Upcoming Events

Monday, January 27th

Report Cards post to ParentVUE at 3:00 PM (Please contact our front office if you need assistance with your ParentVUE login information)

Wednesday, January 29th

Instrument Test Drive at Belmont Middle School for our fifth graders (6:30 - 8:00 PM)

Monday, February 3rd

Wear favorite team jersey, t-shirt, or sweatshirt

National School Counseling Week

Thursday, February 6th

Cardinal Pride Ceremony

Instrument Test Drive for 5th Graders (6:30 - 8:00 PM)

Friday, February 7th

5th/4th Dental Presentations 8:30-9:45

Snow Ball Dance 6:30 - 8:00 PM

January 24

Looking For Some Family Fun and Learning This Weekend? STEM Activities and Expos

Haymaker STEAM Expo-At the sixth annual Expo, ILITE Robotics is excited to provide hands-on, interesting, and enriching activities that promote curiosity and introduce attendees to the many facets of STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics. More Information

Date And Time

Sat, January 25, 2020

11:00 AM – 3:00 PM EST

Location

Battlefield High School

15000 Graduation Drive

Haymarket, VA 20169

Frozen Fun by Pongos Learning Lab / Coder Kids Club-The Pongos Learning Lab presents Frozen Fun with Elsa and Anna. Enjoy a magical, frozen adventure with the royal sisters of Arendelle. This will be an unforgettable experience for your whole family. More information.

Location

Pongos Learning Lab / Coder Kids Club

2141 Priest Bridge Drive #Suite 8

Crofton, MD 21114

LCPS CAMPAIGN TO REDUCE ROAD CONGESTION

Traffic congestion has increased steadily over the years and is an issue in Loudoun County; it comes as no surprise that congestion around Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) facilities has also increased. To help alleviate this problem, LCPS has launched a “Congestion Must Go” campaign, focused on minimizing traffic congestion in and around school campuses, surrounding road networks and neighboring communities. The goal of the “Congestion Must Go” campaign is to actively promote bus ridership, walking, biking and carpooling, while increasing student safety.

First of all, I want to thank all of our families that regularly utilize LCPS bus transportation. However, we need your assistance to reduce the morning kiss and ride traffic on our campus. During the 20 minute drop-off window in the morning, we have over 140 cars utilizing the kiss and ride lane in the morning. On some days, the number is closer to 180 cars. The parking lot is not designed to handle the volume of vehicles entering the campus in the morning. Also, the morning vehicle traffic creates congestion for our neighbors on Coton Commons Drive.

As much as possible, we are asking all families to use the LCPS bus transportation that is provided to our students. Students that ride the bus arrive to school on time and are not rushing to class to beat the morning bell. Thank you for working with us to reduce the vehicle traffic on our campus.

Respectfully,

Mr. Brazina

Principal

January 13

Upcoming Events

Monday, January 13th

School Club & Candid Photos

PTA School Spirit Night at Solo Pizza from 4-9 PM (Exeter Shopping Center-700 Fieldstone Dr NE, Leesburg, VA 20176)

Tuesday, January 14th

PTA After-School Activities Program (ASAP)-Begins This Week

School-Wide Spelling Bee from 1-2 PM (4th & 5th grade attend)

Thursday, January 16th

Seldens VA Readers Book Club meets

Friday, January 17th

End of second grading period (First Semester)

Monday, January 20th

Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday (School not in session for students and staff)

Tuesday, January 21st

Teacher Planning/Conference Day (Student Holiday-School not in session for students)

Thursday, January 23rd

Movable Monday-Due to Monday holiday, staff and students will follow their Monday specials schedule.

Student Leadership Meeting

Tales By Twilight Literacy Event (6:30-7:30

Reminder for our Families:

Students need to be at the bus stop 5 minutes before their scheduled pickup time. Students who are behind schedule and are rushing to their bus stop create an unsafe environment for the bus riders and bus drivers. As the students are loading the bus, the bus drivers are monitoring car traffic for the safety of students. Students running to the bus stops creates a diversion that the drivers have to monitor. If you have any questions about your bus stop, please contact Seldens Landing Elementary or Daryl Hardy, LCPS Lead Driver, at daryl.hardy@lcps.org.

The 'Seldens’ Got Talent' variety show is an exciting, non-competitive showcase that gives our children a chance to shine, build self-confidence and create lasting memories. Hosted by Seldens Landing PTA.

Be creative! Individual acts and group acts are permitted. Individual acts are limited to 1 minute and group acts up to 2:00 minutes.

In addition to the talent performances, we will also showcase masterpieces created by SELS students. Suggestions include artwork, drawings, paintings, sculptures and models. (For full details visit: https://bit.ly/304Hnzr)

Possible variety act suggestions include:

• playing musical instruments
• singing
• lip synching
• dancing (of many cultures)
• comedy skits
• sports demonstrations
• magic tricks

What’s required:

1. Sign up online and give us the details of your act: https://bit.ly/36EkWUg
   • note: sign ups end JANUARY 17th at 3:00 PM. Submit your student before then to be included in the show.
2. Join us for an audition day to give us a preview of your act (January 23rd and 24th)
   • note: acts do not have to be finalized at this point.
3. Attend dress rehearsal (Feb 27 and 28)
4. Submit songs, etc to us for show
5. Attend the Live Show on March 6th @ 6 pm

Email seldenspta@gmail.com with any questions.

January 3 Update

Upcoming Events

Monday, January 6th

School Resumes

PALs and DRA Assessment Window Opens

Students in grades KG-2 are primarily administered the PALs assessment. The DRA is administered as a mid-year checkpoint for students in grades 1-2 and as needed in grades 3-5 depending on student progress.

What is PALs? The Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening (PALS) is a screening, diagnostic, and progress monitoring tool that focuses on the fundamental literacy skills. The assessment offers instruments for PreK, K, and 1-3, with a Spanish version available as well. PALS is the state-provided screening assessment for Virginia's Early Intervention Reading Initiative (EIRI). PALS Quick Checks also provide an opportunity for educators to monitor student progress.

What is DRA?

The DRA (Developmental Reading Assessment) is an individualized reading assessment that enables teachers to evaluate growth in student reading performance over time. The DRA identifies a student’s independent reading level. This is the level at which a student can read successfully without assistance. Oral reading should be fluent and free of overt signs of tension. The assessment measures student’s accuracy in word recognition and reading comprehension.

Wednesday, January 8th

PTA Meeting 8:15 AM (Seldens Staff Lounge)

Thursday, January 9th

Cardinal Pride Ceremony (January ceremony is for our December recipients. Letters are sent home to families inviting them to the event)

The workshops listed below are provided by Loudoun County Public Schools. The workshops are shared with our families as potential resources to further explore.