In This Week's Paw Print:
1. Principal's Message📬
2. Amazing Things Happen Everywhere!🐾
3. SPOTLIGHT on Belonging 🔦
4. Student Medication Pick-up 💊
5. Parent Input form ✏️
6. Spring Testing results information 🖥️
7. Updated Rising 7th grade Immunization requirement❗
8. Panther Praise Staff Recognition Form👏
9. Scratch Summer Workshop Information 🖥️
10. Technology Help Information💻
Dear Poplar Tree Families,
Happy Friday!
To help support continued learning throughout summer break, practice books are being mailed to homes of many FCPS students. Families who have opted-out of paper mailings from the division will only receive a digital link.
Students will receive the following books:
- Pre-kindergarten students will receive one interdisciplinary summer practice book.
- Students enrolled in grades K-8 in 2020-21 will receive one Language Arts practice book and one Math practice book by course enrollment. These books will also include information and guidance about digital tools that can be accessed by students and families to support learning throughout the summer.
- English learners and students receiving Special Education services may receive additional or customized books.
Please see the Summer Practice Books webpage for more information and details about customized books for English learners and Special Education students.
Stay safe and have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend!
Sue Andujar
Principal
Carol Larsen
Assistant Principal
 Check out some of the amazing things that are happening everywhere around Poplar Tree! Whether in-person or virtually, we are all one school and one community!
🦈 Shark Tank Presentations 🗣️
5th graders presented ideas to investors in Ancient India!
🐸 Preschool Learning 🐸
Preschoolers are having fun learning about the Life Cycle of Frogs!
SPOTLIGHT on Belonging:
Meet Angela Velasquez!
At Poplar Tree we recognize that equity means more than just access to programs and curriculums. Equity means creating an inclusive learning community where each staff person and student feels like they belong.
This is the first in a series of interviews that will highlight Poplar Tree staff persons, their journey to belong and their strategies for creating an inclusive learning community here at Poplar Tree.
Interview: Poplar Tree Spotlight on Belonging
Questions about the interview or equity at Poplar Tree?
Contact Shari Hirsch, School Counselor & Co-Equity Lead
Picking up Student Medication
All medications need to be picked up no later than 12 pm on
Friday, June 11th, 2021
Only parents may pick up medications.
Medications may also be picked up prior to June 11th, during normal Clinic hours: Monday-Friday 9:00 – 3:30. Please, call ahead or when you are at the school entrance, ring the bell and someone will be out to assist you.
Medication left in the Clinic after 12 pm on June 11th cannot be saved and must be discarded according to FCPS and FCHD policy.
REMINDER: New medication forms are required for each new school year. Forms can be located at http://fcpsnet.fcps.edu/it/offices/eis/doc_mgmnt/information/forms.shtml
If your child will be enrolled in a summer program sponsored by Fairfax County Public Schools, your existing long-term medication authorization form(s) may be used for the summer program. Please let the health room know if you would like a copy of the form(s).
Your cooperation will ensure that we can safely give your student his or her medication. If you have any questions, please contact your School Health Room Aide, Cindy Luong, at 703-633-7410, or your School Public Health Nurse, Lynn Kiewel, at 571-235-1993
SY 2021-22 Parent Input Form
As we look ahead to the 2021-22 school year, we are asking for your input. We value our partnership between home and school and appreciate your thoughts on your child's learning needs.
If you feel that there is pertinent information to support your child’s success for the upcoming school year, please complete this optional Parent Input Form by Friday, May 28, 2021.
This system is not intended for families to request specific teachers. Requests for specific teachers will not be honored.
Thank you in advance for your support,
Poplar Tree
Spring Test Score Reporting
We have received updated information regarding score reporting for the various tests that were given this spring. See below by test for information on how and when the scores will be available to families.
SOL: Results for spring writing and non-writing tests will be distributed to families through new SIS ParentVUE reports, available in late July. Score reports will not be available prior to this time. More info to come in FCPS This Week.
VAAP: Results will be centrally mailed to families before the start of next school year.
VRSPT: Results for new VRSPT assessments will be centrally mailed to families before the start of next school year.
WIDA: Results will be centrally mailed to families, most likely in early September.
iReady: Score reports will be sent to all students who took the assessment with the report card.
DRA2PM: The score will be sent with the report card if it was administered to your child this spring.
VKRP (Child Behavior Rating Scale & Math Assessment): Score reports will be sent to all k students with the report card.
NNAT: If your child took the Naglieri Non-Verbal Ability Test this spring (primarily first grade students) the score report is available now in SIS Parent VUE. The paper report will be mailed home with the report card.
Need help accessing SIS Parent VUE? Look here for more information: https://www.fcps.edu/resources/technology/student-information-system-sis-fcps
Updated 7th Grade Immunization Requirement Notice
The Code of Virginia requires all students to be immunized against certain communicable diseases prior to entrance into Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS).
Effective July 1, 2021 all students entering 7th grade will be required to receive one dose of each of the following immunizations prior to the beginning of school: Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis booster (Tdap), and Meningococcal vaccine (MenACWY).
Seventh grade students cannot begin school in August without proper Tdap and Meningococcal documentation.
Please provide one of the following documents to our registrar, Kirsten Cordial (kkcordial@fcps.edu), as soon as possible:
- An updated immunization record showing that the student has received the missing immunization(s).
- A note on a healthcare provider’s letterhead stating the date the vaccine(s) was given.
- A healthcare provider’s written statement of a permanent or temporary medical exemption.
- A notarized Religious Exemption Form which is available online at:
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/support/health_medical/certificate_religious_exemption.pdf
Immunizations are available from your student's healthcare provider or the Fairfax County Health Department. The Health Department clinic locations and hours are available online at: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/health/immunization/school or by calling 703-246-2411.
 Poplar Tree Staff Panther Praise!
We are starting a new online tradition here at Poplar Tree that gives the community the opportunity to say thank you and/or show appreciation for all of the effort the Poplar Tree Staff is putting in day and night! We will share these praises with the staff members. To submit a Staff Panther Praise, please fill out this form!
Thank you for helping to recognize our amazing staff!
Tech Help Info
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:
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Restart your computer! (We have found that this solves MANY of our problems - including those microphone, camera, and sound issues!)
- Visit this webpage to checkout some self-help guides!
- 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.
- 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!
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