Be sure to "high-five" the Odyssey of the Mind teams and their coaches when you see them! Lake Anne creativity and ingenuity was recognized once again at the Odyssey of the Mind competition on March 15. We'll keep you posted on the upcoming state championship.

The Spring Fiesta is Saturday March 29th - just days away. Here's a quick checklist:

• Volunteer - Just one hour - contact Cathy Cutrell (cathy.cutrell@usa.net)today
• Purchase Game and Raffle Tickets - every day this week, - 2:45 - 3:15 p.m.
• Bake a Cake for the Cake Walk - prizes will be awarded - contact Terri Morgan (terri.morgan@taylorwilliams.us)
• Spread the word - bring your nieces and nephews, neighborhood kids, t-ball team and Bunco buddies - everyone will have a great time at the Spring Fiesta
• Get out your dancing shoes After the games are done, the dancing begins! Lake Anne students will show us a thing or two (or three!) on the dance floor.

Saturday - March 29th - Don't Miss It!

Questions? Want to know more? Contact Cheryl Luczko (mcluczko@comcast.net) for more info.

Parents of Lake Anne Spanish Immersion students, current 5th and 6th graders, are invited ot a Orientation at Langston Hughes Middle School on Tuesday March 25th at 7:30 p.m.

For more information, please contact the Hughes Director of Student Services Amielia Mitchell (Amielia.Mitchell@fcps.edu ) at 703.715.3600.

Cathy Cutrell needs 50 people. Fifty people to volunteer for one hour at the Spring Fiesta on March 29th. Have you volunteered yet? Please don't wait for someone else - we need YOU! If there are not enough volunteers, some games will have to be cancelled. We DO Need YOU!

Email Cathy Cutrell (cathy.cutrell@usa.net) right now and tell her you will help out for one brief hour on Saturday March 29th.

Look in the backpacks and binders for the latest offerings of afterschool programs for your child.

Classes for the Spring session include: Yoga, Flag Football, Soccer, Mad Science and Lego Club.

Registration begins March 11 - April 4 and classes begin the week of April 14 for 6 weeks.

Questions? Want to help out? Please contact Cheryl Green (ssi97@comcast.net) at 703.464.9395.

The Mural Club will kick off on Monday, March 24th afterschool. Students involved with this project will help design a mural for the inside of the tunnel that goes under Fairway Drive.

Then in May, these same creative students will paint the mural. Contact Kimberly Dillard (kwdillard@gmail.com) for more info or to offer to help with the design process or the painting process.

And we are still looking for someone to help plant with Lake Anne students - we aren't thinking a big landscape project - more along the lines of a few rows of carrots or radishes. If you would like to help Lake Anne students discover their green thumbs - and where their food comes from - please consider helping out with this gardening effort. Contact Erin Schultz for more information.

Here's yet another great reason to sign up for the Harris Teeter e-VIC card: Free Groceries for a year!

If you have not yet signed up for the VIC card (and designated Lake Anne as your school of choice), do it now and be registered for a chance to win free groceries for a year!

Details at the Harris Teeter website.

March 24 - March 28 Fiesta Ticket Pre-Sale at dismissal (2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.)

MARCH 29 - SPRING FIESTA! and FAMILY DANCE

April 4 Last Day to Register for Spring Afterschool Programs

April 7 Student Holiday - End of Third Grading Period

April 9 GRACE Art Jam Session - 2 p.m. - Cafeteria

If your child has "graduated" to middle school or you have moved or left Lake Anne, and you no longer would like to receive these weekly email updates, please send a quick "unsubscribe" message to Carol yn Low (carolyn@familytalk.org) and we'll remove your name from the email list. We'll miss you - but we understand!