Celebrate Kindness Week at Louise Archer by:

Monday: Wear GREEN for GRATITUDE and say thank you to 3 people today
Tuesday: Wear BLUE for HELPFULNESS and find a way to be helpful today
Wednesday: Wear PINK or RED for SELF LOVE and think about what makes you special
Thursday: Wear PURPLE for POSITIVITY share a positive affirmation with a friend
Friday: Wear your FAVORITE COLOR and celebrate the diversity of our community

The Yearbook Committee would love to make a “rainbow” photo collage for “Kindness Week” and will need to collect photos from each day. Please upload to the Kindness Week page.

The PTA is calling for supply donations to stock the supply closet! In support of our wonderful teachers, the PTA created a supply closet to help replenish needed supplies this past Fall. We’ve traditionally had a supply collection during Teacher Appreciation Week which is too late in the year for the teachers to use the supplies. So, we are moving up our supply donation drive up! If you would like to donate any of the following items we have several drop off options:

1. the porches of 435 Lewis St NW or 2240 Loch Lomond Drive
2. for student drop offs: bin by cafeteria/kiss n ride
3. for drop off during school hours: bin in the front office.

Please drop off supplies starting Monday, February 12th thru Friday, March 1st. If you have any questions, you can email Alice Suh or Peggy Femenella.

Thank you for your generosity!

Supply List Suggestions:

• *Clorox Wipes
• Colored Cardstock
• Command Strips and hooks
• Crayola Crayons 24Ct
• Crayola Markers, Washable, Classic Colors, Fine Tip
• Crayola Pencils, Colored, 7″, Sharpened, 24/Set
• *Dry Erase Caps or Dry Erasers
• Elmers Glue Sticks (Purple) .77oz
• *Expo Markers, Black or Assorted Colors
• Highlighter, Chisel, Yellow (most needed), or Assorted Colors
• *Kleenex
• Mechanical Pencils
• Medium Point, Green Pen (non-bleeding)
• *Paper Towels
• *Papermate Flair pens (Medium)
• Post-It Notes, 3″ x 3″, Yellow
• Scissors (pointed tip) 5″ or 7″ 
• Scotch Tape, ‘Magic’, w/Dispenser
• Screen Cleaner
• Sharpies/Chart Markers
• *Sticky White Poster paper
• Storage Bags (Gallon)
• Storage Bags (Quart)
• Storage Bags (Sandwich)

* Items are the most needed supplies

Make this year a special one and send your student a message in the 2023-2024 Louise Archer yearbook.

Yearbook Boosters Ads are now open to the entire school (K-6 grade). Last Day to order is Sunday, Feb. 18th by noon.

$25 payment via the LAES PTA webshop (no cash or checks). Once payment has been received, a link will be shared to upload ad. Please refer to the yearbook webpage for submission guidelines.

Upload DEADLINE is Feb 18th!

Free templates are available at Canva.

If you have any questions, feel free to email us.

The February 2024 PTA meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 7th at 8pm via Zoom.

The Zoom meeting link will be automatically emailed to all PTA members (as of midnight the day of the meeting). Thank you to everyone who’s joined the PTA so far!

If you have not signed up for the PTA this year but still wish to attend, please RSVP.

The Zoom meeting link will be emailed the day of the meeting.

Make this year a special one and send your student a message in the 2023-2024 Louise Archer yearbook.

Yearbook Boosters Ads are now open to the entire school (K-6 grade) now to Sunday, Feb. 9th or until all pages are sold out.

$25 payment via the LAES PTA webshop (no cash or checks). Once payment has been received, a link will be shared to upload ad. Please refer to the yearbook webpage for submission guidelines.

Free templates are available at Canva.

If you have any questions, feel free to email us.

In the fall, we celebrated all Louise Archer students who participated in the Reflections national PTA arts competition in a ceremony and reception at Louise Archer — highlighting entries in dance choreography, film production, literature, music composition, photography, and visual arts. The entries that received first place rankings in each category and age division advanced to the Fairfax County Council PTA for the next level of judging. At the County level, several Louise Archer students received top honors, including the following:

Outstanding Interpretation (1st Place, advancing to Virginia PTA)

Lillian Lambert – Film Production, Intermediate

Award of Excellence (2nd Place)

Sarina Patel – Literature, Intermediate

Award of Merit (3rd place)

Sasha Fallen – Photography, Primary

Congratulations to these students and to all the Louise Archer students who participated in Reflections this year! Be on the lookout for information in August and September on next year’s program; the theme is “Accepting Imperfection…”

$20 for softcover book. Order TODAY! Prices go up after February 23rd!

You can get your hands on this school year’s yearbook by placing your order using school code 717957.

The Sunshine Times is a student newspaper intended to be a creative outlet for budding writers, photographers, and artists. All students K-6th grade are encouraged to participate!

TOP 5 REASONS TO WRITE FOR THE SUNSHINE TIMES

• See your name in print!
• Get a hard copy of the newspaper to bring home!
• Write (or draw!) about anything!
• Share something new and exciting!
• Improve your writing skills while having fun!

Students can write about school/class activities, vacations, local events, sports coverage, travel/book/movie/music/art reviews, interviews, puzzles, Spanish-language columns, poetry, cartoons, advice columns–all ideas are welcome!

Submissions for the first paper are due tomorrow, January 29th! Kids should have their parents send a short story, poem, artwork, recipes, reviews, etc. (one item per child). 

Parents should indicate that they approve of the submission and include the name of their child, the title of the submission, the child’s teacher and grade. Visit our PTA Website for additional guidelines.