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Mrs. Congdon's 1st Grade Class
Attendance: When Should I Send My Child To School?
When students miss too many days of school, they fall behind and struggle to keep up with their classmates. Whether the days missed are due to illness, truancy, or for any other reason, the end result for the student is the same— learning time is lost. Children and adolescents will get sick at times and may need to stay at home, but we want to work with you to help minimize the number of days your child misses school. This link gives parents/guardians helpful guidelines:
https://www.fcps.edu/about-fcps/policies-regulations-and-notices/attendance-policies/attendance-when-should-i-send-my
Testing
In November, the Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test (NNAT) is administered to all FCPS first grade students. In October, the CogAT-Custom Form is administered to all FCPS second grade students. During the fall testing cycle, the NNAT and/or Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT) may be administered to students in grades 3-6 who do not have an ability test score. Parents or guardians may exercise a one-time retest option during the fall testing cycle. If you have a student in grades 3-6 and are interested in exercising your one-time retest option, please email Mrs. Sesso at vmsesso@fcps.edu by September 17, 2019.
Opt-Out Flier
The 2019-20 Annual Notice of Survey, Records, Curriculum, Privacy, and Related Rights and Opt-Out Forms flier is now online at http://fcpsnet.fcps.edu/cco/strategiccomm/pubs/optoutflier.pdf
Family Life Education Instructional Program 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 library. 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
Save the Date:
Sep. 11 – Non-Profit Flyer Distribution
Sep. 16-20 - WHS Spirit Week:
Sep. 16 – ManaTEE Monday – Wear a favorite t-shirt
Sep. 17 – Tropical Tuesday – Wear tropical clothes/colors
Sep. 18 - WAVE-y Wednesday – wacky, wavy hair day
Sep. 19 – TEEMing Thursday – wear favorite team’s shirt/colors
Sep. 20 – Rainbow Fish Friday – Wear rainbow colors
Sep. 18 – PTA Spiritwear orders due
Sep. 19 – PICTURE DAY
Sep. 20 – Westfield HS Homecoming Parade @ Stone MS 4:30pm
Sep. 27 – Cub Run-a-Thon
Oct. 2 – Interims Sent Home
Oct. 2 – AAP Information Night @ 7:00pm in the Library
Oct. 14 – Student Holiday
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