Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

This has been a great week. First big shout out to Peter and Lisa Munoz for planning an amazing Reflections ceremony via zoom. Really appreciate all the hard work of collecting and judging all the entries by the entire Reflections Committee and especially the chairs Lisa Munoz and Preeti Batra. The top secret packages made the entire experience thrilling for all of the participants. Big thank you to all of our students who took the time to create a project to enter into the Reflections Committee. It was quite impressive to see how creative so many students are at Louise Archer.

Thanks for everyone that participated in Monday nights PTA meeting. If you want to join the PTA you still can just visit the PTA website at https://louisearcherpta.org/join-donate/.

BRRRR, it’s cold out there!! Winter temperatures are fast approaching and our community needs your help!! Lauren Lipton, school counselor at Louise Archer ES, will be accepting donations of warm clothing for families who might be in tremendous need this winter. We are in need of GENTLY USED or NEW all youth and adult clothing such as jeans, pants, sweaters, jackets, scarves and gloves. Please avoid donating anything with names displayed such as jerseys. Please put clothes in sealed garbage bags. This effort is for an event called the “Warm Winter Clothing Closet” whereby families can obtain free warm clothing this winter.

Donations will only be accepted on 3 Mondays from 9:00am — 3:00pm.

• Monday, November 23
• Monday, November 30
• Monday, December 7

You will see boxes labeled “Warm Clothing Donations” located outside of Door 5 next to the library. Thank you so much!!!

I hope everyone enjoys this Thanksgiving break. Hope it’s a special one whether you are traveling to see friends and family, spending it via zoom, or just keeping it small and at home this year. Whatever your plans please be safe!

Stay safe!
Kristin

Attention all STUDENT ARTISTS!!! Draw, paint or sketch a piece of art for the 2020-2021 Yearbook Cover Contest. This year’s YEARBOOK cover theme is: “Spread a Little Sunshine”

Inviting students to bring out their artistic abilities on the cover of the yearbook — Please have students make a drawing that reflect the theme “Spread a Little Sunshine” and the following song:

Spread a little sunshine every day,
Spread a little sunshine every day,
Help someone along life’s way…
Spread a little sunshine every day!

The first-place winner will have their artwork featured on the front cover of the 2020-2021 yearbook.

• The contest is open to ALL current LAES K-6 students.
• The artwork must incorporate the yearbook theme: “Spread a Little Sunshine” – It’s required that this text should be creatively used somewhere within the artwork.
• Artwork must be on an 8.5” x 11” paper (copier, printer paper or card stock) – all other sizes of artwork and lined notebook paper will not be considered for the yearbook contest. Artwork must be positioned in portrait, not landscape format, to fit the yearbook cover.
• All artwork must be submitted by Friday, December 11, 2020, to the designated email address: louisearcheryearbookpictures@gmail.com/toobamerium786@gmail.com
• All artwork must be original and individually done – group efforts will not be considered. Each student may submit one piece of art. Parents may not assist their child in the creation of the piece.

The runners-up will receive placement on the back or in the yearbook – each grade will have at least one runner-up. Principal Mrs. Makrigiorgos and appropriate office staff will choose the 1st place winner.

If you have questions or comments, please contact Tooba Malik and/or Wendy Bang at louisearcheryearbookpictures@gmail.com.

Jazz4Justice Concert – this year it’s virtual!

During the past nineteen years, Jazz4Justice, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, and its predecessors has worked in conjunction with the George Mason University (GMU) Jazz Ensemble to raise money through the Jazz4Justice program. Proceeds are donated to the Legal Services of Northern Virginia and the Jazz Studies Fund at GMU, while raising community awareness for an excellent music program at George Mason University. The program also has the added benefit of raising interest among younger music students in our community to pursue music. During the Fall every year, the Jazz4Justice concert is performed by the Mason Jazz Ensemble, Mason Jazz Voice, Mason Steel Pan Ensemble, and Mason Combo. The concert represents an excellent opportunity for local music students to view an impressive concert.

