Emerald Hill Elementary School

Good afternoon, Emerald Hill families! If you would like to have your student and their pet featured on this week's Fenway Friday on WEHE TV, please send in your pictures to Mr. Foster at bfoster@ccpsweb.org no later than 10am on Thursday morning. Please note, if you participated last week and would like to be featured again, you must send another email (feel free to use the same picture or choose a new one). Also, don't forget to turn in your reading logs on Friday to help your class win a popsicle party!

Good morning, Emerald Hill families! The EHE Drama Club will be performing "A Night of Fairy Tales" this Friday, March 22nd at 6:30pm in our gym. We hope you can join us for this free performance! The following advertisement was made by 5th grade drama club member, Layla B: https://youtu.be/qN4r4oxZJug

Mrs. Burgh's 3rd graders celebrated becoming published authors today! Be sure to check out their book, Mrs. Burgh's Reading Wizards, available in the Emerald Hill library.

Good morning, Emerald Hill families! March Reading Radness continues this week. If you would like your student to be featured on this week's edition of Fenway Friday week, email a picture of your student with their pet to Mr. Foster at bfoster@ccpsweb.org Also, don't forget to turn in your reading log this Friday to help your class earn a popsicle party! Keep on reading, Eagles!

Happy Sunday Emerald Hill Eagles! This is Dr. Gelbert. We have spring individual and class pictures this coming Wednesday, March 20th. A flier with more information was sent home last week.  PTO’s Joe Corbi’s fundraiser is due on Monday, March 18th.  PTO is also having a flash deal to clean out their stash of EHE shirts. Every mystery design shirt is only $5. If you would like to order any spiritwear for yourself or your family at a discounted price, here is the link: https://merchandise-8138.cheddarup.com While we still enjoy our One School Two Books Activities at school, students are encouraged to participate in the Reading Radness Challenges by reading at home to help earn prizes for their class. Thank you again for helping share the love of reading with your children at home.  Looking ahead to next school year, our goal is to develop well rounded classes. Unfortunately, this prevents us from accepting requests for specific teachers. However, if you would like to provide any information about your child’s learning style that you want us to consider during placement, please email me by May 1st. Tomorrow is a day 5 in our resource rotation.  Have a great rest of your weekend and remember to learn everyday!

Coming Soon! Kindergarten and Preschool registration for the 2024-2025 school year will open online on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Stay tuned for more information!

Attention Emerald Hill families! Do you want to see your pet on WEHE TV this Friday? Send in a picture of your student with their pet to Mr. Foster (bfoster@ccpsweb.org) by Thursday morning at 10:00am to be featured on Friday's morning announcements for Fenway Friday! (Please include the subject line "Fenway Friday")

The following is a message from the Emerald Hill PTO... 📣📣FLASH SALE 📣 📣 Help us clean out our stash of Emerald Hill Elementary School shirts. Every shirt is $5 and it will be a mystery design picked from current stock. https://merchandise-8138.cheddarup.com Be sure to follow the PTO's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/EHESEAGLES

Happy Sunday Emerald Hill Eagles! Next week we are starting our One School Two Books activities. Be on the lookout for a “Fenway and Hattie” book that will be coming home soon. The book is a gift for our students from our Reading Committee. We hope you and your family enjoy the book together. We will be doing activities around the book at school the rest of the month. In addition to our One School Two Books Activities, students are encouraged to participate in the Reading Radness Challenge by reading at home the rest of the month to earn prizes for their class. A flier with more information was sent home. Thank you for helping share the love of reading with your children at home. Our PTO will be having a spirit night at Little Caesars on Monday, March 11th. We hope you are able to join us to enjoy a yummy meal with your family. Tomorrow is a day 6 in our resource rotation. Have a great rest of your weekend and remember to learn everyday! ~Dr. Gelbert

Today is the day! STEAM weekend begins! Don't miss it!

Art teachers are busy getting ready for our 20th art show here at Germanna! See the attached flyer for more details.

