Cedar Forest Chronicle

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Dear Families,

Greetings from CFES. We are closing in on the end of the year.

Remember, if you have a student that will be turning five by September 30, please come by and ask about registering for kindergarten. Please mark your calendars for our summer event for new kindergartners to CFES. We will hold a morning event on July 17. MORE DETAILS TO COME.

Attendance is important and we appreciate your support in making sure that students are at school each day. Please report are absence by calling the school and listen for the attendance extension.

SOL tests begin on April 25th! Please see the attached schedule.

Thank you for your continued partnership and support of our school community. Please know that our doors are always open. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to reach us by email, or by calling the main office at (540) 834-4569.

Sincerely,

Scott Orth

SOL testing begins April 25

May 23 - 9:30 5th Grade Promotion

May 23- Last day of school

APRIL 2023

Welcome to the last 8 weeks of school!! Thank you again to all who have spoiled our teachers this year. We look forward to offering opportunities again in August, so if you’d like to be added to the 2023-2024 Staff Pick-Me-Up schedule, please let us know via email to cedarforestPTO@gmail.com.

What does the PTO DO?!? We get asked this a lot, so we thought we’d let you know how the year has gone. Since August 2022, your PTO has fulfilled 24 classroom teacher grants (up to $75 each), three Encore grants (with one outstanding for Field Day) and one grant for Guidance. We provided monies to the Clinic, as well as Book Fair. We purchased a 2-year movie license for use school-wide, a new basketball hoop for the playground, classroom signage, two microwaves for teacher lounges, and more. We have contributed monies for staff t-shirts, Wolf Pride celebrations, staff appreciation, driver and custodian appreciation. We have hosted luncheons, a fun run, spirit nights, trunk-or-treat, movie night, a craft fair, and BINGO night. We have spent countless hours volunteering our time in school. And, we have done ALL of this with a skeleton crew! Imagine what we could do if YOU joined our efforts. Please consider volunteering (https://forms.gle/LngEzLGmG2TDEyDZA)!

Our final Spirit Night of the year is scheduled for April 6th at Tilly’s Homemade Ice Cream. Tilly’s is a local ice cream shop known for their house made small-batch ice cream. Their shop is just over the river across from Ferry Farm. We hope you’ll make plans to join us and to check out the Wolf Pride Sundae!

All Spirit Wear items were delivered to classrooms on Monday, 3 April. If you are missing something, please send us an email at cedarforestPTO@gmail.com.

Thank you for coming out for Candy Bar BINGO and Family Night at the Book Fair! We hope you had fun!

House Penny Wars start 17 April! Keep saving that change and watch the PTO’s FB Group for the Penny Wars Rules of Engagement. HALF of all money collected during House Penny Wars will be donated to the Fairy Godmother Project. The Fairy Godmother Project’s mission is to ease the burden of day to day life for families facing all phases of a pediatric cancer diagnosis. You can learn more about their work here: https://www.fgpinfo.org/.

Our April PTO meeting will be held on 7 Mar, 6:30 pm, in the Library. We will host a virtual meeting simultaneously, so if you aren’t able to join us at school, we hope you’ll join us virtually. We are now accepting nominations for the 2023-2023 PTO Board. If you are interested in serving as a member of our PTO board, please complete the Nomination Form at https://forms.gle/LngEzLGmG2TDEyDZA and plan to attend our 11 April PTO meeting. We need your help to continue to be successful in supporting our staff and students. It doesn’t cost anything to be a member of the Cedar Forest PTO! All are welcome!

SAVE THE DATES!

6 APR – Tilly’s Ice Cream Spirit Night

11 APR – PTO Meeting

Thank you in advance for your support of the CFES PTO! Without you, we can’t help our school!

Last year, the Virginia Department of Education created a Parent Portal as a new method for you to receive your child’s Virginia Assessment Program test results. This attached link will take you to a document will help you access test results.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pMRVd_wIdUCRX2iYmpsjm-JLHElroHjZiyEOT848xoU/edit?usp=sharing

If you haven't had a chance, please check out Spotsylvania's Parent Resource Center website. They offer many resources and events throughout each month!

https://www.spotsylvania.k12.va.us/domain/288

Follow on on Twitter: @CedarForestES

If you shop at Weis or Publix please link us to your shopper cards! Cedar Forest will receive money quarterly based on sales linked to our school. You can go to this website to link Cedar Forest to your Club Publix shopper card.