Important Upcoming Dates
5/31: Memorial Day Holiday
6/2: 6th Grade Ukulele Concert
6/7: Dragon Dreams with Guest Family Reading
6/7: Library Books Due
6/8: Election Day: Virtual Synchronous Learning Day for ALL STUDENTS
6/11: Last Day of School (Early Release - Dismissal at 2:15 pm)
6/11: Virtual Student Good-Bye Drive Through
6/14: Kindergarten Orientation
6/14 and 6/15: Laptop Turn In Days
IN THIS ISSUE
- Ukulele Concert
- Laptop Return Information
- Enrollment For the 2021-2022 School Year
- Kindergarten Orientation
- Library Book Information
- Dragon Dreams Bedtime Stories
- June 8th: Virtual Synchronous Learning Day For Students
- Virtual Student Drive Through
- FCPS Summer Practice Books
- PTA
 1.Ukulele Concert
LIVE Ukulele Performance!
Ms. Gaskins and Ms. Torres are excited to announce that our Villa 6th graders will be presenting a LIVE performance of their ukulele skills on Wednesday, June 2nd, at 7pm. Thanks to recent changes in social distancing guidelines, we are able to have our performance indoors in the Fairfax Villa gym! Seats will be provided for the audience. Students should arrive at the school by 6:30 and meet in Ms. Gaskins’ room to prepare. The gym will also be open for audience seating at that time.
Please note that masks are required inside the school building, regardless of vaccination status.
We are so proud of the hard work our 6th Grade Dragons have been doing, and we can’t wait for them to share their music with you! 6th Grade Families, please check your email for additional details.
2.Laptop Return Information
At the end of the school year, Fairfax Villa will be collecting the laptops and power cords that were given to your child to use at home and school this school year. (If you were given a laptop bag, please plan to return that also.) Students who are returning to Fairfax Villa in the fall will be issued another laptop at that time. Students going to middle school will be issued a laptop by that school later.
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Students who are enrolled in the SOAR, Bridge to 1, and Young Scholars summer school programs at FVES may keep their FCPS laptops for those programs. They will be collected on the last day of the program.
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Students who are in school on the last day of school (Friday, June 11th) will turn in their laptops and power cords that day. A staff member will come to the classroom to get them. If you have lost the power cord and need to replace it, please send a check for $23 made out to Fairfax Villa Elementary. You may also send the exact amount in cash. We will not be able to make change for you.
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If your child is virtual or a two-day student who is not in school on Friday, June 11th, parents will need to return the laptop, power cord, and bag (if you have one) to the school by doing the following.
- Come to Fairfax Villa at any of these days/times:
- Monday, June 14th from 7:30am - 9:30am
- Monday, June 14th from 2:00pm - 4:00pm.
- Tuesday, June 15th from 11:00am - 1:00pm
- Tuesday, June 15th from 4:00pm - 6:00pm.
- Look for the tent in the front of the school and pull your car up to that point.
- Bring the laptop, charger, and bag to the table.
- Please have all the equipment out of the bag. Leave the name tags on the laptop or bag.
- We will check the barcode to make sure that the laptop matches the one that was checked out to your child.
- If you have lost the power cord and need to replace it, please bring a check for $23 made out to Fairfax Villa Elementary. You may also bring the exact amount in cash. We will not be able to make change for you.
Thank you for returning your child’s laptop on time so that we are able to start getting them ready for the next school year.
3.Enrollment for the 2021-2022 School Year
Welcoming Future Dragons!
Is your child turning 5 years old by September 30, 2021 or is a 1st-6th grader ready to attend Fairfax Villa ES for the 2021-2022 school year?
First, see if your student falls in the Fairfax Villa ES boundary by viewing the FCPS boundary locator.
If your student does fall in the Fairfax Villa ES boundary, please click on the link below and complete the form to get on Principal Gerstner's email list. Your form will be submitted to Silvia Dossmann, our school registrar, who will be able to assist you with the registration process.
https://fairfaxvillaes.fcps.edu/new-student-registration-2020-21
Please email any questions to Silvia Dossmann, Fairfax Villa Student Information Assistant, at smdossmann@fcps.edu.
