 Thank you to all the parent volunteers and students who kept our beautiful teaching garden watered over the summer months.
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Stay up-to-date on school bus arrivals with FCPS' bus
delay notification system. This system provides parents with timely
notification of late bus route information. Access it directly online. Morning bus route
information will be available until noon. The afternoon bus route information
will be available from 1 to 5:30 p.m.
E-Notify (BlackboardConnect) email messages
will also be sent to announce bus delays.
Need assistance or have questions? Visit
the FCPS Transportation page for more
information.
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As the school year begins, we want you to how FCPS follows up on student attendance. Regular attendance and active academic engagement yield the best
student outcomes. In Virginia, public school students, aged five to eighteen,
are expected to attend school daily, unless their absence is excused due to
illness, a death in the family, a medical or dental appointment, or religious
obligations.
We reach out to parents when:
- Students
don’t arrive at school as scheduled. We must hear from parents within 48
hours of an absence, and will try to reach parents to find out the reason
why the child did not report.
- Students are
chronically absent (miss 10% of the school year, for any reason).
- Students
have five or more unexcused days, because this is a truancy matter.
Parents assist educators by:
- Continuing
to communicate with schools when your child will be absent.
- Planning
non-school related trips, such as those scheduled to visit relatives, or
family vacations, when schools are not in session. Doing so helps children
avoid lost learning opportunities.
- Monitoring
your child’s attendance.
- Seeking
resources, including school support, if your child is experiencing
difficulty in school.
Get more information about student attendance.
Fairfax County Public Schools offers three ways to pay for school meals: online, check, or cash. This year's meal prices are also available.
Want to know what’s for lunch? Check out the menu for your child’s school online.
Free and Reduced-Price Meals Application Available Online
Free and reduced-price meal applications may be completed online or by submitting a handwritten, paper application for the 2018-19 school year. Electronic meal applications are quick, easy, and available in the following languages: English, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Filipino, French, and Vietnamese.
Both the online application and paper application now include a designated section with the consent to share information for other programs. This update allows parents and guardians to complete the free and reduced-price meal application and the consent to share information in the same document.
Paper applications must be the original red print forms, which are available at school offices, school cafeterias, and other FCPS buildings. Copied application forms cannot be accepted.
More information is available on the Free and Reduced-Price Meals web page.
Mrs. Wheeler, Oak Hill’s Advanced Academic Resource
Teacher, will hold a parent information session on Wednesday, September 26,
from 5:00-6:00 pm in the school café. At the info session,
she will review the levels of service in FCPS for K-6 and give an overview of
the referral/screening process. We hope you will be able to join
us! If you have questions, please contact Jane Wheeler, AART, at jgwheeler@fcps.edu. For further
information about Advanced Academics in FCPS, click here.
Here are some important dates to keep in mind for this
year:
October 11 – AAP Level IV referral forms for new FCPS
students due to Mrs. Wheeler (grades 3-6)
January 10 – Level IV referral files and optional
materials due to Mrs. Wheeler (grades 2-6)
If you are interested in helping in your child’s library, we
have the following options for you to choose from:
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Shelving
and shelf maintenance: Come on your
own schedule during the school day and help with shelving books and making
sure our shelves are in order. This
makes it easier for our kids to access the books they want!
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Check out
books to students: Help is needed Monday-Friday from 2:15-3:15. If
that time works for you, pick a day and come every week on that day. You will scan books on student library
accounts as they come to the circulation desk with their book choices.
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Library
Inventory: This will take place in early 2019. Every book will need the barcode
scanned. I anticipate this to be a
two-week process, depending on the number of volunteers we have in the pool.
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Book
Fair: This will take place Oct. 22-26. Volunteers will be needed during that week
and the week before. You may hang signs, help set-up, assist with point of
sale, or help pack up the fair at the end.
If you are interested
in getting involved in the library, we would love to have your help in these
areas. Training will be provided!
Please contact Jenny
Henry or Billy Germain at
703-981-0792 or jlhenry@fcps.edu
The fifth annual FCPS Mental Health and Wellness Conference will
be held on Saturday, September 29, at Fairfax High School from 8 a.m. to
1:30 p.m. Dr. Scott S. Brabrand, FCPS Superintendent, will open the
conference. Dr. Amy Przeworski, associate professor in the Department of
Psychological Sciences at Case Western University, will give the keynote
presentation: Using Stress to Your Advantage in Achieving Academic Success and
Emotional Well Being.
