🎉 Spirit Week is here! 🎉
Attendance Matters & So Do You! Join us in showing school spirit September 15–19.

📅 Here’s what’s coming up:

Monday, Sept. 15 – Team Work makes the DREAM Work! Wear your team’s colors or jersey.

Tuesday, Sept. 16 – Warming up before a big game/school day! Wear athletic wear.

Wednesday, Sept. 17 – Home Run Hair Day! Wear a baseball hat or style crazy hair.

Thursday, Sept. 18 – Attitude reflects leadership! Dress like a teacher or principal. (Back to School Night, 6:00–7:00 PM)

Friday, Sept. 19 – Rest is BEST before a big game or school! Wear pajamas.

💙 Let’s have fun and show Panther pride all week long!
5 days ago, SPES Admin
A colorful flyer titled Attendance Matters & So Do You! Spirit Week September 15–19th. Each day lists a theme: Monday: Team colors or jersey (with images of jerseys). Tuesday: Athletic wear (with icons of sports clothes). Wednesday: Baseball hat or crazy hair (with hat and curly hair illustration). Thursday: Dress like a teacher or principal (with teacher and kids illustration). Friday: Pajamas (with children in pajamas). The bottom notes Back to School Night, Thursday 6:00–7:00 PM.
A colorful flyer titled Attendance Matters & So Do You! Spirit Week September 15–19th. Each day lists a theme: Monday: Team colors or jersey (with images of jerseys). Tuesday: Athletic wear (with icons of sports clothes). Wednesday: Baseball hat or crazy hair (with hat and curly hair illustration). Thursday: Dress like a teacher or principal (with teacher and kids illustration). Friday: Pajamas (with children in pajamas). The bottom notes Back to School Night, Thursday 6:00–7:00 PM.
Hello SPES Families! Our annual Back to School night will be on Thursday, September 18 from 6pm to 7pm. We hope to see you there!
13 days ago, SPES Admin
Colorful English-language flyer for Sycamore Park Elementary’s Back to School Night 2025–2026. Title reads ‘Sycamore Park Elementary – A Title I School 2025–2026 Back to School Night’ with comic-style artwork and an apple graphic. Event details: Thursday, September 18, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. Includes bullet points inviting parents to an informational opportunity, discovering exciting new adventures, and visiting the child’s classroom to meet the teacher. A Title I section offers homework tips, help, and ideas, plus a free homework kit while supplies last. Flyer is decorated with paper airplane graphics.
Colorful Spanish-language flyer for Sycamore Park Elementary’s Back to School Night 2025–2026. Title reads ‘Sycamore Park Elementary – A Title I School 2025–2026 Back to School Noche’ with comic-style artwork and an apple graphic. Event details: Thursday, September 18, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. Includes bullet points inviting parents to an informational session, highlighting new adventures their child will explore, and meeting teachers. A Title I section offers homework tips, help, and ideas, plus a free homework kit while supplies last. Paper airplane graphics decorate the flyer.
Lots of things happening at #ThePark this week! Attached you will find our Title 1 Newsletter. Also, please don't forget that Back to School Night is tomorrow from 6-7pm. Lastly, tomorrow is also dress like your teacher or principal day and Friday is PJ day! What a great week! #ThePark
about 1 hour ago, James Dugger
English Title I Newsletter with welcome message, student pictures, attendance reminder, and Back to School Night details for September 18.
English Title I Newsletter with bus safety reminders, introduction of Dean Mrs. Baird, and social media information with family/student photos.
Spanish Title I Newsletter with welcome message, student pictures, attendance reminder, and Back to School Night details for September 18.
Spanish Title I Newsletter with bus safety reminders, introduction of Dean Sra. Baird, and social media information with family/student photos.
Mr. Bell has 2nd grade students playing "Clean out the Backyard" in PE this week! #thePark
1 day ago, SPES Admin
Elementary school students are playing a game in a gymnasium. Several children are running toward balls placed on the floor between colorful cones, while others watch or wait for their turn. The gym has a basketball hoop, stage with a dark blue curtain, banners on the walls, and bright overhead lighting. The activity looks energetic and engaging, with students smiling and moving quickly.
