Back to School Announcements

August 28, 2019

 

Reminders:

August 30 – September 2 – Labor Day Holiday – NO SCHOOL

*School and Office will be Closed.

 


Back to School Night

Back to School Night is on Wednesday, September 4th for all grade levels K-6. At 6:00 pm, parents are invited to the library to “Meet the Specialist.”  You will be able to meet the librarian along with the art, music, and physical education teachers who work with your students. Additionally, our counselors will be on hand. Teachers will be in their classrooms at 6:30 pm to greet you for session 1. We ask that parents refrain from arriving at the classrooms earlier than 6:30 pm to allow teachers time to prepare for their presentations. There will be another 45 minute information session starting at 7:15 pm in each classroom so that families with multiple children can attend more than one session.

Parking will be limited. Please consider walking if you live close to the school. We ask that children do not attend this evening event.

In this busy world, it is difficult to do all that is asked of us, but one evening at Back-to-School Night will put you in personal touch with teachers who will be working with you to ensure your son’s or daughter’s success. 

You are the most important people in your son’s or daughter’s life. Here at Virginia Run Elementary School we know the value of parent involvement. We will all do a better job with our students if we communicate throughout the year.

 


School Communications

In order to streamline school communications to ensure you are informed of school-related events and information, VRES will communicate with families in the following ways:

  • Wednesday folders – will continue to be sent home weekly with students to include student work samples and school flyers.
  • News You Choose messages- will continue to be emailed to enrolled families on the first Wednesday and third Wednesday of the calendar month.
  • eNotify messages- will continue to be used to provide families with emergency information or special announcements.

*Our first newsletter will go out next Wednesday, September 4, 2019.

 


ATTENTION KINDERGARTEN PARENTS

According to Transportation Services, the bus driver will return your kindergartener to their school if your child is not met at the door of the school bus by a parent, a guardian/caregiver, or sibling, middle school or higher and asked for by name.

 


Distribution of Literature and Fliers

To protect our children from becoming little advertisers and mail carriers, FCPS has clearly described the situation under which children may carry announcements home to parents. (Regulation 1367.1)  Students may only carry fliers consistent with the mission of the school: education and the welfare of children. All nonprofit organizations are eligible to submit fliers in accordance with the guidelines below. Charitable solicitations, partisan political organizations, and commercial or profit-making enterprises are excluded with the exception of school-business partnerships and events.  Students may not carry advertisements. Non-profit organizations such as the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts may only use the backpack system at designated times during the year. The fliers must be representative of something appropriate to the children and not violate any rules of decency, political campaigning, or marketing. These designated times are set by the school principal. 

At Virginia Run Elementary, the four dates that Wednesday envelopes may be used for carrying announcements from non-profit organizations are:

September 4, 2019       

November 13, 2019       

January 29, 2020        

April 15, 2020

**All announcements/fliers must carry the following disclaimer:

These materials are neither sponsored nor endorsed by the Fairfax County School Board, the Superintendent, or this school.

All announcements/fliers must be approved by the administration in advance, allowing at least 3 days turn-around time. Upon receiving approval, the organization is responsible for supplying the copies to the school by the Tuesday preceding the designated envelope. PTA materials and announcements must also be approved in advance, but are not restricted to the four dates listed. No materials carried by children may promote improper behavior or political opinion.