Kings Glen Gator Bytes December 5, 2018

Gator Bytes: Weekly News and General Information for Kings Glen


strings and chorus concert

5th/6th Grade Strings and Chorus Winter Concert

Tuesday, December 11 ∼ Assembly 1:50 PM,  Evening 6:30 PM

Dress: chorus shirt and jeans for afternoon assembly, Strings wear same OR white shirt and jeans

Evening concert: Call time 6:00 PM, wear black on bottom, white on top


Advanced Academics Referral Deadline: January 10, 2019

January 10, 2019 is the deadline for submitting an AAP Level IV referral. Level IV services are Full-Time Advanced Academic Services for students in grades 3-8; Kings Glen students who are eligible attend Keene Mill ES for elementary school and Lake Braddock for Middle School.  

Additional information can be found on the Advanced Academic Programs website under Full-Time Level IV Services and Screening Procedures. 

For additional information, parents may contact Cindy Agner caagner@fcps.edu


Help us get more smiles in the yearbook!

Upload your photos of school events to community.lifetouch.com. Enter our school code PKETCF. Uploaded images will be considered for the yearbook. Please submit photos that are at least 300 dpi to ensure acceptable print quality for the yearbook.


Lake Braddock Bruins

Annual Junior Varsity Dance Team Workshop at LBSS!

Our workshop & performance will be held on January 11, 2019! Proceeds help to fund the purchase of uniforms, supplies, and other team expenses. This is a spectacular event your children won’t want to miss, and one they will remember for years to come! Register by midnight on December 14 to be guaranteed a workshop T-shirt.


positivity

KGES Character Strengths:

The Positivity Project

Kings Glen ES is a Partner School in the Positivity Project, where one "character strength" is featured each week. Families can learn more about the Positivity Project here. Enjoy discussing this week's Character Strength with your children at home!

Dec 3 - Dec 7 Kindness Character Strength


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KP/KG PTA News

Winter After-School Activities

Registration for Winter After-School Programs is now open. Classes begin January 22, 2019 (More Information)

Teacher Tastes & Tidbits

Are you looking to say thank you to a teacher or staff member? All staff have been given the option to fill out a “Teacher Tastes & Tidbits” form with information such as favorite stores and restaurants, classroom needs/wants, favorite authors and more. (More Information)

Next PTA Meeting at Kings Glen

Wednesday, December 12th at 6:30 p.m.

(Select KG Strings students will be performing)


e-Notify Emergency Messages Will Be Communicated via New Vendor Beginning December 14

Fairfax County Public Schools will be moving to a new vendor to provide emergency and essential email, text, and phone notifications beginning December 14, 2018. If you currently receive emergency and essential communications via email, text, or phone, you do not need to do anything as you will continue to receive this information. 

Parents and guardians who have included a cellphone number (in the cellphone field) on a student’s emergency care card will receive a text message on December 14 to confirm the account is set up to receive text messages from FCPS.  You do not need to do anything when you receive the text message from the new vendor, School Messenger, on December 14th. If you do not receive a text message, please check the contact information listed on your child’s emergency care card in weCare. Your cellphone number must be listed in the cellphone field in order to receive text messages from FCPS.

New this year, parents can enter their student’s cellphone number in weCare so that their student will also receive text messages for delayed openings, school closings, and late bus notifications. The student’s cellphone number will need to be entered in Section 4, under Additional Information.  If the student’s cellphone is listed in weCare, they will also receive the text message on December 14. 

Emergency and essential information includes:

  • Emergency
  • Delayed openings/school closings
  •  Attendance
  • Early release
  • Buses running late
  • Low lunch balance
  • Power, telephone, internet outages or facility repairs
  • Back to school information
  • Important testing dates

If you have recently changed your contact information, please be sure to update the emergency contact information in weCare.

As a reminder, in addition to email and text messages, all FCPS weather delays and openings are also posted on Twitter, Facebook, FCPS website, school websites, and local radio and television broadcasts. Read more about Weather Cancellation Procedures.


events

Dec. 11:  Grades 5 & 6 Winter Chorus and Strings Concert

Dec. 12:  PTA Meeting at Kings Glen, 6:30 p.m.

Dec. 14:  3-Hour Early Release (students dismissed at 12:25 p.m.)

Dec. 18:  Grade 6 Winter Band Concert

Dec. 24-Jan. 4:  Winter Break


If you would like a hard copy of items contained in this bulletin and are unable to print, email KGNotes@fcps.edu.