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Dear Glen Forest Community,
Welcome to the 2020-2021 school year! I know this school year looks different from any previous school years; however, I am positive with families and GFES partnering, that we will have a successful school start and robust distance learning. In addition, I am new too! I will be serving as your interim principal. I look forward to meeting you and working with your children. I have been a school principal in FCPS for over 20 years. I know each school is different and I plan to jump right in and learn all I can about the GFES school community.
Our staff has been busy preparing for the opening of school on Tuesday, September 8, 2020. We look forward to virtually welcoming back those of you who have been a part of our outstanding school community. We are equally excited about meeting those of you who are about to join our school family for the first time!
Our school hours will be 9:20 am to 4:05 pm. Please ensure your child(ren) are excited for their education, on time to their virtual classrooms and that they know your expectations for their best behavior. Remember attendance is not only important but will be collected during distance learning.
FCPS has created a Parent Technology Hotline to assist with any technology problems or needs that parents might have. The hotline number is 1-833-921-3277 (833-921-FCPS). Additionally, we are creating a “Virtual Home Page” on the GFES website that will have helpful information for our families at the click of a button. It will also be important to keep your school laptops current and up to date with FCPS content, and to ensure this happens, you will need to entirely shut down your laptop each night so updates can load. Doing this nightly will help ensure that your connectivity and programming are always current.
Please be sure to check your email regularly as we will send school communications and mandatory forms through e-mail. School forms will soon be available on our school webpage as well. Additionally, while we are limited on our in-person activities, please know that we have several virtual activities already planned that will be shared via email. We will be hosting a virtual Back to School Night on Thursday, September 24 from 6-7:30 pm. We will send out more details as well as the BBCU in the very near future.
I want to take an opportunity to personally invite you to join the GFES Parent Teacher Organization (PTO). This is a wonderful organization that helps our teachers and students by enhancing the instructional processes with fun and interesting events. PTO information will be emailed and posted on our school web page during the 2nd week of September.
If you should have any questions or concerns regarding your child, please feel free to contact your child’s teachers, counselor or assistant principals by email.
Amber Richard - alkleeschult@fcps.edu
Liz Manning - eamanning1@fcps.edu
I am excited to have the opportunity to serve as your principal and feel extremely fortunate to work with a school community that is committed to high expectations, instructional excellence and collaboration.
Sincerely,
Dwayne Young
Dwayne Young
Interim Principal
DAYoung@fcps.edu
Be Informed, Stay Involved!
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