In This Week's ROAR
#1 October's Calendar Outook: A Mad Dash to the End of the Quarter
#2 Book Fair is HERE!
Save the Date for Book Fair Events
Fund a Teacher's E-Wallet
Create an E-Wallet
Volunteer for the Book Fair
#3 Outdoor Movie Night 10/30- You need tickets! Get them NOW!
#4 PTA News
Attend a PTA Meeting: January 23 at 845am
Join the PTA
Volunteer with the PTA
Library Volunteers
Food Bus Food Rescue Volunteers
November and December Volunteer Needs
#5 Support our School
Square 1 Art
Winter Coat Drive
Order Spirit Wear!
Join the KG Ted Talks Club!
Extra Credit: Community Events
Just some VERY IMPORTANT reminders...
This Week is a Doozy!
It's STILL BOOK FAIR TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wednesday 10/29 is a 3-Hour Early Release!
Thursday 10/30 is our Outdoor Movie Night! Get your tickets now!
Friday 10/31 is a 2-Hour Early Release. Pickup is at 135pm. Consider volunteering to helping us pack up the book fair! Fall Festival parties will ALSO be happening on Friday.
Planning for November...
NO SCHOOL Monday 11/3 and Tuesday 11/4 (election day!)
11/5- Principal coffee at 9am
We'll have coffee! Come hear how to navigate the latest test scores and the latest KG news.
Also no school on Tuesday 11/11 and 3-hour early release on 11/12!
Lost and Found
The lost and found will be cleared out on FRIDAY, October 31! All coats in the lost and found then will be donated to our school's coat drive. Other items will be donated to organizations across Northern Virginia!
#1 Our October Calendar Outlook: Almost Done!
#2 Book Fair is Here!
 Book Fair Events
Wednesday 10/29 29 (2:15-6:00 PM): Book Fair-Palooza...it's a 3-hour early release and you get to shop the fair! This is NOT a drop-off event, but we welcome kiddos with responsible adults!
Friday 10/31 (9:00-11:30 AM): Open Buy and after open buy ends, we'll be packing up the book fair from 1130am-130pm.
You can ALSO shop the online book fair through November 5!
Fund a Teacher's E-Wallet
Help our teachers fill their classrooms with new books from our book fair! Fund their e-wallets. Find your teacher's e-wallet here!
Create an E-Wallet for the Fair
Teacher e-wallets are coming soon!
Volunteer for the Book Fair
We can't pull off the BEST BOOK FAIR EVER without your help! Sign-up to volunteer and help every student at KGES chase that book fair magic! We have lots of different ways that you can help out: set-up, book previews, buying days, special events, and break-down! Volunteering is a blast! Sign-up here!
#3 Movie Night 10/30
 Your KG PTA is hosting a movie night on Thursday, October 30! Our theatre will open at 6pm for a 630 start time of Matilda!
This is event is free, but your donation (suggestion of $5) will help us cover the cost of our license to show the movie and any profit will support our school!
Light concessions will be available to purchase at the event! Pizza orders are closed.
Get your tickets!
Bring a blankets to sit on!
Help us make this event happen! Volunteer!
THIS IS NOT A DROP-OFF EVENT! ALL CHILDREN MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A RESPONSIBLE ADULT!
#4 News from Your PTA
THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING
SILVER DINER NIGHT
Thank you to everyone who supported our KG Restaurant Night with Silver Diner! The restaurant wrote to tell us that they haven't seen such an incredible turnout from a school before! We will let everyone know how much we raised at the next meeting because Silver Diner always gives a little extra, but we raised more money than any other school over the last several years! Go KG!
Attend a PTA Meeting
Thank you to our Parent Speaker, Mary Smith Wilcox. Visit marysmithparentcoach.com for more information on Microsteps. Everyone who came to the meeting last week gets a free 30 minute call for one on one assistance with parenting guidance!
OUR NEXT PTA MEETING WILL BE: January 23 at 845am in the Cafeteria.
Join us to learn more about how you can help make 2026 an AMAZING year for Kent Gardens and hear important updates from Principal McGuigan!
