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students, students, students...in-person classroom pictures, week of 10/26th
Dear Family Fairfax,
Please take a moment to thank a staff member: Good Gobble 2020: https://forms.gle/eD8gphNbbdfRaWdE6
What a week! As you can see from the collage above, we welcomed many students back in the building and continued preparing for our pilot next week. We are very excited to welcome our students back into Fairfax, socially-distanced of course, and uncover what lessons need to be learned to do live, in-person, school in the middle of a pandemic. We still have a long way to go to be fully ready to operationalize in-person school, but we are excited for the start.
As many of you read in Dr. Brabrand’s email, we are all concerned about the enormous workload for students and staff. The pressure to “cover” all content is very real, and with significantly shorter instructional time, everyone is feeling the pressure. We will work as a staff in the coming weeks to engage the conversation around how to ease some of the burden we are all feeling around workload and make it more manageable for everyone. This will pass, and it is only temporary, so the adjustments we make now aren’t forever. We just have to keep telling ourselves that.
In our conversations, we will process the current workload of our students, but with the guideline that all late work be given until Monday, November 2nd at 5PM to be submitted, this will create a workload issue for many students this weekend. Some students will want to make up many assignments, and this could lead to many hours of additional “homework” over the coming days. In full transparency, I wanted to make you aware of that.
Living in this virtual world has created an email overload for students and staff alike. Hundreds to thousands of emails a day, and with our only communication being virtual, it has created a never ending cycle of composing and replying. We miss the human interaction and the ease of being able to ask quick questions and provide quick responses. As a rule, please allow teachers up to 48 business hours to respond to email and administrators up to 24 business hours to respond. Though we try to be as responsive as possible, the sheer volume of electronic communication is insurmountable at times. To boot, many of the solutions to questions that are coming to our inboxes require several additional emails to other staff members in order to adequately respond since we aren’t seeing each other in person. This adds to a lag in our response time as well. Thank you for your patience on this.
With the yucky weather, we are saddened to have had to cancel our senior event, but we are looking forward to rescheduling it in a few weeks! It will be awesome to celebrate the Class of 2021!
Our annual Outstanding Employee Awards have begun. Please see the announcement below to nominate a staff member to be recognized.
Don’t forget to fall back this weekend!
Erin
Included in this issue:
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30th: Last day of First Quarter- - 2 Hour Early Release
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1st: Daylight Saving Time Ends (make sure to set your clock 1-hour back)
2nd & 3rd: STUDENT HOLIDAYS
4th: Pilot for In-Person Learning at FHS begins
11th: Veteran's Day - 2 Hour Early Release
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Outstanding Employee Nominations are OPEN
Nominations are now open for the Outstanding Employee Awards! To submit a nomination for a Fairfax HS Outstanding Employee in one of the categories below, please complete the nomination through this Google form link: HERE You may nominate one employee at our school or multiple employees.
All that is required for a preliminary nomination is a paragraph or two about how this employee demonstrates exceptional work in the criteria for that category. The google form link has more information regarding the criteria and eligibility requirements for each of these awards. The categories are the following:
- Outstanding Teacher
- Outstanding New Teacher
- Outstanding Leader
- Outstanding Professional Employee
- Outstanding Operational Employee
The deadline to submit a nomination is November 20th. If you have any questions, please contact Nancy Melnick at NAMelnick@fcps.edu.
REMINDER TO FILL OUT FORMS
If you haven't done so, please complete the following forms:
Emergency Care Card- Ensure all information is accurate. We must be able to contact you in the event of an emergency.
- The Emergency Care Forms (ECC) can be accessed at weCare@school to view and update information. (Please note that weCare@school is a part of FCPS 24-7 Learning: Parent View. In order to log into Parent View it is necessary to have an active SIS Parent Account - if you need a SIS Parent Account, please contact your student's subschool.
