Glen Forest ES: 1st Day of School - important information

Fairfax County Public Schools sent this bulletin at 09/08/2020 07:43 PM EDT
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Our 1st day of school was terrific!  Thank you to our teachers and staff for ensuring we had a robust start to our distance learning.  There were a lot of fun and engaging activities today to build those teacher-student relationships.  And thank you to our parents for making education a priority for your child(ren).  We value the partnership in education between GFES and it's parents.  AND a big thank you to our GFES students!  We saw your smiling faces, we heard the joy in your voices and we admired your get-to-work attitudes for your learning.  We can all soar on GFES Eagle's wings when we come together.

We had over 780 students connect today to distance learning.  Many of our classes had 100% student attendance.  This is amazing!  To date we've distributed over 950 laptops.  If you have not yet picked up a laptop, please do so this Thursday (1-4 pm) or Friday (9 am-12noon).  We've also received a shipment of MiFis so if you need one still, you can come to school tomorrow between 11-3 or during laptop distribution later this week.  Our goal is to have 100% of our students connected to the distance learning instruction.

Parents and students can ensure their laptops stay up to date and with strong connectivity.  How you ask?  At the end of each school day, shut your laptop completely down.  Over night important upgrades are uploaded.  And each morning before your school day begins, log onto your laptop at least 15 minutes before class start time to ensure the log in process and restart have enough time to get ready for learning.

Parents you also know that at each new school year start we ask you to complete a number of forms.  Even with distance learning, we still have these required and important forms, but we've made them even easier for you.  Please check out the table below.  You will see each form listed as well as a link to the form.  The forms are fillable PDFs so you can complete on a computer and we provide 3 return options for your convenience.  Please take some time before this Friday to complete and return these very important forms to us.

Thank you again for a great school start.  We look forward to a very successful school year!

Your GFES Admin Team

 

 

Beginning of Year Forms

Please review the table below for required forms as well as information about accessing them online. (This information is also posted on the Back to School page of our website)

Form

Action Needed

Link/Accessibility

Emergency Care Information Form

New form required each school year. Important!

Emergency Care Form Note: Forms are easily updated through weCare@school which is accessed through ParentVue in

FCPS 24/7

Health Information Form

Complete only if your child has a health condition.

Health Information Form

Opt-Out Forms

Complete only if you do NOT want your child to be in any school publications.

Opt-Out Forms

Homeless Student Referral

Complete only if this applies to you and your child.

Homeless Student Referral

Identification of Military Connected Students

Complete only if you are a military family.

Identification of Military Connected Students

Consent to Use Digital Resources

New form required each school year. Important!

Review Resources and Policies

Fill out Consent Form

SR&R confirmation of receipt

New form required each year. 

SR & R form

**Note that weCare@school is a part of FCPS 24/7 ParentVue. In order to log into ParentVue it is necessary to have an active SIS Parent Account. If you need a SIS Parent Account, please contact Ms. Anna Keomalavong at anna.keomalavong@fcps.edu or 703-578-8025.

Form Turn-In Options

  • Complete forms and return to GFES by one of the following methods:
  • Scan or take photo & email to:  GFESforms@fcps.edu
  • Fax to us at 703-578-8097
  • Return forms by US Mail to:
    • Glen Forest Elementary School
    • 5829 Glen Forest Drive
    • Falls Church, VA 22041