Principal's Message
Hughes Students and Families,
On October 30th our First Quarter grading period ends and parents will be able to view report card grades in SIS ParentVUE on Saturday, November 9th. You can opt to “Go Paperless” in ParentVUE and receive only online report cards. This will not impact any other mailings from FCPS other than the report cards. To take advantage of the paperless options, parents and/or guardians will need to log into ParentVUE, then go to “My Account” and select "Go Paperless" All parents who live with the student and share the same address must have a SIS ParentVUE account and must select the paperless option to prevent mailing of the printed report cards. The “Go Paperless” option will apply to all their associated students, no matter what school level.
If you do not already have a ParentVUE SIS account, it is very important for you to activate this feature to have immediate access to the grades. Through ParentVUE, you can also monitor your student’s attendance, grades, and assignments at any time. SIS/ParentVUE can be accessed using an app on your iPhone, iPad, or Android device.
Our staff is here to support parents who need to access their SIS ParentVUE accounts. Please see the links below to get you for SIS support.
NEED A SIS PARENTVUE ACCOUNT OR CANNOT REMEMBER YOUR USERNAME?
Go to the link below.
https://itweb.fcps.edu/ParentView/index.cfm
DO NOT REMEMBER YOUR SIS PARENTVUE PASSWORD?
Got to the link below and select “Forgot Password.” (Your username is your email address.)
https://sisparent.fcps.edu/PVUE/login_parent_pxp_ovr2.aspx?regenerateSessionId=True
SIS ParentVue
En 2 semanas, nuestro período de calificaciones del primer trimestre terminará y podrá ver las calificaciones de la boleta de calificaciones del primer trimestre en SIS ParentVUE el sábado 9 de noviembre; Si usted no tiene todavía una cuenta de ParentVUE SIS, es muy importante que active esta herramienta para apoyar el éxito académico de su estudiante. A través de ParentVUE, usted puede monitorear la asistencia a clases de su estudiante, las calificaciones y sus tareas a cualquier hora. Una vez usted haya activado la cuenta de ParentVUE de un estudiate de FCPS, usted mantendrá la misma cuenta hasta que el estudiante se gradúe. Además, se puede tener acceso a la información de todos los estudiantes de la misma familia a través de la misma cuenta de ParentVUE. Se puede tener acceso a SIS/ParentVUE usando una aplicación en su aparato electrónico de iPhone, iPad, o Android.
Nuestro personal esta aquí para apoyar a los padres que necesiten tener acceso a su cuenta de SIS ParentVUE. Por favor mire los siguientes enlaces para obtener apoyo de SIS.
¿NECESITA UNA CUENTA DE SIS PARENTVUE O NO PUEDE RECORDAR SU NOMBRE DE USUARIO?
Visite el siguiente enlace.
https://itweb.fcps.edu/ParentView/index.cfm
¿NO SE ACUERDA DE SU CONTRASENA DE SIS PARENTVUE?
Visite el siguiente enlace y seleccione “Forgot Password.” (Su nombre de usuario es su correo electrónico)
https://sisparent.fcps.edu/PVUE/login_parent_pxp_ovr2.aspx?regenerateSessionId=True
Aimee Monticchio
Celebrations and Holidays
Congratulations to this group of POWERFUL students! They all received three or more POWER cards in two weeks. Check your school email for your virtual POWER cards and keep up the great work! We are excited to see more students recognized as the school year continues!
Students took part in the annual Student Rights & Responsibilities lesson through their Connections class. Parents are asked to please use the following link to acknowledge the terms of the Student Rights & Responsibilities for the 20-21 schoolyear. The form can be signed digitally at the following link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Y05MG2lN6TskJEh80tvTKArYZQGIMhXY_6hiluPqd30/edit#responses
After-school Office Hours
Parents and students, teachers are available to support you in office hours. In addition to office hours on Monday mornings between 8:00 – 10:30 and after Connections ends on Tuesdays and Thursdays. In addition, teachers are available one day a week for “after school” office hours. Please find each teacher’s after school office hours day of the week listed here:
https://hughesms.fcps.edu/node/4467
Free and Reduced Lunch and Consent to Share
If you submitted an application for Free or Reduced-Price Meals last school year for your child(ren), please remember to submit a new application for this school year. The current eligibility status will expire on October 20, 2020.