In our little corner of the world, we’re growing social skills, honoring sensory needs, and practicing emotional regulation; finding gentle ways to move through each day together. It’s in the small moments; the calm, the laughter, the connection; where the magic truly happens. #thePark
2 days ago, SPES Admin
A young child with beaded braids and a pink bow plays in a sensory bin filled with sand and colorful toys, while an adult's hand helps scoop with a toy shovel.
A girl in a pink shirt and a boy in a plaid hoodie sit on mushroom-shaped stools playing together at a toy kitchen set, near a wall decorated with a “You are my Sunshine” poster and a neon “good vibes” sign.
Two children stand at a table with Play-Doh and a mood flip chart, exploring emotions in a creative learning space.
Two boys in plaid and fleece jackets play with a wooden dollhouse under a classroom poster with affirmations like “I am strong” and “I am kind.”
A boy in a red shirt sits in a black hanging chair reading a “Mood Flip Book” in a cozy, colorful classroom corner.
Two children work together with a broom in a classroom play area, surrounded by colorful lights and decorations, under a poster that says “You are my Sunshine.”
Mrs. DeNicola from Culpeper Soil and Water Conservation stopped by Mrs. Carrow’s fourth grade class to discuss the major products that grow in each of the five regions based on the soil of the region. We can’t wait for her to come back in October for an activity on watersheds! #ThePark
3 days ago, James Dugger
A large floor map showing Virginia’s regions with toy food items placed on different areas.
Students sitting on the floor in front of a colorful Virginia regions map with objects representing crops.
Two students sit near the map of Virginia’s regions, studying the objects placed on it.
Mrs. DeNicola stands at the front of the classroom, teaching while students watch the Virginia regions map activity.
Students seated and engaged as Mrs. DeNicola explains the regions activity using the floor map.
The class raises hands with excitement as Mrs. DeNicola leads a discussion about Virginia’s regions and products.
Students stand and participate while Mrs. DeNicola continues the soil and water conservation lesson with the floor map.
Mrs. Boyd’s class has been learning all about shapes. Circles, triangles, rectangles, and squares! The students have learned how to count the number of sides and vertices for each shape. Today they listened to the story, The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza, and then made their own shape pizzas. The kids had so much fun adding their shape toppings. #ThePark
4 days ago, SPES Admin
A student glues a yellow square onto a paper pizza decorated with circles, squares, and other shapes.
A smiling student in a blue-and-white dress sits at her desk with a shape pizza and a worksheet titled “My Shape Pizza Has.”
A student in a pink Hello Kitty shirt adds shapes to her paper pizza while smiling at the camera.
A student in a light purple top smiles with her shape pizza and worksheet on the table.
A student in a black shirt proudly shows his glue stick and shape pizza covered in colorful shapes
A student in a red plaid shirt concentrates on gluing shapes onto his paper pizza
Ms. Alexander’s students learned how to identify and describe physical characteristics using monsters. They created monsters, gave their monsters a name and wrote about what they looked like. They were excited to share their creations with staff around the school! #ThePark
5 days ago, SPES Admin
Two children stand side by side in a hallway, each holding up large black construction paper with colorful monster artwork covering their faces. The child on the left holds a pink monster with big eyes, teeth, and spiky hair, while the child on the right holds a red monster with striped horns, wide eyes, and green legs.
The same two children stand in a school lobby showing their monster artwork to a sheriff’s deputy seated at a desk. The deputy smiles and talks with them while another adult kneels nearby, engaging with the students.
The two children display their monster artwork inside a school office, standing in front of a counter where two smiling staff members watch. The staff appear amused and encouraging as the children hold up their large pink and red monster creations.
Math learning in action! 📚✏️

