Bristow Run Elementary School

8990 Worthington Drive

Bristow, Virginia

20136

ph: 703-753-7741

 
 

 

Andrew Buchheit, Principal

buchhear@pwcs.edu

Kim Werle, Assistant Principal

werleka@pwcs.edu

 

 
 
 

 

 

 


PANTHER PRESS  -September 12, 2008

“A Team on Track for the Future”

 

If you would like to get the Panther Press by email too – please email Mr. Buchheit at buchhear@pwcs.edu

 

Week at a Glance - Week of: September 15 – September 19

Mon., Sept. 15       DAY 3:         Back to School Night – kindergarten and 1st grade – 7:00 pm

Tue.,  Sept. 16       DAY 4:        Back to School Night – 2nd and 3rd grades – 7:00 pm

Wed., Sept. 17       DAY 5:        Back to School Night – 4th and 5th grade 7:00 pm  and   Constitution Day – Wear Red, White and Blue

Thu., Sept. 18        DAY 6:        OnLine Girls on the Run Registration due for 3rd-5th grade interested girls.

Fri.,  Sept. 19         DAY 7         Student Directory Forms Due and Emergency phone trees due.                        

 

The Top 8 things you need to know about BRISTOW RUN this week

1. Free and Reduced Price meals – Free and Reduced Price Meal Applications were mailed by the school division to all families with children registered in Prince William County Schools. If you did not receive an application, please contact School Food and Nutrition Services at 703-791-7314 or your school. You may also complete the application electronically.

2. MyLunchMoney.com. – Prince William County School Food and Nutrition Services offer parents the ability to make prepayments using a credit or debit card by using MyLunchMoney. Com. You can all see the student sales histroy, receive low balance notifications. How to enroll – go to www.mylunchmoney.com and click on enroll now. Create an account for yourself and your children. A transaction fee of $1.95 is charged to the card holder.

3. Breakfast – We serve breakfast at school each morning. Students can grab their breakfast and bring it with them to their classrooms. Here is a link to the school menu. http://pwcs.edu/Departments/menus/ElementaryLunch.pdf

4. Rustic Way Help - Please be sure to walk your children across Rustic Way if you are picking them up or dropping them off there. Too many students dart between the cars and the crossing guards and I am worried someone will get hurt.

5. Car Riders–  In the morning - please help us keep our car lines moving in the morning by letting your children out of the car at the bottom of the hill where the side walk starts. Also please have your child exit from the right side of the car so they won’t be in the street. In the afternoon - Please make sure you get a car rider number to help speed up pick up .

6. HELP NEEDED at the BRISTOW RUN WELCOME TABLE - If you have 3-4 hours to spare, either in the morning or afternoon, you will find working at the Welcome Table to be a great place to greet and meet visitors as they enter the school. To ensure the safety and security of all our students, the most important purpose of the Welcome Table is the screening of all visitors.  Please contact the office 703-753-7741 and sign up. Thank you.

7. Notes from the Nurse - Welcome back to School!  I am excited about the upcoming school year and want to insure that your children have a happy and healthy learning environment at Bristow Run Elementary.  If you have any concerns about your child - please call or email me at any time!  The Clinic has a website which can be accessed from the Bristow Run Home Page or at:  http://teacherweb.com/VA/BristowRunElementary/Madigan  Here you’ll find health information, PWCS Regulations and Forms, and clinic announcements. MEDICATIONS AT SCHOOL  --   If you need to send medication to school, it must be kept in the school clinic and a Medication Authorization Form should be on file. This includes over the counter medications such as Tylenol, Ibuprophen, and cough drops.  Students may not carry any medications on their person at school.  Please pick up the proper form in the Clinic or use the links on the Forms and Regulations page of the Clinic website to access the medication form. The form must be filled out completely and brought to school with the medication. Parents must deliver the medication to school. Thank you Nurse Colleen Madigan

8. Nominate your child’s teacher -  Would you like to nominate your child’s teacher from last year for an Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Award? If so, please contact me to obtain a nomination packet. All nominations packets must be postmarked by December 15, 2008.

THE BRISTOW RUN PTO BOX    - The PTO would like to invite our families to the Back-to-School BBQ, Friday, September 26th, 5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. - rain or shine. This is the first school wide event of the school year. This is a great family event. Admission is $5.00 per adult or  join the PTO and eat free. If only one (1) adult per family joins or holds the PTO membership, the other adult(s) still must pay $5 to eat. Kids eat FREE!! Payable in cash or checks (made payable to BRES PTO). Hands will be stamped at the entrance stations. Please bring a dessert to share! The Shark Attack Ice Cream truck will be selling ice cream.

HELP WANTED: PTO SECRETARY. The PTO has an opening for the Secretary position. The Secretary is responsible for recording the minutes at all PTO meetings, maintaining the monthly calendar, conducting all correspondence as necessary and writing and publishing the monthly PTO newsletter. Anyone interested in the position should contact Jonsie Stone at 703-335-2656 or jstone@braemarnet.com.

Upcoming Dates

·          September 26 - PTO Back to School Night BBQ starting at 5:30 pm.

·          September 30 – Girls on the Run for registered 3rd-5th grade girls begins at 7:45 am