Hutchison Farm Elementary 42819 Center St. South Riding, VA 703-957-4350 Fax : 703-444-8020 UPCOMING EVENTS:

1. PTA Newsletter Volume 2 February 2014 HFES PTA Website: http://www.loudoun.k12.va.us/domain/7199 Our inaugural Multi-Cultural Celebration will be held March 28thin the gym and café and is certain to be an exciting evening! There will be booths representing different countries, food, and entertainment! We are still looking for families to prepare displays representing their country of origin. If your family is interested in participating, the school will provide a tri-fold board and table. All you have to do is decorate your board and bring in a few items such as clothing, books, newspapers, etc. from the country you are representing. This will give the children the opportunity to teach others about their heritage and should be a lot of fun! Please contact Madhaven or Hema (madhoo7@gmail.com or hemasrinivasan@gmail.com) to let them know if you would like to participate in this festive event at HFES! • Hutchison Farm Elementary • 42819 Center St. • South Riding, VA • 703-957-4350 • Fax: 703-444-8020 • UPCOMING EVENTS: • Mar 4 : PTA Meeting 8:30am, lounge • Mar 7: Bingo Night • Mar 11: Spring ASEP registration • Mar 17: Pinocchio Assembly • Mar 18-19: Spirit Nights at KuleYo’s • Mar 28: Multicultural Celebration BINGO NIGHT Our Spring Bingo Night will be Friday, March 7th and promises to be great fun for the whole family! We will be offering pizza and snacks for sale and raffles for awesome prizes! The 5th graders again will be selling daubers to mark your cards in style and raise money for their Legacy Project! Look for more information in Friday folders. Reflections Art Contest Hutchison Farm Reflections artists were successful at the Hunt District Judging! Kabir Jolly won 1st place in Visual Art, Intermediate Division and will move on to the state level judging. Charlotte Maloney won 3rd place for Visual Art in the Primary Division, Maeleigh Moore won 3rd place for Dance, and Gianfranco Vivanco won 2nd place for Film Production. Congratulations to our talented Huskies for representing Hutchison Farm so well! BOX TOPS Campaign Our Huskies have submitted over 23,200 Box Tops this school year – that’s $2,300 raised for our school! Congratulations to February’s classroom winners – Ms. Rivera’s class came in first and Ms. Abdo and Ms. Tuck’s classes took 2nd and 3rd place. We also had a special race for the 100th day of school. The top three classes who submitted the most Box Tops since the start of the year each won a $20 Target gift card. The winners were Ms. Abdo, Ms. Dickshinski, and Ms. Carrig. There are more prizes to win so keep turning in your Box tops! SEAC (Special Education Advisory Committee) The next SEAC meeting will address the “Nuts and Bolts of IEPs” on March 18th at 7pm at the LCPS Administration Meeting, Room 102. Parents also are encouraged to attend the Board of Supervisors FY15 Operating Budget Public Hearing on March 1st at 9am to speak on behalf of school funding. Information on Troubleshooting Parents’ Special Education Concerns Within a Local School Division and Parents’ Guide to Special Education Dispute Resolution are available at www.doe.Virginia.gov/special_ed. MSAAC (Minority Student Achievement Advisory Committee) The second annual Academic Achievement Fair will be held at Tuscarora High School on April 19thand showcases all of the county resources available to students and parents to support their academic success. April 26-27, there will be a Science and Engineering Festival at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. and is free. The next MSAAC meeting will be on March 19th at 7pm at the Loudoun County Public School Administration Building. There will be a presentation on “Building Educational Support for Youth in Foster Care.” The MSAAC is committed to ensuring advocacy on behalf of minority issues within LCPS community. For and overview of MSAAC meeting schedule and minutes, please go to http://www.lcps.org/Page1494.

2. ASEP Updates The weather wreaked havoc on our schedule this winter session and we have had to adjust the ending dates as well as the start dates for Spring. The final classes for the Winter Session are now: Tuesday classes end March 11th, Wednesday classes end March 19th, and Thursday classes end March 20. Registration for the Spring Session begins on March 11th. There will be more information coming home in Friday folders or you can view the upcoming schedule of classes at www.enrichmentmatters.com/hfes. The PTA has many scholarships available for these classes so please do not let financial concerns keep your child from this enriching opportunity. To request a scholarship, contact our Parent Liaison Iris Maluka today. **Please join us for a FREE PARENT SEMINAR “Increasing Responsibility in Children,” by Neil McNerney on Thursday, March 27th at Liberty Elementary School library. McNerney will focus on getting your child to be self-motivated and address why rewards and punishments don’t always work.** ==================================================================================== TO Get Involved! We Want YOU ==================================================================================== After School Enrichment Program (ASEP) Our ASEP program has been highly successful this year but we cannot run this program without volunteers! If your child will be participating in an ASEP class, please consider volunteering to assist with ASEP check in. This is a 30 minute commitment from 2:30-3:00 one day a week during the ASEP session. Contact Karen Grant at karen.grant@hfespta.org as soon as possible to volunteer your time! JOB OPENINGS! HELP WANTED! We have been extremely lucky to have had some longstanding volunteers in critical programs over the years but some of them, after FIVE years on the job, are looking to pass the torch to YOU. We are looking for someone to run our Box Tops program, DDC campaign/PTA membership, and School Pak programs. These positions are very important and we would like to identify replacements as soon as possible. The ladies who have run these programs have all volunteered to help with the transition and answer any questions you may have. If you’re too intimidated to take a program on by yourself, get a friend to team up with you! Please consider giving your time to keep these programs running smoothly! Contact Sherry Zamora (sherry.zamora@hfespta.org) if you are willing to help! Thank you to Jen Kaskas and Mike Seymour for running our School Dance and raffles! Everyone had a great time and the raffles brought in nearly $200 for the PTA. A highlight of the evening was seeing Dr. Kravitz dancing with his lovely wife, Margaret! A huge shout out to our South Riding businesses who generously sponsor our many events at HFES! The PTA would like to thank Dr. Kravitz, Top Kick Martial Arts, KuleYO’s, Manhattan Pizza, Jersey Mikes, andMoe’s for their sponsorship of a number events so far this year! Please consider patronizing these business to help show our appreciation for their support! THANK YOU! Gracias! Spacibo! Merci! Danke!