Bristow Run ES Panther Press

Dear Panther Families,

It’s hard to believe that we are in our last month of the school year! This time of the year brings many exciting events for us to celebrate. Next week, we celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week, please take time to send your child’s teacher a note or gift of appreciation for all their hard work. Don’t forget our specialists and encore staff! If you need ideas for ways your child can show their appreciation, check out the flyer below.

This month we started our end of year SOL testing. Thank you to all staff and students for working hard and doing your best during testing. As we prepare to share SOL results later this month, please remember that SOL tests are only one measure of your child’s success in school. There are many other ways your child can be successful in the school environment!

As we plan to finish off another great school year and build towards a great 2024-2025 school year, let’s continue to strive to work hard, doing our best and being kind and caring to each other. There are many opportunities to attend special events, field trips and other end of year celebrations as we close out this year! Take time to read the entire newsletter and mark your calendars, I hope to see many of our families over the next several weeks!

Your Partner in Education,

Mrs. Jeck

The week of May 6th-10th we will honor and celebrate all our teachers for Teacher Appreciation Week!

This is the perfect time to celebrate the impactful educators in your child(ren) life.

Use the attached flyer to guide you each day as a way to show appreciation with kind words, thoughtful notes, or a few small gifts!

BRES truly has the best staff in PWCS!

Registration for Kindergarten is still open! If you have a child that is 5 years old by September 30, 2024, you can enroll him in kindergarten! You can begin registration online by going to PWCS Kindergarten Registration (available in different languages), and follow up with an in-person appointment. You can also scan the QR code found in the attached flyer.

Please contact Mrs. Stacey Ivancic at IvanciSA@PWCS.edu or call 703-753-7741 with any follow-up questions.

Standards of Learning Assessments are happening during this month of May.

We'd like to remind parents about the importance of having their children be well rested, have a good breakfast, and come to school early every day, but especially on SOL testing days.

Please see the attached schedule for your reference.

The Family Engagement Series provides families with resources that will assist with their student’s success. The series is led by the Prince William County Public Schools (PWCS) Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Compliance Department, in collaboration with other PWCS programs, and community and business partners.

You can find more information at the PWCS Family Engagement Series Website, or see the attached flyer for more details. Remember that each session has language accommodations if needed.

This year, National Bike and Roll Day is being celebrated on May 8th.

We will have have staff greeting our bike riders and rollers as they arrive and hand out small surprises as they park their bikes on the stands.

Let's join this National Celebration and enjoy the Ride!

Don't miss this last chance to order your child's class group picture, as the "Ship to School Option" has reopened until May 15, 2025! Order now at www.candidcolor.net, and use the access code BTWRGROUPS24.

Remember, deadline to order is May 15, 2024.

SAVE THE DATE! SCA is excited to host our annual Family Multicultural Night. This year it will be held on Wednesday, May 22nd from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.

Today, Friday 05/03, is the deadline to submit applications to participate in the event. If you forgot to send your form with your student, please email it to gamblea@pwcs.edu or to bagonycd@pwcs.edu by end of school day today.

We hope to see all our families join us for this special event!

Our Grad Walk for Bristow Run ES will take place on Friday, May 24 at 1:45pm.

We ask that students arrive to school between 1:15 - 1:30 p.m. in Cap & Gown, and with their Student ID.

We can't wait to celebrate with all our graduates!

PWCS is excited to announce our new online payment system!

If you're a returning parent, you can avoid the long lines of school and pay your children’s school fees through a secure online website that is accessed through the following website: https://www.studentquickpay.com/pwcs

If you are a parent who has multiple children at multiple schools, they will all appear together under your online payment parent account.

For inquiries about account setup and using the system, please email: creditcard@pwcs.edu.

Please see the attached screenshots for more detailed information about this new online payment system.

Smore is getting ready for the summer! He's had a great school year visiting with friends and families and cannot wait to continue having fun over the summer break!

If you would like to host Smore for a week at your home this summer, please use this Sign Up:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F044FA9AC22A2FF2-49489897-smore

Thanks for helping Smore have the best summer ever!

Author Visits BRES!

By Rising Reporters Keilani, Laila, and Zubair

On April 22, Author, Shannon Anderson, visited all students at Bristow Run during an assembly to talk about her job and to persuade us to write our own story. She wrote the book "Through the Hoop." She loves writing. She got to meet the person who wrote “Can’t catch me I’m the gingerbread man!” She loves being a teacher! She loves teaching through writing. She used to work at a children’s library. The first time she tried to get her article in a magazine they said no. She tried a second time, and they said no because it was too long. She made it shorter, therefore, her article was published.

She even trained her dog how to jump through a hoop! She made a book on to never give up. The book "I am not a pirate" is about her daughter who only used one eye because the other stopped working together with the other one. "Coasting Casey" is about her student who had a challenging time learning. "Too Shy to say Hi" is about a student who is too shy to make a friend. Her book “I love strawberries” is about a girl named Jolie and teaches us to never give up! The book "Nicken chuggets" is about playing with words.

Shannon Anderson loves to encourage kindness! Her book "Heroes don’t have to fly" was inspired by a bird her daughter drew. She also wrote "Yay you failed: A Growth mindset book." She taught us the following steps:

1. Read

2. Write

3. Learn from others

4. Never give up!

We loved having Shannon Anderson visit!

Monday 5/6 – Friday 5/10 – Teacher Appreciation Week!

Wednesday 5/8 – National Bike & Roll Day

Wednesday 5/15 – Last Day to Purchase Class Group Pictures

Friday 5/17 – Kindergarten Field Trip

Friday 5/31 – Field Day

Wednesday 6/5 – 5th grade promotion ceremony 6:30 pm

Website: https://bristowrunes.pwcs.edu/
Location: 8990 Worthington Drive, Bristow, VA, USA
Phone: 703-753-7741
Twitter: @BristowRunES