It's time for the Lemon Road Elementary School PTA Read-a-thon! Read-a-thon promises to be a fun, exciting journey that starts Monday, April 12th, 2021. It is our goal to get your children excited about reading. We know you have limited time but want the best education for your child. That’s why we hope everyone will activate their reader's account as soon as possible. This is where you can record and view your reader's progress. Please activate your reader’s account today by clicking on https://www.read-a-thon.com/readers/r/MAhsUd and following the simple instructions. 

Along with raising funds to buy books for the school and classroom libraries, there will be individual, class, grade, and school rewards for participation so we hope EVERYONE participates. If you have any questions reach out to the PTA at lemonroadpta@gmail.com. 

Do you have or know a rising Kindergartener?  Students that turn five prior to September 30, 2021 are eligible to register for Kindergarten for the 2021-2022 school year.  Registering early helps us ensure we have the right amount of kindergarten classes for the fall. Please use this link to begin the process. In order to get families acquainted with Lemon Road and meet our teachers, we are holding a Virtual Kindergarten Orientation on Monday, April 26 @ 9:00 AM  You may join us by logging on to our BBCU link here.  During our session you will learn more about the kindergarten program at Lemon Road and have the opportunity to ask questions regarding next school year.  We plan to schedule an in-person opportunity for students and parents to see the school later this summer.  We hope to see many new and returning families at our orientation!

This summer, FCPS will offer summer programs in each elementary school. We will host programs for invited students in rising kindergarten through our current 6^th graders. We will be sending summer school information for our S.O.A.R. program for rising 1^st – 7^th graders. Summer Olympians Aspire & Reach (S.O.A.R) will be held in the morning for three weeks during the summer from July 12 - July 30th. We will also offer a Bridge to K and Bridge to 1st and reach out to parents separately about that opportunity.  S.O.A.R. is limited in seating and offered to students based on academic need in reading and math. All students will receive a summer workbook to work on skills over the summer regardless of participation in this program. If you believe your child may need this summer reteaching opportunity, please reach out to me directly (aocastillo@fcps.edu) to discuss your child’s summer needs.

Remember to bring FCPS Laptops to LRES or any FCPS building FCPS laptops should be brought to an FCPS building (it does not have to be Lemon Road 2-3 times a month).

1. When you arrive at the FCPS building try to park close to the building
2. Turn the laptop on and let it connect to the FCPS wifi (named Fairfax)
3. Let the laptop sit for a few minutes to see if it will automatically restart. Some updates force that to happen. If after 3 or so minutes the laptop does not restart, log into the laptop and let it sit for 5 minutes.
4. Restart the laptop
5. Repeat letters C and D 2 - 3 more times

How do I actually properly restart or shutdown my computer?

Pressing and holding down the power button is not the proper way to shutdown (or restart) a Windows computer.

To restart or shutdown left click on the Start menu, left click on the power icon, left click on either restart or shutdown

Don’t let the batteries fully deplete. Batteries affect laptop performance. With laptops batteries draining the laptop tries to save itself and turns off things, wifi is one of those things. Remember to plug in when your laptop battery gets low and to plug in at night.

Clear the Chrome Cache

1. To clear BbCU Data:

In Chrome click on the 3 dots on the right hand side near the top-> choose settings->privacy and security->site settings->us.bbcollab.com arrow->clear data and reset permissions then restart the browser and retry the link

2. To clear Google Meet Data:

In Chrome click on the 3 dots on the right hand side near the top-> choose settings->->privacy and security->site settings->meet.google.com arrow->clear data and reset permissions then restart the browser and  retry the link

3. To clear Chrome Cache:

With Google Chrome open, press Ctrl+Shift+Delete->click on advanced->change “Time Range” to All time->check the top 4 boxes->clear data

Beginning on the Tuesday after Spring Break (04/06), any in-person students who are absent or sign in virtually on their scheduled days to be in the building will be marked as “Unverified” unless the teacher has been notified by a parent/guardian as to a reason why the student is at home. Once the parent contacts the school, the code can be changed. Parents must let the classroom teacher AND office know that their child will be absent or signing in virtually due to illness, an appointment, quarantine, etc.  Due to the limited space for in-person students, we want to make sure that those who signed up to come into the building are attending in person.  Otherwise, we want to be able to offer their in-person spot to another student on our wait list.