Weekly Family Email
October 23rd, 2020
Week 10
Dear PWA Families,
We had a great week here at school, with lovely warm days and beautiful autumn colors all around us. Our newest students have settled in, and the school hums with energy throughout the day. It’s a wonderful thing.
School picture day is coming up on Monday, November 16th. You’ll find more information below, and you’ll receive reminders before the day arrives. Students will take individual and class photos that day, and should be dressed in their school uniforms.
Incredibly, the end of the first quarter is next week–it’s hard to believe that we’ve completed ten weeks of school already! We utilize a platform called Chalkable to distribute report cards and record student progress, and you’ll receive information on how to log in before November 6th, when report cards will be ready for viewing. Parent/teacher conferences will be held during the week of November 2nd – 6th, and you’ll find more information below.
We are seeking donations of water and snacks for our fall festival. If you’d like to provide something, please let us know! Our fall festival will be a student-only event, held next Friday, October 30th. Students may come to school in costume! We look forward to taking lots of great pictures that day.
Have a wonderful weekend, PWA Families!
We’ve scheduled our school picture day for Monday, November 16th! All students, infants and up, will have their pictures taken, and students Jr K and up should wear their school uniforms.
Pictures are being taken by LifeTouch this year, and proofs will be available to view and purchase online within a day. Pictures purchased before the end of November should arrive before the winter holiday season. We’ll send out more information soon, but mark your calendars in the meantime! You’ll also find the PWA calendar in the buttons below.
It’s hard to believe that the end of the first grading period is next Friday, October 30th! Report cards will be available via Chalkable on Friday, November 6th, and we’ll send out emails to each family during that week with login details.
During the week of November 2nd – 6th, teachers will conduct virtual parent/teacher conferences. Your child’s teacher will reach out to you to schedule a Zoom conference. Our teachers are looking forward to speaking with you about your child’s progress!
Tuesday, November 3rd is election day, and a holiday here in Virginia. We will be closed for school that day, but open for childcare for those who need it.
If you plan to bring your child for childcare on November 3rd, please email us at
office@princewilliamacademy.com to let us know so we can plan accordingly. Thanks!
Please be sure to sign up for our text message alert system! We use this system to make weather-related and other important, need-to-know announcements.
You can opt-in by texting PWAED to 33222. You should receive a welcome message when you successfully subscribe.
Our fall festival is happening next Friday, and although we can’t have parents here as we normally would, we could use your assistance! We are seeking donations of individual bottles of water and snack-sized bags of chips, pretzels, or other nut-free snacks. Students will all be treated to a hot dog for lunch, and will get to choose a pumpkin to bring home from our “pumpkin patch.”
If you’d like to donate water or individually-wrapped snacks, please let us know!
Our current lunch menu and lunch packets can always be found in the buttons at the end of each weekly email. The lunch menu is also directly below.
If you send your child to school with lunch, please remember that we are an entirely nut-free school.
Spotted it at school this week…Mrs. Lewis’s class at work and play…specials time in Dr. Plesa’s class…Scientific Friday with Mrs. Starr…Dr. Plesa’s poets…Ms. Monika’s adorable, talented and smart kindergartners…Mrs. Ajeroh’s happy class…Halloween crafts and outdoor discoveries…science experiments with Mrs. Saissi, who also has an awesome shirt…tennis in PE…sweet smiles.