Mrs. Dodson and Mrs. Carter are engaging students with hands-on problem solving, small-group collaboration, and lots of critical thinking. From reviewing word problems to practicing with calculators, our students are working hard and growing their math skills every day. 👏 #ThePark
6 days ago, James Dugger
A classroom teacher, Mrs. Dodson, stands at the front of the room leading a math lesson displayed on a large screen while students sit on the carpet and at desks, listening and writing in notebooks.
Mrs. Carter sits at a round table with a small group of students. They are working on math problems using worksheets and calculators, with Mrs. Carter writing on a small whiteboard.
A close-up of Mrs. Carter leading a group discussion at a round table. Students are engaged with calculators and pencils while looking at worksheets.
Mrs. Dodson leads a math review in front of the class. Several students sitting on the carpet have their hands raised to answer a question displayed on the screen.
Mrs. Abel’s students use a mirror to practice making faces to match emotion words. #ThePark
7 days ago, SPES Admin
Student in a striped shirt holding a whiteboard with a black strip, smiling in a classroom with colorful posters in the background.
Student in a red striped shirt laughing while a whiteboard is held up in front, with a lunch tray and milk carton on the desk.
Student in a white t-shirt looking down at a small board while sitting at a table with a lunch tray.
Student in a striped shirt holding up a whiteboard while practicing sounds, mouth open mid-speech.
Student in a red striped shirt resting head in hands at a table with toy trains and a lunch tray.
Student in a gray patterned shirt smiling and holding a small board, with lunch items and a colorful bracelet on the table.
Student in a white t-shirt squinting while a whiteboard is held in front, lunch tray with fruit cups and milk on the table.
Student in a red "Level Up" shirt with mouth open wide, sitting at a desk with pizza and school supplies
Student in a dark shirt holding a fork with fruit cup, covering face with one hand, lunch tray with cereal and milk visible.
📚 Our students are growing as confident readers!

This week in Mrs. Chapman's class, students practiced fluency by reading passages with a partner. They helped each other with tricky words and focused on reading with expression. 🎭

We love seeing their teamwork and excitement for reading! 💡❤️

#ThePark
8 days ago, SPES Admin
A group of elementary students sitting on a classroom rug, smiling and holding up red folders.
Two children sitting on a rug, reading from papers inside red folders.
Two children sitting on the floor, facing each other, reading from red folders.
Two children sitting by classroom lockers with backpacks behind them, reading from red folders.
Two children sitting against lockers, reading from papers. One has a bright green reading sheet.
Ms. Racey’s 2nd grade students enjoyed partner reading around the room! 😊 #thePark
10 days ago, SPES Admin
Two children sit on the floor next to a classroom bulletin board, looking at a paper in a clear sleeve; one child holds a stuffed bear.
Two girls sit on a rug with smiley faces, one holding an open book while the other looks toward the camera.
A girl and a boy sit against a classroom wall, the boy reading a book aloud while the girl listens.
A girl and a boy sit together on cushions in front of a bookshelf, reading a book together; the girl holds a stuffed toy.
Two children sit on the floor near cubbies, reading a book together.
Two children sit on cushions against the classroom wall near a poster about articles, one holding a book while both smile.
Mrs. Anderson's first-grade class was learning about right angles. The students got the chance to go on a right-angle scavenger hunt around the room, using right-angle fish they made to help them find right angles. #thePark
11 days ago, SPES Admin
A young girl wearing a Stitch and Angel shirt holds up a blue paper fish labeled right angle fish next to a classroom calendar display.
Three students sit at desks coloring paper fish cutouts with crayons, with pencil boxes and water bottles on their desks.
A group of four students at a table coloring paper fish cutouts, with one smiling at the camera holding a red fish.
Five students sit at a table coloring fish cutouts, with a teacher sitting nearby assisting.
Four students at a table work on coloring and cutting fish cutouts, with supply boxes and crayons scattered on the desks.
Two girls stand by a classroom kindness poster; one is taping a paper fish to the wall.
A smiling boy wearing a navy blue sweater places a red fish cutout on the classroom calendar board
A boy in a blue shirt and glasses places an orange and yellow fish cutout on the classroom board.
A boy in a red Spider-Man shirt holds a blue fish cutout next to a classroom number chart and calendar.
A girl in a pink shirt and jeans attaches a multicolored fish cutout to the wall near a number chart.

