Return To School Community Meetings
Please join as we prepare for students returning to school. We will be sharing updated information to assist your child's transition.
Kindergarten Meeting
Wednesday, February 17th
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Meeting link
Grades 1 - 6 Meeting
Tuesday, March 2nd
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Meeting link
Return to School Timeline
February 16 Group 1 - 4: Preschool and Enhanced Autism
February 23 Group 5: Kindergarten
(Students attending in person Tuesday/Wednesday will return February 23)
(Students attending in person Thursday/Friday will return February 25)
March 9 Group 6: Grades 1- 2
(Students attending in person Tuesday/Wednesday will return March 9)
(Students attending in person Thursday/Friday will return March 11)
Grades 1 and 2 will be Asynchronous on March 4 and March 5
March 16 Group 7: Grades 3 - 6
(Students attending in person Tuesday/Wednesday will return March 16)
(Students attending in person Thursday/Friday will return March 18)
Bus Route Meal Distribution
Food and Nutrition Services have made updates to their meal distribution schedule from February 4 - February 16, to support families during the upcoming holiday.
Find a meal bus stop near you.
Forms
In-person Learning Required Forms
*Forms only need to be completed one time, per child.
Prior to your child’s return to in-person learning, you will need to make sure that the following forms have been completed:
This document indicates the parent or guardian’s agreement and commitment to completing a daily health screening prior to sending the student to school and also to keep sick students at home.
Parents/guardians may access the document in their preferred language and will receive reminders in ParentVUE until the form has been submitted.
If you do not have a ParentVUE account, you may provide your commitment on a hardcopy form. You will find the commitment form and all translated versions here.
Students whose parent/guardian have not returned a signed Parent/Guardian Health Screening Commitment form will be required to complete a health screening until the form is received.
Signed forms can be scanned and sent to LCPresnell@fcps.edu
We cannot accept Emergency Care/Health forms that are not signed and dated within the 2020-21 school year (starting September 2020).
If you already have a Parent SIS account, you can go to weCare@school for detailed instructions on completing the emergency care form using FCPS 24-7 Learning (login with your ParentVUE credentials).
Signed forms can be scanned and sent to LCPresnell@fcps.edu. We ask that you please do not send in any photos of forms.
Medication
Parents will need to drop-off medications and the appropriate forms prior to their child returning to in-person instruction. Call the school for an appointment to drop off these items.
Now Accepting Kindergarten/New Student Enrollments for the 2021-2011 School Year
Do you have a child that will be five years old by September 30, 2021? Do you live in the boundaries of Gunston Elementary School? To find out, use the FCPS boundary locator.
Please fill-in the New Student Registration page located on the Gunston website. Your form will be submitted to our school
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Revised Bell Schedule
Start Date: February 16th
FCPS will implement a new bell schedule due to social distancing requirements which limit capacity on school buses. The bell schedule change, which will begin on February 16, will apply to both in-person learning as well as students who are doing full-time virtual learning. The revised bell schedule for Gunston Elementary will be 9:00 am - 3:30 pm.
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Community Corner - Technology
Basic Troubleshooting Revisited
- Reboot and Restart R&R (do both)
- R & R at a Fairfax County School Location so you get County WIFI (Gunston parking lot, for example)
- Support videos (Short, in multiple languages and on every tech topic)
- Technology Tips on FCPS Website
- Student Tech Support: Drop by Tech Office Hours BBCU Mon 8 a.m. Find the link on the Gunston Blackboard course.
- Get help from FCPS HelpDesk (this can take up to 2 days)
Ways For Students to Share Learning Virtually:
- Raise hand and tell the teacher/class directly during class in BBCU
- Comment (as allowed) in chat with text and emojis
- Write it on a Google Doc, Form or other text collection app
- Write it on a journal or note paper - show on camera in bbcu
- Take and share photos upload to Slides or Google Classroom
- Take and upload photos into gmail to send to teacher
- Snag It video, share via Google Drive to Google Classroom
- FlipGrid screencast
- Record yourself in Wixie (K-5) share link
- Camera App on laptop (just upload to Google Classroom)
- Add voice, text or images in Wixie and share link
- Record a sound track or podcast on Audacity, export and share file
- Create a Google Site with images, voice, video and more.
For help on any of these, students can ask their teachers, look on Gunston Blackboard, come to Tech Office Hours or even Google how.
Monday, February 15 - Presidents Day - No classes
Thursday, February 18 - PTA Meeting 7:00pm
Friday, March 5 - 2 hour early release
Monday, March 8 - Teacher Work Day - No school
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