 We had an AMAZING performance today from the Woodson Marching Cavaliers!
Back to School Night is on Wednesday, September 5
We hope to see you at our Back-to-School Night event next week. It will take place on Wednesday, September 5th from 6:45 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. We will provide information about individual classrooms, grade-level curricula, and programs and resources available to our students and families. Our specialists and resource teachers will be visiting classrooms throughout the evening and will be available at the front of the school at the beginning and end of the event. This night is just for parents and we ask that you please arrange for child care for your children. The school doors will open at 6:30 and the classroom programs will begin at 6:45 p.m. Our goal is to build connections between our teachers and families and to foster a strong school-home partnership for the upcoming year.
Olde Creek Book Drive
Do you have gently used books on your shelves at home that your children have outgrown? If so, consider donating them to Olde Creek during our Used Book Drive. The book drive will begin the night of Back to School Night and run until the end of the OC Book Fair on Tuesday, November 6th. Place donated books in tubs in the main office. We will ensure that all donated books end up in the hands of OC students. Questions? Email OC Librarian, Patty Smalley, at pssmalley@fcps.edu.
Advanced Academic Parent Information Meeting - October 17th
Ms. Stobbe, Olde Creek’s Advanced Academic Resource Teacher, will hold a parent information session on Wednesday, October 17th, from 6:00-7:00 pm in the library. 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 Wendy Stobbe, AART, at wmstobbe@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 Ms. Stobbe (grades 3-6). Please contact Ms. Stobbe directly for support with this process.
January 10 – Level IV referral files and optional materials due to Ms. Stobbe (grades 2-6)
Family Life Education Information
Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) provides a comprehensive, sequential Family Life Education (FLE) program for students in grades kindergarten through grade twelve. Instruction is seen as a partnership among parents and guardians, the school, and the community in supporting the learning essential to the development of strong families, positive relationships, and a healthy community.
Parents/guardians may choose to opt their child out of all or part of the Family Life Education program. Students who are opted out are provided with age-appropriate, nonpunitive alternative health instruction, and every effort is made to foster respect for family choices. If you wish to opt your child out of all or part of FLE for this school year, opt out forms will be included in your child’s back-to-school/orientation packets and are available online for Elementary (K-6) https://www.fcps.edu/academics/elementary-school-academics-k-6/elementary-family-life-education , Middle School (7-8) https://www.fcps.edu/academics/middle-school-academics-7-8/family-life-education-fle, and High School (9-12) https://www.fcps.edu/academics/high-school-academics-9-12/family-life-education-fle. Please fill in the opt-out form and return it to your child’s school prior to Family Life Education instruction.
Detailed grade-level program descriptions are available online at Elementary (K-6) , Middle School (7-8) , and High School (9-12). FLE grade level-specific lessons and media that FCPS has streaming rights for are available for parents online in FCPS 24-7 (Blackboard) Parent View https://fcps.blackboard.com/. Account information is available at your local school or online at http://www.fcps.edu/is/instructionaltechnology/247help/parents.shtml. Grade level-specific lessons are also available at the Fairfax County Regional Library in the City of Fairfax (this location does not have media). Grade level-specific lessons and media that is not streamed online are available for review at your child’s school on the evening of November 8 at 5:00 PM. Due to copyright permissions, we are unable to stream all media online.
Program questions may be addressed at your child’s school or by contacting Instructional Services at 571-423-4550 or by contacting Elizabeth Payne, Health and Physical Education Coordinator at etpayne@fcps.edu.
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