Did you see our Lake Anne fourth graders in the Fairfax Extra section of the Washington Post last Thursday? Wonderful article about how Ms. Cagno creatively integrated language arts and Virginia History with her fourth grade students – you can read all about it at: http://tinyurl.com/26ls3o.

How fun to open the paper and see familiar faces!

April 12 (Thur) – 6th Grade Ceremony/Reception Planning meeting

Sixth Grade parents - not to alarm you, but this is the last quarter of the 6th graders time at Lake Anne.

Traditionally, at the end of the school year, a 6th Grade ceremony and reception is planned to mark the 6th graders' accomplishments and celebrate their "rising up" to middle school.

This Thursday, the first planning meeting for this event will take place at 7:00 p.m. in the library. Please plan on attending this meeting to be involved. Contact Ms. April Phillips (april.phillips@fcps.edu) or Mr. Daniel Ramos (daniel.ramos@fcps.edu) for more information or to see how you can help out.

Lake Anne families and friends are invited to join the Analemma Society (www.analemma.org) at Observatory Park in Great Falls .

The astronomers from the Analemma Society will bring their high-quality telescopes and help us find the most amazing objects in the night sky. There is no cost for this event – but we do need to know if you are coming so there will be enough telescopes. Contact Giannina Velez (president@LAESPTA.org) at 703.834.0710 if you would like to join us.

Thank you to the Analemma Society for the invitation to share the evening with our families. This is a unique opportunity to look up to the stars and have someone explain what you are seeing!

Registration continues for After School Programs, through April 13. Classes begin week of April 23. Offerings include Abrakadoodle, Soccer, Lacrosse and Skate Lab. The complete description of After School programs were sent home in the Tuesday folder and soon will be on the Lake Anne PTA website.

Contact Cheryl Green (ssi97@comcast.net) for more information.

The PTA Board will meet at 6:15 p.m– all are welcome.

The General meeting begins at 7 p.m

Special Guests include Virginia Delegate Ken Plum and Virginia State Senator Janet Howell, who will make a presentation to the Lake Anne community. Also that evening, the 4th and 5th grade Odyssey of the Mind Team will give us a peek at their prize-winning performance, as they prepare for the State Finals.

Finally, the First LEGO League Lake Anne Sea Monsters will demonstrate their robotics run for the PTA members. Plenty of great reasons to come to the PTA meeting on April 17th. As always, child care is available.

Spring Skate Night – with a DJ! Come to Skate Quest Reston and spend 2 hours skating with your friends. Lake Anne and Terraset will have the rink to themselves for that block of time. Lots of fun for all ages! Great family night out! Contact Jenny Holah (jenny@nach.com) at 703.796.1941 .for more information. Pre-Purchase your tickets and save! Just $7 – includes skate rental.

The 2006-2007 yearbook will be packed full of the best collection of photographs representing the school year: the best candids, group photos, and individual portraits of all students, faculty, and pictures of all your special friends having fun while they learn.

Just 25 yearbooks left – don’t miss out! Yearbooks are $21 – checks should be made payable to LAES PTA.

Any questions? Please contact Lee Ann Lovgren (lalovgren@msn.com) at 703.437.9966

If your child – or a neighbor or friend’s child – will be five years old on or before September 30, 2007, please attend this open house/registration event. Mrs. Hajj will introduce teachers and staff members and give a brief presentation about what to expect next fall, and children will be invited to visit a kindergarten classroom. For more information, call the school at 703.326.3500.

Board meeting 6:15 p.m. – all are welcome

General Meeting and Parent Program – 7 p.m. – child care is provided.

April 21 – Odyssey of the Mind State Finals– Good luck and have fun to our 4th and 5th grade team!

Carolyn Low

Newsletter/Email

703.476.5312

Carolyn@familytalk.org

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