Open House

Last week our teachers contacted each family to schedule a time to connect. If you were not contacted, please email  Principal Yacubovich. This will help to ensure that every child is ready for the first day of school. 

If you are not able to make the 1:1 meeting with your teacher, they will have an Open House from 5PM-6PM on September 27th.

During the Open House teachers will focus on introducing themselves and ensuring your child is able to get into the Google Classroom and Google Meet.

This year we will also have a Back to School Night on September 21st. We will discuss things like homework, curriculum and attendance at Back to School Night. 

Registration Paperwork

If your child is joining Pine Spring for the first time, please be sure you have completed all of the needed steps to register. Your child will not be able to participate in online learning until all of your paperwork is complete. If you have questions, please reach out to Ms. Breeden. 

Below are the steps for registration. 

Step One:  You will need to complete the forms in the enrollment bundle: https://www.fcps.edu/registration/forms.  These forms are fillable and can be saved and attached to an e-mail.   You will sign the forms during your face to face registration appointment. 

Step Two: In addition, for registration, you will need to provide the following and attach to the e-mail: 

• Government Issued ID (such as a driver’s license)
• Birth certificate for each student
• Proof of Residency in Fairfax County: https://www.fcps.edu/registration/general-registration-requirements/documents
• Deed OR
• Lease with three supporting documents (such as current utility bills with name and address)
• Physical exam (for students enrolling in Kindergarte-6^th grade)
• Immunization records
• TB Test: For all students who have resided in a foreign country included on the High TB Burden Country List, for a consecutive period of four weeks.

Step Three:  If you have access to a scanner you can scan the information, or you can take a picture with your cell phone and attach it to an e-mail and send to the registrar at:   

Include in your e-mail your phone number and the best time to reach you so that the registrar can schedule an appointment for you to complete the registration.    

For further information, please see the FCPS registration website at:  https://www.fcps.edu/registration/general-registration-requirements

Laptop Distribution

Pine Spring will finish distributing computers this week with Kindergarten on Monday and Tuesday. If you did not have an opportunity to pick-up a laptop, please contact your child's grade level contact to schedule a new pick-up time. 

School Supply Donations

As a school community, we are working to ensure that every child at Pine Spring starts the school year off strong. One way that we hope to do this is by providing school supplies to those in need of our support. If you are interested in helping, please consider donating school supplies. We have placed a donation box outside of our main entrance.

The items we need most are:

• Pencils
• Pencil sharpeners
• Crayons
• Notebooks/paper
• Rulers
• Glue sticks
• Student scissors
• Earbuds/headphones

ParentVue

We are aware of the issue with ParentVue. While class lists are in the system, it will not let you see them until September 4^th. Instead of waiting until September 4^th, we will be sending out a message to each homeroom this Wednesday letting you know your child’s teacher.

SIS ParentVUE is still going to be an important way to connect with your child’s education. If you have not already set-up an account, we encourage you to activate your account this week.

To access your SIS ParentVue account

• You will need to login
• You will need your personalized Activation Key
• You should get during registration OR
• Request the code HERE
• You will need your personal email address

Google Classroom and Google Meet

Again this year, Pine Spring will be using Google as our educational platform. To access the G Suite, you can go to fcps.edu and click G Suite in the blue banner. Your child will log in with the the same user name and password they use to log into their school computer. For returning FCPS students, this is the same information they used last year. 

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