This Week in Lorton Schools

Here’s what’s happening in Lorton schools this week.

Laurel Hill Elementary School

• Partners in Print Family Literacy Night will be held for grades two and three on Thursday, Feb. 24 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
• SCA Blue and Gold Day is Friday, Feb. 25.

Silverbrook Elementary School

• Read-a-Thon will be held Feb. 22 through Feb. 25.

Lorton Station Elementary School

• Tae Kwon Do for grades 3-6 will be held Tuesday, Feb. 22, from 3:50 p.m. to 4:40 p.m.
• Cook with Books will be held Tuesday, Feb. 22, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
•  Creative Kids for grades K-2 will be held Wednesday, Feb. 23, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
• Bigger Little Fingers Electric Guitar will be held Wednesday, Feb. 23, from 4 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Bigger Little Fingers Guitar will be held Wednesday, Feb. 23, from 4 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
•  Also on Wednesday, Feb. 23, Group Guitar will be held from 4 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• On Thursday, Feb. 24, Creative Kids for grades 3-6 will be held from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
• Tae Kwon Do for grades K-2 will be held Thursday, Feb. 24 from 4 p.m. to 4:50 p.m.
• Bigger Little Fingers Violin will be held Thursday, Feb. 24, from 4 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
•  Electric Guitar will be held Thursday, Feb. 24, from 4 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Also on Thursday, Feb. 24, Group Violin will be held from 4 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• On Friday, Feb. 25, Chess Club will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 8:40 a.m.
• Robotics will be held Friday, Feb. 25, from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
• Girls Lacrosse for grades 3-6 will be held Friday, Feb. 25, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
• Bigger Little Fingers Drum will be held Friday, Feb. 25, from 4 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Bigger Little Fingers Piano will be held Friday, Feb. 25, from 4 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Bigger Little Fingers Voice/Piano will be held Friday, Feb. 25, from 4 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Group Drums will be held Friday, Feb. 25, from 4 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Group Piano will be held Friday, Feb. 25, from 4 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• Group Voice/Piano will be held Friday, Feb. 25, from 4 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
• LSES Movie Night will be held Friday, Feb. 25, from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Gunston Elementary School

• Pohick Tutoring will be held Tuesday, Feb. 22, at 7 p.m.

Halley Elementary School

• Monday, Feb. 21, is Halley Night at Austin Grill
• PTO Chess will be held Monday, Feb. 21, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
• PTO meeting will be held Monday, Feb. 21, at 7 p.m.
• 4th Grade Battle of the Books will  be held Tuesday, Feb. 22, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
• PTO Electronics Kinetics will be held Tuesday, Feb. 22, from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
• PTO Mad Science will be held Tuesday, Feb. 22, from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
• 4th Grade Colonial Day is Thursday, Feb. 24.
• There will be a transition meeting for students going to South County Secondary School on Friday, Feb., 25, from 1:45 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.

South County Secondary School

• Spring sport tryouts begin Monday, Feb. 21.
• Rising 10th grade orientation will be held Tuesday, Feb. 22, from 7:30 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.
• Drug Paraphernalia Show: What Every Parent Needs to Know About Teenage Substance Abuse, will be held Tuesday, Feb. 22, for parents only, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
• 2nd Quarter Honor Roll Ceremony will be held Wednesday, Feb. 23, from 12:45 p.m. to 2 p.m.
• High school pre-festival band concert will be held Wednesday, Feb. 23, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
• Rising 10th grade academic advising through PE will be held Thursday, Feb. 24 and Friday, Feb. 25.
• Indoor Track State Meet, location TBA, beginning Friday, Feb. 25. 
• SC Dance Invitational will be held Saturday, Feb. 26.

Hayfield Secondary School    

• Boys varsity lacrosse tryouts to be held Monday, Feb. 21, at 2:30 p.m.
• Thomas Jefferson student applicant information sheets and teacher recommendations are due on Tuesday, Feb. 22.
• Girls varsity and junior varsity softball begin Tuesday, Feb. 22.
• Coed Varsity Indoor Track, VA State AAA Championship, to be held Friday, Feb. 25 and Saturday, Feb. 26.