Neabsco News
2025-26 School Year
May 2026
- Monday, May 25th: Schools and offices closed - Memorial Day
- Wednesday, May 27th: Schools and offices closed - Eid al-Adha observed
- Thursday, May 28th: Strings Concert, 6:30pm at Gar-Field High School
- Friday, May 29th*: Famous Virginian Museum 10am - 12pm OR 1:30pm - 3:30pm, Room 112
- Friday, May 29th: Pie-In-The-Face
June 2026
- Friday, June 5th: 5th Grade Dance
- Monday, June 8th: 5th Grade Promotion at Gar-Field High School
- Wednesday, June 10th: Field Day
- Thursday, June 11th: Kindergarten Promotion
- Friday, June 12th: Last Day of School (12:25pm dismissal)
Medication Pick Up & Summer Health Fairs
If your student has medication in the school clinic, all medication must be picked up by an adult from the school clinic by 12:00pm on Friday, June 12th. Medications cannot be sent home with students and are not held in the clinic over the summer. Any medications that are not picked up by the designated time, will be discarded per regulation 757-4.
New Medication Administration Forms and/or Health Treatment Plans are required each school year. Forms may be obtained in the front office or downloaded from Student Health Services
A reminder to parents of rising Kindergarten students: all Kindergarteners are required to have a school physical dated on or after August 24, 2025, as well as all required immunizations, to avoid any delay at the start of the school year.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at 571-589-4718.
The Bookfair is here for one last visit, May 29 thru June 5th!
The Scholastic Book fair is here for an end of the year buy-one get-one-free sale! For every item that a student picks out they will get a second item (of equal or lesser value) for free!
Come shop for summer reading needs! This special book fair will only be open during the school day. If you would like to look around, please come visit us during the school day June 1 – 5! Just stop in the office to sign in.
All library books must be returned to the library before June 12th
Parents, please help your child search around your house for any library books. Be creative in your searches: Books can hide in so many places! Look under the bed, inside the sofa, behind the TV, over the Fridge, and in the cat’s bed! If your child is still missing a library book, make it a fun hide and seek game for them…Don’t forget to add the backpack, classroom cubby, and classroom library to your child’s list if they can’t find it at home – these books can get tricky! Thank you so much for supporting the staff in the library this year!
🐶 May Your Ears Hang Low 🐶
Did you know that your ears and nose “grow” your whole life? If you don’t believe it, just check out your grandpa’s nose next to your own. Inside your ears and nose is a rubbery material called cartilage. It’s the same stuff a shark’s skeleton is made of! Cartilage doesn’t actually grow, but gravity pulls down on it your whole life. So over the years, your ears and nose sag more and more. Good thing we can’t live for 300 years, or we’d be tripping over our noses.
Wee ones: If you and Grandpa are eating lunch, how many noses and ears are at the table?
Little kids: If you, your grandpa and your dog are having a snack, how many more ears than noses are there? Bonus: How many ears and noses are there all together?
Big kids: Say your nose “grows” 2 millimeters a year. How many years would it take to grow 26 millimeters, which is about 1 inch? Bonus: If for some horrifying reason your nose could stretch 1/2 inch every year, and your nose is 4 feet off the ground right now, how long until your nose can touch the ground?
The sky’s the limit: Say you have a pile of things on the table and all of them can be sensed — you can at least see, hear or smell each one. If all you know about the objects is:
1 can be seen but not heard
3 can be heard but not smelled
2 can be smelled but not seen
3 can be seen *and* heard
4 can be heard *and* smelled
…what’s the smallest number of total objects you can have?
Answers:
Wee ones: 6 body parts: your 2 ears, Grandpa’s 2 ears, your nose and Grandpa’s nose.
Little kids: 3 more ears than noses, sine everyone has 1 more ear than nose. Bonus: 9 body parts.
Big kids: 13 years. Bonus: Your nose is 48 inches off the ground, so it will take 96 years to grow that far. You’re safe for now.
The sky’s the limit: 8. The first three groups are all non-overlapping, because the seen and not heard can’t overlap with the not-seen or the heard; the heard but not smelled can’t overlap with the not heard or the smelled; and so on. However, the 3 seen and heard can overlap completely with the 3 heard but not smelled (it doesn’t say whether they’re seen or not). So that adds zero new objects. Of the 4 heard and smelled, 2 of them could be the smelled and not seen objects, but that still leaves 2 extra. Together with the 6 in the first three categories, the minimum is 8.
Students have been enjoying a unique STEM Lab challenge as they put their coding skills to the test with Sphero Mini Golf! Using Sphero Bolt robots, students programmed speed, direction, and accuracy to navigate mini golf courses and complete each hole. This engaging activity gave students hands-on experience with coding, problem-solving, and computational thinking while adding a fun and competitive twist to STEM learning. It has been exciting to watch students practice perseverance and teamwork as they refine their programs and improve their shots!
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