Hunt Valley Calendar
Jan. 11th - Independent (Asynchronous) learning day for students and teacher preparation day. No Morning Meeting
Jan. 18th - Holiday (Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday)
Jan. 20th - Holiday (Inauguration Day)
Jan. 22nd - End of 2nd Quarter - 2-hour Early Release
Jan. 25th - Student Holiday (Teacher Workday)
Feb. 15th - Holiday (George Washington’s Birthday & Presidents’ Day)
Students in Groups 1-5 Paused for In Person Instruction
From FCPS:
Dear Parents and Caregivers,
Subject: Students in Groups 1-5 Paused for In Person Instruction
As Superintendent Brabrand shared recently, the plan to bring students in Groups 1-5 back into school for in person learning is currently paused.
Also, our Bell Schedule will continue to be the same until further notice.
Groups 1-5 include:
Group 1: Select Specialized Career Prep Classes
Group 2: Preschool Autism Preschool Class Based
Group 3: Elementary Comprehensive Service Sites (CSS) Adaptive Curriculum Programs:
- Enhanced Autism Class (EAC)
- Intellectual Disabilities (ID) Classes
- Intellectual Disabilities Severe (IDS) Classes
- Non-Categorical Elementary (NCE) - Adaptive Curriculum Key Center
Kilmer Center
Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education (SLIFE) Recently-Arrived English Learners (ELs) in Grades 3-12
Group 4: Specialized Career Prep Classes Burke School - Elementary
Group 5: Early Head Start (infants and toddlers) PreK (three and four-year olds) and Kindergarten
Intensive Support Needs (students instructed w/ modified curriculum for at least 50% of their core courses and instructed in special education settings 50% or more of their instructional day)
Specialized Center-based Programs- Special Education:
- Vision Program at Robinson SS
- Deaf/Hard-of-Hearing (DHH) Programs at Canterbury Woods ES, Frost MS and Woodson HS - students with 50% or more of core content areas in spec. ed. settings
Community transmission of COVID-19 in Fairfax County remains high.
Dr. Brabrand will provide an update on the Return to School plan to the School Board on Tuesday, February 2.
Because we will not be transporting students to school during the pause in our plan, we will not be moving to the new bell schedule on Tuesday, January 12.
We will continue to use the current bell schedule and will communicate any future changes to the bell schedule in advance.
Monday, January 11 will remain an independent (asynchronous) learning day for students and teacher preparation day.
Once we have a date for students and staff to return for in person instruction in school buildings, we will need to provide preparation days for teachers. Students will be doing independent learning on teacher preparation days. We will communicate those dates once we confirm return to school dates in the future.
Living with ADHD Support Group
Mrs. Berry and I are going to be holding a virtual meeting for the ADHD parenting group on Monday, January 11th from 7:00pm – 8:00pm. This meeting is open to all parents with students that have attention, hyperactivity, and or executive function issues. At this meeting will be discussing the chapter 3 of “Parenting ADHD Now” by Elaine Taylor-Klaus and Dian Dempster about how to manage Hyperactivity. Please join us even if haven’t had a chance to read or get the book the discussion could be beneficial to you.
We look forward to seeing you on January 11. If you would like to join the meeting here is the https://meet.google.com/zvf-oiib-yir ; If you have any questions please contact either Mrs. Mason tamason@fcps.edu or Mrs. Berry mfberry@fcps.edu..
Military Kids Club
The January meeting of the Military Kids Club will be Monday, January 11th at 8:45am – 9:15am. We will meet through the link in the Google Classroom. If you would like your student to participate and they have not joined the Google Classroom or you have questions please contact either Mrs. Mason tamason@fcps.edu or Mrs. Berry mfberry@fcps.edu.
Elementary Family Life Education (FLE) Instruction Grades 4-6 Parent Preview Night
Jan. 13th- 5:30 PM-6:15 PM
If you are planning to attend, please use this form to RSVP by Friday, Jan. 8th and we will send you a link to the presentation 15 minutes prior to the meeting.
Human Growth and Development (HGD):
- Grades 4-6
- Our school will be instructing HGD the week prior to spring break (March 22, 2021-March 26, 2021)
- HGD lessons modifications for this school year include:
- Grade 5 will be limited to lesson 1 & 2 (Puberty and Reproductive Systems)
- Grade 6 will omit lesson 4 (Sexually Transmitted Infections)
As a reminder, FLE instruction will be delivered by the classroom teacher. If you have any questions regarding FLE instruction, please reach out to your child’s classroom teacher for more information or see this FCPS link: https://www.fcps.edu/academics/elementary-school-academics-k-6/elementary-family-life-education
If you have already indicated your desire to opt your child out of FLE lessons by using the form provided earlier in the school year, you do not need to complete another form.
