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Wolftrap Has Great Bike/Walk Week
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During the week of May 16-20, Wolftrap Elementary had a very successful bike and walk to school challenge.
Thank you to all the parent and grandparent counters who helped tally the results, the walking bus leaders who escorted kids to school, and bikes@vienna for providing two extra bike racks, which we needed as we had more than 70 bikes on the last day.
More than 1,000 kids biked, walked, scootered or ran to school during the week¾helped along by walking buses and bike trains all week. Special guests included School Board Member Stu Gibson, Virginia Delegate Mark Keam, Principal Anita Blain and professional cyclist Joe Dombrowski. Kiss-n-ride drop-offs fell 50% from more than 110 on Monday to around 60 on Friday. Great job, parents¾reducing drop-offs improves safety around the school tremendously.
Wolftrap tallied the most walkers and bikers and won the Biker Award among the three schools participating. Look for an award to be given in the fall.
With only 15 days of school left and summer weather having arrived, it’s time to enjoy the cool mornings in your sneakers or on some wheels. Bike trains are rolling on June 7 and 14, walking school buses on June 8 and 15 (from the top of Liberty Tree Lane led by Mrs. Curry), and rumor has it Mrs. Swaak is organizing the very first “running armada,” date TBD.
Final wrap-up can be found here, http://vienna.patch.com/articles/elementary-schools-receive-awards-for-bikewalk-challenge, and pictures from the week here, http://plojaa.zenfolio.com/p946388739.
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FlowCircus: Final Cultural Arts Event
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Wolftrap students and their families laughed a lot when FlowCircus performed “Read Yourself Silly” on May 4. The final Cultural Arts event of the school year featured entertainment for all ages. Audience members joined the circus action¾juggling up to five balls, inflating balloons, balancing plates and being silly.
After the show, students (and parents) tried out skill toys from around the world¾spinning plates, flower sticks and kendamas. Some children were surprised by their parents’ outstanding skills with these toys. For more information about FlowCircus or if you're interested in purchasing your own set of skill toys, visit http://flowcircus.com.
In addition to the family night performance by FlowCircus, the Cultural Arts Committee brought three dynamic daytime assemblies to Wolftrap this year. Dennis Lee kicked off the school year in September with a powerful (yet fun and funny) character-building assembly. In December, students got a taste of Broadway, with an energetic dance performance by LM Project. To spark interest in the Edison Expo, the February assembly featured the Franklin Institute’s Traveling Science Show on Weather.
This year’s performers traveled from Texas (Dennis Lee), New York (LM Project), Pennsylvania (Franklin Institute) and North Carolina (FlowCircus). None of these events would be possible without your generous support for the Wolftrap PTA. Thank you!
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May was the last month of Chess Club. Chess events don’t get cancelled due to wild weather so we had lots more soccer, lacrosse and baseball bodies joining us.
Pictured are the 12 Wolfies who traveled to Fox Mill Elementary on May 16 where eight schools competed in the Western County Qualifier Tournament. Daniel Zelkin, Luke Prillaman and Justin Shayne (from 5th grade); Calvin Feidler, Nathan Moskowitz, Matthew McClarnon and Henry Freck (from 4th); Conrad Listman, Lilo Dubert and William Blackwell (from 3rd); and Luke Jackins and John Paul Prillaman (from 2nd) represented Wolftrap very well. Congrats to Nathan, Luke J. and John Paul for winning all three of their games and being awarded 3-0 undefeated trophies!
The In-House tournament provided a lot of experience to all and delivered great results. We had three go undefeated: Christian Aliferis 7-0, Eva Varghese 6-0 and Clark Bowden 5-0. Wow!
On May 21, the Jackins brothers competed at the St. Louis Scholastic in Alexandria where Bennett took 1st place and Luke squeaked out a 6th-place finish in their sections.
We ended the session on May 25 with our party. Lots of pizza, sweets and chaos, and 40 students played against Mr. Acholonu (25 at the same time!). We said goodbye to nine 6th graders and two faithful chaperones who are leaving us. We thanked a lot of Wolftrap staff who keep us going all year long. Congrats to our Grade and Club level champions for the year: 2nd grade Gabriel Gladstone, 3rd grade Luke Louis, 4th grade Christian Aliferis, 5th grade Bennett Jackins, 6th grade Nicole Carrillo-Vallejo, and overall club champion Andrew Song.
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The Wolftrap PTA's e-Howler comes out approximately the last weekday of every month during the school year, with news blurbs and pictures from the past month to wrap up the month's events at school.
To be included in the next issue, please e-mail your news items and photos to Jenny Thompson at JMT.edit@verizon.net or howler@wolftrappta.org. Thank you!
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