📸 SPES Picture Day is tomorrow (Tue, Sept 9). Please have outfits ready and send the order form (or order online). Questions? Call the school office.

14 days ago, James Dugger
"Picture Day announcement flyer with six student portraits in sample backgrounds. Title reads 'Picture Day is Coming! Today's moments are tomorrow's memories.' Includes ordering instructions, ordering window, QR code for online ordering, and Barksdale contact information."
Picture Day order form for Sycamore Park Elementary School on September 9, 2025. Shows package options with prices, add-ons like personalization and retouching, and payment methods. Access Code 0038590IN is displayed for online orders. Form includes student information and family plan discount details.
Students in Mrs. Daniels class loved exploring shapes! #thePark
14 days ago, SPES Admin
ix young children are seated around a blue, horseshoe-shaped table in a classroom. They are smiling and working with colorful plastic pattern blocks (yellow hexagons, red trapezoids, green triangles, and blue rhombuses). On the table are large laminated shape mats labeled with names like “square,” “hexagon,” “rectangle,” “triangle,” “circle,” and “pentagon.” The children are arranging and stacking the blocks on and around the mats.
ix young children are seated around a blue, horseshoe-shaped table in a classroom. They are smiling and working with colorful plastic pattern blocks (yellow hexagons, red trapezoids, green triangles, and blue rhombuses). On the table are large laminated shape mats labeled with names like “square,” “hexagon,” “rectangle,” “triangle,” “circle,” and “pentagon.” The children are arranging and stacking the blocks on and around the mats.
The children in Mrs. Bridges’ and Ms. Dana’s preschool classroom are strengthening their fine motor skills and learning how to use various school supplies. #thePark
15 days ago, SPES Admin
Children sit at tables in a classroom coloring worksheets with markers and crayons. A teacher sits with one group, engaging with the students. One child in the front holds up a scribbled drawing, while others focus on coloring shapes and pictures. The classroom is lively, with cubbies, posters, and supplies visible in the background.
A group of young children sit around a small classroom table working on an art activity. They are gluing orange paper shapes onto white sheets. Backpacks hang on hooks along the wall behind them, and two children stand nearby looking at papers. The classroom is bright and decorated with posters and supplies.
📢 Reminder:
Culpeper County Public Schools will be closed on Friday, August 29 and Monday, September 1, 2025 in observance of Labor Day.

We wish all our students, staff, and families a safe and relaxing holiday weekend!
20 days ago, Culpeper County Public Schools
Culpeper County Public Schools logo above text stating schools will be closed Friday, August 29, and Monday, September 1, 2025, for the Labor Day holiday. Background shows blue sky with clouds."

Hello Sycamore Park Families! Time is running out for you to purchased the CCPS Chromebook Protection Plan for $30. You have until next Thursday to purchase! As of August 1st, there are no more "free" accidental breakages available for Chromebooks. This means that if your student in grades 1 - 12 accidently drops their CB in class this year and breaks the screen, the parent will be responsible for paying for the damage. Currently the price for a new screen is $53. However, if the parent/student purchases the CCPS Chromebook Protection Plan for $30, there would be no cost. This Protection Plan covers up to 2 accidental breakages per school year. That's right! It covers 2 accidental breakages each school year. However, if it is determined that the damage was done on purpose (coloring on keyboard, punching screen, etc), then the whole amount to repair the device would be charged. Do you have questions? If so, please read the flyers below or reach out to SPES. You can either send cash/check in an envelope next week with your child's/children's name on it or you can login to https://www.culpeperschools.org/o/ccps/page/school-cash to pay online.