Opt-out letters and forms are available at https://www.fcps.edu/academics/elementary-school-academics-k-6/elementary-family-life-education.
Parents/guardians wishing to opt their child out of FLE instruction may return the completed opt-out form either in hardcopy or attached to an email. Parents/guardians may also send an email stating the lesson(s) they are opting out of. Should you opt your child out and then later decide you want your child included in FLE instruction, you must notify your child’s teacher in writing before instruction begins. An alternative non-FLE health instructional program is provided for children who do not take part in FLE instruction, and every effort is made to foster understanding and respect for family choices and to avoid peer pressure for or against participation in the program.
Dual Language Immersion (DLI) Registration Information - for Kindergarten and Pre-Kindergarten Parents
Here is Information on the Fairfax County Public Schools registration procedures for parents who are interested in having their child participate in the Elementary Dual Language Immersion Program (DLI). The DLI online registration will open Jan. 25, 2021 at 9am.
Here is the link to the Dual Language Immersion (DLI) Program Registration site: Dual Language Immersion Registration
All parents will need their FCPS SIS account to register. If parents do not have a SIS account, they will be directed to contact the school for an activation code. Parents of students not yet attending an FCPS school are required to register their child at their base school to obtain a SIS account.
SCA Box Tops
Dear Hunt Valley Families and Staff,
There is a new digital way to turn in your Box Tops. First, you will have to download the Box Top app to your phone. Next, you will have to fill in the information requested. Lastly, you will have to scan your receipt for the box tops near the barcode. Simple enough you are all done. Detailed instructions are attached here at this link:
https://huntvalleyes.fcps.edu/activities/student-council
You are still allowed to turn the Box Tops in person if you prefer.
We also want to thank our Hunt Valley community for all the mask donations. We received 174 masks and are researching where we will donate them to.
Thank you for all your support.
The SCA Treasurer
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. Grab and go meals are available to ALL students. Food distribution locations and times are posted and updated frequently on the website: https://www.fcps.edu/return-school/food
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FCPS COVID-19 Health Metrics Dashboard
The return to in-person instruction is currently determined by two core indicators as measured by the Virginia Department of Health (VDH): the number of new cases per 100,000 persons within the last 14 days and the percent positive test rate. FCPS has a public dashboard where you can see daily updates on these metrics as well as additional information on the specific thresholds that determine when each cohort may return to in-person instruction or when an in-person cohort may need to return to virtual instruction.
You can access the dashboard by clicking the COVID-19 Case Data button on the fcps.edu homepage or by following this link: https://www.fcps.edu/return-school/fcps-confirmed-covid-19-case-reporting
Return to In-person Learning
Please reference the FCPS Family Guide for Return to School:
Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) is partnering with families to ensure we keep students and staff safe and healthy as we return to school buildings for learning.
https://www.fcps.edu/index.php/returntoschool/familyguide
Parent Health Screening Commitment Form
Parents of students returning to school (K-2nd) will need to complete the Health Screening Commitment Form in the ParentVue SIS account. When you log in to your account the form will be the very first thing you will see. You will need to open the document and accept it.
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.
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. 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
Overdue Books
Overdue book notices will be printed later this month. Do you wonder if you have any books out? Log in to Destiny and click on the three lines in the upper left corner. Click Checkouts to see what is currently checked out to you.
Thanks to a gift from the Hunt Valley PTA, you may now return your books, day or night, to the Library Book Return bin located next to the front door of Hunt Valley.
Thank you for remembering that other readers matter!
Curbside Checkout
We’ll see you at Curbside on Monday, January 11th. Curbside Checkout will take a week off for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on Monday, January 18th. But, please continue to put books on hold! We’ll have them ready for pick up on Monday, January 25th!
Three steps:
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Pick 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 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 books at your time. Mondays, Hunt Valley ES, door 8 between 2pm and 6pm.
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This week’s First Chapter Friday comes from a classic, Magic Tree House Dinosaurs Before Dark (now in a full-color, oversized edition), written by Mary Pope Osborne, illustrated by Antonio Javier Caparo. Travel back to where it all started, when Annie and Jack found a treehouse in the woods filled with books. (cover image from Destiny)
Do you love Jack and Annie? Their newest adventure, Late Lunch with Llamas, has Jack and Annie at the peak of Machu Picchu in Peru rescuing a llama. Plus, a graphic novel adaptation of Dinosaurs Before Dark is on the way to your Hunt Valley library.
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PTA
Teacher appreciation forms updated on the PTA website
Do you know what sports team is your child's teacher's favorite? Do they prefer the symphony instead or have a favorite snack? Our HVES teachers have been asked to fill out a questionnaire about their favorite things. You can find your child's teacher's favorite form here: http://www.huntvalleypta.org/2020/06/teacher-appreciation-week-teachers-favorites/
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.
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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