• Vienna-Madison Community Coalition. This coalition promoting a safe and drug free environment within the school boundaries of the Greater Vienna community.

• Fairfax Education Coalition

Ongoing News

• New Update on the 5K Track. Parents: We have been working very hard over the last several months to explore several options for the track in the back field. Two viable options have been blue stone dust (as originally stated to parents) and asphalt. The costs are significantly higher for the asphalt. I have received feedback from several families regarding the track. While we would love to explore the asphalt surface, we are not confident we could raise the additional $30,000 in a timely manner to move forward. If anyone knows of a corporation that would be wiling to put up this money, or if a family is willing to write a BIG check, then we can consider this option! However, we are looking ahead at the new tech center. We know that families are excited about the tech center and have expressed an interest in supporting this venture, too.
  
  We are pleased that we have found a great bid for the stone dust and we are waiting for county approval to move forward. The blue stone dust is the FCPS preferred surface that is endorsed by the county. If this bid is accepted, it will be significantly below our first two bids, so we hope to give some money back from the 5k proceeds towards our “annual donation” back to the school at the end of the year. Dr. Blain will give us her “wish list” of items at the June PTA meeting that the school would like to purchase with our help. We will vote on that donation at that meeting.
  
  Please contact me, JoAnne Hammermaster, if you have any questions about the track or budget. Thank you for your support of this great project.

• New FCPS Multi Language Information Phone Lines are available at www.fcps.edu/cco/fam/parent_info_line.shtml to enable speakers of other languages the opportunity to contact a speaker of their language to provide clarification and answer questions.

• New Notes from Home - Printable play date/ alternate transportation home notes. Print and cut to create the quarter size note for your child to bring to school and communicate plans for afterschool.

• LEGOs Needed. Do you have extra LEGOs around the house? Mrs. Clopton would like to use them for the GEM Club and the Strategy Lab. Details.

• Note from the PTA President: What is all the commotion about the track and the tech center?

• Sixth Grade Video - Parents of 6th graders...please upload your pictures and video clips for the class video.

• Internet Safety - See the presentation from our January PTA meeting.

• Procedures for Blocking Meeting Space - FCPS has recently updated their procedures for reserving space. 

• Fairfax County testing program - Tests that are administered throughout the year to our students. Please see the complete list for more information and the SOL testing dates. All questions should be directed to the front office.

• Photos Needed for Yearbook - Don't forget to upload them for the Yearbook Committee.

• Lunch Card Program - MyLunchMoney.com 

• BrainPop - Educational wEducationalwebsite. The login is wolftrap and the password is wolftrap910.

Upcoming Dates