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Information included in today’s Oakton Updates includes the following:
- Important Upcoming Dates
- The Pantry – Backpack Program
- New Visitor Management System
- AP Exams for Non-Enrolled Students – Deadline March
1
- Academic Advising and 2017-18 Course Catalog
- US Service Academy and ROTC Night
- Understanding your Financial
Award Letter Presentation – March 11
- College Partnership Program
- Planners Still Available
- Driver Education: Partners for Safe
Teen Driving Night on 2/27/17
- Library Hosts Author Visit
- NoVa Teen Book Festival 2017
- Library Overdue Books & Fines
- Parent Education Night – Chasing the Dragon – March 13
Important Upcoming Dates
February 27 – Partners for Safe Teen Driving
March 7,8 – Writing SOL for students in English 11 and English 11 HN
March 13 – Parent Education Night viewing Chasing the Dragon
March 24 – Student Holiday
Mark your calendars!
Tuesday, April 4 and Wednesday, April 5 – Exhibition of Learning!
The Pantry – Backpack Program
We
are thrilled to announce that we’ve begun the second phase of The Pantry at
Oakton – our Backpack Program. Every Friday, students in need may bring
home a backpack filled with food for themselves and their siblings. They
return the backpack on Monday and it will be refilled and available every
Friday. Please contact your child’s counselor if your child is in need of
the Backpack program.
Thank
you to the continued support of our community to keep The Pantry fully
stocked. Currently we are in need of the following items: boxed milk,
canned tuna, canned chicken and juice.
New Visitor Management System
Oakton High School is using a
new Visitor Management System for parents, visitors, volunteers and substitutes
to check in when they come to the school. The new system was provided by
FCPS to improve school security. All adults coming to in the building
will now be required to scan their ID (driver’s license, state issued ID card,
passport, ect) when they check-in which will be checked against the national
sex offenders registries to ensure the safety of our students. If you do
not have an ID please let the office staff know and they will assist you with
checking in.
AP Exams –
Non-Enrolled Students – Deadline March 1
If any student wants to
take an AP exam in a course that he/she is not enrolled in, registration is now
open. Each exam costs $100, and the form to register can be found in school
counseling or on our website.
Students currently enrolled in an AP course are automatically registered for
the corresponding AP exam and do not need to complete any form.
If you have any questions about AP testing in general,
please contact one of our AP testing coordinators: Martha Rodeheaver at myrodeheaver@fcps.edu
or Alyson Calvello at acalvello@fcps.edu.
Academic
Advising and 2017-18 Course Catalog
We’re in the middle of meeting with
our students to determine their schedules for next year! Please
use this
link to access the 2017-18 course catalog.
School counselors will meet with students in large groups to present
critical information about course offerings, sequencing, prerequisites for
specific courses, and graduation requirements. Meetings will take place at the
following times:
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Rising 10th grade:
February 22-23 (in Biology)
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Rising 11th grade:
February 7-8 (in World History 2)
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Rising 12th grade:
January 23-24 (in US/VA History)
School counselors will then meet individually with their assigned
students to assist with course selection. During these meetings, the
students will confirm their course requests, and they will be given a copy of
the courses they have selected. Individual academic advising conferences
are scheduled as follows:
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Rising 10th grade:
February 24 - March 3 (through PE 9 classes)
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Rising 11th grade:
February 9 - February 17 (through PE 10 classes)
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Rising 12th grade:
January 25 – February 3 (through English 11 classes)
U.S. Service Academy & ROTC
Night
Interested in pursuing a military academy or ROTC in college? Check out:
Tuesday, February 28, 7-8:30 PM – U.S. Service Academy & ROTC Night at W.T.
Woodson High School (Auditorium) This event is open all grade levels! (Snow
Date: Thursday, March 2 at 6PM)
Understanding
Your Financial Aid Award Letter Presentation - March 11
Seniors and senior families, need help looking over
the financial aid award letters you’ve received from colleges?
Saturday, March 11, 9-11AM – College Access Fairfax will be presenting on
Understanding Your Financial Aid Award Letter at Oakton High School
(Auditorium). We hope to see you there!
College
Partnership Program
Are you a student who wants and needs more
information about the college process and support to get there?! The College
Partnership Program may be the club for you!
