Important Upcoming Dates
10/30 End of first quarter: 2 Hour Early Release
(virtual learning ends at 2 PM)
11/2 & 11/3 Parent Conference Days / Student Holidays;
Teacher Planning Days
11/3 Election Day; Fairfax Villa is a voting location so most staff will be working virtually to allow room for social distancing and parking for voters. SCHOOL OFFICE CLOSED.
11/7 Report Cards Available in ParentVue
11/11 Veterans’ Day 2 Hour Early Release (virtual learning ends at 2 PM)
11/25-11/27 Thanksgiving Holidays
12/1 Advanced Academics Referral Deadline
IN THIS ISSUE
- NEW: Important Health Room News for In-Person Students
- NEW: Tuesday Changes
- Food for Others Form
- Advanced Academics Level IV Parent Meetings and Referral Deadlines
- ParentVUE Account
- Technology News
- PTA News
- Send us your pics!
1.New: Revised Health Room Contactless Student Pick-Up and Revised Return to School Procedures
With everyone’s safety in mind during the COVID pandemic, we are transitioning to a new “contactless” student pick-up system during the school day for in-person learners. There are also new procedures for students returning to school after being sent home if they show one of the symptoms below.
Parents and/or guardians, please ring the front door bell, and be prepared to show your photo ID through the glass window. After your ID check, a Villa staff member will escort your student to the front door for pick up. If your student is showing any symptoms of illness, he/she will be sent home with a Sick Student Notification form. The guidelines on this form must be followed in order for your student to return to school, including either a 10 day stay-at-home period from onset of symptoms, or a note from a healthcare provider that explains the symptoms.
In an abundance of caution, if your student presents with any ONE of the following symptoms during in-person learning, they will need to be placed in isolation and picked up within one hour of notification. These symptoms are:
- Fever or chills
- Cough
- Shortness of breath
- New loss of taste and smell
- Sore throat
- Runny nose/congestion
- Fatigue
- Muscle Aches
- Stomachache
- Diarrhea
- Nausea/vomiting
- Headache
**Due to COVID-19 in the community, evaluation by a healthcare provider is recommended for all sick children. **
The following guidelines explain when your child may return to school. A Permission to Return to School form will need to be filled out by the physician before being allowed to return.
IF NO KNOWN EXPOSURE TO COVID-19 AND:
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No COVID-19 test or Positive COVID-19 test – Stay home until 10 days from onset of symptoms, no fever for 24 hours without fever-reducing medication AND symptoms are improving.
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COVID-19 Test is negative – Stay home until no fever for 24 hours without fever-reducing medication AND symptoms are improving.
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Alternate diagnosis by a healthcare provider that explains symptoms – stay home until no fever for 24 hours without fever-reducing medication AND symptoms are improving or longer per healthcare provider’s instructions.
IF KNOWN EXPOSURE TO COVID-19:
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No Covid-19 test or negative test: Stay home for 14 days from date of last exposure, no fever for 24 hours without fever-reducing medication AND symptoms are improving.
COVID-19 test is positive: Stay home until 10 days from onset of symptoms, no fever for 24 hours without fever-reducing medication AND symptoms are improving.
 2. NEW: Office Changes for Tuesday
Due to our school being a polling site on Tuesday, the school office will be closed. If you need to contact the school on Tuesday, please email Karen Wells at kewells@fcps.edu.
There will also not be our usual library book pick up on Tuesday. However, students may still come by on Wednesday - Friday for the books they have put on reserve.
3. Food for Others Form
Throughout the year, we receive information about programs that may be helpful to our Fairfax Villa Families. We are happy to announce that we will be continuing our partnership with Food For Others, which provides free weekend food packs to children in need in Northern Virginia. Please fill out the form below if your family would like to accept this weekly donation.
This information will be kept strictly confidential and will not be shared with anyone except the Fairfax Villa Administrators.
Thank you,
Virginia Kim and Ann Miller, Fairfax Villa School Counselors
Weekend Food Survey (English)
Durante todo el año, recibimos información sobre programas que pueden ser útiles para nuestras familias de Fairfax Villa. Nos complace anunciar que continuaremos nuestra asociación con Food For Others, que ofrece paquetes de alimentos gratuitos los fines de semana a los niños necesitados en el norte de Virginia. Complete el formulario a continuación y háganos saber si su familia desea esta donación semanal. Esta información se mantendrá estrictamente confidencial y no se compartirá con nadie excepto con los administradores de Fairfax Villa.
