Emerald Hill Elementary School

The Culpeper County Christmas Basket Program food drive is going on now! Every year, the Emerald Hill community comes together to support this amazing local charity that feeds families in need during the holidays. This weekend we challenge you to pick up a few extra items from the grocery store to donate! You can also show support by writing a check to the CCCBP. Each item or dollar donated will give your child's class a chance to win a treat! Thank you for your continued support!

🎄 Attention, Emerald Hill families! 🎄 It’s time for the annual Culpeper County Christmas Basket Food Drive, and Emerald Hill has a proud tradition of being the top contributor in the county! Let’s keep the streak going and show our neighbors the true meaning of giving this holiday season. We’re collecting non-perishable food items to help feed families in need. Monetary donations via checks made out to CCCBP are also welcome. No glass items, please! Each item or dollar donated will earn your child’s class a chance to win a treat from the weekly prize drawing, and the top classes in each grade level will celebrate with an ice cream party! Donations are due by December 9th! Let's come together and make this year our best yet!

Happy Sunday Emerald Hill Eagles! Quarter 2 interims were sent home on Friday. Attached with the interims were also the new CCPS attendance report cards. These informational attendance reports will be sent home with all report cards and interims. If you have any questions about the reports, please let us know. These are just informational reports, should we have concerns with your child’s attendance, attentional letters and/or communication will be sent home. Our PTO started a newsletter this year. Sign up for the EHE PTO Newsletter to stay up to date on their events and volunteer opportunities! Sign up below! https://forms.gle/oPegqRkfANkPX7527 Looking ahead, there is no school for students from November 27th through November 29th for the Thanksgiving holiday. Tomorrow is a day 3 in our resource rotation. Have a great rest of your weekend and remember to learn everyday! ~Dr. Gelbert

A Huge Thank You to the Culpeper County High School Football Team! We want to give a big shoutout to our amazing high school football team for taking the time to greet our young students and open car doors for our students this season on home football game days. Your commitment to being role models both on and off the field is truly appreciated. You’ve shown what it means to be part of a community, and we’re so grateful for the impact you’ve made. Thank you for your time, your enthusiasm, and for setting such a great example for our kids!

Emerald Hill would like to thank Cyber Defense Technologies for providing refreshments for our annual Veterans Day Breakfast this past Monday. We are so lucky to have such a generous community supporting our school!

Good morning, Emerald Hill families! Our guidance department is rolling out a new way to reward our eagles for their hard work and good behavior. If you would like to donate items to help stock our student store, please use the Amazon wish list link below. Thank you in advance for your generosity and helping reward our amazing students for all their accomplishments. Amazon wish list: https://amzn.to/3UJJZR5 Flyer link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17lb4ZhAxNJTb_uMD0UB2mqJNgnjNWw3K/view?usp=sharing

Happy Veterans Day, Emerald Hill families! This morning, Emerald Hill students and staff held our annual Veterans Day Breakfast to honor the men and women in our school community who have served in the armed forces. As part of the celebration, the Emerald Hill Singers, led by our music teacher, Mr. Grimes, performed beautifully. As always, our own Deputy White led the National Anthem. Thank you to everyone who attended. And to all the service members out there, thank you for your dedication and service! Watch a recording of the performances with the link below: https://youtu.be/Chv2Kad3srk

Happy Sunday Emerald Hill Eagles! We will be hosting our annual Veterans Day event tomorrow, November 11th. This event is a RSVP event. We look forward to welcoming all Veterans that have already responded letting us know they will be attending. We will be having picture retake day on November 12th. If you would like your child to retake their pictures, please let your child and their teacher know. Our PTO will be having a spirit night at Chili’s on Thursday, November 14th. We hope you are able to join us to enjoy a yummy meal with your family. Did you know our PTO has a Facebook page? If you always want to stay up to date on PTO events and fundraisers, please feel free to follow their Facebook page. Tomorrow is a day 4 in our resource rotation. Have a great rest of your weekend and remember to learn everyday! ~Dr. Gelbert

Good morning, Emerald Hill families. The Emerald Hill PTO would like to invite you to join a virtual meeting on November 7th from 7:00 to 7:30. Join the Google Meet with the QR code or via this link: http://meet.google.com/uyr-vteo-bkw

Mrs. Miranda's PreK class learned about voting by participating in a class election this morning! They voted on their favorite pet, favorite holiday, and favorite class reward.

📅 Reminder! There will be NO SCHOOL for students on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, for Election Day and Teacher Professional Development. 🗳️📚 Check out our complete school calendar at www.culpeperschools.org.

