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Greeting Frost MS Students and Families!
Welcome to the 2021-2022 school year! We are extremely excited to welcome our students back to the building for five days a week of instruction. I hope everyone had a fantastic summer and that you are ready to be back at school! Your teachers have been preparing this week and are excited to welcome you to Frost MS! We will continue to work together to be #ONEFrost!
This year, I’ve asked our school staff to be prepared to “Build, Together!” Just as our school building is being renovated and will have a new look, so will our work as a faculty and staff! We are going to collectively build together supports and structure for our students’ academic and social and emotional learning this school year!
We know that FCPS has sent out communication asking parents to drive their children to school because of school bus driver shortages. We have not been notified of that problem for Frost, so far! If we are notified that we will have a driver shortage for Frost, we will communicate at the appropriate time. If your student is assigned a bus, we are asking you to please put them on their bus. The traffic with the construction will be challenging this school year!
You can find your child’s bus information in ParentVue. Go to Student Information, then click on Other Info.
There are plenty of updates in today’s edition of This Week at Frost! I hope you enjoy your weekend and I look forward to seeing everyone bright and early on Monday morning!
As always, “Work Hard. Be Nice. Widen Your Circle!” We are #ONEFrost!
Anthony Harris
Student Schedules
They are now available on SIS. Those students who cannot access their schedule or do not remember their first period class will be directed to the cafeteria where counselors will share that information and direct them to the appropriate classroom. All students will receive an additional paper copy in their first period classes.
First day of School Reminders
- A bell schedule is available on Frost website. Please review prior to the first day of school. The first day is a BLUE day with periods 1, 3, 5, and 7.
- Lunch assignments will be given on the first day of school through 5th period classes, and on Tuesday through 6th period classes. Teachers will escort their classes to the cafeteria for the appropriate lunch time and students will sit at assigned tables for the first couple of weeks. They will have an opportunity to change tables after that time.
- If your student is a bus rider, please make sure you know their bus stop location, number, and time. You can find this in SIS. click here to log in to your Parent Vue Account. Please contact the transportation office directly with questions: 703-446-2050.
- You can track your student’s bus route in real time using the app “Here Comes the Bus.” Use district code 28982.
- Student supplies for the first day of school needs to be a backpack, fully charged laptop, pens/pencils, paper, and a folder. Students do not need to bring the full supply list with them on the first day of school. Students who do not already have a laptop will be issued one during first period.
- Free breakfast and lunch are available for all students. If students want an additional meal, they will need to pay the meal fee.
- Students should charge their laptop every night and bring it with them to school every day.
Forms Collection
Forms collection this week was very successful, and we thank you! We will continue to collect forms through the next few weeks, until we have them for all of our students. You may send forms in with you student or you may email them to Susan Morningstar at sjmorningsta@fcps.edu.
As a reminder:
You may access all required forms at this link. Please review the following as you are completing forms:
REQUIRED FORMS
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Emergency Care Form – Parents may complete the Emergency Care Form and print it or may update the form through WeCare. If the form is updated through WeCare, you do not need to print a copy. WeCare can be found at this link: https://www.fcps.edu/node/30943.
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Health Information Form: You must complete and print a copy of the Health Information Form and bring it into school.
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After-School Program Registration – All families must register for the After-School Program, whether they intend to use it or not. You may register online at the link, above, or fill out a paper copy at Frost.
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Parent Consent for Instructional Digital Resources – The form is online as well and can be found at the link, above. Or you can fill out a paper copy at Frost.
All forms will be available to fill out at Frost if you are unable to complete them online.
OPTIONAL FORMS
These forms may not apply to you. If so, you do not need to fill them out. They can be found at the link, above, and we will have paper copies at forms collections.
- Identification of Military-Connected Students
- Homeless Referral Form
Schoology Information
We are excited to share that students, families, and teachers throughout FCPS and in our school community will use Schoology (pronounced /SKOO-luh-jee/) as our learning management system beginning Summer/Fall 2021.
- Schoology has a connected web conferencing tool, Zoom
- Schoology works with Google Drive
- You need a SIS/ParentVUE account to login to Schoology
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Click here to learn more about Schoology
- Parent accounts will be available in mid-August
- Information about how to login to parent accounts will be shared with you closer to the start of the school year
- Students will have a Schoology account by August 18, 2021
- Students will not see any classes until the grading period starts
Students use their FCPS student ID and password to login to Schoology. Look for the FCPS logo to make sure you are on the correct login page.
Returning Strong- Health and Safety Measures
FCPS is returning strong for a strong school year this fall. Students will engage in in-person learning five days a week in safe and supportive schools.
As we prepare to welcome students back to the classroom, COVID-19 case numbers are increasing in Fairfax County, driven by the highly-contagious Delta variant and slowing vaccination rates. The key to maintaining a healthy environment for learning is a robust vaccination rate and layered prevention strategies, including universal masking.
There are three things we can all do to start strong this fall:
- Wear a mask
- Get vaccinated
- Stay connected
FCPS Resources:
Return to School Webpage
Return to School- Safety Webpage
The Student Health and Safety Document is continually updated and provides detailed information on school policies and protocols related to COVID-19 such as adherence to layered prevention strategies. These guidance documents will continue to be updated to align with public health guidance.
VDOE Resource:
The Virginia Department of Health, along with the Virginia Department of Education launched the Healthy Back to School COVID-19 Website as a resource for schools and families.
Stay Connected Being connected to your school and division is important every year, and even more so now as we navigate our return to school. The best way to stay informed is to sign up for newsletters through News You Chose.
Your school and FCPS have a variety of topics you can choose from, including:
- School Newsletters- featuring everything you need to know about your child’s school
- FCPS This Week- a weekly newsletter featuring news and happenings from across the division, published Wednesday mornings
- School Board Meeting Update- a recap of important news coming out of school board meetings, published the Friday morning after the meeting
- FCPS Employee News- weekly updates just for staff, published Tuesday mornings
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