Protection Plan Info

Current Repair Costs

26 days ago, SPES Admin
Sycamore Park Families! We are so excited to kick off our 2025 GOTR season! Attached is a flyer on how to register your 3rd -5th grade girl. We are changing our practice days this year to Mondays and Thursdays from 3:30 pm -5:00 pm. Please sign up!
about 1 month ago, SPES Admin
Colorful flyer for Girls on the Run in English. Heading: “Join Girls on the Run.” Subheading: “Hello, Mountain Mover!” Text explains that lessons are led by trained volunteer coaches using an evidence-based curriculum. Lessons inspire confidence when facing challenges and perseverance even when things are tough. Section heading: “This season, girls will:” Three illustrated points: Build confidence to do hard things (icon of person with raised arms). Discover their “I Can!” power (hand-drawn text “I CAN!”). Learn from mistakes and persevere using stick-with-it strategies (badge icon with “YET!”). Photos include: girls in orange shirts under a group arch, two girls holding Girls on the Run books, a smiling girl in orange shirt, and a girl in a wheelchair raising her fist. Decorative stars, mountain, and lightning bolt icons included.
Flyer page in English with details about the Girls on the Run fall season. Heading: “Girls develop the skills to build confidence for life.” Blue box: “Participants of all abilities embrace their inner strength and make meaningful connections with others.” Section titled Season Info: Fall Season: 9/2 – 11/2 (teams meet twice per week, days vary by team). Diamond Dash 5K: 11/2. Max Registration Fee: $150 (financial aid/payment plan available). Contact info: Katie Oleson, Program Director, email, phone number. Bright pink button: “Register Now!” QR code links to registration at www.gotpiedmont.org. Decorative icons include stars, arrow, lightning bolt, and “sign up!” doodle.
Colorful flyer for Girls on the Run in Spanish. Top heading: “Únete a Girls on the Run.” Subheading: “Hello, Mountain Mover!” Text explains that lessons are led by volunteer coaches in a welcoming environment with evidence-based curriculum. Lessons help participants feel confident when facing challenges and to keep going even when things are tough. Section heading: “Esta temporada, las niñas aprenderán lo siguiente.” Three illustrated points: Build confidence to do hard things (icon of person with raised arms). Discover their “¡Yo puedo!” power (hand-drawn text “I CAN!”). Learn from mistakes and persevere using strategies (badge icon with word “YET!”). Photos include: girls in orange and pink shirts under a group arch, two girls holding Girls on the Run books, a smiling girl in an orange shirt, and a girl in a wheelchair raising her fist in triumph. Decorative stars, mountains, and lightning bolt icons accent the page.
Flyer page in Spanish with details about the Girls on the Run fall season. Heading: “Las niñas desarrollan las habilidades necesarias para generar confianza de por vida.” Blue box: “Las participantes con todo tipo de capacidades aceptan su fortaleza interna y logran conexiones significativas con sus pares.” Section titled Información de la temporada: Temporada de Otoño: 9/2 – 11/2 (teams meet twice per week, days vary by team). Carrera Diamante 5K: 11/2. Costo Máximo de Inscripción: $150 (financial aid/payment plan available). Contact info: Katie Oleson, Director de Programa, email, phone number. Bright pink button reads: “¡Inscríbete ahora!” QR code for registration at www.gotpiedmont.org. Includes decorative icons (stars, arrow, lightning bolt, “inscribirse” text with doodles).
📣 HOLIDAY HOURS Culpeper County Public Schools will be closed on Thursday, July 3, 2025 in observance of the Independence Day holiday. As part of our summer schedule, we are already closed on Fridays, including July 4. We wish everyone a safe and happy 4th of July weekend!
3 months ago, Culpeper County Public Schools
Graphic with a dark blue background featuring red, white, and blue fireworks and starbursts. In the center is the Culpeper County Public Schools logo. Below it, bold white text reads: ‘WE WILL BE CLOSED.’ Smaller white text underneath says: ‘Thursday & Friday.’ Large red script text at the bottom reads: ‘July 3 & 4, 2025.’”