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Upcoming Important Dates
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After School Activities Every Day
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We have great after school clubs meeting virtually! Check out the schedule click here! For more information - see the spotlight on After School below!
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December 14 at 9:30 am AND 6:30 pm
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Family Information Day & Night- join Ms. Conley as she shares the most up-to-date information about return to learn in the building. We will utilize Google Meets which has a multi-language translation closed captioning feature. More information will be shared next week.
Both sessions will be the same content.
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December 14 - December 18
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Winter Break Spirit Week! See below for how to dress up each day and show your school spirit on camera throughout the week.
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December 18
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Asynchronous Catch Up Day - all teachers will be available via their Office Hours Link for students to provide support, ask questions, work in small groups, and/or take/retake assessments. No new instruction will be provided on this day.
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Want a way to support families in our community this holiday season?
Normally, Irving staff adopts families in the community to provide gifts during the holiday season. As you can imagine, there is even more need this year in the Irving community. Instead of providing gifts this year just from Irving staff, we are requesting donations and plan to provide gift cards to these families. If you would like to provide a gift card that will go directly to a family in need at Irving, please sign up using this Sign Up Genius. You have the option to deliver the gift card to Irving or can send it by email to our social worker, Traci Jamison, at tdjamison@fcps.edu by December 1st.
If your family needs assistance, please reach out to Ms. Jamison at tdjamison@fcps.edu.
Support Principal Conley in FCPS Outstanding Employee Awards Program
Our principal, Cindy Conley, has been nominated as a candidate in the “Outstanding Principal” category in the county-wide FCPS Outstanding Employee Awards program.
Below is a link to a Google form. In it, you’ll see the exact questions that are on the nomination packet which will be completed and submitted as part of Ms. Conley’s application. Please take a moment or two to answer any or all of the questions on the form, explaining why you think that Principal Conley is a worthy candidate for this award. The deadline for receiving comments from community members is December 11th.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd9xNRX2G2gqo9HmtMsHw0_lJwOtKtvTunMlwL1-_AsveeQNg/viewform?usp=sf_link
Mary Ann Monk, Irving Awards Liaison
Library News
Reserve your Books for Winter Break! Curbside pickup services will continue Monday, December 7th and Monday, December 14th. You have time to check out some books that you can read over the winter break. Log into the library’s catalog to place holds and then pick up your books at Irving on Mondays from noon until 3 pm.
Readers Unite Book Club is thriving during our after-school meetings on Wednesdays. We’re beginning discussion of our second book of the year starting on 12/2. It’s a perfect time to join in. Students who are interested in joining can find the join link for “Readers Unite” in the After School Program’s website. The club meets from 2:30-3:30 on Wednesdays through the Blackboard Collaborate link available in the Readers Unite Group page.
--Ms. Monk & Mrs. Gawalt
Technology News
Selfie Culture
Have you noticed all of the selfies that kids today take with their phones? Are you concerned about the number or kinds of selfies your own child takes and perhaps posts to social media? Before jumping to conclusions, take a look at this Family Tip Sheet from Common Sense Media. An honest conversation with your child around this topic may help you learn more about what has become known as the “Selfie Culture.” Consider some questions to start the conversation and some ways to establish or clarify your family expectations.
Digital Resource Parent Permission
Action Item: Irving teachers use some digital resources that require parent consent. These have been carefully vetted by IS and IT for instructional appropriateness, technical functionality, and student data management which is compliant with FERPA and state law. If you have not yet provided consent for your child to use these digital resources, please do so today. Thank you!
Link to the Parent Permission Form ｜ Link to Irving MS Digital Resources
After School Program
If your child is interested in joining one of our clubs, please have them visit the After School Program Student Website in the All Students Course in Schoology. If your child needs help signing up for a club, check out this video tutorial! Tutorial for Accessing the Irving After School Program Student Website
Club Schedule
To view the weekly club schedule, click here.
Questions about After School? Please email Emily Geary (emgeary@fcps.edu)
News from Your PTA
Amazon Smiles: Please consider signing up to support the Washington Irving PTA through AmazonSmile with your purchases year round at no additional cost to you! Please see the picture below for directions on how to set up your account.
We were planning to host a drive-in movie in December, but we won't be able to do that with the new Covid-19 guidelines from the Governor. We're working with the SCA leaders to determine a different family activity - think Trivia Night, virtual game night, or virtual bingo - so stay tuned!
For any questions, comments or ideas, please contact us at IrvingMSPTA@gmail.com.
If you haven't joined the PTA yet, you can do that on our MemberHub site here.
We hope to see you at the next PTA meeting on January 12th!
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