Health Information Form – This form only needs to be completed if you have changes or updates. Once completed, please email Nancy Bennett at nlbennett@fcps.edu
Digital Resources Consent Form - DUE BY 10/31
Please submit this form to permit your student's use of the listed applications. You can also contact Lori Spelman (vlspelman@fcps.edu or 703-219-2396), stating your approval. Please include the student ID number in your message.
Parent Acknowledgment of SR&R - 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. This information can also be found on the front page of the Fairfax High School Webpage.
Parent Acknowledgement Form
Padres y tutores, por favor revise los Derechos y Responsabilidades del Estudiante y los recursos relacionados en www.fcps.edu/srr. Después de revisar la información, complete el Formulario de Reconocimiento de Padres de SR&R utilizando este enlace que le proporcionamos. El formulario debe completarse una vez por alumno. Esta información también se puede encontrar en la página de Fairfax High School Webpage.
Parent Acknowledgement Form
السادة أولياء الأمور،
الرجاء مراجعة قسم حقوق ومسئوليات الطالب والموارد المتعلقة بها على الرابطwww.fcps.edu/srr، وبعد مراجعة المعلومات، الرجاء ملء قسيمة الأقرار بقراءة الحقوق والمسئوليات على الرابط السابق. ويجب أن يتم ملء القسيمة مرة واحدة لكل طالب.
توجد المعلومات أيضا على الصفحة الرئيسية للمدرسة على الرابط Fairfax High School Webpage.
Parent Acknowledgement Form
SUMMER RESIDENTIAL GOVERNOR'S SCHOOL APPLICATION INFORMATION
Students interested in applying to the 2021 Virginia Summer Residential Governor’s (SRGS) programs must complete the academic or the visual and performing arts interest form no later than November 9, 2020. No late applications are accepted.
The Academic Program interest form is available for the Schools for Humanities, Math/Science/Technology, Medicine/Health, Agriculture, Engineering, and Marine Science.
The Visual and Performing Arts interest form is available for the dance, instrumental music, theatre, visual art, and vocal music programs.
Additional information about the SRGS programs, application process, and timelines are found online.
If you have any questions, please contact Megan Perepiczka OR Peter Uncles.
Go Paperless - Report Cards
Parents and/or guardians can now 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 for secondary students and progress reports for ES students.
To take advantage of the paperless options, BOTH 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.
DECA PINK OUT Success
Technology Support
The FCPS Technology Resource page provides tip sheets and support in multiple languages. These tip sheets provide answers to basic questions about FCPS technologies. Often you can find the answer to your question in these resources. For technical support questions about your online parent accounts, your student’s FCPS laptop, or technology your student uses for online learning, contact the Parent Technology Help Desk (toll free) at 833-921-3277 or enter a support request ticket via the Parent and Student IT Portal.
The Parent Technology Help Desk will be answered 7 a.m.-11 p.m., seven days a week. Parents who need help in a language other than English should let help desk staff know, and an interpreter will join them on the line. (FCPS has Parent Information Phone Lines available in eight languages to assist with general questions about FCPS.)
NOVA OFFERING SELECT COURSES TO FCPS SENIORS
This fall, Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) will offer select college courses at a third of the cost to Fairfax County high school seniors. Courses are eight weeks in length and will begin October 20. Students must meet placement requirements and understand there may be textbooks or other material fees associated with courses. Since these classes are all online, classes will not meet in real time. Students will need access to a computer and the internet.
The online courses are not intended to replace any 2020-21 classes for which students are already registered at their high school. The program provides an accelerated opportunity to earn transferable, college-only credits.
Details about the Online Early College Program are available online.
behalf of FHS Band Booster
Go to fhsbands.org/shop to order yours now! Quantities are limited. Please also consider donating to the band. Your donation will help off-set the cost for renting trailers to transport our instruments to and from competitions. Thank you!
Conditioning/Workout Calendar~
Week of November 2nd
 
Virtual 5K~
 VHSL Announces
‘Guidelines for Return to Participation’ - Check out the guidelines HERE
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