The PTA has worked with Franklin Sherman teachers to develop pre-packaged kits appropriate for each grade. Even with distance learning these kits are useful and contain the essential learning items that will be needed when we return to school!  Until July 31st, kits can be ordered online and will be delivered to your house. Find information on kits here: www.edukitinc.com/schools/11952/Franklin%20Sherman%20Elementary%20McLean,%20VA

If you have already ordered a kit we will arrange to have a pick up time at the school before school starts. If you no longer wish to have your kit, please can you let us know before July 31st by emailing us at: fsespta@gmail.com  Thank You!

Superintendent Brabrand presented the FCPS Reopening of School Plan to the School Board at a public hearing on Monday, June 15th.
List of important documents:
Virginia's Reopening of School Plan executive summary (background info)
FCPS Reopening of School Plan (full document) (pp10-13 scenario details)
FCPS Presentation on Reopening of School to School Board (provides background info, detailed analysis and specifics about scenarios)

Plan's Three Possible Scenarios:
Scenario 1: Virtual Learning for all (if COVID-19 re-surges)
Scenario 2: In-school Learning with Health and Social Distancing (phased-in)
Scenario 3: Online Learning for Individual Medical Need (in-school learning for all other students)

GIVE YOUR FEEDBACK: FCPS has asked families to complete a survey to help them with the planning process: Click Here to Access Survey!  Deadline: Friday, June 19th at 8pm.

The Principal of Timber Lane ES has asked local schools if they can help raise money for grocery gift cards for their families in need during the Covid-19 crisis. Timber Lane has almost 600 students, of which almost two-thirds are low-income and require support. You can use the donate button below and the PTA will provide the gift cards to Principal Ben Chiet. Given the immediate needs of families due to the Covid-19 crisis, we are running this fundraiser from Monday, March 23 through Wednesday, April 1, 2020. Please give if you can! 

The PTA Board felt a need to raise with Superintendent Brabrand the concerns we have heard from parents about FCPS' decision to limit communication that teachers have with families during the first two weeks of this four-week school closure.  Fairfax County Council PTA, our PTA council, agreed to forward our letter, in which we urged him to encourage teachers to share ideas and suggestions with parents to help them feel less isolated and more supported during this difficult situation.
To see the full contents of the letter, please click here.

FCPS site for coronavirus updates: https://www.fcps.edu/news/coronavirus-update

Advice on how to speak to your children about the pandemic:
https://www.fcps.edu/blog/talking-children-about-coronavirus

Our new GOTR coaches for the Spring season are terrific and we wanted to let you know who they are and a little bit about them.

• Our head coach is Hannah Selig, a 27-year-old epidemiologist and former GOTR participant who moved to Virginia about a year ago from Michigan and started coaching. GOTR had a positive impact on her as a kid and she wants to be able to pass that along to a new generation.
• Assisting her will be Coach Hannah’s friend Annalise Russo, a 22-year-old biologist, who just graduated from college in May and moved to the area. She's been coaching GOTR for a few years too and is originally from Chicago.

Coaches Hannah and Annalise are very excited to get the season going and to meet the fantastic girls we are all raising. I am Ron Hendrickson—your GOTR liaison for this Spring and parent to GOTR participant- Quinn. This will be Quinn’s third GOTR season and her mom and I couldn’t be more thrilled that she is in this program.
 
Registration ends on February 25th and that will be here before you know it--so register today! 
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To celebrate International Night,
the Franklin Sherman PTA has partnered
with Total Wine & More!​

Total Wine “Private Wine Class” for 20 people valued at $500!
Treat up to 20 of your friends, family, & fellow wine lovers to a private wine tasting for up to 20 people in the store classroom. Total Wine & More will host an event certain to impress you & your guests. Enjoy a tour & learn about the famed appellations & grape varietals that make each region so unforgettable. Taste a variety of premium, hand-selected wines & discover hidden treasures from the wine region of your choosing. A wine expert will present & discuss each delicious wine during the 2 hour class, which can be arranged as a seated class-style or more casual walk-around event. Total Wine & More will provide all necessary stemware and handouts.
How to Enter: 
  
Donate at least $5 to the FSES PTA between February 1st and February 21st
(end of International Night) and be entered to win this fabulous prize! 

Every $5 donated equals a chance to win this fabulous prize:
Donate $5 and earn 1 chance to win!
Donate $25 and earn 5 chances to win!

 Visit the PTA table at International Night on 2/21/20 to donate in person Or 
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