Wise Words

In this week's Wise Words: 

  1. Principal's Message 
  2. Schedule Updates
  3. "Go Paperless" Progress Reports 
  4. 7th Grade Curriculum Night  
  5. SWES on Wheels
  6. SWES News Show 
  7. Tech Help & Supports
  8. Family Resources 

Dear Shrevewood Families,

Happy New Year! We hope everyone had safe and fun-filled holiday season.

During the school board meeting on Tuesday, Dr. Brabrand and the board made the decision to pause in-person instruction for all students since the 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 the county will not be transporting students to school during the pause in our plan, we will not be moving to the new bell schedule on January 12. We will continue to use the current bell schedule and will communicate any future changes to the bell schedule in advance.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Joshua DeSmyter & Tylea Holley 


Schedule Updates

  • Monday, January 11 asynchronous school day for all students. Students do need to login to their classrooms on January 11. Independent work will be provided by classroom teachers.
  •  January 12, Shrevewood will keep our current bell schedule right now.  School hours are not being changes as originally proposed by the county.  

"Go Paperless" Progress Reports

The “Go Paperless” option is still available to all ES parents to allow them to only receive online progress reports. This will not impact any other mailings from FCPS other than the progress reports for ES students and report cards for secondary students. To take advantage of the paperless options, parents and/or guardians will need to:

  1. Log into ParentVUE,
  2. Then go to “My Account”
  3. Select "Go Paperless"

All parents and/or guardians who live with the student and share the same address must have a SIS ParentVUE account and must select the paperless option to prevent mailing of the printed progress reports. The “Go Paperless” option will apply to all their associated students, no matter what school level. If the associated parent and/or guardian has already selected “Go Paperless” for their secondary student, the option will now apply to any ES siblings as well.  If you do not have access to ParentVue please contact our Registrar, Maria Giuliani: mggiuliani@fcps.edu


Rising 7th Grade Curriculum Night

Kilmer has moved their virtual curriculum night from Tuesday, February 9th to Thursday, February 4th. We plan to send our first email communication to all rising seventh grade families early next week (Jan 11th-15th). The enotify will include curriculum night and course registration information for the 2021-2022 school year. Please look out for this information.

Orchestra Information 

Greetings from Heather Yacovissi and Elizabeth Fogel, the Orchestra teachers at Thoreau MS and Kilmer MS! We are writing to invite you to consider orchestra as part of your child's middle school course of study. Please view our introduction videos by clicking the following links: 

Taking Orchestra class offers students a chance to gain new musical skills on the violin, viola, cello, or string bass, make friends, attend a fun field trip to an amusement park, and so much more! Playing a musical instrument is also associated with strong academic success, increased student self-confidence, and a sense of place and purpose within the middle school community. 

Best of all, at Thoreau and Kilmer, there is a place for EVERY student, from total beginners through highly advanced players. No musical experience is necessary for students to enjoy all that our classes have to offer. All students need to do is select "ORCHESTRA" as their first choice of elective during middle school class sign-up and we will take care of the rest!

Please complete the Google Form at this link to express interest in Orchestra. 

On January 13th from 7:00-7:45 PM, we will hold a Live Question and Answer Session on BBCU for all students interested in Orchestra. Current strings students, as well as prospective orchestra students are invited. 

  • A personalized BBCU link for the meeting will be emailed to the parent email addresses provided in the form above. Please look for a message from "Blackboard Collaborate Ultra."
  • ​All who are interested in orchestra should complete the form, regardless of whether they plan to attend on the 13th. 
  • During the meeting, we will provide additional details about orchestra class and answer your questions. Students are welcome to attend but must attend with their parent or guardian.

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Tech Help & Supports 

We know that as we move through Virtual Learning, technology issues arise. If you're having trouble with your FCPS laptop, here's a few things to try:

  1. Restart your computer! (We have found that this solves MANY of our problems - including those microphone, camera, and sound issues!)
  2. Visit this webpage to checkout some self-help guides!
  3. 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.
  4. If you still cannot get your laptop working, students and/or parents can submit an IT support ticket to get help with district digital resources or your FCPS issued laptop.  Find the portal here.

We appreciate everyone's patience and understanding!


Family Resources

 Parent Technology Help Desk  833-921-3277 (833-921-FCPS) 

Parent and Student Technology Support Portal 

Shrevewood Virtual Learning Webpage  

FCPS Assistance from a Distance

FCPS Parent Resource Center 

FCPS Return to School

FCPS Food Resources

FCPS Mental Health