CPP students meet monthly in the Oakton HS College & Career Center during
Cougar Time to prepare and learn more about what it takes to get to college.
All students are welcome to attend these monthly meetings, however, in order to
receive additional benefits of the College Partnership Program, such as
academic counseling, college visit field trips and summer experiences, assistance
with completing college applications, workshops, test prep, fee waivers for SAT
and ACT, as well as college applications and parent info programs; students
should apply to become an official CPP member.
Visit the FCPS
website to learn more about the program’s philosophy and
principles, as well as eligibility. Students may apply online or through a
paper application by March 31st. Applications are available online. Paper applications (and a
recommendation form) are available outside the College & Career Center.
Planners
Still Available
Does your student need a new
planner? Planners are available for $3 each in the Gold Office.
Driver Education: Partners for Safe Teen Driving Night on 2/27/17
The next Partners for Safe Teen
Driving night is Monday, February 27th in the Auditorium at 7pm. Please be
on-time and bring a pen. One parent/guardian must attend with the student.
All students that have taken DE this school year must attend ONE PSTD
presentation as a requirement of the VA licensure process.
Sophomores DO NOT need to pre-register and it's FREE. Juniors and Seniors who
need to attend must pre-register online and there's a $30 fee.
If you are unable to attend, the last presentation is on 4/27/17.
Library Hosts Author Visit
Oakton Library is hosting an
author visit on Friday, March 10th during Advisory and A-B lunches! During
Advisory, YA author Mary G. Thompson will read from her books and talk about
writing as well as answer your questions. The library has copies of her books
available to check out to read before the visit. Ms. Thompson will stay and
conduct a 1-hour writing workshop during A and B lunches. Students will need to
get permission from their 5th period teacher to miss the first hour of class to
attend the writing workshop session. (You may bring your lunch with you to the
Writing Workshop!) Students signing up for the writing workshop will be
expected to attend the full hour session.
Sign up for the Advisory session and/or the Writing Workshop with the author by
Thursday, March 9. To sign up:
- Complete this Google
Form (also available on Blackboard and the OHS website) OR
- Stop by the library to sign up in person.
NoVa Teen Book Festival 2017
This year’s NoVa TEEN Book
Festival will take place Saturday, March 11 from 9:30 – 6:00 at Washington Lee
High School in Arlington. NoVa TEEN Book Festival, in its 4th year, is a FREE
festival celebrating Young Adult fiction. It’s a day-long event packed with
books, authors, and activities in Arlington, Virginia. It’s the first event of
its kind in the Arlington and Washington DC-metro area. Book lovers of all ages
are welcome!
Library Overdue Books & Fines
If you have an overdue book or a
library fine, you should receive a NOTICE during English class this week
explaining the details of the obligation.
There are two types of library obligations: “library bills” and “overdue
notices.”
If your paper says “Library Bill,” look at the column that says “Reason” for
one of the following:
- “Overdue” - means the book was returned already, but it was late and has a fine
for the amount listed.
- “Lost” - means the book was not returned and has been marked lost because it
has been gone for so long; the student needs to pay the amount listed for the
price of the book or return the book and pay the overdue fine. (Books that have
been out for many months have usually accrued a fine of $10.)
- “Misc” - typically, this refers to a printing fee that was not paid; the
student owes the amount listed.
If your paper says “Overdue Notice” or “Long Overdue Notice,” the book is a
checkout from this year that has not been returned. The book needs to be
returned and will be assessed a late fine at that time. (10¢ per day it is late
– many months overdue will be around $10.) If the book is lost, the student
will owe the amount listed as “price” on this notice.
You should also receive an email in your school Google email by Friday,
February 24, indicating that you have an obligation (without details).
Students with questions should stop by the library to get clarification!
Parent Education Night - Chasing
the Dragon – March 13
Oakton High School will be
presenting Chasing the Dragon: The Life
of an Opiate Addict, a documentary video about the growing problem of
opioid addiction, at 7:00 pm on Monday, March 13. In this documentary, a number
of young individuals (many from Northern Virginia) who have struggled with drug
addiction tell their personal stories, in their own voices, and at times using
potentially offensive language. More
information on the video is available on the FBI
website.
We hope parents can join the
Oakton administration and county police for the video and a discussion after
the viewing. Students who are accompanied by their parents are also welcome to
attend.
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