PTA Enrichment Program Survey

Help Us Improve Our Program!

Did your child love one of our before/after school programs? Are you looking for something new and different for before/after school enrichment for your child? Do you have ideas to help us improve our enrichment programs? Let us know! Please complete this survey now to help us plan PTA sponsored enrichment programs for next year!

Congratulations Floris OOTM Teams!

Congratulations to all of the Floris Odyssey of the Mind Teams for their impressive work competing this past Saturday! Six of the teams placed in the top three and three teams will be moving on to the State Competition on April 6th! Go Eagles!!

Congratulations Floris Chess Team!

2019 Virginia Scholastic State Chess Championship was held in Charlottesville, Virginia on March 9-10, 2019. Congratulations to the winning students! Go Eagles!!

K-3 Under 600 Category:

10th Place Individual – Abhinav Palaniappan (2nd grade, Ms. Mayer’s class)

2nd Place Team – Floris Team of Abhinav Palaniappan, Sarah Shen, Utkarsh Badhan & Tanishq Badhan

K-3 Championship Category:

4th Place Individual – Kevin Shen (2nd grade, Ms. Lovett’s class)

The Floris Chess Team victory in the State Championship is a proud moment for Floris ES. We encourage many more Floris students to come forward to participate in chess enrichment programs and chess tournaments in the future!

Learn more about the Virginia Chess Federation and view full results here.

Learn more about the Floris PTA Before-School Chess enrichment program here.

Thank You Floris Families!

Thank you so much to everyone who came out to our Chuck E. Cheese fundraiser! We raised almost $800 for our school and had a blast doing it! Enjoy these pictures of the mouse himself coming to visit Floris ES and spending some time with our students.

Bingo Night 2019

Friday, March 8th 6 – 8 p.m.

Mark your calendars, Bingo Night is coming! Bingo Night will be Friday, March 8th from 6 – 8 p.m. in the cafeteria. You won’t want to miss this annual favorite! We are lucky to have some of your favorite teachers and staff calling numbers! Bingo cards can be purchased at the door. Cards cost $3 for 4 cards or $7 for 12 cards. Pizza, drinks and baked goods will be available for sale. We hope to see you there! As always, we could not have these events without the support of our fabulous volunteers! Please sign up to volunteer!

Silver Knight Chess Tournament

Saturday, February 16th 1 – 5 p.m.

Silver Knights Enrichment will be hosting a chess tournament at Floris ES on Saturday, February 16th from 1 – 5 p.m. The tournament is open to grades K – 8 and to players at every skill level. Read more about it on their website.

NEW DATE – MARCH 1! RESCHEDULED DUE TO SNOW DAY

Join Your Floris ES Friends for

Our Kids’ Favorite Fundraiser of the Year at

Chuck E. Cheese on March 1st from 3 – 9 p.m.

Just notify the cashier that you are participating the in Floris PTA fundraiser and Chuck E. Cheese will donate up to 20% of sales to support our kids!

Spring 2019 Before & After School Enrichment

Registration is Open – Sign Up NOW!

Read more about it here and in the flyer below.

Science Fair 2019 is coming soon!

February 21st, 2019 6:15 – 8:00 p.m.

Registration has closed as the event has reached capacity.

Congratulations Floris Robotics Teams!

Two Floris teams recently won awards in the FIRST Robotics State Tournament!

Team Flaming Wizbots consisting of six 6th graders, Asmita Kodityala, Aneesh Mandapati, Arjun Pagidi, Arnav Bhalla, Sampriti Muthuswamy and Tajes Sriram coached by Sumeet Bhalla and Daya Pagidi won second place in Robot Design – Programming category. The team also won the overall championship in Falls Church Regional tournament to qualify for the state tournament.

Team Elite Robojets consisting of six 5th graders, Ashwin Menachery, Akash Kaji, Gautam Tanavade, Kunal Singhal, Paul Koh and Vishwak Ravula coached by Antony Menachery and Naveen Singhal won the Robot Performance award for the second best robot scores among 70+ teams in the state tournament.

Congratulations to both teams on their achievements!

This was not a PTA or school sponsored event.