Gator Bytes: News and General Information for Kings Glen ES
Band and Strings Sign-Up
Kings Glen students have attended Band and Strings demonstrations this week. All students were sent home enrollment forms in this week’s Tuesday folder. You can digitally sign up with the QR code on that form or sign up using the enrollment forms linked below. You only need to sign up one time.
Band and Strings enrollment forms need to be completed no later than this Friday, September 10th. Formal instruction will begin the week of September 20th for both Band and Strings and it is important that all forms are turned in this week for interested students.
4th Grade: Strings only (strings enrollment form here)
5th and 6th Grade: Band (band enrollment form here) OR Strings (strings enrollment form here)
Students not enrolling in Band or Strings will have small group instrumental instruction (recorder).
We hope to see many of you in our programs this year.
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FCPS is Seeking Individuals to Serve as Student Monitors!
Enjoy working with students? FCPS is seeking individuals to serve as student monitors. Student monitors provide supervision support in the classroom, lunchroom, and outside.
If you would like more information about the position, please review the job description and centralized application here. If you choose to submit the application and would like to be a monitor at Kings Glen, please also email KGNotes@fcps.edu to let us know you have applied. Feel free to share information about this opportunity with anyone else you think may be interested.
Free/Reduced-Meal Applications - Please Read!
While every student in FCPS is receiving free meals this year, the application for Free/Reduced Meals will still need to be completed if you require reduced/waived fees for course fees, instrument rentals, parking passes, etc. Parents/guardians must also complete the Consent to Share form. These forms can be found here.
Returning Strong: How Pausing, Quarantining, and Isolating Keeps Our Schools Safe
Since the beginning of August, the majority of COVID-19 cases have been acquired through community spread, outside of school buildings.
FCPS’ layered prevention strategies are working to stop the spread of COVID-19 in our schools. Pausing, quarantining, and isolating are tools we use to keep schools safe when a positive COVID-19 case is reported. Understanding the difference between the three scenarios can help families be prepared.
Pause:
A pause to in-person instruction is a short-term safety measure used by FCPS and the Fairfax County Health Department (FCHD) to allow time to investigate and determine the safest way to address a positive case within our school community. The pause will be initiated by the FCHD for anyone who interacted with an individual who reported a positive COVID-19 case.
- A pause typically lasts between 24-48 hours while FCHD verifies vaccination status and completes contact tracing.
- Vaccination status may reduce the time spent in a pause, but must be verified every time an individual is put on a pause.
- The FCHD does not accept a negative COVID-19 test to release an individual from the pause.
- You will be contacted by the FCHD with a date they can return to school or work.
- This flowchart best explains what happens when there is a pause.
Close Contact:
A close contact is any person, regardless of vaccination status, who is within six feet of a COVID-19 positive individual for equal to or greater than 15 minutes. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) K-12 Exception indicates that students will not be identified as close contacts if they are at least three feet apart and are consistently wearing masks in the classroom setting. Adults are not included in this exception.
Quarantine:
When a student is identified as a close contact, there are two things that may occur as a result:
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Not fully vaccinated students who are identified as a close contact with someone with COVID-19 must remain home for 14 days after their last exposure. FCPS will notify a student of their return date.
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Fully vaccinated students must remain home until their vaccination status is verified. Upon verification of vaccination status by the FCHD, and if the student/staff is asymptomatic, they may return to in-person learning and activities once notified by FCPS of their return date.
Isolation:
Isolation is the response when someone tests positive for COVID-19. Students who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 may not return until:
- It has been at least 10 days since the student first had symptoms, AND
- The student must be fever-free for 24 hours without fever-reducing medication, AND
- The student’s symptoms are getting better.
FCPS is committed to providing students with opportunities to remain engaged in learning when they are in a pause, quarantine, or isolation period. This chart outlines the ways students receive instruction and materials.
FCPS’ goal is to keep students learning in-person all year. We are doing our part by implementing layered prevention strategies and working with FCHD to address positive cases and potential exposures. Every FCPS student and family can do their part by wearing masks, getting vaccinated when they are eligible, practicing healthy hygiene, and staying home when sick.
Parent Resource Center
The FCPS Parent Resource Center serves to support the success of all students. It provides access to information and resources including free webinars, free consultations, a free lending library, and more! Click on the below links to see the Fall 2021 schedule of free webinars/programs and about other help that you can find at the Parent Resource Center.
Screen for Illness Every Day, Stay Home When Sick
As a reminder, any student who is ill or has COVID-like symptoms should remain at home. The daily health screening questionnaire and all translated versions can be found on our Health and Safety Guidance webpage. Daily completion of the health screening is done on an honor basis and does not need to be sent to the school.
KP/KG PTA News
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Join the PTA
You can now join the PTA for the 2021-2022 school year! Being a PTA member has numerous benefits -- it's a great way to meet new friends and become more involved in your child's school and community. Join on our website!
Keep in Touch with the PTA
As we move into the new school year, a great way to keep in touch with the PTA is to subscribe to our newsletter and/or join our Facebook group.
Volunteer with the PTA
Keep an eye on the PTA's website for ways to volunteer with the PTA this school year.
First PTA Meeting of the School Year
Our first PTA meeting of the school year will be on Tuesday, September 14 at 7:00 p.m. IN PERSON, at Kings Glen. We will also have a virtual option via Zoom. This year we have several new faces and new positions on our school leadership team. Come join us for a Meet and Greet and Q&A Session to welcome and get to know our principals. Submit your questions in advance here.
Here is the Call-In/Zoom information (for attending virtually):
Go to join.zoom.us in your internet browser Meeting ID: 258 233 8875 Passcode: KPKG2020!
PTA Ice Cream Social and Community Resource Fair
Please join us for the PTA's annual Ice Cream Social and Community Resource Fair on Friday, September 17 at 6:00 p.m. at Kings Glen! Enjoy an individually-wrapped treat and meet with some of our local after school and community vendors while the kids play on the playground. Please note masks are required for this event.
Boosterthon Fun Run Fundraiser 2021
We are excited to kick off the PTA's annual Boosterthon Fun Run on Wednesday, September 15 with an amazing pep rally! In the days that follow, students will view and learn character lessons from the crew of this year's theme, Sport City Worldwide, during their daily news shows. We will have nightly challenges and a special weekend challenge Our goal is to raise $32,000 for water bottle filling stations, classroom and technology enhancements, as well as for other school and PTA projects. In addition to the monetary goal, we have a 65% student registration goal. Each school will have an Ultimate Reward if 65% of the student population registers on www.myBooster.com (register today!). More information on each school's Ultimate Reward is coming soon. Everything leads up to the Fun Run on Friday, September 24 during school hours. Details for the day are still being finalized to meet the ever-changing safety precautions. A couple of safety precautions that Boosterthon and the PTA are taking for this year's Fun Run:
- Each student will automatically be marked at 34 laps to avoid marking off laps on the custom shirts.
- Students will need to bring their own water bottles as the normal water stations will not be set up.
- To keep the crowds low, parents will not be able to attend the Fun Run in person this year.
Please contact Sarah Maccubbin-Tremper, VP of Fundraising at kpkgptavpfundraising@gmail.com with any questions.
September 14: PTA Meeting, Kings Glen ES at 7:00 p.m.
September 15: Boosterthon Kickoff Pep Rally
September 16: Yom Kippur
September 17: PTA Ice Cream Social & Community Resource Fair, Kings Glen at 6:00 p.m.
September 24: Boosterthon Fun Run Friday
October 11: School Planning Day (No School for Students)
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