Neabsco News

Dear Neabsco Families,

As we continue to build a positive and caring school community, I’d like to share a reminder about the importance of respect, kindness, and personal space. Our goal is for every child to feel safe, valued, and supported at school — and that begins with the choices we make each day, even when no one is watching.

Last week, one of our special education teachers, Mr. Robinson, shared a powerful message with a student that I think is meaningful for all of us. He reminded the student, “It’s not just about doing the right thing when teachers are watching — it’s about doing and saying the right thing when no one is looking.”

This simple reminder gets to the heart of character and integrity. When students learn to make good choices independently, they grow into kind, respectful, and responsible leaders — both inside and outside the classroom.

Families, Your Role Matters

Families, you play an important role in helping children understand and practice positive behaviors at school — not just in the classroom, but everywhere they go. Please take time to talk with your child about showing respect, kindness, and responsibility in the lunchroom, at recess, in the hallways, and in the bathrooms. Remind them that expectations for good choices extend beyond academics — they also include completing homework, setting goals, and treating others with care. Together, we can help our students build strong habits that reflect integrity and pride in being Neabsco Stars!

Please take a few minutes this week to talk with your child about:

Respect for Others: Using kind words, listening to others, and honoring differences.
Personal Space: Keeping hands and objects to oneself, asking before touching others’ belongings, and respecting boundaries.
Responsibility: Making good choices, telling the truth, and taking ownership of actions.
Integrity: Doing the right thing because it’s right — not because someone is watching.

Important Note

Please make sure to sign up for a conference with your child’s teacher on Monday, November 3rd. These conferences are a valuable opportunity to discuss your child’s progress, celebrate their growth, and set goals for continued success. Your partnership makes all the difference in helping every student grow and find success as a student! If you need assistance or would like to speak with our Parent Liaison, please contact Mrs. Steudle for family support at steudlsd@pwcs.edu or 703-670-2147.

It was great to see everyone at Trunk or Treat last night!

Mrs. Brooke LeVecchi
Principal, Neabsco Elementary

leveccbb@pwcs.edu

IMPORTANT Dates for Neabsco Families

Tuesday, October 28th - Red Ribbon Day, Wear Red Day
October 27th – 31st, Red Ribbon Week, see the Counselor Corner
Thursday, October 30th: House ENCORE DAY
Friday, October 31st: House Assembly Day
Monday, November 3rd: No School, Parent Conferences
Tuesday, November 4th: No School, Teacher Workday
Wednesday, November 5th: Principal Advisory Council 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Thursday, November 6th: Field Trip to the National Inventors' Hall of Fame, 4th/5th Gifted Education Students
Tuesday, November 11th: No School, Veteran's Day
Wednesday, November 19th: Strings/Choir Concert at Gar-Field High School, 6:30pm
Wed. Nov. 26 - Fri. Nov. 28th: No School, Thanksgiving Holiday

All in Virginia works in conjunction with the Virginia Literacy Act. This program works to accelerate student learning and focuses on skills students need to learn. This program also targets students who are chronically absent and provides the learning experience they need to continue to thrive. Every student receives core literacy instruction aligned to state standards and uses high quality instructional materials. These materials promote students reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills. Students analyze the text and justify reasons why their answer makes sense.

In math, students receive lessons that focus on building connections, spiraling skills, and promoting their problem-solving skills. Students discuss how a problem was solved as they reflect upon their mathematical thinking.

It is important your student attends three days a week to specifically target their learning needs. Please let your student's teacher know if your student will be absent, if their transportation method changes, or is no longer attending the program.

Please remind your student, clubs occur every week unless there is a schoolwide event. Registration is still open for Volleyball and K-Club. The K-Club is a service-based club associated with the Kiwanis group and helps to improve our community.

Neabsco Elementary Clubs – Fill out form

Neabsco Dinners

Neabsco Families! On tutoring days (Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays) our students are receiving dinner provided free at Neabsco Elementary. Your student does not need to be registered for the tutoring program to be eligible to receive dinner. If you are interested in having your student receive a free dinner on Mondays, Tuesdays or Wednesdays please see the following information below:

Dinners for students under the age of 18 will be served at 4:15pm, Mondays, Tuesday, and Wednesdays
Students must eat dinner in the Neabsco Cafe, they may not leave the building with food
Your student must have transportation home after their dinner. All students are eligible to receive dinner, but if staying after school to receive dinner impacts their ability to get on the school bus, arrangements to get home must be made. The bus will not wait for students.

Feel free to contact the School Parent Liaison if you have questions regarding the free dinners. Susana Steudle, steudlsd@pwcs.edu, 571.589.4784

Here is an opportunity that you are invited to participate in.......

Friends hold each other,
We rise when we stand as one—

We are brave and whole.

🎗️ Red Ribbon Week: October 27th – 31st
This year’s theme is: “Life is a Puzzle: Let’s Solve It!” 🧩
We’re celebrating with Spirit Week and a school-wide contest!

What’s new this year?

One winner per classroom
Every student who enters receives a small prize
See your teacher or a School Counselor for contest rules and the puzzle template

Let’s promote healthy choices and creativity together!

5th Graders: Specialty Program

📧 How to Contact Us:

Mrs. Larimore, School Counselor – LarimoLT@pwcs.edu

Mr. Clewell, Counseling Intern– ClewelTD@pwcs.edu

🦁💜House Leo is in the lead with 3,496 points!🦁💜

⭐Important Dates:

October House Shirt Days: 31st
Q1 House Assembly: October 31st. Students should come dressed in their house colors and ready to celebrate the end of the quarter! The winner of quarter one will be announced this day.
House Encore Day: October 30th.

