Weekly Update

 Hi Parents!

What a treat these snow days have been! I don’t have too much new news since we didn’t quite get through everything we needed to last week. Next week we will be beginning division and starting our mid year testing.  

Free Supper and Snack 

Please see the note below from Principal Smith

 

Dear Families,

       

As you know, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) offers all Loudoun County Public School Students (LCPS) a supper when families sign up to opt-in to this program. Beginning the week we return from Winter Break,  LCPS will expand this free supper option to include an afternoon snack. IF YOU WOULD LIKE a "take home a snack and supper" to be distributed to your child at the end of each day to take home, PLEASE COMPLETE THE FORM BELOW by 1/3/2022.

 

Rivera- After School Snack and Supper Form

 

If you have more than one child, you will receive this form from each of your children's teachers. Please note that meal counts are taken separately for each student by their own teacher.

 

Thank you!

 

Hutchison Farm Elementary Staff

MAP Testing

We will be taking our Reading and Math MAP assessments next week. I have scheduled the reading for Wednesday, January 12th during our reading block and the math one on Thursday, January 13th during the Math block. Please make sure your child comes to school each day with their ChromeBook fully charged. I cannot always guarantee that a loaner is available and many times the loans lack some of the features and programs we use since they are much older. 

 

Focus Areas for the Week After Break:

• Reading:  Nonfiction- We will put our knowledge of non fiction to use, as we begin our first research project on Weather. The students will research, write, review and create a presentation on their selected Extreme Weather topic. 

• Math:  We will begin division. Please make sure your child is memorizing their multiplication facts. Division can be very challenging and frustrating for the students if they do not know their multiplication facts. 

•  Virginia Studies:  We will begin Chapter 4- A Growing Virginia. This is a very short unit, so there will not be a study guide or unit test for this chapter. Grades will be based on their classwork and notes. 

As always, I welcome your questions, comments, and feedback.