Out of the Box Day June 11

DES PTA Newsletter June 2015

Out of The Box Day – June 11

On June 11, Dranesville Elementary will be participating in Out of The Box Day. Students will design and create unique projects that require “thinking outside of the box!” Classes need your help collecting and sending in materials from around your house. Please consult individual grade material requirements sent home with your student. And don’t forget, classes may need parent volunteers in the classroom to make the day a success!

Field Day – June 15

It’s that time of year again! Dranesville will be hosting its annual Field Day on Monday, June 15, 2015.

This year individual classes will rotate as a group to 11 different cooperative activity/game stations.

We are looking for AT LEAST 25 volunteers PER SESSION to help run the different games as well as provide assistance at water/first aid stations.

Our schedule is as follows:

Session 1: 9:25-10:554th-6th grades
Session 2:11:00-12:30K-1st grades
Session 3:1:00-2:30 2nd-3rd grades

You are more than welcome to volunteer at multiple sessions! Flyers went home in Tuesday folders seeking volunteers.

As your duties will necessitate your full attention, and to ensure the safety of our Field Day participants, toddlers and preschoolers are not permitted to attend.

DES Restaurant Night – June 17 at Chick-Fil-A

May’s Restaurant Night at Pie Five raised more than $150! Thank you for everyone who dined out.

Our last Restaurant Night is June 17 at Chick-Fil-A in Sterling…let's celebrate the last week of school!

Calling All Rising 1st – 5th Grader Boys

Does your son love hiking and camping? Does he enjoy learning about being a good citizen and helping others? Then Join Scouting with Cub Scout Pack 1577 (chartered by the Dranesville PTA)!

The Cub Scout program is for boys grades 1-5. This summer the Pack will participate in activities such as a fishing derby, a trip to a baseball game followed by camping on the outfield, weekly games, and summer camps both day and overnight. The fun will continue when school starts in the fall with more hikes, participating in the Herndon Homecoming Parade, community service and of course - The Pinewood Derby!

To learn more about Cub Scouts, or to join our Pack come join us in an upcoming Pack activity. Our next Pack meeting will be a campfire meeting on June 12. For more details contact Hunter Hutchens, Cubmaster at .

Grace Arts 2015-2016

Now that we are wrapping up the 2014-2015 school year, the Grace Arts team would like to thank all of the fantastic volunteers, as well as a special thanks to all of those who so graciously donated to our Just a Dollar fundraiser. Thanks to the hundreds of man hours and dollars, we finished up an amazing year full of art and creativity.

Many of our volunteers have children moving up into the Middle School next year. That means we need volunteers to help with the committee that plans the projects and setup, as well as volunteers who go into the classroom to teach and assist with the projects.

Don’t want to get in front of the class? No worries, just coming in to lend a hand really helps the cause, and gives you a chance to see your child in the classroom hands on…that joy is priceless.

If you are interested in participating next year, please reach out to Melissa DeSantis (), John Zuzik ( ) or Rachel Wacek () and we can provide you with more information about how you can help.

May Box Tops News

Congratulations to our 1st grade! They won our May Box Tops Collection contest with a total of 744 box tops submitted!

The 1st graders will get a special activity with the PE teachers during their PE class time during these last 3 weeks of school.

Here are the final totals for May:

Thank you to everyone for submitting box tops, labels for education, coke rewards codes, kelloggs codes, sunny delight UPCs and more this year.

Don’t forget to keep collecting over the summer. A great idea you can implement is keep a Ziploc bag on your fridge with a magnet to help remind you to clip and put the box top etc. into the bag! Have a great summer!

May Individual Box Top Contest Winners

Congratulations to our 57 individual students that submitted 25 or more box tops along with the May monthly contest submission form by the deadline. They are:

Editor’s Corner

Thank you for all your informative, thoughtful and useful submissions for the 2014-2015 DES PTA Newsletter. I look forward to the 2015-2016 school year. Have a great and safe summer! – Loren Carson