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Upcoming Important Dates
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Monday, May 10
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Virtual 8th graders take the Reading SOL at Irving
- No ROCK Block Check & Connect
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Wednesday, May 12
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7th & 8th grade students attending in-person 2-days a week (ONLY Tuesday & Wednesday) will take the Reading SOL
- All classes will be held as normal and will be recorded so students taking the SOL can review the class at a later time
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Friday, May 14
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7th & 8th grade students attending 4-days a week AND only Thursday/Friday will take the Reading SOL
- Periods 2 & 4 will be Asynchronous & Periods 6 & 8 will run as normal
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Students who have been opted-out of taking the SOL may stay home and login to their 6th & 8th periods virtually with parent/guardian permission
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Monday, May 17
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Virtual 7th graders take the Math SOL at Irving
- No ROCK Block Check & Connect
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Tuesday, June 8 Important update - change in schedule!
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Tuesday, June 8 is an Election Day. In order to accommodate voters in schools, FCPS has made this day a VIRTUAL synchronous day. ALL students will login to classes and learn from home on this day - in-person students will NOT report to school.
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A shout out to all of our AMAZING staff! We are so grateful they chose to work at Washington Irving Middle School. Thank you for all the notes of gratitude to our teachers and staff this week! Thank you to our outstanding WIMS PTA for sponsoring a staff lunch this week.
Intentions for Next Year
If your child will NOT be attending Irving or his/her base high school next year, please complete the Intention Form linked below and return it to hbnguyen@fcps.edu to let us know where your child will be enrolled. If your child is going to Irving or his/her base high school, you don’t need to complete this form. If you find out later you will be moving, please contact Irving so we can update our database. https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/forms/it110.pdf
Girls' Summer Basketball Camp
2021 WS Girls Summer Basketball Camp – July 26-30. For more info contact Coach Gibson: WRGibson@fcps.edu
Lady Spartan Basketball Camp 2021
Library News
The next Curbside Pick-up date will be May 10th, from noon until 3 pm.
THANKS to many of you who have returned long-overdue books this week!! Please return books that you have from Irving (current 8th graders), as well as any books from your elementary schools (current 7th graders). We want to help your elementary school libraries get their books back too!
8th graders who have long-overdue items from their 7th grade year were messaged about what items are still on loan to them. Please either return books or email to report them as lost. No fines or replacement fees are associated with these loans.
Virtual students, plan to return ANY overdue library books if you come into school for SOL testing.
In-person students should be returning books to the library on the days they are in the school building.
Last Novel of the School Year
The Readers Unite after-school book club will be beginning our final novel of the year. We will discuss the first 111 pages of Nancy Farmer’s The House of Scorpion on Wednesday, May 12th. We have many copies of the print book available for all who might want to join in. Email Ms. Monk or Ms. Gawalt through Schoology to get a copy of the book!
If you need some more reading material at any time, remember that students can always log into Mackinvia.com to borrow ebooks or audiobooks.
Tech Tips
Preparing for SOLs
Please make sure your child’s school loaned laptop is working properly: the screen is intact (not cracked), and all keys are working. Please also have your child restart their laptop to update it completely. Shutting it down and turning it back on is not the same as restarting it. Restarts are the only way to ensure necessary updates. If your child’s school loaned laptop needs to be repaired, please contact our Technology Specialist, Steve Snow at smsnow@fcps.edu as soon as possible. Students may not use their personal devices to take a SOL exam. We will have laptops for students to use each day of testing if they did not check out a school laptop.
In-Person Technology Reminders
Bring your school-issued laptop to each day that you are in school. We cannot support or troubleshoot personal devices.
- Please shutdown and plug-in the laptop each night so that it is fully charged for the school day.
- Bring the laptop, laptop charger and headphones or earbuds to school each in-person day.
- Restart your laptop each day when you are in school in order to update your laptop completely. A restart is not the same as turning it off/on or logging off/on. Restarts are the only way to ensure necessary updates.
Digital Resource Parent Permission
We are almost there!! Thanks to the many parents/guardians who have already given permission for their child to use digital resources at Irving. It is imperative that we have consent for all students. If you have not yet provided this consent, please use the first link below to provide your consent today and the second link if you wish to view the list of digital resources at Irving. Thank you!
Link to the Parent Permission Form ｜ Link to Irving MS Digital Resources
After School Program
Club Schedule
To view the weekly club schedule, click here.
If your child is interested in joining one of our clubs, please have them visit the After School Program Student Website in the All Students Course in Schoology. If your child needs help signing up for a club, check out this video tutorial! Tutorial for Accessing the Irving After School Program Student Website
Please note, the last day for After School Activities for this school year is Thursday, May 27th.
Questions about After School? Please email Emily Geary (emgeary@fcps.edu)
News from your PTA
We hope to see you online at the next PTA meeting on May 11th! This is the last meeting of the year and will include voting in the board members for next year. We hope you can make it!! (In case you missed the April meeting, that recording is here (Passcode: Horsem@n21))
Next year's PTA (still) needs you!
At the April PTA meeting, the PTA announced the current board members as nominees for next year's President and Treasurer. We have since received a nomination for the VP and Secretary positions. Nominations can still be submitted for any position!! Please submit any nominations by May 10th! to irvingptanomcommittee@gmail.com.The current Board positions are President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer.
Please include Nominee's name, Nominee contact info (email or phone), Position being nominated for.
The slated candidates will be voted on during the May PTA meeting. If you would like to read more about the positions and their responsibilities you can see the details here (an extract from the PTA Bylaws). If you have any questions please contact the nominating committee at irvingptanomcommittee@gmail.com. Thank you for your support.
For any questions, comments or ideas, please contact us at IrvingMSPTA@gmail.com.
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