Hunt Valley Calendar
Nov. 11th - 2-hour Early Release - Veterans Day
Nov 11-24 - Scholastic Book Fair - Online (See below)
Nov. 17th - Kindergarten In-person Students Return
Nov. 25-27 - Holiday - Thanksgiving
Dec. 1st - 1st & 2nd Grade In-person Students Return
Dec. 21st - Jan. 1st, 2021 -
Winter Break - Student/Staff Holiday/Classes Resume Jan. 4th, 2021
Return to In-person Learning
Preparation Days: All Kindergarten classes & Specials classes: Nov 9, 12 & 13 will be taught asynchronously.
Note: All Specials on these dates will be asynchronous for all students.
The next phase-in group Preparation Days: All Grade 1 & 2 Teachers-Nov 16, 20, 23, and 24 will be taught asynchronously.
Calling All Military Connect Families
Please fill out this Google form for us, so that we can better meet your needs. We are also collecting information for our Veteran’s Day Celebration so if you could please take a few minutes soon to fill out the form we would sincerely appreciate it!
https://forms.gle/LQ9SnHXRLpSkvNzN8
Veterans Day Celebration - Update
In lieu of our traditional Veterans Day Celebration, we will honoring our service members virtually this year. Typically we have students create a "Thank Your Service Member Note."
This year, we will be creating short videos of thanks. This is totally voluntary. If you would like to have your child honor your family's service member, please complete a FlipGrid clip below.
Please not these videos will be shared publicly in our News You Choose for families at Hunt Valley to view. When making your video, it is best to write down your thoughts ahead of time.
Please Complete the video by Monday, Nov. 9th
Some guiding information to include in your child's/children's video:
Student Name
Grade & Teacher
Service Member's Name & Relationship to the Student
When and where did your Service Member serve
Show a closeup picture of your Service Member
FlipGrid Link https://flipgrid.com/5b3e8dfd
We will update you on the Veterans Day Celebration Virtual Event next week!
Monday Clubs Update
Due to specialists returning to the building to prepare for the concurrent teaching model and provide support for Kindergarten – 2nd grade return to school, Monday clubs will no longer meet. Monday Art Club time may be altered but will continue on.
Student Support Team Coffee
Parents - You are invited to the second of the monthly coffees that will be hosted by the PTA for the Hunt Valley Student Support Team. The Student Support team is comprised of the 2 school counselors, the School Psychologist, and the School Social Worker. This meeting will be Friday, November 13th at 8:15 am and we will be discussing preparing students to return to in-person learning and how a practice of gratitude can improve our outlook on life even during difficult times. Please use this link to join the zoom meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88630891179?pwd=QWhENC9RUlVTL01uYXBzcDNzYUdFQT09
Nominations for Outstanding Employee Awards!
Nominations are now open for the Outstanding Employee Awards! To submit a nomination for a Hunt Valley ES Outstanding Employee in one of the categories below, please complete the nomination through the Google form link next to each category. You may nominate an employee in one or more categories. 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. If your nominee is selected I will contact you for more information. The google form link has more information regarding the criteria for each of these awards and the eligibility requirements are below.
Outstanding Teacher {Google Form Link} Has at least three years of experience as a teacher (in any school/school district); librarians are included in this category
Outstanding New Teacher {Google Form Link} Within their first three years of being a teacher (in any school/school district); librarians are included in this category
Outstanding Principal {Google Form Link} Has at least three years’ experience as a building principal (in any school/school district)
Outstanding Leader {Google Form Link} At least one year of experience in their current position as a Schedule-C or School-Based Administrator scale employee (that is not the building principal):
- Common positions in this category: Assistant and Associate Principals, Director of Student Activities, Director of Student Services
Outstanding Professional Employee {Google Form Link} At least one year experience in current position as a Schedule-B employee or other non-instructional employee in a school that supports school leadership
- Common positions in this category: School-Based Technology Specialist, Technology Support Specialist, Assessment Coach, Career Center Specialist, Instructional Coach, Psychologist, Social Worker, School Counselor, Safety and Security Specialist, Resource Teachers that serve in an administrative role in a school
Outstanding Operational Employee {Google Form Link} At least one year of experience in current position as Schedule-A or Classroom Instructional Support Scale employee
- Common positions in this category: Administrative and Office Staff, Safety and Security Assistant, Custodial Staff, Food Service Staff, IA, PHA, PHTA, All Parent Liaisons (regardless of how they are paid)
Note: The deadline to submit a nomination is Friday, November 20thth If you have any questions, please contact Rebecca Leddon at RJLeddon@fcps.edu
Box Tops
Hello Families of Hunt Valley.
The SCA wanted to update you on a change in Box Tops. Box Tops are beginning to go digital. This year you will be able to submit Box Tops both physically and in this new digital setting; however, the physical Box Tops are being phased out.
For your convenience, instructions on how to upload through the virtual Box Tops app are available to view in the link below.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vQMeq-GG2zMi1ZXLgERAbmG7ZX8oKi9sL0CTRA3ZXA1jGn9bA7yjFZSsWUeRP2d5cWP5wDuwIkKt_W_/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000&slide=id.ga756278f50_0_632
Thank you for your continued support towards Hunt Valley Elementary School.