4.Kindergarten Orientation
Fairfax Villa will be having an in-person presentation for rising Kindergarten parents on Monday, June 14 from 10:00-11:00am. Parents will have the opportunity to meet the 2021-22 kindergarten team and learn more about our school and what to expect for your child’s important year in kindergarten. Due to Covid restrictions, we are allowing only 2 adults per family to come to the presentation. This will be a parent only presentation. Please do not bring any children. Be sure to wear your mask!
5.Library Book Information
All library books are due back by June 7. Thank you for helping us to have ALL of these turned in on time.
6.Special Announcement: Dragon Dreams Bedtime Stories
Thank you to all those families who joined us on May 17 for our Dragon Dreams Bedtime Stories.We loved hearing Ms. Gates, Ms. Paramore, and Ms. Ammirati read their favorite books to us.
Our last Dragon Dream Bedtime Stories will be on Monday, June 7 at 7:00. Our readers this time will be Ms. Shapiro, Ms. Torres, and Ms. Tyrell.
We are excited to announce that our special reader guests that evening will be the Shrimankar family. We look forward to hearing Reva and Aditya read a favorite book.
Please join us then using this link. The BBC link will be available beginning at 6:45 PM. Because of the large group, the audio, video, and chat are automatically turned off.
We can’t wait to see you! Put on your coziest pajamas and join us for some delightful stories.
 7. June 8th will be a virtual synchronous learning day for students
Tuesday, June 08, 2021 is Election Day and the Fairfax County Electoral Board and City of Fairfax Electoral Board will be using Fairfax Villa ES as a polling place. Therefore, June 8th will be a virtual synchronous learning day for ALL students. No students will come to school on that day.
8.Virtual Student Drive Through
On Friday, June 11, from 2:30-2:50pm, we want to say goodbye to our online students with an in-person activity. During this 20 minute window, we ask our parents of virtual students only to drive them through the Fairfax Villa kiss-n-ride parking lot where our teachers will be waiting to wave goodbye and wish them a safe and wonderful summer of fun! Please take advantage of this great opportunity. We hope to see all of our virtual families on that day.
9.FCPS Summer Practice Books
Summer Practice Books will be mailed home to FCPS students to provide suggested activities for students to support continued learning. Families who have opted-out of paper mailings from the division will only receive digital copies of the Summer Practice Books. Books will be mailed home to families in early June to arrive before the last day of school, June 11, 2021. Families will receive email communication in May about upcoming book arrival. Digital versions of books will be emailed to the enrolling parent SIS account in PDF format the week of June 7, 2021.
- 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 Special Education students may receive additional or customized books.
More information can be accessed on the Summer Practice Books public webpage.
10.PTA News
The following message is sent on behalf of the Fairfax Villa ES School PTA. Its content reflects the PTA.
New PTA Board for 2021-2022
We are very excited to announce the new PTA Board for the 2021-2022 school year!
President - Jennifer Snyder
Vice President - Bindiya Sentil
Treasurer - Julia Colque
Secretary - Carmen Mandeville
 PTA General Membership Meeting
Thanks for joining us for the last PTA meeting of the year. If you missed it, you can watch the recording here:
https://us.bbcollab.com/recording/863e963634c44387bbf1326e6fd2f711
AmazonSmile
We raised $55 in our first 3 months with AmazonSmile! You can continue to support the Fairfax Villa PTA, and our kids and teachers, while you shop. Visit smile.amazon.com and choose the Fairfax Villa Elementary PTA as your charity, and AmazonSmile will donate 0.5% of your order total to the PTA.
Outside Activities - Boy Scouts
 Are you interested in Cub Scouts? Check out Pack 1513! We have programs for grades K-5. Activities are held both virtually and in person (with Covid 19 protocols in place).
We have a few activities coming up and would like to invite you to see us in action:
Campout at Lake Fairfax the weekend of May 22 – come for some of the activities Saturday, May 22, such as a morning hike or an evening campfire.
4th of July Parade – planned for Saturday, July 3 in Fairfax (if COVID protocols permit)
If you have questions or are interested in attending, please contact us at pack1513fairfax@gmail.com.
@ FairfaxVillaPTA on Instagram & Twitter
@ PTAFairfaxVilla on Facebook
 
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