Cougar Dash
December 10-14
Dec. 10: Day 2; Book Fair continues through 12/14
Dec. 11: Day 3
Dec. 12: Day 4
Dec. 13: Day 5; Band concert, 7pm at Langley High School
Dec. 14: Neutral Day; 3 hour early release
In this issue: Congratulations to Cooper students, Make a wish come true at Pine Spring Elementary, Lost & Found, Book Fair is Here, Spelling Bee winners, Emergency notifications, Order your Team T-shirt, Langley Pyramid Holiday concerts, Private School application process, Level 4 AAP, Order your yearbook
STUDENT FOCUS
Congratulations to these Cooper Students!
December Students of the Month
Acadia-Jennifer MacLeod
Sequoia-Cleia Jones
Shenandoah-Taylor Frankel
Denali-Gracie Anklam
Everglades-Abe Al-Dalli
Yellowstone-Nikki Mahmoudi
TJ Intermediate Math Open Winners
Michael Wang-1st place in Algebra 1 with the top score
Dylan Cheng-2nd place in Geometry
Isabella Zhu-Puzzle and team competition winner
 Make a Wish Come True
This Holiday Season
Our sister school, Pine Spring Elementary, provided a wish list for their kindergartners. We ask that gifts be wrapped and around $25. Gifts will be delivered to the students by our Advanced Journalism students. Please email our Journalism teacher, Lindsay Bovenzi (LMBovenzi@fcps.edu) if you would like a name and a wish. Gifts must be received by December 12th. We also need wrapping paper and gift bag donations (they do not need to be new).
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Lost and Found
Our Lost & Found is overflowing. Please check for any lost items in the cafeteria. Items will be donated after December 21.
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Book Fair is Here!
From Wednesday, December 5th through Friday, December 14th the library will become a book store. All proceeds from the book fair go to our school library account and are used to purchase resources and supplies to make the library even better. There will also be a candy cane sale to benefit the Native Courtyard Garden fund. Our knowledgeable librarians will assist students and parents with appropriate book selections. Wish lists are posted for teachers - please stop by!
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 Congratulations to our Spelling Bee winners!
Cooper Champion - Caroline Xu
1st Runner Up - Isabella Zhu
2nd Runner Up - Paul Witkop
Continue to Receive Emergency Notifications
FCPS is using a 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.
Order your Team T-Shirt!
7th and 8th grade Team T-shirt ordering is available through MySchoolBucks.com. There will be times during the year we ask students to wear their team t-shirt on field trips or on spirit days so please take a moment to order your child the $5 team t-shirt. Thanks for your support!
Langley Pyramid Holiday Concerts
Please consider attending one of the following holiday concerts showcasing the amazing talent we have in our school community.
- Tuesday, Dec. 11, 7:00 p.m. Langley Orchestra Concert @ Langley
- Wednesday, Dec. 12, 7:00 p.m. Forestville Orchestra Concert @ Forestville
- Thursday, Dec. 13, 7:00 p.m. Cooper Band Concert @ Langley
- Tuesday, Dec. 18, 7:00 p.m. Langley Bands Concert @ Langley
- Thursday, Dec. 20, 7:00 p.m. Langley Choir Concert @ Langley
Private School Application Process
If your student is applying to a private school or program for the 2019-2020 school year, please find detailed instructions at the link below on what is required.
Cooper Middle School Private School Application Process
Advanced Academic Programs Level 4 Referral Deadline-7th graders
January 10, 2019 is the deadline for submitting an AAP Level 4 referral. There are no exceptions to this deadline, and it is recommended not to wait for ability test scores due to the tight timeline. Additional information can be found here. Go to Full-Time Level 4 Services and Screening Procedures. For additional information, please contact Student Services at Cooper Middle School.
Order your yearbook today and save!
Yearbooks are only $40.
Order online at www.yearbookordercenter.com
Our order number is: 5267
Do you want your student to be featured in the 2018-2019 CMS yearbook?
Please email jpeg photos to cooperyearbook@gmail.com
We will accept any photos, but are currently looking for: 2018 summer photos, sports photos, family/friend photos, first day of school photos, and students with their pets photos.
Friday, December 14 is a 3 hour early release (11:15am dismissal)
Friday, December 21 is a full day
Winter Break is December 24-January 6.
Students return to school on January 7.
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