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Dear Parent or Guardian,
This spring our school, in cooperation with the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services and the Virginia Department of Education, is conducting the Virginia School Survey of Climate and Working Conditions of students, teachers, and staff. The purpose of this survey is to measure student support, student engagement, school discipline, and safety conditions in each school. This information will be used to guide educational practices that produce a safe and supportive school environment. Even as we adapt to new instructional circumstances this year, this survey is important for understanding the impact of the pandemic on school climate and conditions, and continuing to monitor our progress towards recovery. The Virginia School Survey becomes a tool to guide instructional practices that provide support for all students in Virginia’s schools.
I am writing to provide you with information on the student survey. The survey will be completed online. The survey does not ask for your child’s name and all answers are anonymous (no one will know how your child answered the survey). Parents and guardians will not have access to their child’s survey answers. You may review the student survey at this website: https://tinyurl.com/VaSchoolSurvey.
The survey will ask questions such as how students feel about their school, how students get along with one another and their teachers, how students feel about school rules, and their perceptions of their teachers’ willingness to help them. Students will also be asked what kinds of bullying they may have observed during school and whether they have been bullied themselves.
All students in your child’s grade will be eligible to participate in the survey. Students participating in remote instruction and in-person instruction are eligible to participate. The survey is voluntary and your child can decide not to participate. No action will be taken against you, your child, or the school if your child does not participate. If you do not wish for your child to participate, please notify the school office by telephone or letter by January 8th.
Your child will not receive any immediate benefit from participating in the survey, but the survey will help us to maintain a safe, inviting, and supportive learning environment for your child.
Thank you for your cooperation in this important study of Virginia’s schools.
Justine Klena
Principal Herndon Middle School
When our in-person students return to Herndon Middle School, we will need some classroom monitors for the classrooms where teachers are teaching virtually. Herndon Middle administrators are interviewing candidates for the monitor positions at our school. This is an hourly position and we can consider flexible schedules. Please consider applying for a monitor position by going to this site on the FCPS website. You may select HMS as a preferred school. You may also reach out to Herndon HerndonMSAdministration@fcps.edu with questions.
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 Date: Saturday, Decmeber 19th
Location: Herndon Middle School, Door 6
901 Locust St, Herndon, VA 20170
Time: 10am- until they're gone!
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Food pick will be available tomorrow 12/18 at 10 through Opportunity Neighborhoods Herndon at door 7
We will also be distributing 14 days meal kits on Tuesday Dec.22nd at 8am, door 6 for any FCPS student
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Herndon Middle School Main office will be closed for Winer Break- December 21,2020- January 1, 2021.
Regular office hours will return to 7am-3:30pm on January 4th 2021.
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 Students and Families: We need your help in collecting yearbook photos! In order to complete our 2020-21 yearbook, we need photos of our Herndon Middle School students learning from home. What photos can you submit of your student? Any and all! We are looking for photos of students in their distance learning environment, with friends and family, playing sports, with their pets, and many more! Yearbooks will go on sale when we return from Winter Break in January. Photos can be submitted three ways: HMS Yearbook Submission Portal on the HMS Website, download the Yearbook Snap app from your app store and use the code HMSyearbook, or email your photos to eagrogan@fcps.edu.
Any questions? Email Erin Grogan (eagrogan@fcps.edu)
View Flyer here
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Dec 21-Jan 1: Winter Break (Main office closed)
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Jan 4: First day back from break
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Jan 4: Library Book Distribution (11am-2pm, door 6)
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Jan 11: Library Book Distribution (11am-2pm, door 6)
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Jan 12: Theater Booster Meeting (7pm)
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