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Please Help Chantilly HS Promote Safety and Security at Football Games

Chantilly HS Varsity Football is having its best season in many years and crowds at home games have been growing in size. Chantilly HS encourages and appreciates it when community members share in their success by attending home games, but we have experienced some problems with younger students that come to games unattended by a parent or guardian. If your middle or elementary aged child wants to attend a football game, they are welcome to do so as long as a parents or guardian comes with them. Thanks for your help.

Scott F. Poole, PhD

Principal

Chantilly High School

Federal Impact Aid Forms Due Monday, October 28

FCPS schools are asking all families to fill out a Student-Parent Survey for Federal Impact Aid.

Returning this form is important because information from this survey results in an additional $3 million in grants each year from the U.S. Department of Education. These funds are used to support all Fairfax County public schools and centers.

For each school-aged child in your household, please complete, sign, date, and return the survey to your child's school. If sections 1 and 2 of the survey do not apply to you, just check the box in Section 3. All forms must be signed, dated, and returned by Monday, October 28. All results are CONFIDENTIAL.

Oakton HS PTSA Screening of Movie "Angst"

Oakton High School PTSA cordially invites you to a free screening of the IndieFlix Original film “Angst”, a new documentary about anxiety.

The film features candid interviews with teens dealing with anxiety and valuable tools to manage the condition. Following the 55-minute film, please stay for an open a dialogue among families, community leaders and panel experts. Monday, October 28 - 7pm Oakton High School Auditorium Doors open at 6:30pm

All are welcome and suggested for ages 12 and above. Reserve your tickets today and let’s start a conversation. For more information and to RSVP, visit

https://oaktonhsptsa.ptboard.com/

Digital Citizenship Week

FCPS is celebrating Digital Citizenship Week from October 21-25, 2019! This year’s theme is Media Balance and Well-Being: Developing a Healthy Relationship with Your Technology.

Franklin Middle School throughout the school year as an FCPSOn School focuses on several topics that deal with different aspects of Digital Citizenship.

September dealt with Social Media and October dealt with Online Presentation, both lessons are available for download below:

September / October

Students and families are encouraged to reflect on their own relationship with technology, their media habits, and begin to think of ways to make some healthy adjustments.

Reflect on the role technology plays in your life with Google’s technology self-assessment.
Track your screen time on Apple and Android devices.
Check out Google’s Digital Wellbeing tools.
Use this On-Task Self-Monitoring Sheet and a timer for one day to become more aware of whether technology is distracting you from your homework or other focused work.
Create a family media plan to reflect on your current practices and plan to incorporate healthy media habits into your home.
- American Academy of Pediatrics Family Media Planner
- The SMART Talk
- Common Sense Media Device Contract and Media Agreement (K-5, 6-8, 9-12)

Developing good Digital Citizens does not stop when Digital Citizenship week ends on Friday. We hope to facilitate more lessons throughout the school year from Common Sense Media and work towards becoming a Common Sense Media Certified school!

To Veterans and Active-Duty Service Personnel and their Families:

The Chantilly High School Pyramid and iWitnessed --> iRemember would like to invite you to our Chantilly Thanks! performance and dessert reception. We appreciate all of the sacrifices you and your family have made to protect our country, and we would hope you can join us at this event.

The event will take place on November 12 (Tuesday) at Chantilly High School. The performance portion of the evening will begin at 6:00 PM, followed by a dessert reception (and a thank you gift for all of our attending veterans!)

Space is, unfortunately, limited, so please RSVP for you and your guests at the following link: chantilly-thanks-our-veterans.eventbrite.com

If you have any questions, please email iwitnessed.iremember@gmail.com.

Volunteers Needed!

Parent volunteers needed to provide hearing and vision tests to students on 10/28.

No experience is needed, training will be provided to volunteers on the spot!

Tests will be given in the morning from 7:15am - 11:00am and afternoon from 11:00am - 2:15pm.

Five volunteers are needed for each session.

Please sign up using the link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050545A5A922A6FE3-parent

Vision and Hearing Screening - Monday, October 28th

Monday, October 28^th will be our vision and hearing screening for all 7^th grade students and students new to Fairfax County Public Schools. Please remember to bring your glasses!

Laptop Cases and Laptop Care

We wanted to send out a couple of reminders about taking care of the student devices that were checked out at the beginning of the year and make sure that they care for their devices throughout the school year.