Big thanks to everyone who came out for Family STEM Night! It was a blast as always!

Reminder: There is no school for students tomorrow, Friday, March 8, 2024. It is a staff work day for the end of the third grading period.

Thanks to the generosity of our Emerald Hill community, every student received Kona ice at no cost to the school! Thank you for helping us finish off our Read Across America Week celebrations with this special treat and for helping raise money for our school!

Kona Ice is coming to school tomorrow, March 7 during Read Across America Week. Kona Ice will be donating a set of "Diary of an 8 Bit Warrior" books for our library and donating 20% of total sales to the school. We are using an online payment system to simplify the process and make things easier on our staff. Link: https://customer.kona-ice.com/#/K1028881390 If you would like to provide a Kona for another student, or multiple Konas, please select the “pay it forward” option, and pick the number of Konas you wish to provide. You may purchase as many as you like! Since this is a fundraiser, relatives and friends of the school may select the “pay it forward” option to help support the school and purchase as many as they like! Be sure to share the link with them!

Good morning, Eagle families. This Thursday is Family STEM Night! Join us from 5 to 6:30 in the gym for this FREE event. And for more free family fun, head to CTEC this Saturday from 10 to 2 for the Maker Faire! We hope to see you there!

It's CCPS Employee Appreciation week for the Technology Department! Be sure to thank them for all that they do!

Happy Sunday Emerald Hill Eagles! We have some very exciting news to share with our Emerald Hill Family. Our family has grown by one this past week as Mrs. Lane, our assistant principal, has welcomed a new eaglet to her family. Please help us congratulate Mrs. Lane on her baby girl! While Mrs. Lane is out, we have some familiar faces that will be filling in. Ms.Thomas, Mrs. Meza, and Mrs. Bretschneider will be filling in to support with the assistant principal duties. Our March Reading Radness Spirit Week is this coming week. Each day this week we have a different spirit day. Monday is Book Character Day, Tuesday is Color Day, Wednesday is EHE Spirit Day, and Thursday is Scientist Day. We look forward to seeing all the fun outfits and spirit this week. A flier was sent home last week with more information about our month full of reading. The end of our third grading period is Thursday, March 7th and we will have no school for students on Friday, March 8th. School will be closed on March 8th for a Teacher Workday. Also looking ahead, our annual STEM Night is on Thursday, March 7th from 5:00-6:30 pm in our gymnasium. We hope to see you and your family at STEM Night to enjoy the fun and learning. Our PTO is having their annual Joe Corbi’s Fundraiser. PTO will earn a portion of every order placed through Monday, March 18th. If you are interested in ordering, you can go to joecorbi.com and click “SHOP.” Our Org ID is 21651. Email PTO VP of Fundraising Kristine with any questions at fundraising@ehepto.org Tomorrow is a day 2 in the resource rotation. Have a great rest of your weekend and remember to learn everyday! ~Dr. Gelbert

Last chance to take the Title I, II and III parent survey! Survey closes tomorrow (March 1, 2024)! Go to www.culpeperschools.org for links, or use the QR codes.

Happy Sunday Emerald Hill Eagles! Our SCA will be having a Spirit Day tomorrow, February 26th. The Spirit Day is Camp Day. Students are encouraged to wear their best outdoor gear to show their school spirit. Some ideas might be to dress as a scout, a park ranger, a hiker, or a fisherman. Bring a compass, a map, a canteen, or binoculars to complete the look. Looking ahead, the whole month of March we will be celebrating Reading Across America! We will kick off our March Radness Reading Month on Friday with a whole school Masked Reader Assembly. Throughout the month there will be reading spirit days and challenges. Be on the lookout for fliers and more information about the month full of reading. Also looking ahead, our annual STEM Night is coming up on Thursday, March 7th from 5:00-6:30 pm in our gymnasium. We hope to see you and your family at STEM Night to enjoy the fun and learning. Tomorrow is a day 3 in the resource rotation. Have a great rest of your weekend and remember to learn everyday! ~Dr. Gelbert