Spring Hill ES Panther Press

Important Dates

March 26th - End of Quarter

2 HR Early Release - Dismissal at 1:30PM

March 29th - April 2nd - Spring Break

No classes for all students. Enjoy your break!!

April 5th - Teacher Work Day

No morning meetings, No synchronous or asynchronous instruction.


Dear Spring Hill Families,

We are so excited to announce that Maria Eck has been chosen as our new principal here at Spring Hill Elementary School. Mrs. Eck comes to us from Justice High School. She will immediately begin working with Mr. Rivera to ease this transition with an official start date of July 1, 2021. Mr. Rivera will continue leading Spring Hill throughout the rest of the 2020-2021 school year.

Ms. Eck brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the principalship. She has been a highly effective principal at elementary, middle, and high school levels within FCPS and has also been a principal in Florida. As a leader, Ms. Eck continuously works alongside staff to provide feedback and partners with teachers in Collaborative Learning Visits which have led to an increase in classroom best practices, grade level vertical articulation, and overall positive school climate. She has piloted curriculum in reading that has increased the achievement of special education students and English language learners. At Justice High School, Ms. Eck created and implemented a rigorous program that led to an increase in course enrollment and an increase in International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma candidates by 40%. As a principal and assistant principal in middle and elementary schools, she has supported IB programs, Middle Years IB programs, and Advanced Academic Placement centers. Ms. Eck has led teams in developing structures to identify Multi-Tiered Systems of Supports protocols and a framework to identify students who would benefit from intervention supports.

Ms. Eck is a member of the McLean community and a leader with extensive cross-cultural experience and values input from staff and parents. She has worked with parents to create and build a sense of community among the staff and greater school community. She has strengthened afterschool programs and supports technology through training and secured funding for programs such as Robotics, Lego League and other science and math pursuits. 

Ms. Eck received her Bachelor of Arts, Elementary Education from Florida International University, her Master of Science in Educational Leadership from Nova Southeastern University and is in the process of obtaining her doctorate from Virginia Tech. Please join us in welcoming  Maria Eck as the new principal of Spring Hill Elementary School.


Health Screening Reminder

All children attending school in-person must be screened at home for Covid symptoms before attending school. Children can not attend school in-person with any of the following symptoms...

• Feeling feverish and/or having chills (if documented temperature/fever of 100.4F or greater)
• A new cough not due to another health condition
• Fatigue (more tired than usual)
• Nasal congestion or runny nose
• Headache
• A new sore throat not due to another health condition
• New chills not due to another health condition
• New muscle pain not due to another health condition or that may have been caused by a specific activity such as physical exercise
• New loss of taste or smell, new onset of poor appetite or poor feeding
• Abdominal pain, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting

All children attending school in-person must have our Parent/Guardian Health Screening Commitment form on file. By signing off on this form you have agreed to complete the screening each morning to ensure children are not attending school with any of the above symptoms. If you have any questions or concerns please reach out to our front office.


SOL Schedule

Dear Families of 3-6 graders. Here is a preview of our SOL schedule for planning purposes this Spring. We will be holding a virtual parent coffee after Spring Break (TBD) to provide you all with updated SOL information. Once we have the most-up-to-date SOL information, we will schedule a Parent Coffee and send email out all testing details and information…Stay Tuned…

SOL Schedule

Student Intent Forms

Dear Parents,

If you have not already done so, please can you complete the Student Intention Form for Next School Year form and return to the front office.  This can be scanned and emailed to abelcher@fcps.edu or faxed over to 703-506-3497.

Alternatively if you are stopping by the school you can hand in to the front office.

Many thanks.

 

Amanda Belcher.

SIA/Registrar.