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Help us increase our open/reading rate! Did you know we have 1228 students enrolled at Irving Middle School. Our News You Choose newsletter is the main way we communicate everything coming up at school. Our newsletter open rate averages around 19%. We have so many great things happening at Irving we want to share. Thank you for taking the time to read our newsletter!
 Students in Family and Consumer Sciences classes participated in Cupcake Wars this week. These are just a few of the amazing cupcakes created by our talented students. Congratulations to all the winners!
Getting to Know Fairfax County Public Schools: A Family Orientation, October 28
Want to learn more about Fairfax County Public Schools, your child’s school, and how you can better support your child’s success? If so, join the Family Liaisons from Irving MS, Robinson SS, Lake Braddock SS, West Springfield HS, and FCPS Family and School Partnerships for this virtual parent orientation for families. Presented in English, Spanish, Arabic and Korean – all on one night! Three separate presentations will be presented in three different rooms on Zoom, with Korean being interpreted simultaneously.
Thursday, October 28, 2021 @ 7 p.m. Join us on Zoom at https://bit.ly/3vegyIN
Share the Joy of Thanksgiving with a Neighbor!
What does Thanksgiving look like for you? Visiting with loved ones? Watching parades and football? Enjoying the sights, smells, and flavors of some favorite foods? Help create these memories for one or more school families who struggle with food security. Our school is partnering with Food For Neighbors to provide some of our students and families with a $50 gift card to a local grocery store. Your gift will help your neighbors to put food on their tables this Thanksgiving. The goal is to raise enough money for Food For Neighbors to provide a total of nearly 700 of the $50 grocery store gift cards to 24 participating schools, which includes ours!
Donate: https://www.foodforneighbors.org/home/holiday-meals/
Thank you for anything you can do. Every donation counts. Together, we can make a big difference!
If your family needs assistance, please contact Traci Jamison, Irving’s Social Worker, at tdjamison@fcps.edu or 703-912-4547.
After School Program Information
Current and up to date information is available on the Schoology platform, in the All Student and All Parent Course tabs, respectively. After school announcements are shared during all lunch periods, the Irving Stays After board and during Rock Block. To reach the After School Specialist, please email Ms. Natalie at naduncan@fcps.edu.
COMING SOON
- Anime Club - Begins Tuesday, November 9, 2021; club will be held on alternating Tuesdays during 1st block
- Lego Masters Competition - TBD - We are in need of Lego to help support this competition. If you have Lego you would like to donate to the school, please have your child drop the Lego off at the Main Office.
Military and Family Life Counselor (MFLC)
My name is Richard A. Villa, and I am the new Military and Family Life Counselor at Washington Irving Middle School. I look forward to working with military students, their families, and the school staff. My role is to provide non-medical counseling to enhance the social, academic, and emotional skills that empower military students to reach their goals. I am available to military families and school staff members Monday-Friday. Please feel free to contact me to request a session. I look forward to this opportunity to support the WIMS community.
PHONE: (703)966-0471; EMAIL: villar@magellanhealth.com
Hydration Stations
All water fountains in FCPS are for water bottle filling/refilling only. We HIGHLY encourage your child to bring a water bottle (LABELED with your child’s name on it) to school daily. As many water bottles do look alike, it is very important that the bottle is labeled with the student’s name as we have several bottles left behind on a daily basis.
Our Readers Unite Book Club began meeting September 27th. The group meets in the library after school on Mondays. For our second club meeting we discussed a short graphic novel that we read quickly. We have now just selected our first novel for the new year. Any students who are avid readers are encouraged to join. Students can express interest by asking in the library or by emailing either of the librarians.
Reading for pleasure is trending!!! We’re happy to report that circulation rates are UP! Irving students are borrowing and returning library books at a record pace. We’re happy that students are finding plenty of good books to read.
Mary Ann Monk & Diane Gawalt, Librarians ( mamonk1@fcps.edu and dlgawalt@fcps.edu )
Thank you to the teachers and staff who supported the choral and band students at the WSHS football game last week! It was great to see such a large crowd wearing Irving gear!
Spirit-wear
Spirit-wear has been distributed to students via Rock Block/Advisory. If you are missing part or all of your spirit-wear order, please email us at IrvingMSPTA@gmail.com for assistance.
Coming soon… new opportunities to purchase spirit-wear!
Reflections
Did you know that October is National Arts and Humanities Month? The WIMS PTA Reflections program welcomes students to explore their inner artist by submitting artwork in the categories of Dance Choreography, Film Production, Literature, Music Composition, Photography, and Visual Arts. To view participation guidelines and to enter submissions online, please visit www.irvingms.memberhub.com/w/reflections. The deadline for submissions is November 3rd. Please contact Reflections Coordinator, Megan Way, at iammeganway@yahoo.com, with any questions.
Our next PTA meeting is on Tuesday, November 9. Join us to learn more about upcoming events, available resources, and share your ideas.
For questions or comments, you can always email us directly IrvingMSPTA@gmail.com.
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Thank you for your support of your PTA - Every child, One voice!
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