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Sent on behalf of Dr. Nardos E. King, Region 3 Assistant Superintendent:
Dear Cameron ES staff, parents and community:
It gives me great pleasure to announce that Mr. Eric T. Johnson has been appointed as principal of Cameron Elementary School, effective Monday, March 2, 2020. Mr. Johnson has nearly 26 years of experience in education. He has been a teacher at the elementary school level, a Title I reading specialist, a summer-school site administrator and served as an assistant principal at Westlawn ES and Bren Mar Park ES. For the past four years, Mr. Johnson has served as the principal at Sleepy Hollow Elementary School. Under his leadership at Sleepy Hollow ES, he was recognized with the FCPS 2019 Closing the Gap and Raising the Bar Award. Mr. Johnson was the recipient of the FCPS 2018 Region 2 Outstanding New Principal Award, FCPS 2019 Justice Pyramid Outstanding Principal Award, and is a nominee for the FCPS 2020 Outstanding Principal Award.
Mr. Johnson earned his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Norfolk State University and his Elementary Education Endorsement from the College of St. Elizabeth in Morristown, NJ. In addition, he earned a Master of Education in Reading from Trinity University, Washington, D.C., as well as a Master of Education in Educational Leadership from George Mason University. He has his postgraduate professional licensure in Virginia School Administration (K-12) and Reading Specialist (K-12).
It will not take you long to realize that Mr. Johnson is a dedicated, reflective, and collaborative leader. As the newest member of the Cameron Elementary School family Mr. Johnson is looking forward to learning about the rich traditions, meeting students, families and staff, and embracing Cameron for the wonderful school community it is.
Please join me in welcoming Mr. Johnson as the new principal at Cameron Elementary School.
Earlier in the year, Fairfax County changed its policy on attendance to align with new state laws. Here at Cameron we wanted to remind parents of the change in policy.
If your child is absent, please call in at 703-329-2129 or use our online attendance form https://camerones.fcps.edu/attendance-form as soon as you know about the absence. Please state the reason for the absence.
Only absences for illness are automatically marked excused.
If your child is unexcused absent, you will receive an automated phone call. Please contact the school within 3 days to verify the reason for the absence.
If there are many illness absences in a short period of time or they exceed an expected amount, a doctor’s note may be required to mark the illness excused.
If you are planning a trip, please let us know as soon as possible so we can arrange work and make note of it. However, even with notification a trip may be marked an unexcused absence. Prearranged trips such as vacations, work trips, or family events are now considered unexcused. Once it is in our system, a staff member will not call to follow up, but the automated system will still call you each day of the trip.
Planned absences for military deployment, religious observation, and family hardship may be marked excused if you call in ahead of time. Documentation may be required.
If a student reaches a certain number of unexcused absences, an attendance referral form must be submitted by the school.
Thank you for helping us to make sure our students are in school and learning as much as possible.
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The Magnet Program registration window will be open from March 3, 2020 through March 30, 2020. No late applications will be accepted.
Families wanting to apply for the Magnet Lottery must have a SIS account. If a student is not currently enrolled in FCPS, registration at the base school for the upcoming school year will be required.
A separate application must be completed for each sibling applying. Legacies also must apply to be eligible. Acceptances into one of the magnet programs is not transferable into another program or school.
As stated in Notice 5922, a one-time pupil placement application fee applies for students accessing special programs outside of their base school for World Language Immersion or Magnet School Programs. This $100 fee must be paid upon acceptance to the program. For more information, please visit the Magnet Lottery Fees - Frequently Asked Questions webpage.
https://www.fcps.edu/registration/elementary-magnet-school-lottery.
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