 Dear Spring Hill Families,
We had a fun-filled day at Spring Hill. We kicked off our day with our annual Fall Festival. Later, our students had the opportunity to play games and just have fun with their classmates. Thank you to our amazing room parents who planned such a wonderful treat.
Our 2nd – 6th grade students now have access to Reflex Math. Reflex Math is an adaptive and individualized program designed to increase math fact fluency. All 2nd – 6th grade students have their own account. The program also allows teachers and parents to track student progress. If your child doesn’t have his/her login information, please reach out to his/her classroom teacher.
Have a wonderful weekend!
FCPS conducts yearly vision and hearing screenings for selected grade level students. We will begin our vision and hearing screening on Friday, November 5th for students in third grade and fourth graders who were not screened last year. The screenings will be performed in our clinic by our health aide.
Photographers from Life Touch will be at Spring Hill on the morning of Thursday, November 4th. They will take pictures of all students who were absent on or enrolled after Picture Day. Please see above for the order code.
If your student had their picture taken on Picture Day and you would like to have the picture retaken, please let your student’s teacher know and return the original picture envelope to the teacher. You may send the original pictures to school with your student on November 4th or any time before then.
If you would like a new order form or have any questions, please contact Ms. Cain in the Spring Hill office @ rcain@fcps.edu or 703-506-3400.
Next week, our students will be learning about Perspective. You appreciate that people see things in different ways. You have the ability to understand view.. To learn more about the Positivity Project click here.
First, we would like to apologize for the problems many of you experienced as a result of FCPS’ 2022-23 School Year Calendar Survey being misdirected to your email spam folder. Additionally, some families were unable to access the survey even after moving it from spam to their inbox.
We have been working hard to find a solution. Our vendor K12 Insight collaborated with FCPS’ technology team and determined the new FCPS cybersecurity enhancements may have resulted in forwarding some of the vendor survey emails to your spam folders or created a Gmail “warning banner.”
The vendor is implementing an update to their email system. The security changes can take up to 24 hours to update various internet email service providers. We will work with our vendor to perform additional testing tomorrow afternoon. With the fix in place over the weekend, we plan to resend the survey email Monday.
In the interim, if you do not see the survey in your inbox, please check your spam folder. If it is there, please mark the email as “Not Spam”, and it will move the survey email to your inbox. The survey email should look like the image below. It will also have an official stamp or seal at the bottom verifying that it has been vetted by FCPS:
 If you are not able to activate the survey button or you never received a survey, please stay tuned for another email on Monday.
Again, we apologize for this inconvenience. If you have any questions about the survey, please email fcpssurvey@fcps.edu.
Lastly, FCPS will host a virtual Calendar Development Webinar on Monday, November 8, via the Zoom platform. We are offering this as another opportunity for your voices to be heard on this important topic. Please stay tuned for details in the coming days.
Fairfax County Public Schools will adopt new Elementary School Language Arts Basal Instructional Resources for school years 2022-2023 and 2023-2024. A review committee composed of community members, administrators, and teachers will meet in November and December to review the instructional materials under consideration and community feedback. Public review of the recommended materials is part of the process for selecting new resources.
Elementary English Language Arts basal instructional resources may be accessed in person and online October 26 through November 26, 2021. Digital materials for public review and comment will be available at the following link https://www.fcps.edu/node/36853. People reviewing the material online may complete an electronic comment sheet https://forms.gle/VKxcfabLedjYAZpS8. In addition, hard copies of instructional resources will be available in the lobby of Willow Oaks Administrative Center. Willow Oaks is open each business day from 7:30 am to 3:00 pm and extended hours will be provided until 7:45 pm through November 3, 2021. All community feedback will be shared with School Board members before the vote at the School Board regular meeting.
Fairfax County Public Schools will adopt new K – 8 Science Basal Instructional Resources for the 2022-2023 school year. A review committee composed of community members, administrators, and teachers will meet in November and December to review the instructional materials under consideration and community feedback. Public review of the recommended materials is part of the process for selecting new resources.
K - 8 basal instructional resources may be accessed online until November 14, 2021. Digital materials for public review and comment will be available at the following link https://www.fcps.edu/node/39027. People reviewing the material online may complete an electronic comment sheet https://forms.gle/g76TjGmewaN8Fgfb6. All community feedback will be shared with School Board members before the vote at the School Board regular meeting.
If you would like to volunteer during lunch, please use this link to sign up. We have 2 slots per lunch session.
The Student-Parent Survey for Federal Impact Aid were sent home earlier this week.
Returning this form is important because information from this survey results in an additional $3 million in grants each year from the U.S. Department of Education. These funds are used to support all Fairfax County public schools and centers.
For each school-aged child in your household, please complete, sign, date, and return the survey to your child's homeroom teacher. If sections 1 and 2 of the survey do not apply to you, just check the boxes in Section 3. All forms must be signed, dated, and returned by November 5. All results are confidential.
More information is available online.
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The FCPS CARES Program is an opportunity for parents, staff, and community members to recognize FCPS employees for going above and beyond to help others and show they care. We invite you to submit your story, so we can all acknowledge the good work of FCPS employees at Spring Hill. |
SIBSHOPS: An Exciting, Virtual Workshop for Brothers and Sisters of Children with Special Needs!
The Sibshop workshops are for children in grades 2-6 enrolled in Fairfax County Public Schools who have siblings with special needs to:
- Meet other siblings in a relaxed, virtual setting.
- Celebrate the many contributions made by brothers and sisters of children with special needs.
- Share sibling experiences and receive peer support.
- Play games and have fun!
Presented by FCPS School Social Work Services
Registration is free, however, donations are accepted to support the cost of future Sibshops: Donate Here
Monday, November 1, 2021, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. *School Planning Day – students are not attending school
Register for SIBSHOPS: An Exciting, Virtual Workshop for Brothers and Sisters of Children with Special Needs!
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November 1 – Student Holiday
November 2 – Student Holiday
November 11 - Two-Hour Early Release
November 24-26 - Thanksgiving Holiday
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