Gracias,
Virginia Kim y Ann Miller, consejeras escolares de Fairfax Villa
Encuesta alimentaria de fin de semana (español)
 4. Advanced Academics Level IV Parent Meetings Recording and Referral Deadlines
Thank you to everyone who attended the AAP Parent Information session on Oct. 13 or Oct. 19. If you were unable to attend, a recording of the meeting from Oct. 13 can be found here, and the accompanying slideshow can be found here. Additional information and all forms are available on the AAP website. The deadline for submitting a Level IV referral is Dec. 1. If you have any additional questions after viewing the presentation, please contact Mrs. Wilkins at cmwilkins@fcps.edu.
5. ParentVue Account
This year more than ever, SIS ParentVUE (PVUE) is an essential tool for parents/guardians to keep up with their student’s attendance, progress report cards, and more. This will be the first quarter that we have offered a PDF version of the progress report and elementary school parents/guardians now have the option to “Go Paperless” for all report cards and progress reports.
Please take some time to log into your Parent Vue account here. If you have forgotten your password, click on “More Options” to reset or change it. There is a language option in the bottom right corner.
If you have not yet set up a ParentVue account, please email Ms. Schmidt at bdschmidt@fcps.edu and request that she send you your activation code and instructions.
6.Technology News
- If you are having any problems with the laptop you were issued from Fairfax Villa, the first place to go is this parent help website. It has troubleshooting ideas for everything from finding your child’s google account to how to resolve audio/video issues.There is a helpline (833-921-3277) that you can call from 7am to 11pm 7 days a week. If you need a translator for your call, please let them know.
- If none of those fix your problems, there is also a link where parents can put in a RequestIT to the FCPS Service Desk. Please do not let your students put in a RequestIT. There are also parent information phone lines in different languages. Please do not contact your child’s teacher about technology problems unless it is a classroom specific issue (i.e. Google classroom code).
If you do not have internet in your home and would like to learn how to obtain low-cost internet service for qualifying families from Cox, please email our social worker, Maria Marris, at msmarris@fcps.edu.
 7. PTA News
The following message is sent on behalf of the Fairfax Villa ES School PTA. Its content reflects the views of the PTA.
Spirit Night!
Please join us for Spirit Night at MOD Pizza/Lee Highway on Wednesday, November 4! This is a take-out and delivery event. Check out the event site at https://www.groupraise.com/events/166508 to find the MOD Pizza online ordering and event coupon code. Every purchase raises money for the PTA and for our students!
School Directories & Membership
Fairfax Villa Elementary directories are coming soon! Directories are a special benefit for PTA members.
We need 41 more members to match our membership from last school year! Can you help us get there? Please join online at https://fairfaxvilla.memberhub.store/. Memberships are $10/person. If you would like to pay by check or need financial assistance, please contact Jessie at villapta@gmail.com.
Original Works
We are excited to be running the Original Works Online at Home program this year! Original Works will turn your child’s artwork or photo into custom keepsakes to share with family and friends. Visit originalworks.com/atHome for instructions, and use our school code FAFA at checkout. Please see the Fairfax Villa email from 10/28 for more details, or contact Jessie at villata@gmail.com.
This Week’s PTA Meeting
If you missed our meeting on Wednesday, check out the recording here: http://bit.ly/VillaPTAMeeting20201028
Questions for the School or School Board
A main role of the PTA is to advocate for all Villa students. You may always contact the school or the school board directly, but the PTA Board is happy to pass along questions, comments, and suggestions. We can look for trends in questions from our families and send back consolidated answers. Contact us at villapta@gmail.com.
Outside Activities
Girl Scouts make the world a better place! Become a Daisy Girl Scout while making new friends, playing outside, and having fun! This is an introductory program for Kindergarten girls not currently in Girl Scouts. (COVID-19 safety guidelines can be found at gscnc.org.)
Thursdays October 22, November 5 & 19, and December 3 - alternating Zoom / Westmore Park (join anytime!)
$25 (financial assistance available)
For more info, contact Elizabeth Wood at ewood@gscnc.org or 703-372-4344 (call/text)
8. Send us your pics!
Over the next couple of weeks, if you have created learning activities that your children have enjoyed or have pictures of your children learning online, please email us at drgerstner@fcps.edu and DRSutter@fcps.edu with a picture and a brief description. We would like to share them in our upcoming Friday News You Choose messages and they may also be included in the 2020-21 yearbook.
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