Sycolin Creek Chronicle

Dear Parents and Students,

Thank you for helping to make our PTA Monster Movie Mash a tremendous success. Your participation led to a wonderful evening for each of our students and families. I would also like to thank our volunteers for their hard work, which was instrumental in making this event possible.

In addition to the highlights, I would also like to share how much we appreciate and commend our students for their continued hard work and dedication to their academics. The faculty and I have been so impressed with our students' ability to problem solve, be flexible, learn new programs, and adjust to a new learning environment, all while doing it with a smile. We are very fortunate to work with such supportive families and I have confidence that the rest of the year will be just as successful.

Parents, if you have not had the opportunity to join our PTA, which works tirelessly to provide many activities for our students throughout the year, we would love to have you as a member. Please contact the office or visit the PTA Website for more information about joining the PTA. Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Derek Racino

I’m so proud of the students. The “Original Works” art that they completed this year are some of the best they’ve done. I can’t wait for you to see their masterpieces. Our wonderful Original Works PTA representative has sent all the artwork (minus a few late finishers) to the company and they are being scanned into their system. Ordering will all be done electronically and orders should be back to school prior to the winter holidays.

Art Stars for October

Kindergarten - Ms. Hutchings' class

First Grade - Ms. Bowns' class

Second Grade - Mrs. Reynolds' class

Third Grade - Mrs. Snead’s class

Fourth Grade - Mrs. Jacques' class

Fifth Grade - Ms. Bowman’s class

Be Art Smart,

Dr. Bennett

Congratulations to the PE Star Salamanders for the month of October

5th grade - Royce Pearson & Elliana Martinez

4th grade - Grady Campbell & Addie Klein

3rd grade - Reyansh Danthaluri & Madison Herring

2nd grade - Matthew Ashem & Charlotte Crouse

1st grade - Kabir Ahluwalia & Marin Crownover

Kindergarten - Shepard Bradley & Kylie Hawn

The Star Salamander Classes for the month of October are: Mr. Forrester's 4th Grade Class and Mrs. Wong's 5th Grade Class.

In October, our focus was on preparing music for the Veterans Day celebration, scheduled for November 11th at our school. We appreciate your contributions of pictures, artwork, and poetry, as well as your invitations extended to Veterans to attend the event.

During this month, fourth and fifth graders studied treble clef pitches, with fifth graders initiating their recorder lessons. Third graders concentrated on developing their singing abilities and rhythm reading skills. Kindergarten and first grade students engaged in singing exercises emphasizing a steady beat, while second graders worked on singing and reading rhythms using quarter notes, quarter rests, and eighth notes. Additionally, the Chorus and Sycolin’s Got Beat! groups commenced their rehearsals, coinciding with the Veterans Day Program.

Looking ahead to November, fifth graders will continue their recorder practice and review word-wall vocabulary. Fourth graders will focus on major and minor scales as well as singing in tune. Third graders will also concentrate on rhythm and pitch accuracy. Students in third through fifth grades will review major and minor concepts. First and second graders will work on rhythm and accurate singing, while kindergarten will practice maintaining a steady beat and utilizing their singing voices.

Given the many holidays in November, we encourage all students to utilize Schoology to revisit concepts, sing, and engage in musical games. As music classes are held once a week and schedule constraints exist due to the holidays, a variety of activities and songs are available on your child’s Schoology Music page. We encourage you to explore these resources and remind your child of the enjoyable music activities that reinforce the concepts we cover in class.

Our Rock Star Music Classes for October are:

Kindergarten – Mrs. Winn; 1st Grade – Mrs. Diehl; 2nd Grade – Mrs. Reynolds; 3rd Grade – Mrs. Duis/Mrs. Cox; 4th Grade – Mrs. Jacques; and 5th Grade – Ms. Bowman

Congratulations to our Rock Stars!

During the month of November, Kindergarten students will use their Perceiving and Creative Thinking Keys to camouflage a chameleon when given a background. Students will also use pattern blocks to complete Thanksgiving-themed puzzles. First grade students will be challenged to make domino bridges, using their reasoning and quantitative skills to find the sum of the domino pips. Second grade students will begin to learn about relationships in analogies. Students will also have a creative lesson around gratitude. Third grade students will begin Talent Development lessons during SEARCH. These provide students with exposure to the types of tasks that are included in gifted portfolio lessons. More information on the third-grade gifted evaluation process will be shared in January and can be found on the LCPS Gifted and Talented web site.

We would like to thank our students, staff and entire school community for an amazing Fun Run experience. We once again exceeded our goal and the students will certainly benefit from your generosity. Thank you all very much!

Report cards and special education progress reports will be available electronically through ParentVUE on the afternoon of Thursday, November 7th. For the 2024-25 school year, all LCPS elementary schools will not be sending home paper report cards. All report cards will be available electronically through ParentVUE. Progress reports will be available through VA IEP.

Email: derek.racino@lcps.org
Website: https://www.lcps.org/sycolincreek
Location: 21100 Evergreen Mills Road, Leesburg, VA, USA
Phone: (571)252-2910
Twitter: @Sycolin_Creek