Sterling Jaguar Journal

The Inova Healthy Plate Club is off to a great start! The students played “Food Group Bingo” and learned:

• About the five food groups and why it is important to eat from all of them every day.
• Half of your plate should be fruits and vegetables at each meal.

The students also made Kale Chips. This recipe is a favorite, and it is great to see the kids enjoying kale!

Their goal this week is to try every food group.

The Sterling Jaguar student body and staff members celebrated our youngest students for completing their first literacy unit, We Are Readers. Kindergarten students paraded around the school with books chanting, “We are readers!” as students and staff cheered them on!

Mr. Brush has been getting quite a workout in the Art room this month! Fifth grade has been studying the color wheel. They've learned how to read the wheel and how to mix all 12 colors on it using only the 3 primary colors. They are now working on a painting of vases or balloons with watercolors to show how when transparent colors overlap, they create a third color. Fourth grade continues to study space in art works. They are learning how artists can use color, specifically tints and shades of a color, to create the illusion of depth in a monochromatic painting of a landscape.

-Mrs. Ajima

Now that we've settled into our library routines, we're digging into new learning. This month, our kindergarteners, first and second graders have been learning about the types of books in the library, and choosing "just right" books for ourselves. Third grade has been focused on exploring online resources and using our online catalog to independently locate books in the library. Fourth grade practiced their scientific method skills by becoming CSI professionals for the day and solving book crimes. Fifth grade read The One Thing You'd Save by Linda Sue Park, and answered the question, "If you could only save one item from a fire, what would it be?"

-Mrs. Burel

-Mrs. Jeffries

Fourth grade musicians had a great time in the STEAM lab this month, creating musical instruments by building circuits. Kindergarten and first grade classes learned about tempo in music with fun games and movement activities. Fifth graders have started our recorder unit. We are looking forward to building upon the recorder skills we learned in fourth grade with more challenging pitches and songs!

-Mrs. Scarboro

-Ms. Walsh

Thank you to everyone who showed up to the 2023 Walk to School Day! Such an amazing turnout, and it was awesome to see those smiling faces in the morning. If you weren't able to attend this year, there's always next year! Switching over to the P.E. world ~ third, fourth, and fifth graders have been building their muscular endurance, cardiovascular endurance, and flexibility before fitness tests. Kindergarten, first and second grades have focused on throwing and catching skills with power and accuracy!

- Mr. Horvath

- Mr. Hosti

CONGRATULATIONS!

Daniel Sorto Ortiz of Sterling Elementary School

Your poster has been selected to be featured in the 2024 Sheriff’s Office D.A.R.E. Calendar for the February! ! !

It was wonderful to reconnect with some of our returning families and to welcome new families at our first family coffee in September. We thank all who could attend. We would like to invite you to our next family coffee for light snacks and coffee. During the family coffee Mrs. Short will share and receive feedback on the Title I Family Involvement Policy, and the counseling department will review information about Sterling Elementary and its School Counseling program. We will review the mission and vision of our school, share goals for our school year, and ask for your input on how to best serve our school community. In addition to sharing this information, we will be discussing bullying and bully prevention. October is National Bully Prevention month. We have kicked off this month by starting our Second Step Bullying Prevention curriculum. We Hope to see you there!

October is National Bullying Prevention Month. During the Months of October, November, and into December, we will be teaching counseling lessons on bullying recognition, reporting, and refusing. Students learn that there are differences between Bullying and Mean or rude behavior, conflicts, and teasing. Students are taught that bullying is comprised of 4 components, and all 4 must be present for a situation to be bullying.

1. A person is being hurt (physically or emotionally) by a person or group of people.

2. The Hurtful behavior is done intentionally to cause harm to the person being hurt.

3. The hurtful behavior is done repeatedly

4. There is an imbalance of power. This means the person being hurt feels powerless to make the other person stop hurting them, they are often afraid, worried, or nervous about what will be done by that person.

We spend a lot of time helping students to understand the differences between behaviors often confused with bullying such as teasing and conflicts. Please review the two pictures below, as these are reviewed with our students to assist them in gaining insight into comprehending the differences.

We want all of our students to feel safe at school. We work to give them the knowledge and tools to understand bullying and what they can do if they think it is happening in our school community. We encourage them to seek help from trusted adults at school and to always communicate with their families at home as well.

• 2nd-5th grade girls and boys that are interested in playing in recreational or travel league basketball this winter, please go to www.elbl.org to sign up. Feel free to email jason.testerman@lcps.org with questions.
• Park View would like to know what students at our cluster schools are doing for sports participation. They would also like to assist in getting you information about leagues and opportunities. Please fill out this form if interested -Fill out form . They will send you information about the sports you selected. We want to help our cluster students and families get more involved!!

Once again our Park View Marching Patriots have been invited to perform for the Washington Wizards on Friday, 11/10! This year they will be performing the Nation Anthem at the beginning of the game (roughly 7pm). Anyone who is interested in coming to watch and support our marching band can click the link below for discounted tickets.

Wizards Discount Tickets

Email: jennifer.meresshort@lcps.org
Website: https://www.lcps.org/sterlinges
Location: 200 West Church Road, Sterling, VA, USA
Phone: 571-434-4580
Twitter: @SterlingElem