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Olde
Creek Bears Care Community Outreach Program
Please click on the link below to sign up for this
week's food donations for our Olde Creek Bears Care Food Program. Your
donations provide weekend food provisions to students in need in our school
community. Please drop off your food donations at Olde Creek's front office
during regular office hours by Thursday, January 18th at 3:30pm.
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/508054AA9AF2CA0F49-olde8
Olde Creek Bingo Night is
on Friday!
Be sure to mark your calendars for Bingo Night
at Olde Creek on Friday, January 19! Come out for a fun night with the OCES
community that is filled with games and prizes. It is going to be a great night
for the entire family! We can’t wait to see you there.
Fundraiser
Basketball Game at Woodson on January 19
The Woodson
Student Ambassadors will be holding a basketball game to raise funds for the Leukemia and
Lymphoma Society. The event is on Friday, January 19 in the Woodson HS gym. The
Girls game is at 5:30 and the Boys game is at 7:30.
Lost & Found – Deadline is January 19
If you think that your child’s
missing coat, sweatshirt, sweater, or water bottle might be somewhere at
school, please check out the Lost & Found to see if you can find it! The
Lost & Found is located in the corner of the cafeteria. Any items unclaimed
by Friday, January 19 will be donated to an organization that supports children
in need.
Potbelly
Family Dinner Night on Jan. 30
Save the date for our next family dinner night on
January 30. Come out to Potbelly’s at Fair City Mall for a fun evening with the
Olde Creek Community. A percentage of all of the food purchased that evening
will be donated to the Olde Creek PTA!
New
Visitor Management System (VMS) starts in January
FCPS is in the process of
implementing a new visitor management system. At Olde Creek Elementary
School, we will begin using this new system later this month. It’s fast and
simple! Upon the first visit, visitors will “register” using their
driver’s license, DMV identification card, military ID or passport, and have
their picture taken by the VMS camera. Once registered all you need to do
for subsequent visits is simply check in by scanning your license/ID. A
temporary photo badge will print automatically, which the visitor will wear
while in the building. Quick & easy! Once the final
installation is complete, we will send out a message letting everyone know the
official start date.
Pay
Student Fees Online
Online payment for student fees and school store items will be
available through the MySchoolBucks School Store on Thursday, January 18. This
online payment service provides a quick and easy way to pay for school-related
purchases. You will be able to pay for a variety of school fees using
credit/debit cards or electronic checks.
MySchoolBucks provides:
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Convenience - Available 24/7 on the web
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Efficiency
- Eliminate the need to write checks and for students to bring money to
school
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Flexibility
- Make payments using credit/debit cards and electronic checks
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Security - MySchoolBucks
adheres to the highest security standards, including PCI and CISP
Enrollment is easy!
- Go to www.MySchoolBucks.com or,
to the MySchoolBucks link located on your school’s homepage to establish
an account
- Add your
students using the name of the school they are attending, and either their
student ID or birthdate
- You will
receive a confirmation email that your account has been established
- Make
purchases with your credit/debit card or electronic checks
- There
are no convenience fees for using the online payment system
Customer Service:
Fire
Alarm Testing this Week
We wanted to let you know that the fire alarm
system at our school will be inspected and tested this week.The National Fire
Protection Association (NFPA) and the Fairfax County Office of the Fire Marshal
require Fairfax County Public Schools to test your fire alarm system annually.
This test is very extensive, as we must inspect and test each and every fire
alarm device. This testing can only be performed when the building is
unoccupied; therefore, the typical hours of testing are from approximately
10:00 P.M. until 5:00 A.M., Monday through Friday. System testing can range
from 1 day to 5 days, depending on building size.
In an effort to minimize disruption to the
citizens, the testing of the audible portion (horns) of the system is performed
at the end of the total system test (the last testing day). The approximate
amount of time that the audible portion (horns) are activated per site should
be 15 minutes.
If you have any other questions, please feel
free to contact the school.
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