January 16, 6:30pm: Movie Night
January 21, 6pm: PTA Meeting and Financial Literacy Workshop for 1st-6th graders
January 28, 1:40pm: End of Quarter, 2-Hour Early Release
January 29: No school
January 30: No school
January 31: Original Works - Final Order Deadline
Check out community events advertised in our PTA eNews.
PTA Movie Night: How to Train Your Dragon
This Friday, January 16, 6:30pm
Hunters Woods Gym
Please join us on Friday at 6:30pm for the next PTA movie night 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.
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.
Financial Literacy Workshop for Students
During the meeting, we'll also have a special financial literacy lesson for 1st-6th graders. See flyer directly below.
More information
Register your student for the January 21 workshop
If you're unable to make next week's workshop, Finance Forward is hosting a workshop this weekend at the Reston Library. See the end of this email for a flyer for that event.
Save the Date for International Night
Wednesday, February 11
Get involved by:
- Signing up to host a table sharing artifacts, clothing, photos, crafts, or interesting facts from your cultural background.
- Performing in the showcase: share a talent (dance, music, martial arts) that showcases your cultural background.
- Are you a military or government family who has lived overseas? Take us on a tour of places you've visited or been stationed.
We're also looking for volunteers the day of the event for set up and clean up.
Learn more and volunteer
Watch next week's Thursday folders for more information.
PTA Membership
Have you signed up for the PTA yet?
We are well into the school year, but that doesn’t mean you can’t sign up! Please consider joining, as memberships are our main fundraising campaign for the year. Your money helps fund many amazing benefits, and programs for the school. Exciting events coming soon include Movie Night, International Heritage Night, our Used Book Sale, and Skate Night are all coming in the next few months.
Join today- https://bit.ly/49UqyMj
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Claim Lost and Found Items
Be sure to check the lost and found for any items you might be missing. Unclaimed items will be donated at the beginning of February.
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.
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PTA Nominating Committee Volunteers Needed
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.
STEM Clubs
Some 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.
Some 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
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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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South Lakes High School Presents: Broadway Night
South Lakes High School Chorus is proud to present Broadway Night, an incredible showcase of talent and music! This year's theme, 'Broadway through the Books', features songs from beloved book-inspired musicals including Wicked, Les Misérables, Mary Poppins, Phantom of the Opera, Seussical, and many more, performed by 5th through 12th grade students from Forest Edge, Fox Mill, Hunters Woods, Lake Anne, Sunrise Valley, Terraset, Langston Hughes, Rachel Carson, and South Lakes. Don't miss this fabulous event of song and dance!
Showtimes:
Friday, January 23 at 7pm
Saturday, January 24 at 2pm and 7pm
Get your tickets now before they sell out!
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Caps Street Hockey
If you’ve ever wanted to feel the thrill of hockey without having to learn how to skate, the Capitals Street Hockey League (CSHL) is your perfect playground! Grab a stick, lace up your sneakers, and get ready for fast-paced games, awesome teammates, and a whole lot of outdoor fun. It’s hockey made simple, made accessible, and most importantly — made to be a blast for kids of all skill levels.
The Washington Capitals are dedicated to providing the community with legitimate avenues to playing all forms of hockey. The Capitals Street Hockey League will be located in multiple communities to complete the pathway for kids to participate in street hockey. Let's play!
Season: March 2026 to May 2026
Divisions: U6 (5-6 year-olds), U8 (7-8 year-olds), U12 (9-12 year-olds)
Games: 8 weekends, 2 games per team per weekend, 16 total games per team per season
Practices: Each division will have a one-hour group practice each week
Rink Locations:
- Lake Fairfax Park Rink (Reston, VA)
- Francis C. Hammond Rink (Alexandria, VA)
- Ridge Road Recreational Park Rink (Germantown, MD)
Gear:
- Purchase a stick in the registration page or bring your own!
- No other equipment required (shin guards, gloves, elbow pads, mouthguard all recommended but not required)
- Helmets are prohibited
Get more information and register
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Can't Attend the Financial Literacy Workshop during the PTA Meeting?
Finance Forward is holding another workshop at the Reston Library on Sunday, January 18 at 10am.
RSVP for the workshop
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