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Dear Freedom Hill Families,
As we close out the 2019-2020 school year, I want to say a special thank you to each and every one of you for your partnership this year. Although things ended in an unexpected way, it was a wonderful school year full of opportunities to grow through hardship and new challenges.
I hope you will all stay informed and engaged as the discussions about how we will resume school in the fall continue. You will receive opportunities through upcoming FCPS surveys to share your ideas and opinions. The voices of Freedom Hill parents deserve to be heard! The School Board will be deliberating on proposed plans throughout June and hope to have a plan to communicate to staff and families by the end of the month. Currently, there are three approaches being considered, and you can read a little about each one here: FCPS Return to School: Fall 2020. As you can imagine, whatever approach is chosen will set in motion even more strategic planning at the school level to guarantee your children are safe and getting the instruction and challenges they deserve from our school.
Also by the end of the month, students currently in grades K-6 will receive both a Mathematics and a Language Arts Essentials Summer Practice Book in the mail. Digital versions of the books will also be posted on the Continuity of Learning Blackboard page. These books will provide recommended practice activities for students to review essential content from the 2019-2020 school year; they are not intended to preview content from next year’s grade level but rather reinforce essential learning from this past year.
Please see below for additional summer learning resources from our staff. I hope to see you soon!
Dr. Z.
When to Arrive at FHES
June 15:
9:00-11:00 - Last name H-L
11:00-1:00 - Last names M-O
1:00-2:30 - Last names P-R
2:30-4:00 - Last names S-Z
9:00-4:00 - Anyone who missed last week
What to Bring
Library books, patrol badges, instruments, classroom books, book donations for the Summer Bookmobile, rented laptops if you will not be returning to FH or Kilmer MS.
Yearbook Sales
We will be selling yearbooks in the line!
Logistics
When it is your timeslot, please proceed in car through the bus line to the front door. You can come anytime within the timeslot to collect and drop off your items. Please place a paper with your child(ren)’s first and last name(s) on your dashboard or passenger side window where it is clearly visible to staff. Staff members will retrieve your items and bring them to your car. Please make sure your car is unlocked. Staff will place items in the back seat to avoid contact. Staff members will wear masks and gloves for safety. If you will be walking to school, please stand by the marquee sign.
Thank you for your help to ensure this is a safe process for all.
Do you have a son or daughter who will be in Kindergarten this fall? Or do you have a neighbor or friend who is ready to register? Please see below:
Virtual Kindergarten Orientation for Parents
Missed Kindergarten orientation? You can watch the presentation here or view the slides here.
Kindergarten Registration
Registration is open! Please email our Student Information Assistant, Sey-Lu Sujo, to begin the process and see the following for more details:
- FCPS Kindergarten Registration Page
- Required Forms
You will need to complete all FCPS registration forms, as well as providing the birth certificate, deed or lease of residence, immunization records, and proof of a physical.
Summer is starting and parents want to keep their children reading. Parents might read to their students and/or promote their kids reading independently. We have books recommendation lists for either purpose in the link below! Continue to read and listen to reading on myOn and Tumblebooks and consider audible’s free audiobooks for kids too: https://stories.audible.com/discovery.
Click on this link to see our book lists by grade level, reading level and/or topics of interests AND community reading programs! Email Mrs. Rossman if you have questions about summer reading: Melissa.Rossman@fcps.edu.
Dear Freedom Hill Families,
Continuing to read over the summer is an important activity. Along with your home reading, why not take an opportunity to stay connected to school! Mr. Fenton, our IT specialist, likes to participate in guest reading in the classroom and continued this with distance learning. He would now like to continue connecting and reading over the summer with the students. Listen to exciting books about Llamas destroying the world, stories from Sideways School, Wizards of Once, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, and many more!
Sessions will be held twice per week. (Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 11AM) One is for K-3, and another is for 4-6, where he and some special guests will read a variety of books. Your student can listen and join discussion in 1 or both sessions which will include students from both schools he supports: Freedom Hill and Stenwood. The sessions begin June 15 and 16. The first K-3 book is Llama Destroys the World. The 4-6 book will be the beginning of Wizards of Once: Twice Magic.
If your student is interested, please fill out the Google form to be invited into the Blackboard Collaborate session. If you have any questions, please feel free to email Craig Fenton: craig.fenton@fcps.edu.
Fill out form
This summer students will have the opportunity to review concepts and skills using recommended self-directed print and digital materials. Materials will not be collected or graded.
Print materials will be mailed to families who did not opt-out of the weekly distance learning packets. Families will receive two envelopes near the end of June:
One Language Arts Essentials Practice Book
One Mathematics Essentials Practice Book
Digital versions of practice books will be available on FCPS 24/7 Learning.
FCPS would like to gather feedback from our families about distance learning and return to school. If desired, please complete the survey:
If you need background information about COVID-19, please click here. If you have questions about the family survey, please click here.
English: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ReturnToSchoolFamilySurvey
Amharic: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ReturnToSchoolFamilySurvey?lang=am
Arabic: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ReturnToSchoolFamilySurvey_lang_Ara
Chinese: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ReturnToSchoolFamilySurvey?lang=zh
Farsi: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ReturnToSchoolFamilySurvey_lang_Fa
Korean: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ReturnToSchoolFamilySurvey?lang=ko
Spanish: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ReturnToSchoolFamilySurvey?lang=es
Urdu: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ReturnToSchoolFamilySurvey_lang_Ur
Vietnamese: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ReturnToSchoolFamilySurvey?lang=vi
SPROUT SCHOOL SUPPLY KITS Our Back to School Supply Kits with Sprout have been set up here. The deadline to order is June 30th. These are the supply kits delivered to school in time for the first day in Fall. It's an easy way to get your back-to-school shopping done in minutes and never leave home. The exact, teacher approved supplies for every grade are listed here. To order them through Sprout, you visit www.sproutsupplies.com (our School Code is FHES001). We did ask Sprout what happens if we have distance learning in fall. Their response was anybody can cancel their order until June 30th so keep that in mind. Some families may want the supplies regardless if there is distance learning at home. The flier is here with more details.
INCOMING KINDERGARTEN PARENT MEET & GREETS OVER SUMMER We are pivoting a bit and doing virtual meet and greets for incoming KG parents over the summer instead of incoming Kindergarten playdates. The following are the time and dates. Encourage any of your neighbors who have incoming FHES kids to join so they can learn more about Freedom Hill's community. This info will be on the PTA website at freedomhillpta.org.
Sunday, June 28th, 3pm or call 877 853 5257 with Meeting ID: 982 0482 1911
Tuesday, July 14th, 7:30pm or call 877 853 5257 with Meeting ID: 950 2677 9230
Saturday, August 8th, 10am or call 877 853 5257 with Meeting ID: 922 4545 9943
DONATE BOOKS AT EOY PICK UP
As you do end of year pick-up, please consider donating gently loved books at that time in the box near the FHES library/bookroom returns. FHES staff was able to give away hundreds of books to students who felt they needed them on Thursday, March 12 from our Bookmobile book collection. Please consider replenishing our Bookmobile collection with books you are looking to donate. Highly engaging books, including fiction or nonfiction; board books, picture books, chapter books and/or Young Adult, are best. Contact Melissa Rossman with Q's.
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