Important Upcoming Dates
December 23-January 3 - Winter Break
January 9 - Electives Fair
January 10 - Registration Kick-off
January 20 - Martin Luther King's Day - School Holiday
January 24 - End of the 2nd Quarter
January 27- 28 - Student Holidays
February 3 - Parents Safe Teen Driving Presentation
February 17 - Presidents' Day - School Holiday
General Information
FCPS Back2Fairfax Teacher Seminar – December 17, 2019
The Office of Talent Acquisition & Management (TAM) will host the second annual Back2Fairfax Teacher Seminar at the Gatehouse Administration Center on Tuesday, December 17, 2019, from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
This event will give current high school juniors, seniors, graduates, and former FCPS Teachers for Tomorrow students an opportunity to meet and hear from teachers and administrators in Fairfax County Public Schools.
Participants will attend breakout sessions that will cover a variety of topics including: developing a resume, preparing for an interview, applying for a license, finding the school that is the right fit, and teacher and administrator panels.
Attendees will also have an opportunity to visit with exhibitors from Title I, Early Childhood, Pre-Teacher Employment with FCPS, Great Beginnings, Teacher Leadership, Employee Benefits, and various professional groups and organizations.
Please share event information and the registration link below with current FCPS high school juniors, seniors and FCPS graduates of your schools.
Event Information
Tuesday, December 17, 2019
5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
 Congratulations to the McLean Award Winners!
New Teacher of the Year - Ed Ecker
Teacher of the Year - Rachel Baxter
Operations Employee of the Year - Le Man
Professional Employee of the Year - Nishi Langhorne
The Band and Chorus performed together for the Winter Concert.
Course Registration Planning for 2020-2021
It is already that time of year to start thinking about choosing course for next school year. In order to help students make these choices, Student Services will hold the following events that will take place just after winter break.
ADVANCED PLACEMENT CURRICULUM INFORMATION We are excited to try something new this year. Instead of having an evening for this, we are creating a virtual program that can be viewed at your convenience. The program will include general information on how and why to choose AP courses as well as specific information about all of the AP courses we offer. More information to come on this, but expect it to be ready for viewing just after winter break.
ELECTIVES FAIR - JANUARY 9 On Thursday, January 9th during the first block of the day, we will hold our annual Electives Fair. The purpose of the fair is to give students an opportunity to interact with teachers of elective classes that they may want to take next year. Students will hear brief presentations from elective teachers and have a chance to ask questions.
REGISTRATION KICKOFF – JANUARY 10 On Friday, January 10th, we will distribute course selection materials and air the registration kick-off at the end of 2nd period in lieu of morning announcements. This is a brief introduction to the registration process.
Students will be able to choose their courses for next year through StudentVue. Parents will be able to see the choices made in ParentVue. School Counselors will spend the second half of January and all of February meeting with students individually to advise them and make sure students are meeting graduation requirements. 9th and 10th graders will be scheduled to come down through their HPE classes, while 11th graders will come down through their US History course.
Students performed "The Nutcracker"
PSAT Score Reports:
Scores for the 2019 PSAT/NMSQT will be available Monday, December 9. Students will be able to view scores via College Board’s website at https://studentscores.collegeboard.org/home using their student ID or access code. Access codes will be emailed to student fcpsschools.net Gmail accounts prior to the score release date. Students who do not currently have a College Board online account will need to create one to view scores. Please see this College Board video tutorial for help accessing scores.
Helping Students Who Can't Access Their Scores: After students log in to their College Board account, they should click "Add Scores". In the "Matching Tool", it is essential that the College Board account information matches what students entered on their PSAT answer sheet. For example, if a student bubbled "Elizabeth" on her PSAT answer sheet and created her College Board account using the name "Beth", her scores will not load. If students need to change their name, they must call College Board Customer Service at 866-433-7728. All other changes can be made right in their account. It is also important that students choose the correct test name and test year. All students should choose the 2019 as the test year (students took the exam in October 2019). If still unable to populate the score, the student will be prompted to indicate which test they're missing and enter the access code to assist the match. Students should check their fcpsschools.net Gmail account for their access codes, or email Sara Wheeler sewheeler@fcps.edu.
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McLean's staff had a holiday bake-off!
Parents Safe Teen Driving Presentation - 6:30pm
McLean High School will be hosting safe teen driving presentations on
February 3 , and April 20
All presentations start at 6:30 pm.
The state of Virginia requires all 10th grade students and their parent/guardian to attend a 90-minute traffic safety program as part of the classroom driver education instruction. This condition must be met before a student will receive a Driver Education Certificate of Completion (DEC-District 8 card).
The Virginia Department of Education has said that students who complete classroom instruction in a public school must also complete PSTD at the public school. It is not acceptable for a student to complete PSTD at a commercial driving school and receive a DEC-District 8 card from FCPS.
No one will be admitted after the doors have been closed. You are strongly encouraged to attend the program at McLean. If you are unable to attend one of these dates, additional program dates and locations can be found on the Fairfax County Public Schools website at www.fcps.edu.
Students cooked up some latkes this week.
FCPS Gap Year Fair
FCPS School Counseling Services and Go Overseas are hosting the 9th annual FCPS Gap Year Fair on Tuesday, February 4, 2020, at George C. Marshall High School from 6:00-8:30 p.m. This event is for high school students and parents who are interested in learning more about the variety of experiences available and growing array of gap year opportunities.
The evening will begin with an informational presentation in the auditorium from 6:00-6:45 p.m. Immediately following, the program fair, with representatives from over 40 programs offering gap year opportunities, will take place in the school cafeteria from 6:45-8:30 p.m. Students are encouraged to pre-register for this event. For more information, visit USA Gap Year Fairs.
In the event of inclement weather, the snow date and location will be Friday, February 7, 2020, at George C. Marshall High School from 6:00-8:30 p.m.
The Entrepreneurship classes held the first Market Days at McLean on December 12th & December 13th. Students created businesses by choosing items to sell and market to their chosen target market. This real-world experience provided students with a perspective of how a business is run and the importance of profit and loss.
Coach Dowling and baseball players went to Arlington National Cemetary to lay wreaths.
During Highlander Time 8, Ms. Southworth, teacher and owner of @tinytudorcookies, demonstrated how to make holiday cookies. The students agree that the cookies were not only beautiful but delicious as well!
FCPS Cares
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My School Bucks
Learn more about this online payment portal for many school fees. Parents can set up an account which they link their student(s) to so there is one account per family. Course fees, lunch funds, some ticket events can be taken care of online. MySchoolBucks eliminates the need for students to carry cash to school and for multiple checks to be written. Learn more and sign up at https://www.myschoolbucks.com/ver2/login/getmain?requestAction=home
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