Apply for free and reduced-price meals by visiting www.MySchoolApps.com. Eligibility may also provide your child(ren) other important benefits. Be sure your child(ren) are approved for the 20-21 school year.
The online application is available in the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, Tagalog, French, Spanish, Vietnamese, and Korean. Paper applications are available to complete and submit in English upon request at FCPS food distribution sites.
Consent to Share Information form
It is very important that families also complete the Consent to Share Information form so that students may also receive free or reduced fees for several programs (e.g. course fees). Without this form, students will not be eligible for free/reduced fees in a number of programs even if they are eligible for the meals program.
The form is available in nine languages on the same webpage. Please scroll to the bottom of the webpage to find the form.
If you have already completed the Free/Reduced Meals application but did not do the Consent to Share Information form, you can still do so
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SEL Lessons:
This year, we have implemented an emphasis on Social Emotional Learning. Social Emotional Learning (SEL) is the process through which students understand and manage emotions, establish, and maintain positive relationships, set, and achieve positive goals, and make responsible decisions. Research shows that a systemic approach to SEL intentionally cultivates a caring, participatory, and equitable learning environment and infuses SEL throughout all aspects of the school day.
Twice a week, students will participate in a “Connections” lesson during Period 3. The focus of the lessons rotates to include: Social-Emotional Learning, POWER, AVID, IBMYP and Digital Citizenship. So far, students have created a SMART Goal in Naviance, learned about effective communication (how to send a proper email), how to seek out help, learned about student’s rights and responsibilities, and how to obtain service-learning hours. We will continue to provide lessons on relationship skills, managing stress and anxiety, showing empathy and kindness to others as well as a multitude of other lessons; lessons will be archived on the Student Services Google Site.
If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to your student’s school counselor. For more Student Services information or updates, visit our Google Site (must use student’s fcpsschools login).
Internet Assistance:
Cox’s Connect2Compete and Comcast’s Xfinity Internet Essentials Programs provide low-cost internet to families that are enrolled in a government subsidy program (National School Lunch Program, housing assistance, Medicaid, SNAP, SSI, and others). If your family needs Internet service at home so that your student can participate in virtual learning, please contact your child’s school counselor to begin the application process.
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Panthers After School
IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO JOIN A CLUB!
To join, visit the After School Google Site , and click on the club icon. Information about each club is updated in the club’s google classroom.
The After School Site is only accessible while using a student google account.
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Beginning Oct 19, students can place Holds on print books from our school library. Students and parents will get an email when books are ready. Books can be picked up at Hughes on Mondays from 11AM-1PM, beginning Oct 26. Please also use this Monday time to return any school library books you have, from Hughes or any FCPS school: we will get them back to the correct school. Questions? Email Ms. Weiss, Librarian (nweiss@fcps.edu)
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Parent Technology Help Desk
The Parent Technology 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. Please specify if you need an interpreter when you call.
You may also use the online portal by clicking the link below
https://itweb.fcps.edu/itsupport/
Grab and Go Meals
Grab and go meals are available to ALL students. In addition, FCPS will offer breakfast and lunch meals for Saturday during distribution on Fridays. Food distribution locations and times are posted and updated frequently on the website: https://www.fcps.edu/return-school/food
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Monday, October 19, PTA Meeting - 7PM
Friday, October 30, End of First Quarter - 2 hour early dismissal
Monday, November 2, Student Holiday
Tuesday, November 3, Student Holiday
Wednesday, November 11, Veteran's Day - 2 hour early dismissal
Monday, November 16, PTA Meeting - 7PM
Wednesday, November 25 thru Friday, November 27 - Thanksgiving Break
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