Happy Sunday Emerald Hill Eagles! Just a reminder we do not have school this coming Tuesday, November 5th, for Election Day. We will be hosting our annual Veterans Day event on November 11th at 9am. If you have a veteran you would like to attend and/or honor on our Wall of Veterans, please sign up using the forms that were sent home. Our PTO is looking for organizations or businesses that would like to sponsor the monthly spirit carts for teachers and staff. If you, or someone you know, would like to sponsor a cart, please reach out to our PTO president at president@ehepto.org. Tomorrow is a day 6 in our resource rotation. Have a great rest of your weekend and remember to learn everyday! ~Dr. Gelbert

Good afternoon, Emerald Hill families! Check out our amazing 4th and 5th grade musicians perform a fun Halloween tune! 4th grade: https://youtu.be/PP2rGt7-GuU 5th grade: https://youtu.be/B4SEZslunfM

Attention Eagle families. Emerald Hill will be hosting a special "Veteran and Me" breakfast on November 11th from 9am to 10am. We would like to invite all Veterans in the Emerald Hill community to join us for this annual event. Additionally, if you would like to honor a family member on our Veteran wall, please send in a photo to your child's teacher. A copy of the RSVP is attached: https://drive.google.com/file/d/17DFVcAOC6iiXbcuGtQRNropysuCofCjs/view?usp=sharing

Big thanks to all the students and staff who came out on Friday night to our CCHS football tailgate event! We had a great time.

Happy Sunday Emerald Hill Eagles! This coming week we are celebrating Red Ribbon Week. The spirit days will be: Monday, October 28th - Wear Red Tuesday, October 29th - Neon vs. Sunglasses Day Wednesday, October 30th - Backwards vs. Inside Out Day Thursday, October 31st - Costume Day (Costumes may not include masks or props and students must be able to participate in normal classroom activities while wearing their costumes) Friday, November 1st - Pajama Day Looking ahead, school will be closed on November 5th for a Teacher Workday. Tomorrow is a day 1 in our resource rotation. Have a great rest of your weekend and remember to learn everyday! ~Dr. Gelbert

Students being dropped off this morning were greeted by some special guests from the CCHS Blue Devils football team! Emerald Hill families are invited to attend tonight's CCHS football game. We will be having a tailgate gathering from 6-8pm on the track. Every student that attends will receive a free book and a candy bar from the concession stand. The game starts at 7pm and tickets are $8 at the gate. Hope to see you there!

Last night, Emerald Hill students Miranda Sutton and Harper Loch were recognized for placing 1st and 2nd place in the American Legion 2024 Poppy Poster Contest by the local chapter of the American Legion. We are so proud of our Eagles!

Attention Eagle Families! Next week is Red Ribbon Spirit Week! Show your school spirit and support healthy choices by participating in a fun spirit day each day! On "vs." days, students should choose a side for some friendly competition. The winning side will be announced at the end of the day! Monday, Oct 28th * Wear Red: Red Ribbon spirit activities to kick off the week! Tuesday, Oct 29th * Our future is bright: Wear Neon vs Wear sunglasses Wednesday, Oct 30th * Turn your back on bad decisions: Wear clothes backwards vs. Wear clothes inside out! Thursday, Oct 31st * Life is a movie, starring you! Wear your costume! (No masks or props. Please make sure your student can do school work and independently use the restroom in their costume!) Friday, Nov 1st * Dream big, dress cozy: Pajama day is here! (Please note: appropriate shoes are still required for recess & PE)

Happy Sunday Emerald Hill Eagles! We would like to give a huge thank you to all of our families for supporting the PTO’s Fun Run! We had such a fun time on Friday! Last year Emerald Hill started a collaboration project with NexTrex. We are still collecting plastic bags in hopes to collect enough plastic bags that NexTrex will donate a plastic bench to us made from the bags we collect. The collection box is in the main lobby for plastic bags. We will be collecting bags for a few more months. Thank you for your support on this project. This coming week is Transportation Appreciation Week. If your child rides a bus to or from school, please help us thank our amazing bus drivers for all they do to ensure our children get to and from school safely! This Friday we are teaming up with CCHS again to host an EHE tailgate for students and families at their home football game on October 25th. The tailgate will be from 6-8pm and the Blue Devils will reserve a spot on the inside of the track for us to set up! The game starts at 7pm. Every student that attends will receive a free sports-related book and a free candy bar from the concession stand. Tickets for the game are $8 at the gate. We look forward to seeing many of our families there! Looking ahead, we will be having a spirit week October 28th-November 1st for Red Ribbon Week. The spirit days will be: October 28th - Wear Red October 29th - Neon vs. Sunglasses Day October 30th - Backwards vs. Inside Out Day October 31st - Costume Day (Costumes may not include masks or props and students must be able to participate in normal classroom activities while wearing their costumes) November 1st - Pajama Day Tomorrow is a day 2 in our resource rotation. Have a great rest of your weekend and remember to learn everyday! ~Dr. Gelbert