Movie night and PTA meeting coming soon
PTA musical auditions canceled

Hunters Woods PTA eNews 1.7.2026

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IMPORTANT DATES

January 13: After School Enrichment Classes Start

January 16, 6:30pm: Movie Night

January 18: Original Works - Final Order Deadline

January 21, 6pm: PTA Meeting

January 28, 1:40pm: End of Quarter, 2-Hour Early Release

January 29: No school

January 30: No school

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Musical

Musical Update for All Fairy Tale Creatures

Due to unforeseen circumstances in the swamp and the village, the PTA will have to cancel the upcoming Shrek, JR. audition workshop and auditions scheduled for later this month.

The Castle Staff will be meeting soon to decide how to proceed, and we will update you as soon as possible!

Please contact Tara Cordyack (tbonecords@gmail.com).

Thank you for understanding!


PTA Movie Night: How to Train Your Dragon

Friday, January 16, 6:30pm

Hunters Woods Gym

Movie Night January 2026

Please join us for the next PTA movie night on Friday, January 16 at 6:30pm in the Hunters Woods gym.

We'll be showing How to Train Your Dragon.

Bring cozy blankets, pillows, and chairs. Snacks, drinks, and hot dogs will be available for sale.

We need several volunteers to help make movie night a success. 

Sign up to volunteer.


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PTA Meeting

Wednesday, January 21

5:30pm mingle, 6pm meeting start

Join us at our next PTA meeting on January 21. We'll provide updates on current activities and will have a guest speaker, Tara Prohoniak, Math Resource Teacher.

Ms. Prohoniak will share information about the new universal screener in math called the MAP Growth Assessment. Details will include how families can understand their students’ results, how teachers use the data to drive instruction and make decisions within our Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) to provide necessary intervention.

During the meeting, we'll also have a special financial literacy lesson for 1st-6th graders. More information coming soon!


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Food 4 Thought

Volunteers Needed

Our schedule for delivering the weekend food bags is open through the end of the school year. If you have 20 minutes free on Friday mornings before school, we could use your help.

Learn more and sign up.


PTA Nominating Committee Volunteers Needed

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We need 3 volunteers to serve on our PTA nominating committee. This committee will guide the process to fill open PTA positions for teh 2026-2027 school year. As part of the nominating committee, you would:

  • Attend the next 3-4 general PTA meetings
  • Help identify nominees for open PTA board positions (we will have several open positions)
  • Run nominations during PTA general meeting later this year

This commitment would be approximately 1-2 hours per month over the next few months.

For more information, please contact info@hwpta.org


Original Works- not too late

Original Works

Still Time to Order by January 18

If you missed the first Original Works order deadline, don't worry, there's still time to order until January 18.

Order online

More information and online ordering instructions

Questions? Contact originalworks@hwpta.org.


STEM club updated

STEM Clubs

Clubs Now Running, Enrollment Continues

Hunters Woods STEM clubs are open for registration! The cost to register is $50 per student. Some scholarships are available.

Clubs have started, but continue to enroll if your student is interested.

If you are interested in coaching Odyssey of the Mind, please let us know.

Sign your student up for Lego League, MathCounts, Science Olympiad, and Odyssey of the Mind by sending an email with your student’s name and grade level to Carolina Young at stemvp@hwpta.org.

Learn more


Submit yearbook photos

Submit Photos for the Yearbook

We need your help to make this year’s yearbook extra special! We’re looking for fun and memorable photos of our students—whether from school events, classroom activities, or special moments throughout the year.

If you have pictures to share, please upload them using the following link:

Hunters Woods Yearbook Photos

Your contributions will help us capture the amazing moments that make our school community so special! Thank you for being a part of this year’s memories.

Photos can be jpeg, tiff, bmp, gif, or png files and should be at least 200 x 250 pixels.

Deadline for submissions: April 3, 2026.

Please reach out to Dawn Wagner, dbwagner@fcps.edu with any questions.



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