A Note from Dr. Goodloe
Dear Rocky Run Families and Students,
Happy weekend families! I hope that you have something fun planned to relax and decompress with those you love. The Rocky Run Staff is so proud of our students. Attendance in classes has been outstanding and we can tell that students are working hard to maintain engagement and collaborate with their teachers. It is always a pleasure to pop into classes and hear the great conversations happening in large rooms and breakout groups.
Please be sure to review important events coming up soon at Rocky Run and updates about our schoolwide Positivity Project activities in this week's updates.
Weekly Learning Calendars:
An overview of the week in each course will be posted Mondays on the Rocky Run website and the Ramsville student website. Families must be logged into the student’s FCPS gmail account to view calendars. These Weekly Learning Calendars are a resource for families and students to see what students will learn in class each week and what assignments they will have.
I welcome your feedback, suggestions and questions. Please don't hesitate to reach out to me.
Sincerely,
Amy Goodloe, Principal
atgoodloe@fcps.edu
@DrGoodloe
Dr. Goodloe wants to know: form
Together WE can do VIRTUALLY anything!
Meet the Rocky Run MS Staff: View our Staff Directory.
Attendance:
If your child will be absent for any part of the day please report to the school through one of the following:
Attendance is taken 5 days a week.
Monday Rock Time: 9-9:15 AM / Office Hours:
All Rocky Run students will have a live check-in with their Rock Time (4th period) teacher every Monday morning. This is a required activity for all students! Teachers will share important school announcements and check in with students to support their learning for the week.
Individual teachers will hold additional office hours for student support Mondays. Students should check their teachers' schedules and procedures for attending office hours.
View bell schedule on our website.
View updated video about locating BBCU links in FCPS Gmail for class.
Upcoming Events
September 28: Yom Kippur
September 28: Chorus Swag Pick-up 1-4pm
September 29: ESOL Family Night 6-7
September 30: SPED Town Hall 6 PM
View events on our school website.
Library Curbside Pick-up
The Rocky Run MS Library is thrilled to be able to offer curbside pick-up of library books this year! Students are encouraged to put up to 5 books on hold through the library catalogue, Destiny Discover. Check out the Putting Books on Hold Tutorial for help. On Fridays, starting Oct. 2nd, librarians will email students’ fcpsschools accounts to inform them when their book(s) are ready for pick-up. Curbside pick-up is offered on Mondays, starting Oct. 5, 10am-3pm and Wednesdays 5-7pm. Please watch the Curbside Video and/or review the Curbside Flyer for procedural details. Questions? Email RockyRunMSLibrary@fcps.edu.
BTSN Resources
- This is our BTSN Google Site
- Live Session Presentation Slides
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Hyperdoc as a guide
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Feedback form to ask additional questions
- Additional Live Sessions (more info will be shared soon)
- ESOL Family Night: 9/29 and 10/13, 6-7 PM
- SPED Family Town Hall: 9/30, 6-6:30 PM
- Super Team Family Follow-up: October Time TBD
Student Rights and Responsibilities
Parents and guardians, please review the Student Rights and Responsibilities and related resources at www.fcps.edu/srr. After reviewing the information, fill out the SR&R Parent Acknowledgement Form using this link we have provided. The form must be filled out one time per student.
Beginning of School Year Forms
As we prepare to (virtually) open schools this fall, we ask that all parents and/or guardians update the annual mandatory school forms. Updates to the following forms are all necessary for your students to begin school every year. This information can also be found on our website.
If you currently do not have a SIS parent account, please contact Cindy Coreas Chavez at cacoreaschav@fcps.edu or AJ Ries ajries@fcps.edu.
*Parent Digital Tool Permission Application
In an ongoing effort to protect student data, FCPS is required to secure parental permission for student use of software/applications for which FCPS does not have a confidentiality agreement. An online process has been developed to collect this information digitally and provide school-based reporting. This process has been designed to meet the legal requirements for authenticating parent identities under FERPA.
After-School Program
Our after-school program is off to a great start this week. Thank you to all of the students who signed up to participate! We still have openings in plenty of our activities and we are adding more activities as the weeks progress. A few reminders:
- Spaces in clubs are limited so students are accepted on a first come, first served basis. We want our clubs to be interactive and engaging, which will not be possible if the groups get too large.
- All After-School Program information is posted on the student Ramsville site.
- Students should check out the “Clubs by Day” and “Club Descriptions” sheets for club information and schedules.
- There is an enrollment link for each club on the “Club Descriptions” sheet. If a club is already full, there will be a note about that in the enrollment box. We will be monitoring club attendance to see if we can add more spaces or new sections.
- After enrolling, the students will receive a message in the google form to either join the club’s Google Classroom or if the sponsor will be following up with a meeting link.
- Students should email Mrs. Campbell (SLCampbell@fcps.edu) if they are no longer interested in participating in clubs in which they are enrolled. This will allow us to open up spots to other students.
- Interested in starting a new club? Fill out the club proposal form on Ramsville!
Shannon Campbell
After-School Specialist & Building Use Coordinator
703-802-7830
SIS ParentVUE Account
The SIS ParentVUE Account (Student Information System ParentVUE Account) is the FCPS secure solution for accessing information about your child's attendance, class performance, demographic data, and links to FCPS 24-7 information.
Parents who do not have activation key generated previously will receive a mail from the central office with their new activation code. If you forgot your password, please visit "Forgot Password" to reset your password.
FCPS 24-7 Learning Resources
SIS ParentVUE Resources
SIS ParentVUE Mobile App
FCPS Communication Tools
Tech Support for Parents and Students
Tips for Online Learning Success:
A webpage has been published to support students with distance learning. The Tips for Online Learning Success page has suggestions for students; technology tips for families; troubleshooting guides; and links to the parent and student tech support sites.
To support families who are working with their children during distance learning, FCPS has launched a new Parent Technology Help Desk, effective Monday, August 24. The help desk can be reached at 833-921-3277 (833-921-FCPS) and will be answered by staff members between 7 a.m. and 11 p.m., seven days a week.
Parents or guardians can call this number for basic tech support with parent accounts, help with FCPS student devices and technical assistance with other FCPS applications. If help desk staff members are unable to solve the issue, they will enter a support ticket on behalf of the parent/guardian to escalate the issue to the appropriate FCPS team. Parents who need help in a language other than English can inform the help desk staff when they call of their preferred language, and an interpreter will join in on the call.
FCPS has also set up Parent and Student Technology Support portal at https://itweb.fcps.edu/itsupport/ to allow older students and parents/guardians to request technology help directly. When a support request ticket is entered through the portal, it is auto-routed to the TSSpec at the appropriate site to expedite service.
Positivity Project - Curiosity
You like exploration and discovery. You ask lots of questions because you want to learn more about anything and everything.
This week, students discussed CURIOSITY in rock time. Please click on the Curiosity Character Card to learn more and don't forget that . . .
P2 for Families can be found as “drop-down” under P2's Resources page and as a direct link here.
Most pages are password protected and the password is: P2. *Please note that it is case sensitive and is simply a capital letter “P” and the number “2”.
Thomas Jefferson HS Admissions Update
For eighth grade students and parents who are interested in applying for the TJHSST class of 2025, please note that there may be changes to how the application process may be conducted. Superintendent Brabrand outlined the proposed changes that can be found here . At this time, the application process is not available. If you have any further questions or concerns, you can view the TJ Admissions website.
Under Construction: Renovation News
- Check out the Video Tour of some of our new spaces
If you have specific questions about the renovation, please email them to Administrative Assistant, AJ Ries, ajries@fcps.edu or call the Rocky Run MS main office at 703-802-7700.
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