Marshall Road PTA

Our volunteers from Marshall Road did such a fabulous job at our Fall Clean Up day that the Town of Vienna Parks and Recreation have asked for our help again!

Track Construction begins!

We broke ground on our Marshall Road Elementary School track on Monday, February 20th.  Thank you again to all those Roadrunners who participated in our Runathon – you made it all possible!!

Marshall Road yearbook orders are due by February 24.

Order your Marshall Road yearbook today!  Yearbook cover designed by a Marshall Road student.  Don’t miss out on your chance to own a 50th Anniversay yearbook.

Price: $20

Order by check or money order with form sent home in backpacks (can pick up a new one in school office) or order online with Visa or Mastercard. Go to www.SplendidPortraits.com and enter your school’s Image Locator #.  A $1.97 handling fee will be applied for online orders.

Marshall Road’s Image Locator number is  Y245018004.

To Celebrate Read Across America Week & Dr. Seuss’ Birthday!

MARCH 1, 2012

6:30-7:30PM

Please join the Marshall Road teachers and PTA as we celebrate the fun and value of reading. This event is for the primary grade levels. Parents can join in as kids gather in classrooms around the pod to listen to their favorite teachers read some of their favorite Dr. Seuss books.  A Spanish reading will be available as well as arts and crafts. 

You’re never too old, too wacky, too wild,  To pick up a book and read with a child.

On Friday, February 17^th from 6:30pm -8:30pm, Marshall Road will host our 22^nd Annual International Night.   At this event, we celebrate the unique diversity that makes up Marshall Road Elementary School.  Our families come from all over the world – from China to the Netherlands, from India to America.

You can experience all the cultures our International Night has to offer by visiting the cultural displays where many families highlight their countries by providing food samples, displaying pictures, slideshows, jewelry, clothing, and artifacts.  During the second part of the evening, you can watch the Parade of Nations and the Annual Talent Show.  Many of our wonderful children will model clothing of their homelands or perform a special talent such as a song, dance or skit to represent their country.

And, as part of our International Night outreach, we hope to raise over $50 for Bridging the Gap Africa and help build bridges in Africa so that people may have safe access to medical care and education.  http://www.bridgingthegapafrica.org/

Please contact Sandy Zolotor or Ishita Yameen at internationalnight@marshallroadpta.org if you have questions regarding the event.

Our Artist in Residence program was featured in February 9th’s Sun Gazette.  Thank you to Rita Monner and Dena Carter for leading this effort – and thank you to Bonnie Fitzgerald, our Artist in Residence.  And thank you to all our wonderful student artists at Marshall Road – can’t wait to see our 50th Anniversary Mosaic!!  Artist in Residence

Vienna Town Council is meeting on Monday, February 13th at 8pm to discuss the proposed Capital Improvement Program. Individual project funding (including sidewalks and proposed renovation and expansion of the Vienna Community Center) will be discussed.  Attached, for your review, is the feasibility study for the Vienna Community Center Renovation and Expansion.  Vienna Community Center Presentation_Revised Nov 17_2011

If you have ideas or feedback, please forward them to the members of the Vienna Town Council as there were will not be an opportunity to provide input during Monday’s work session.  Thus far only 24 letters have been received from residents in support of further sidewalk construction in Vienna.

Our Readathon kicked off on Tuesday!  Please encourage your students to read and log their minutes.  All proceeds will go towards Marshall Road Art Appreciation and Outreach programs.  Readathon

Please join us on Tuesday, February 7th at 7pm for an evening with Principal Jen Heiges and guest speaker Judy Heard from Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS).  Judy Heard will be discussing the new report card for FCPS students and Jen Heiges will be discussing the proposed Marshall Road school expansion.

Safe Routes to School needs our help.  House leadership is pressing to eliminate bicycling and walking from the upcoming Transportation bill which will potentially repeal the Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program, reversing years of progress in creating safe ways for kids to walk and ride bicycles to school. Please show your support for SRTS by contacting your congressman.  http://www.capwiz.com/lab/issues/alert/?alertid=60929976&type=TA

Hey Roadrunners!  Our wildly successful Trotting for the Track Runathon was featured in the Vienna-Oakton Connection.  Check it out - http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/news/2012/jan/24/run-thon-raises-almost-25k-new-school-track/

“See your Kicks Make a Comeback!”   As part of our 50 for 50 efforts, we are teaming up with other Vienna elementary schools (including Flint Hill ES, Wolftrap ES, Vienna ES and Cunningham Park ES) to collect and recycle 500 pairs of sneakers as part of Nike’s ReUSE-A-SHOE group recycling program.   So save those old tennis shoes because we will start collecting March 1st.   http://www.nikereuseashoe.com/the-impact/in-the-community

On Friday, February 17^th from 6:30pm -8:30pm, Marshall Road will host our 22^nd Annual International Night.   At this event, we celebrate the unique diversity that makes up Marshall Road Elementary School.  Our families come from all over the world – from China to the Netherlands, from India to America.

There are two exciting ways for families to experience all the cultures our International Night has to offer.  First, many families host a table showcasing their country.  Many families highlight their countries by providing food samples, displaying pictures, slideshows, jewelry, clothing, and artifacts and still others will share their experiences.  The second way that you can be involved is to participate in the Parade of Nations or the Talent Show.  Many of our wonderful children will model clothing of their homelands or perform a special talent such as a song, dance or skit to represent their country.

If you, your student or your family are interested in participating, please sign up by using the following link:  http://www1.mysignup.com/mresintlnight2012

And please contact Sandy Zolotor or Ishita Yameen at internationalnight@marshallroadpta.org if you are interested in planning or have questions regarding the event.

Those of you who were able to attend last week’s PTA meeting heard Heather Metz, a FCPS parent and representative from Real Food for Kids, speak about an effort to improve the quality of food in school lunches. As requested, here is a link to more information on what Real Food for Kids is trying to accomplish.

 www.realfoodforkids.org

Thirty community service projects have now been identified by our Marshall Road community.  Nineteen projects have already been completed and five are in process.  Check out our progress and see how you can help on our 50 for 50 page!!

http://marshallroadpta.org/programs/50-for-50/

Welcome to our new Marshall Road PTA website!  Thank you to all the volunteers that spent countless hours this week on creating our new website – and thank you to Coqui Aspiazu for her incredible dedication as our PTA webmaster and her efforts in making this transition to our new website a reality!!

There is still time to register your Giant Bonus card, Harris Teeter VIC card and Target REDcard. Registration is fast and you can earn money for Marshall Road just by doing your shopping! Sign up today — visit the program page for more details!

Come to the first PTA meeting of 2012!  We have a lot of exciting events to discuss including updates on International Night, our first  Read-a-thon, our new online auction event, the 50th Anniversary Gala, and our new PTA website!  We are also hosting a parent from Wolftrap Elementary School to hear more about their Real Food for Kids initiative.

And it’s Movie Night for the kids: “Cars 2″ will be showing in the cafeteria. There will be 8th grade chaperones helping out while parents attend the PTA meeting. Movie starts at 6:45pm. This is not a “drop off” movie event. A parent must be present either at the PTA meeting or with their child watching the movie.