SCA Sponsors
"Go Paperless" for Online Progress Reports
The “Go Paperless” option is now available to all our parents to allow you to receive only online progress reports starting the first quarter of this school year. This will not impact any other mailings from FCPS other than the progress reports. To take advantage of the paperless options, you will need to log into ParentVUE, then click on “My Account” in the upper right hand corner and select "Go Paperless."
Each parent who has a ParentVUE account must select the paperless option to prevent mailing of the printed progress reports. The “Go Paperless” option will apply to all their students, no matter what school level. If the parent has already selected “Go Paperless” for their secondary student, the option will now apply to any ES siblings as well.
Parental Consent for Select Digital Resources
At Hunt Valley our teachers will use a variety of digital resources to support student learning and promote communication and collaboration with students and families. Some of the digital resources your child may use this year will require your consent before they can be used. You can find our school’s list of the resources that require parental consent here: Parent Consent
Included on this page is also a link to a form where the enrolling parent or guardian will need to indicate whether or not their student is allowed to use the list of digital resources this year. This page also provides more information about how FCPS carefully reviews digital resources for approval and why we must request your consent before using certain tools. We encourage you to complete the parental consent now as your child will not be able to use the digital resources until we have received your permission. Please reach out to the classroom teacher if you have questions or concerns about the digital resources we’ve chosen to use this year.
Reminder for Parents/Guardians about SIS ParentVUE
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 ES parents/guardians now have the option to “Go Paperless” for all report cards and progress reports. We want to start establishing the PVUE habit early with ES school parents/guardians. At the end of last school year, we reached a high of 80% of FCPS students with at least one parent/guardian with a PVUE account. We want to keep those account numbers and the usage going up so we can rely on it as a communication tool with parents/guardians.
Please access PVUE periodically to check in on your student(s) attendance and to view progress reports at the end of each quarter. If you have not yet created a PVUE account, please do so by reaching out to the school SIA to provide an activation code. Details on what can be found in PVUE and how to activate a new PVUE account using your activation code can be found here - Student Information System - SIS Parent Account Overview.
Important Information about Grab and Go Meals
Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) continues to update times and locations for grab and go meals posted on the website. It is important for families to have this information. Grab and go meals are available to ALL students. In addition, FNS will offer breakfast and lunch meals for Saturday during distribution on Fridays. Please help communicate this information to your families. Food distribution locations and times are posted and updated frequently on the website: https://www.fcps.edu/return-school/food
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AAP Update
AAP Information:
Welcome to the new school year! Hi, I am Mrs. Alt! My role as AART is to support the implementation of the continuum of Advanced Academic Ser-vices. Please refer to the information on this page, which details Level I through Level IV services for elementary students. For more detailed information on the FCPS Advanced Academic Programs, please visit their web-site at https://www.fcps.edu/academics/elementary-school-academics-k-6/advanced-academics
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- Earlier Level IV deadline (Dec. 1st)
- Parents may still contribute up to 4 work samples – must be submitted electronically, with a referral by deadline
- DISCONTINUED- Awards, certificates and letters of recommendations will no longer be part of the screening process
- No CogATs be offered this school year
- The one-time retest option for CogAT or NNAT will not be available this school year
- There will be a process for students without an abilities test on file to take the NNAT in December 2020. The testing coordinator will determine which students require the NNAT and will reach out to families to schedule safe and socially distanced testing.
- Parents must view the AAP Overview video and/or the AAP Level IV Screening Process video prior to attending the specific Q&A Sessions.
Level IV Screening and Referral Q&A Sessions:
Tuesday, November 10th 12-1pm using BBCU LINK: https://us.bbcollab.com/guest/77b6ccc1d4404089b317667f1794649f
Wednesday, November 18th 12-1pm using BBCU LINK: https://us.bbcollab.com/guest/77b6ccc1d4404089b317667f1794649f
Tuesday, November 24th 1-2pm using BBCU LINK:
https://us.bbcollab.com/guest/77b6ccc1d4404089b317667f1794649f
Level IV referral deadlines for the 2020-2021 school year:
Spring deadline (for those seeking placement in the 2021-2022 school year) - December 1, 2020 – Available for students in grades 2-6
Tech Support for Parents and Students
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.
Library Updates
Curbside Checkout
Curbside Checkout is our way of getting the Hunt Valley ES library books into the hands of readers. It is completely voluntary and is a service to the students and families of Hunt Valley.
Three steps:
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Pick your book(s). If you know what you want, put the books on hold in Destiny (the library catalog). If you need some advice or aren’t quite sure the titles you’re wanting, use the Google Form to get assistance from the librarians.
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Pick your time. Pick a time that works for your family on the SignUp Genius. If it’s after 3pm on Friday – pick a time on the FOLLOWING Monday.
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Pick up your books. Monday, Hunt Valley ES (door 8), between 2pm and 6pm
Have a question? Please email your librarian at crbartlett@fcps.edu.
