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2025-26 School Year
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Did you know that high dosage tutoring can close learning gaps for your student and help them to become more proficient in reading or math. Research has shown that using High Quality Instructional Materials will make an impact and promote your student's learning. If your student is considered at risk or non-proficient or has struggled in reading and math, now is the time to sign your child up for tutoring. Tutoring will begin on October 6 with morning and afternoon sessions. The afternoon sessions will be offered dinner at 4:15. The meals are approved by the USDA and target your child's daily Nutrional requirements
Register today: All In Tutoring Registration Link
For questions regarding the All in Tutoring program, please contact Mrs. Morrone, email morronbm@pwcs.edu or phone, 703.670.2147
Flu 🤒😷🤧
Flu, what is it?
It is a contagious respiratory illness caused by viruses that infect the nose, throat, and lungs. There are two main types of influenza viruses: A and B. Each type includes many different strains that tend to change from year to year. The flu spreads mainly from person to person by droplets from the nose or throat that are released when an infected person coughs or sneezes. The best way to prevent the flu is to get vaccinated every year.
Flu symptoms
Flu symptoms usually come on suddenly. Symptoms can include fever or feeling feverish/chills, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, headache, fatigue, and muscle or body aches. Some people may have vomiting and diarrhea, but this is more common in children. Most people with flu recover within a few days to less than two weeks. However, some people might develop severe or life-threatening complications, like pneumonia.
How can flu be prevented?
There are actions to help protect yourself and are sick. If you are sick, limit contact with others as much as possible.
- Getting a flu vaccine every year is the most important action you can take to prevent the flu.
Practice good hygiene.
- Cover coughs and sneezes.
- Wash hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. If water is unavailable, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer containing at least 60% alcohol.
Clean and disinfect frequently touched surfaces
- Stay home if you are sick to prevent spreading the virus to others. You can return to normal activities when, after 24 hours, the following are both true:
- Your symptoms have improved overall, AND
- You have no fever (without the use of fever-reducing medication).
Take flu antiviral drugs if your doctor prescribes them.
Who should be vaccinated against flu?
Everyone aged six months or older, with rare exceptions, should get a flu vaccine each year. Vaccination is especially important for people who are at higher risk of developing serious flu complications. Talk to a healthcare provider if you have questions about flu vaccines.
For more information about the flu, contact your healthcare provider. You may also visit VDH Influenza (Flu) in Virginia page or CDC Flu page
Attendance • Safety • Peer Mentorship
"Children are not things to be molded, but people to be unfolded." — Jess Lair
✨ September Attendance Challenge Reminder! We are going into the final week of the challenge! From Monday, September 8 through Friday, October 3, students who attend school every day—or miss no more than one day will be celebrated! Consistent attendance helps build strong habits and a thriving learning environment.
😎Starting in October, school counselors will deliver the Medicine Safety/Substance Abuse Prevention lesson as part of Counseling Encore. For more information about the lesson, including opt-out procedures if needed, please visit the following link: https://secure.smore.com/n/x3srj
🤩 5th Grade – Stars Supporting Stars Peer Mentorship: Applications are now available for the Stars Supporting Stars Peer Mentorship program. Interested 5th grade students can pick up a paper application form from their homeroom 5th grade teacher or school counselor, Mrs. Larimore. What is the Stars Supporting Stars Peer Mentorship program? This initiative gives our older Stars the opportunity to support younger students in grades K–4, not only by encouraging regular school attendance, but also by helping them grow socially and emotionally. Together, mentors and mentees help build a culture of care, connection, and trust throughout our school community. Here’s a glimpse of how it all began: Neabsco Stars Supporting Stars Video
📧 How to Contact Us:
Mrs. Larimore, School Counselor – LarimoLT@pwcs.edu
Mr. Clewell, Counseling Intern– ClewelTD@pwcs.edu
🦉🐏🐷 How to Jump out of the Zoo🐂🦌🐨
People who build the zoo walls really need to know how high animals can jump. A jaguar can leap 10 feet high off the ground, and some kangaroos can rocket 20 feet through the air. An anteater, though, isn’t quite as bouncy…he probably needs just a 3-foot fence. Other animals might climb instead, so their walls had better be slippery. Good thing the giraffes can’t jump!
Wee ones: Which is higher, the antelope’s 8-foot fence or the anteater’s 3-foot fence?
Little kids: If a 6-foot anteater that tries REALLY hard can jump 3 feet, and you can jump 1 foot farther, how far can you jump? Bonus: A red kangaroo can jump 25 feet. If the stream around his pen is just 2 feet wider than that, how wide is the stream?
Big kids: If a red kangaroo makes 3 25-foot leaps in a row, how many feet does it travel? Bonus: If the zoo divides a 50-foot-wide square into 4 equal square pens, with a fence all around, a fence running through the middle back to front, and another through the middle left to right, how much fence does the zoo need?
Answers:
Wee ones: The antelope’s 8-foot fence.
Little kids: 4 feet. Bonus: 27 feet.
Big kids: 75 feet. Bonus: 300 feet total: 200 around the edge, then a 50-foot piece across and another 50-foot piece back to front.
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