Please encourage your students to only hold the necessary equipment and accessories in their school-issued cases or their personal ones. Weighing down or over-packing the cases can result in unnecessary damage to the laptops and cases. Our Tech Team has seen a large amount of laptops with cracked or broken screens as well as ripped cases. Much of this is caused by students using them as backpacks for their school books and supplies.
Students need to be aware they are responsible for their laptops, cases, and chargers. We have had instances of students lending out their laptops and chargers and not having them returned by their fellow peers as well as leaving them in their classrooms and on top of lockers. These items are not to be shared among others.
Updates to the computers need to be done inside the school network as they cannot be updated from home. Please encourage your student to restart their computers twice a week early in the morning before classes begin.
If a student forgets their laptop device, they do not get a loaner from the help desk, there are loaners available in each classroom. Loaners are only provided upon a laptop being serviced by the help desk.

Any questions or concerns, feel free to email Ryan Richardson, our School-Based Technology Specialist (SBTS) at rdrichardso1@fcps.edu.

Future Quest October 26, 2019

FUTURE QUEST is coming to Northern Virginia on Saturday, October 26th, 2019, from 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.!

FUTURE QUEST is a FREE college and career conference for students with disabilities, and the families and professionals who work with them. This is a full day of informative and interactive presentations on a huge variety of topics related to transition from high school to post-secondary life. In addition to the presentations, FUTURE QUEST also features an extensive resource fair, with over 40 vendors, and a book sale highlighting materials related to transition to life after high school.

FUTURE QUEST will be held at the Johnson Center at George Mason University, in Fairfax, Virginia. Free parking and paid parking are available. Food is available for purchase in a variety of restaurants throughout the Johnson Center.

PRE-REGISTRATION is available at the FUTURE QUEST website: futurequestgmu.org On-site Registration will also be available at the door.

Please visit the website to view the list of presentations, the schedule of events for the day, books for sale, and much more!

For more information: Leanne Kidwell lkidwell@lcps.org ; 571-252-6540 Looking forward to seeing you at FUTURE QUEST on October 26th!

FMS After-School Programs

Odyssey of the Mind –

We still looking for one more parent to coach an Odyssey of the Mind team. If you are interested and able to help, please email our Odyssey of the Mind coordinator; fmsomcoordinator@gmail.com.

General After-School Information

The after-school program will not convene on the following days before holidays; 11/1/2019; 11/25 – 11/26/2019; 1/17/2020; 1/24/2020; 2/14/2020; 4/3/2020; 5/22/2020
Transportation is available to students staying after school on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays – departing Franklin at 4:45 PM. The late bus schedule is posted on the after-school bulletin board in the cafeteria and on your child’s grade level google classroom. Please be aware that the after-school late bus numbers and routes may differ from your child’s normal school day bus route. Please use the Kiss-and- Ride to pick-up your child from the After-School Program.
Please see below for the After-School activities for Monday, October 28 – Friday, November 8.
Students who plan to stay after-school must notify their parent/guardian BEFORE the 2:15 dismissal bell and should report to the cafeteria with all their belongings after the 2:15 dismissal bell for after-school check-in.
The majority of clubs/activities is open enrollment; however, due to limited capacities some will require registration. If registration is needed, it will be posted on your child’s grade level google classroom.

General Schedule of After-school:

2:15 – Dismissal bell, students who are staying after-school will go to their locker, grab all their belongings and head to the cafeteria. Each table will be labeled with the club/activity. They find the correct table (ex. Chess Club) and will sign in and have a seat at that table. Everyday students will report to the cafeteria for sign-in.

2:40 – Club/activity sponsors will come to the cafeteria to get their group and take them all together to the correct room.

2:40 – 3:40 – 1^st block activities

3:40 – 4:40 – 2^nd block activities

4:40 – Students will report back to the cafeteria for late bus dismissal.

Fall After-School Activities List and Descriptions

All students will report to the cafeteria after the 2:15 dismissal bell to sign-in for after-school. If additional sign-ups are required an activity, they can be found on your child’s grade level google classroom.

Franklin Middle School PTA Schedule

Here are the dates for the PTA Meetings for Franklin Middle School. Any changes to the schedule will be updated on the PTA Website. Contact information is located here.

November 12, 2019

6:30 pm - Board meeting