Join the PTA
 The PTA at KGES is SUPER BUSY! We do SO much...if you like the afterschool academies, chess club, Math Counts, Bingo Night, 5k, Bread and Cider, Christmas Cookie Exchange, Book Fairs, Heritage Night, Teacher Appreciation Week and just so, so, so MUCH MORE, that's because your KGES PTA has been working hard to bring enriching experiences to our community. When you join the PTA, you help support the work we do at our school AND the advocacy work that the PTA does at all levels of the government! Membership in the KGES PTA needs to be renewed every year Join the PTA NOW!
Volunteer with the PTA
 Volunteers are the glue that helps keep Kent Gardens going and, at the beginning of the school year, have we got some opportunities for YOU!
Library Volunteers
Do you love creating order? Does your spirit soar when you are alphabetizing books on shelves? Do you LOVE the Dewey Decimal System? Or maybe spending time around books just fills your cup? Mrs. Hershey needs volunteers who can share a few hours of their time to help make the library run well. BONUS: volunteers get to check out books! If this interests you, email Karen Hershey!
Food Bus Volunteers- KGES's Food Rescue Program
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Do you have 30 minutes to spare on a Friday afternoon? Help us make a difference by delivering rescued food to the SHARE of McLean Food Pantry at McLean Baptist Church.
The KG PTA proudly supports the Food Bus program, which encourages students to place unopened, packaged food and whole fruits in a designated fridge instead of throwing them away after lunch. Each week, we collect 15–25 pounds of fresh, healthy food—saved by our students—that parent volunteers deliver to SHARE for weekend distribution to local families in need.
It’s a simple act with a big impact—and we need your help to keep it going!
Sign up HERE or email Rebecca (beccadw@gmail.com) or Lana (lanavu@gmail.com)
Middle and high school students can earn service hours too!
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November and December Volunteering Opportunities
 November and December are busy months for Kent Gardens! Pay attention to the ROAR for ALLLL the ways that you can pitch in and make these months extra-special for our staff and students! We'll need volunteers to bring in pies, help deliver cider and breads to our classrooms, bake cookies for our staff cookie exchange, and help out with our Winter Festival parties!
#5 Support Our School
Square 1 Art
 Coming home to you soon will be your child's custom catalog for the Square 1 Art fundraiser. Get a head start, and start ordering keepsakes and gifts featuring your child's art online NOW, if you like! NEW - *Ship to Home FREE. (*Customer pays a small processing fee at checkout and order ships to home.)
Simply search for your child's art using Art Search, and enter state, school name, and your student's name. Your student's art and code will appear, and you may order!
Order by: 11/18/2025
Upload additional art if you like, using Art Upload!
If you have questions, or need anything at all, contact customer care online .
Winter Coat Drive
 All coats in the lost and found on 10/31 will be donated to our coat drive.
Order Spirit Wear!
Extra Credit: Community Events
Support the McLean High School Band and BUY FRUIT
The McLean High School Band is sponsoring its annual Fruit Sale and would love your support for our award-winning bands!
This year, we are offering navel oranges, mandarin oranges, grapefruit, and fruit samplers. The sale is open through November 25th and will be available for pick-up at McLean High School on December 12th from 9 am-1 pm. There is no shipping available.
Great gifts for yourself and for others! Order online today!
 Trick-or-Treat drive-by at MVFD! Stop by the station for Halloween treats, Friday, Oct. 31, 5 pm to 8 pm, 1455 Laughlin Ave., McLean.
(Parents: This is NOT a station event or open house, but a trick-or-treat stop for children as they make their rounds through our community.)
Come in costume, and Sparky the Fire Dog will be among our greeters!
Share of McLean's Holiday Program kicks off in November! This year, Jack, a regular Share volunteer and McLean High School student, is leading a toy collection drive. He has created an Amazon wish list with items for kids ages 1 to 11, ranging from approximately $10 to $15. Please check out the Amazon wish list If you would like to contribute, preferably by mid-November.
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