🏡 Living in a Lego House 🏠

Sure, the Three Little Pigs built their houses out of straw, sticks, bricks… but what about Lego? A while ago 1,200 people built a life-size house out of normal-sized Lego. It took them over a month! The 20-foot-tall striped house used more than 3 million bricks, and even had a bumpy bed that probably wasn’t so comfy.

Wee ones: If the house used 5 Lego colors but you wanted to add green, how many colors would the house use then?

Little kids: If the stripes were white, red, blue, yellow, black, and then started over to repeat, what color would the 12th stripe be? Bonus: If you stand as tall as the 20th stripe, how many full sets of 5 colors would that be?

Big kids: Can you write the number 3 million in digits? How many zeros do you need? Bonus: The volunteers started building on August 1 of that year, and finished on September 17. How many days after starting did they finish?

Answers:
Wee ones: 6 colors.

Little kids: Red: since the colors repeat in 5s, it would be the same color as the 2nd stripe. Bonus: 4 full sets.

Big kids: 3,000,000, which has 6 zeros. Bonus: 47 days. August has 31 days, so August 31 is 30 days after the start. Then you add another 17 days.

Are you looking for ways to make reading more exciting than just sitting with a book for 20 minutes? Try these creative, hands-on activities you can do at home with your child to spark a love for stories and make books come alive!

🎭 Reader’s Theater

How to do it:

Print or write out a short script (many are available online for free).
Assign roles to each person.
Practice reading the lines with expression.
Perform the play for family or record it for fun.

🎧 Audiobooks + Follow-Along

How to do it:

Choose an audiobook and get the printed version if possible.
Play the audiobook while your child follows along in the book.
Pause occasionally to discuss vocabulary or plot.
Great for car rides or quiet time.

📝 Create Your Own Book

How to do it:

Fold paper to make a small book.
Have your child write a story and draw pictures.
Help with spelling or ideas if needed.
Read the finished book together and celebrate their creativity.

🔍 Scavenger Hunt Reading

How to do it:

Write clues on paper that lead to different locations around the house.
Each clue should require reading to understand.
Hide a small prize or book at the final location.
Use themes like pirates, detectives, or animals to make it exciting.

🎲 Reading Games

How to do it:

Use games like “Sight Word Bingo,” “Word Memory,” or “Roll & Read” (roll a die and read a word from a list).
Make flashcards with sight words or vocabulary.
Turn reading into a competition or challenge with rewards.

📺 Book-to-Movie Nights

How to do it:

Pick a book that has a movie version (e.g., Charlotte’s Web, Matilda).
Read the book together over a few days.
Watch the movie and compare it to the book.
Ask questions like “Which version did you like better?” or “What was missing?”

🐶 Read to a Pet (or Stuffed Animal)

How to do it:

Set up a quiet reading space.
Let your child choose a book and a “listener” (pet or stuffed animal).
Encourage them to read aloud with expression.
Praise their effort and fluency.

🌍 Explore Nonfiction

How to do it:

Choose a topic your child is curious about (dinosaurs, space, weather).
Find age-appropriate nonfiction books or articles.
Read together and discuss facts.
Do a related activity (e.g., build a model, do a simple experiment).

We had a wonderful turnout for our Family Engagement Parent Camp and our school's Trunk or Treat! There were so many exciting costumes and smiling faces!!

We have another important event coming up that will help you promote partnerships and support your scholar’s success.

Neabsco Family-Teacher conferences will be held on November 3, 2025

We hope to see everyone at this event. We want to thank you for your enthusiasm to support literacy and learning.

If you have any questions, please reach out to Carolyn Matthews Matthecj@pwcs.edu , Jessica Monahan Monahaje@pwcs.edu or Jessica Hesser Hesserj@pwcs.edu.

Change of Clothing

Please consider putting an emergency change of clothes, underwear and socks in your student's backpack.

The school has a limited supply of extra clothes for students to borrow. If your student goes home in borrowed clothes from school, kindly wash and return them. Please keep the under garments.

Children require a change of clothes for various reasons such as: bathroom accidents, clothing malfunction/rip/tear, falling in mud, or food spills.

Students of all grade levels should have a change of clothes in their backpacks.

Children feel most comfortable in their own clothes and will miss less classroom time if they have a change of clothes in their backpacks.

There is still time to order. Visit www.strawbridge.net

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Attention Parents!

Is your child missing a sweatshirt, a hoodie, a jacket, a lunchbox, or a water bottle?

Please have them check the lost in found. Below is the current situation with our lost in found. Our lost in found is located across from the Neabsco Cafe.

Parents, on Monday, November 3rd, you have the opportunity to go through our Lost and Found, when you come in for Teacher/Parent Conferences.

Currently seeking peer models for Early Childhood

Neabsco Elementary School is currently looking for peer models for their Early Childhood

Special Education (ECSE) General 6x6 Preschool Class(es) for SY 2025-2026. Our ECSE General 6x6 preschool classrooms consist of 6 students that have IEPs for a variety of developmental delays and 6 typically developing children from the community to act as peer models. All students are ages 3-5 years old. Peer models must be 3 or 4 by September 30th of the attending school year. They should also have developmentally appropriate language, social skills, behavior, impulse control and they must be toilet trained. Potential peer models will participate in play groups and be selected before the first day of school. There is no cost for registration or enrollment in the peer model program. It is a half day program.

If interested, please email Benedicta Tsogoo at AddaiB@pwcs.edu, or

Houda Toloa at ToloaH-@pwcs.edu