First Chapter Fridays
Celebrate the end of the week by experiencing the first chapter of a book. Check the HVES Library Google Site for this week’s First Chapter Friday. (You’ll need to be logged in to your fcpsschools.net account.)
First Chapter Friday is The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart, recorded with permission from Henry Holt and Company. This is a title from the Virginia Readers’ Choice Middle School selections.
Coyote and her dad, Rodeo, live on bus and haven’t been home in five years. Join Coyote, Rodeo, Ivan (the cat), and a whole cast of characters as they criss-cross the nation as they experience many “once upon a time” moments.
Check Destiny for more Virginia Readers' Choice books today!
November FCPS Substance Abuse Article
From Mr. Joyner, Substance Abuse Prevention Specialist
Is it November already? Time flies when…well, you know the rest! Here is some timely info that may be of interest to you!
2019-20 Fairfax Youth Survey Results – Vaping Declines
Vaping (e-cigarette use) has been a national teenage problem for several years. While the national rates of vaping continue to move in an upward direction, according to the most recent results of the Fairfax County Youth Survey, vaping has declined locally in the past year.
The number of Fairfax County teens who say they have vaped within their lifetime dropped from 28% in 2018 to 25% in 2019, according to the survey, which is given annually to Fairfax County Public Schools students in sixth, eighth, 10th, and 12th grades.
The results indicate that prevention education and other initiative are having a positive effect. While we are making progress, we still have much work to do. Keep reading for a new initiative that aims to help the students already involved in vaping.
Vape-Free Fairfax Text Message Support Program
DO YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW NEED HELP TO STOP VAPING?
This is Quitting offers text messages for teens and young adults that provide support throughout the quit process. This is Quitting is easy to use, free and anonymous.
Here's how This is Quitting can help:
- Set a quit date and receive up to 12 weeks of tailored daily text messages.
- Get 24/7 on-demand support for cravings, stress, relapse, or requests for more messages.
Sign up now: Text VapeFreeFFX to 88709
Substance abuse can still happen during virtual learning. If you need support with your child please feel free to reach out to me at amjoyner@fcps.edu and we can discuss options that may be of help to you and your family. Additionally, the Community Services Board (CSB) is still providing general mental health and substance abuse services. Their information can be found by clicking HERE.
For general questions about the FCPS Substance Abuse Prevention Program, please contact the Office of Student Safety & Wellness: (571) 423-4270.
Mr. Joyner
Substance Abuse Prevention Specialist
West Springfield & Hayfield Pyramids amjoyner@fcps.edu
PTA
Veterans Day Care Packages
In honor of Veterans Day, HVES PTA is sending care packages to deployed service members. Please consider donating some of the recommended items to include in care packages. You can drop off items out front at HVES on Friday 11/6 3:30-4:30pm, Monday 11/9 11:30am -1:00pm, Wednesday 11/11 6:00-7:30pm, and Friday 11/13 9:30-11:00am.
We're hoping to collect the following items:
lifesavers
chewing gum
beef jerky
coffee creamers
oatmeal
protein bars
granola
crackers
powdered drink flavors (to add to water for flavor)
canned nuts
coffee
tea
baby wipes
sunscreen
chapstick
deodorant
socks
hand sanitizer
hot sauce
*We can accept Halloween candy, but no chocolate, please (it melts!)
Thank you so much for thinking of our Veterans who are serving overseas! Please email crystal.hurley317@gmail.com with any questions.
Scholastic Book Fair
Hunt Valley's Winter Book Fair will be exclusively held ONLINE this year. All purchases benefit our school. It provides our kids with a chance to connect with new books, favorite characters, complete series, and more.
Save these dates and view our school’s Fair site:
Fair Dates: November 11 - 24, 2020
Online Fair: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/huntvalleybookfair
Free shipping on BOOK-ONLY orders over $25. All orders ship direct to home.
Thank you,
Christy Whiteaker
Virtual After School Programs
Given school is starting virtually this year, there will be no in-person after school programs taking place at Hunt Valley in the fall. However, several of our trusted vendors are offering virtual after school programs! If you are looking for some extra activities for your children this fall, please check out the PTA website to see offerings from Acting for Young People, C3 Cyber Club, JST Athletics, Mad Science, Robot Works, and RunFit Kidz: https://www.huntvalleypta.org/after-school-programs/.
HVES PTA Cares About our Active Duty Families!
We would like to support our deployed service members by sending treats and goodies to our deployed family members. Please send an email with your contact information to president@huntvalleypta.org if you would like to add your deployed service member to our list.
PTA Open Roles!
The PTA is run by volunteers like you! Open roles include: Room Parent Coordinator, Community Engagement Committee Chair/Activity Volunteer and After School Programs Chairperson. Many of these activities are well underway and just need a volunteer to help see them through.
Join the PTA!
Our membership is open (https://huntvalleypta.new.memberhub.store/store). Please consider joining.
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FCPS Cares
Do you know a Hunt Valley ES staff member who went beyond what is expected? If so, then click here to submit a brief description so we can all acknowledge the good work of Hunt Valley faculty and staff members!
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Have a great weekend everyone!
Mr. Fee
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