 A special thank you to our Middle School After School Program for all their work!
June 5, 2020
8th Grade Team Recognition: June 10, 2020 12:15-1:00
Although we find ourselves in a new Distance Learning environment, we want to recognize and acknowledge the great successes of our Kilmer 8th grade students and provide closure for our students . On Wednesday June 10th 12:15-1:00 (PAWS), each 8th grade team will host a virtual recognition ceremony. All students will access the ceremony via Blackboard Collaborate Ultra and will receive the link information as the date approaches. We encourage all students to attend their team’s ceremony.
Families of award winners will be notified via e-mail the week of June 1st. Although not every student will receive a recognition, we know the primary focus of the ceremony will be to provide closure for our students and an opportunity for our staff to impart some final remarks on the year.
Any questions please contact Chris Musgnug at ccmusgnug@fcps.edu.
NJHS Service Learning Gallery Wall and Virtual Induction Ceremony on June 11, 2020
The Kilmer National Junior Honor Society Committee will host a Virtual Service Learning Gallery Wall and Induction Ceremony beginning on Thursday, June 11, 2020, for candidates, parents, teachers and community members.. Mark your calendar for this exciting celebration which will showcase NJHS candidates and their service learning projects.
Candidates who have completed all the necessary Kilmer NJHS requirements will become Members of Kilmer’s National Junior Honor Society at this Virtual Induction Ceremony.
Candidates in good standing and their parents will receive an email invitation to view the pre-recorded virtual ceremony,
The Kilmer Community is proud of the achievements of all of our NJHS candidates!
Art re-creation
Mr. Raubacher's students showed off their creativity and art history knowledge during Distance Learning. His Art Foundations, Art Extensions, and Computers in Art students identified famous works of art and used their own ingenuity to recreate those artworks at home, using materials they had on hand. See the recreations here.
Last Call for Locker Item Pick Up and Kilmer Item Drop-Off
Tuesday, June 9 - 8am to 11am
If you were not able to pick up your student’s hallway and PE locker contents or medication on your assigned day and time, we invite you to come to Kilmer Middle School from 8am to 11am on Tuesday, June 9 to do a curbside pickup of those items. Additionally, if you have items that belong to Kilmer Middle School (textbooks, library books, graphing calculators, English Department books) please place those items in the bins outside of school when you come to pick up your locker items. Please take a few minutes to look around your home and backpacks; we have almost 600 library books still outstanding. Thank you for your help!
Kilmer Lost and Found, June 16, 8-3
Items that have been lost during the course of the school year will be placed outside of Kilmer Middle School on Tuesday, June 16 from 8-3 for a curbside pick-up. These items include student clothes or other belongings that may have been lost during the school year. Items will be placed on tables outside the school building. If you are retrieving an item or looking for an item we ask
- You practice social distancing
- Wear a mask
- Wear gloves
- Only touch items you believe belong to you
Additionally if you have items that belong to Kilmer Middle school, text books, library books, graphing calculators, English department books please place in bins outside of school.
Final Grades & Report Cards
As a reminder, all fourth quarter grades will be No Mark (NM). In addition, there will be no final exams and/or culminating activity included as part of the final course grade calculation this year. Teachers have the discretion of raising a student's final grade by one grade distribution (for example: B to B+), based on demonstrated proficiency of fourth quarter learning.
A student’s final grade will be the highest of the following:
Average of Quarters 1, 2, & 3
Average of Quarters 1, 2, & 3 plus 1 grade distribution increase for final mark (see example above)*
1st Semester Grade
1st Semester Grade plus 1 grade distribution increase for final mark (see example above)*
Quality Points as per FCPS Grading and Reporting
Final grades will be available in ParentVUE on June 13, 2020; and report cards will be centrally mailed to all families, except those who have opted for paperless report cards.
FCPS Academic and Career Plan 2019-20
Your student has been working on his/her Academic and Career Plan (ACP) through Naviance Student, throughout the school year. During this period of distance learning, we encourage you to use Naviance Student with your child to explore college and career options. Students and parents/guardians can view the ACP by logging onto Naviance Student together to explore the resources and exploratory activities. You can do this by logging onto Blackboard (Parent or Student account) and then clicking on Naviance Student. Once in Naviance Student, click on the About Me tab, scroll down, and click Portfolio.
Please review your student’s Academic and Career Plan progress in Naviance Student and complete this Google form as verification by Wednesday, July 10, 2020.
If you have any questions about your student’s ACP please email his/her counselor. For more information about the FCPS Academic and Career Plan program, visit https://www.fcps.edu/academics/graduation-requirements-and-course-planning/ or the ACP website
Option to Expunge High School Courses
In accordance with Virginia state regulations, FCPS Regulation 2408 permits parents of students who take a high school credit-bearing course in middle school to request that the grade be omitted from the student's high school transcript and the student not earn high school credit for the course. Parents must make this request no later than the end of the first nine weeks of the school year following completion of the course.
In 7th or 8th grade, parents may request that a student's high school mathematics, or world language course be expunged after the completion of the school year. Once the course is expunged from a high school transcript, the final grade will not be calculated into a student’s high school GPA.
The “Request to Expunge High School Courses taken in Middle School” form must be submitted to the student's middle school (7th graders) or high school (8th graders) counselor before the beginning of the second quarter of the next school year. Below is the link to the Request to Expunge High School Courses taken in Middle School form. Further information is on page 2.
https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/forms/is104.pdf
If your child plans to expunge a high school credit course, please complete the form and attach by email to Sarah Groh (sfgroh@fcps.edu), Director of Student Services at Kilmer Middle School and Cindy Blakeley (CABlakeley@fcps.edu), Director of Student Services at Marshall High School (8th grade students only). If you have further questions, please contact your child’s school counselor.
Marshall High School Fall Sports
Marshall HS would like to invite all rising 9th graders interested in participating in a Fall Sport to join our Fall Sports Google Classroom. It can be joined using the code: s3qlp42 in the FCPS Google Classroom app. More information is here.
Upcoming Dates
Monday, June 8 - Asynchronous Day
Tuesday, June 9- Asynchronous Day and Teacher Office Hours
Wednesday, June 10 - Virtual Classes, Periods 1, 3, PAWS, 7
Wednesday, June 10 - 8th Grade Team Recognition,12:15-1:00
Thursday, June 11 - Asynchronous Day and Teacher Office Hours
Friday, June 12 - Virtual Classes, Periods 2, 4, 6, 8, Last Day of School
Tuesday, August 25 - First day of school 2020-2021.
See full FCPS 2020-2021 calendar here.
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