STEAM/Literacy Night - A Blast!

We thoroughly enjoyed our Steam/Literacy Night.  We had an amazing turnout with out parents and students.  So many engaging activities!  A shout out to our fabulous teachers for organizing and to the vendors that joined us! 

Planning Ahead - Calendar Dates!

March 3 - Author Visit

March 5 - Student Spring Pictures - Photos will be available approximately 10 days after the picture day. Parents will have the option to purchase at that time.

March 6 - 13 Book Fair

• -March 10 - Donuts with Grownups 8:00 - 8:45 a.m. (Students come with and adult)
• March 11 - Storybook Lagoon and Family Buying 4 - 6:30 p.m. for read-alouds and family buying time. Students accompanied by an adult.

March 9 - Free Parent Event (no children) - Screenagers:  Elementary Edition Viewing at Franklin Sherman 7 p.m. Open to the McLean Pyramid schools

March 10 - Silver Diner - Restaurant Night for KG 5- 8 p.m.(20% from sales including DELIVERY from their website)  Come support KGES!

March 18 - Three Hour Early Release

March 20 - Eid al-Fitr School Holiday

March 25 - Parent Coffee 8:45 a.m.

March 26 - Virtual Kindergarten Orientation Meeting by Zoom (8 - 8:45 a.m. link to follow to those signed up in google form below)

March 27 - Two Hour Early Release and End of Quarter

March 30 - April 3 - Spring Break and April 6 - Teacher Workday

April 10 - Kindergarten Tours/Orientation 9 - 10 a.m. and Teacher Workday

April 14 - Class Group Pictures

April 18 - Heritage Night (rescheduled)

April 22 - Three Hour Early Release

April 24 - Bingo Night!  

2025-26 FCPS School Calendar

KG Ted Talks! 

We were thrilled to have FCPS' communication office come see our students at work who are supported by Lisa Waters and Peggy Tuma.  Then, we were joined by WJLA who filmed a clip and broadcast it this past week! Check out the FCPS feature here. #kgpride #StrongerTogether #AnchoredInExcellence

Student Intentions for Next School Year 2026-27

As we plan forward for the next school year, please complete this google form if your child(ren) are NOT returning.  It does not need to be completed if your child(ren) are returning to Kent Gardens.  It is not binding, we are merely using this information to guide our thinking on numbers as we plan forward!  Thanks in advance! 

Administration Note

Dear Parents, 

What a full and exciting week we’ve had, even with a snow day on Monday! Classrooms have been buzzing with learning, and it’s been wonderful to see our students engaged and thriving.

We hosted the STEAM/Literacy Night that included KG Ted Talks on Thursday evening.  It was a fantastic event! Families enjoyed estimations, engaging learning experiences and more! Thank you to everyone who participated and helped make it a memorable evening.

Below, we have included the sixth grade sign up for the new kindergarten tours. Also, we are collecting information on students who may be moving and possibly not attending Kent Gardens the next school year.  Please complete the google form if your child(ren) will Not return to KG.  Next week, we will include the google form that will support placements for the next school year. 

Note that we have spring picture day on March 5th as well as the Book Fair coming up.  The PTA has selected a new vendor - take note of the new options!  They have been working hard to circulate and plan the event.  See the blurb below for detailed information on volunteering, purchase a gift card or even shopping online! 

Have a wonderfully warm weekend! 

Warmly,

Holly McGuigan          Tia Hawkins                     Sarah Talley

Principal                      Assistant Principal           Assistant Principal

Book Fair New Vendor - Literati - How to Shop! 

On March 6th, our Book Fair opens at Kent Gardens. That's just a little more than a week away!!! We cannot WAIT to shop the fair with you! But until then, you can get a head-start by checking out our ONLINE Fair!

Get Book Fair Ready! Buy a gift card for your reader!  EVERY student who uses a Literati gift card instead of cash at our book fair will receive a FREE mini-poster. Using a gift card is EASY!  Visit our online store. Click "gift card" in the amount you want to send with your reader!  Enter your reader's information (first AND last name) and include their home room teacher. This is how we'll look their gift cards up at the fair!  You'll receive your unique code via email and you can print your reader's gift card as a back-up on the day they shop!  Share our online store link so other family members can send your readers gift cards for our fair!

Join the Literati Monthly Book Club! - Our Spring Book Fair is offering our Kent Gardens families the opportunity to sign up for their monthly book club! Each month, your child will receive books curated especially for them! There's something for EVERY reader in their very own, personalized book club and when kids have access to books they love, their love of reading grows! You don't have to wait for the physical fair to sign up! Visit our online book fair here and join a book club NOW! Choose "book club" from the menu! Want to REALLY make a difference? Buy a book club for your favorite teacher!

Support Teacher Wishlists Online! - Our physical book fair doesn't open until March 6, BUT you CAN start supporting our teachers NOW by granting their book wishes from their wishlists! Every order you place will be delivered to our teachers after our fair closes and the best part, they don't have to pay shipping ever! Your kiddos will get to watch their teachers and specialists unbox their book treasure knowing that it came from THEM! Find your teachers' wishlists here!

Volunteer to Help with Book Fair - To make our book fair a success, we rely on volunteers to help guide students as they set sail to find a treasure trove of tales that transport them across oceans, across time, across lives. When you volunteer, you make kindergarteners can fill in their wishlist, 6th graders can find the title they're REALLY looking for, and we have enough registers working to keep our line moving along. Consider donating an hour or two of your time to make sure our book fair is the absolute best! Volunteer here.

Sixth Graders Share Their Poetry... Very heartfelt poems were created by our sixth graders.  Students read their poetry aloud to their classmates.  #kgpride #StrongerTogether #AnchoredInExcellence

Yearbook Order Now Available! Order your yearbook now!  www.yearbookordercenter.com with code 21772 Or scan the QR code !

New Raptor Visitor Check In - Download App Now! We are excited to announce that our school is now using the new Raptor Visitor Management System (VMS). This upgrade is part of our school’s and FCPS’ ongoing commitment to enhancing school safety and streamlining the process for visitors at our school. The VMS ensures that no visitor is on the sex offender registry. Please download the RaptorSafe App to your mobile phone so that you can quickly sign in as a visitor or volunteer at Kent Gardens. For most visitors, the user experience will be the same when you check-in at the front office. We are excited to begin using the New RaptorSafe system to keep our building safe and to know who is visiting.