Due to the pandemic, the in-person event has been changed to a virtual event. Although everything will take place online, the spirit of Jazz4Justice continues. This is only one of a handful of concerts, and this year the concert will be broadcast live on the George Mason University website and YouTube channel. There are no tickets required, and the concert is free and open to the public.

Here is the link for the concert: http://cfa.calendar.gmu.edu/jazz-4-justice-8482

Happy November!

Get 10% off all Coast Hoodies if you use the code NOV20P by November 30. For all orders, go to louisearcherspiritwear.com.

These following classes are still looking for a Room Parent to represent the class. Please consider volunteering. If you have any questions about the Room Parent position, please email me at reganmorgan@hotmail.com

• Werley
• Drost/Schulman
• Fitzpatrick
• Choi
• Savage
• Garrahan

Don’t forget Box Tops 4 Education this Thanksgiving season! More details on our Box Tops page.

We want you to join the PTA! Sign up by Friday, October 30 for your chance to win a $25 gift card to Social Burger. Individual membership is $10 and couple memberships are $15. By joining the PTA you make a difference this school year. Sign up now

A huge thank you to everyone who made our #LA(Virtual)5K a success! We know this year is weird, and the #LA(Virtual)5K wasn’t half as fun as a real LAES 5K, but you all made the best of it and really showed up for our school and our community! THANK YOU!

Thank you to our wonderful #LA(Virtual)5K sponsors:

• Emilio Sanchez, CFP at Morgan Stanley
• Altara Systems
• Nothing But Net Camps
• Optimist Club of Vienna
• Exterior Medics
• Cloud IX Homes
• Jonna Wooten – State Farm

Thank you to our amazing LAES Family Cheerleaders:

• The Cunningham Family
• The Sicard Family
• Team Aimone
• The Rooney Family
• The Schopfer Family
• The Forbes Family
• The Herrmann Family
• The Price Family
• The Floyd Family
• The Stattel Gang
• The Suh Family
• The Bang Family

Thank you to all our runners, joggers, and walkers who showed their LAES school & community spirit on Saturday by posting pictures, sending in their 5K times, eating at Fosters Grille, and so much more! You all are awesome!

Also, thank you to the folks behind the scenes: Erin Karney, #LA(Virtual)5K fundraising chair – Kristin Herrmann, LAES PTA President – Jerry Alexandratos, LAES Webmaster – Cathy Chen, LAES Treasurer – Lynn Stattel, LAES Dining for Dollars Chair – Reston Shirt & Graphic Co. – Fosters Grille.

Calling 4th-6th graders!

Registration is open for Louise Archers Jr. Optimists Club. Register here. First Meeting is this Tuesday morning, Oct 6th.

Sponsored by the Optimist Club of Greater Vienna. The Louise Archer JOI’s are a group of fourth, fifth and sixth graders dedicated to community service here at school and within our town of Vienna. When in person at Louise Archer, the JO’s continually improve our recycling program and collect donations for Embry Rucker Community Shelter. We hold a Toys for Tots drive during the holidays, work at the Optimist Christmas Tree Lot and help plan our annual Louise Archer Day celebration. We will be looking at virtual ways to help our community and Louise Archer ES. Our Junior Optimists are always looking to make our school and our community a better place to be.

With fundraising being especially challenging in COVID times, please select Louise Archer PTA as your Amazon Smile charity. It is so easy and Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible purchases to the PTA.

How to add Louise Archer PTA as your Amazon Smile charity

1. Go to smile.amazon.com and log into your Amazon account
2. Go to “Account and Lists” and select “Your Amazon Smile”
3. Select “Change Charity” and enter “Louise Archer Elementary PTA”
4. Create a bookmark to make a shortcut to smile.amazon.com on your computer and use this link when shopping.

How to turn on AmazonSmile in the Amazon shopping app on iOS and Android mobile phones

1. Open the Amazon Shopping app on your device
2. Go into the main menu of the Amazon Shopping app and tap into “Settings”
3. Tap “AmazonSmile” and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the process

Please contact Regan Morgan with any questions. Thank you!