For the first time, the conference will also
include an Our Minds Matter Teen Summit for middle and high school students,
sponsored by the Josh Anderson Foundation.
Participants in this conference will be able to
choose from a wide variety of breakout sessions, and there will be many
resource tables available, representing public and private offices and agencies
providing services within our schools and community.
Registration is now open. More information is
available at the Mental Health and Wellness Conference website.
 Second graders participating in Readers Workshop.
We are so excited to
be back in school and all of our classes have already been hard at work with
building a reading and writing community within their classrooms. This
first unit for all of our grade levels in reading is about setting up routines and
procedures to run a successful reading workshop. Students will learn how
to choose books for independent practice, they will be learning how to read
around the room, and, most importantly, how to talk about their reading with
peers and their teacher. At home, you can follow up with this by asking
your child what they have been reading and ask them specifically about the
characters in their books. Support them in making connections and
developing theories about the characters in the books they read.
On Wednesday, September 19th, students will be released 3 hours
early, at 12:30 p.m. There will be four additional 3-hour early dismissal
days this school year. These days are planned to provide time for staff
development.
Please make transportation and child care plans now for September
19th.
The lunch schedule on the
early dismissal days will be modified to allow all students to have lunch.
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September 5: Science Olympiad information session, 6-7pm
September 14: PTA Read Aloud and Movie Night in the cafeteria, 5:30pm
September 19: 3-hour early close
September 26: AAP Parent Information Meeting in the cafeteria, 5-6pm
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PTA Membership
Get
aboard, we are Full STEAM ahead. Join today and support our students
through your support of the PTA and benefit from: After-School activities,
Teaching Garden, Movie Nights, GRACE Arts, and so much more! Register through
our website here and use
the code: W7TNKV to join the PTA. Pledge is $65 for one child,
$80 for 2+ students. Membership has benefits include early bird
registration to after school programs and clubs, free directory, and pay $25
less for programs.
We
currently have 28% participation going in the the kick-off of EXTRA
recess. There is still time to help your child's grade win EXTRA
recess.
Current
standings are:
3rd
Grade - 34.3%
4th
Grade - 34.0%
Kindergarten
- 29.6%
2nd
Grade - 29.2%
1st
Grade - 27.6%
6th
Grade - 27.5%
5th
Grade - 24.8%
SCIENCE
OLYMPIAD - INFORMATION SESSION
Virginia
Science Olympiad (VASO) is a non-profit which seeks to engage and challenge
students in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics through various
levels of team-based competitive tournaments in Virginia. For more
information, please visit their website here.
We are
having a parent information session in the Oak Hill cafeteria tonight from 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM about Science Olympiad - Division A.
Registration
is open for 3rd through 5th grade students. Click here to register.
FALL AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
There are a few spots
are left for after school activities. Please click here to review and
reserve your spots.
READ ALOUD AND MOVIE NIGHT
Oak Hill
staff, students and their families are invited to enjoy a fun Friday
evening at the school- Read Aloud Hour followed by a movie night on September
14th!
Read Aloud
Hour Details
Time:
September 14th, Friday, 5:30-6:30 PM at Oak Hill
No Entry
Fee!
Locations
for Read Aloud by grades will be directed on the day of the event
What do
you need to do?
Just show up! Every
child must be accompanied and supervised by a Parent
Family
Movie Night Details
Movie:
Incredibles 2
Show Time:
September 14th, Friday, 7:00-9:30 PM at Oak Hill Cafeteria.
No Entry
Fee!
Food and
Drinks are on sale.
What do
you need to do?
Just bring your blankets,
pillows, and come in your PJs to watch
Every
child must be accompanied and supervised by a parent
VOLUNTEER
OPPORTUNITY – FOOD RESCUE
Be a part of the community who cares for the neighborhood. Oak Hill participates in Food recycling program. The PTA is looking for
volunteers to deliver rescued food to the Neighborhood resource center.
Volunteers are expected to check in at the cafeteria any time
on Wednesdays and Fridays and collect the rescued food items and deliver it
to Cornerstones. Please sign up using this link.
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