Standards of Learning (SOL) Testing

Students at Forestville will soon be taking their SOLs. Please see the detailed schedule below to find your student’s assigned testing dates. For more information about these important assessments, view the official SOL notification letter and the FCPS SOL page and/or VDOE SOL page. 

If you know your student will be absent on an SOL day, please contact Afton Carlson (Forestville’s test coordinator).

Arrival Change After Spring Break

For the next five weeks, upon entering the building, we are going to have all of our students report to the gym where they will line up in their class line.

This is being done so that our school musical students and staff can have the cafeteria for rehearsal in the morning. As they get closer to their performance time, they will need access to the cafeteria so that they can start rehearsing on the stage and setting up their props.

Students will still continue to enter the building through Door #1 by bus, through Door #11 as a walker or through Door #8 by Kiss n Ride. However instead of Kindergarten, First Grade and Second Grade students reporting to the cafeteria, all students will go to the gym to find their class line.

Students who are walkers will still enter through Door #11 on the side of the cafeteria. As they enter, there will be a staff member there to direct them alongside the back hallway to the gym to find their class line.

There will not be any changes to afternoon dismissal, the changes described above, will only effect morning arrival. Please help us by communicating the changes to student arrival to your child so they are ready for Monday. We will have staff throughout the building in the morning to support the change to student arrival. 

Yearbook Ordering

Please visit https://www.yearbookordercenter.com and put in our school code: 21994 (or you can search by our school name).

We have a couple of different options this year. Our soft-cover yearbook is priced at $20 and our hard-cover yearbook is priced at $30. The content will be completely the same, only the cover material differs. Please note that there is a minimum order we need to meet for the hard-cover yearbooks and, if it is not met, those who ordered them will receive the soft-cover book and the difference will be refunded by the PTA.

You also have the option of personalizing your yearbook with your child's name on the cover (lower right corner) for an additional fee. This works for both soft-cover and hard-cover types.

We are offering a discount to those who order early! Order by Friday, April 8th and get a $2 discount on either yearbook option. The last day to order a yearbook at full price is Friday, April 22nd. The yearbook will be shipped directly to the school (unfortunately, cannot be shipped to your house) in early June.

Please email community.fespta@gmail.com if you have any questions.

Free Online Tutoring Services for all Students Coming Soon!

All FCPS students will soon have unlimited access to online tutoring support services through Tutor.com at no cost. Funds to support Tutor.com for school year 2022-23 and 2023-24 will come from an ESSER III Unfinished Learning Grant. 

Students can connect online any time, and in most subjects for as long as they need. Tutoring is focused instruction provided to students in a one-on-one format through voice or text chat. Tutors will focus on developing student’s strengths and capabilities in reading, mathematics, or other specified subjects. Tutoring services may be accessed before, during, or after school hours and/or on weekends through a link in Schoology. 

All tutors must pass a rigorous application process including an extensive background check. No personal information is shared between a student and tutor. All sessions are recorded and transcripts are available for review by teachers and parents/guardians. 

Students will automatically have access to the Tutor.com tutoring service unless a parent/guardian submits an opt-out request. All FCPS families will soon receive an email including an online tutoring services notice and opt-out information. Additionally, a hard copy form will be sent home with every student. 

For additional information, visit our online tutoring services website.

Lightspeed Parent Report on Child's Device Activity

FCPS has new tools to help parents and guardians know more about their child’s activity on any FCPS device. These tools are provided by Lightspeed, our internet content filtering service, at no cost to families. You may sign up for a weekly Parent Report, which will provide a list of the top sites your child visited. If you want more detailed information, sign up for the Internet Use Parent portal and log-in anytime to see more detail about your child’s browsing and “pause” access to the internet during non-school hours. Find out more and sign up for these services on our website.

Supporting Early Learners: Growing the Caregiver's Toolbox: A Webinar for PreK-2 Grade Families

• 4/22/22: Supporting Healthy Habits & Routines in Early Learners
• 5/20/22: Growing through Tough Moments in Early Learners

There are so many ways children learn and develop throughout early childhood. Relationships, habits, and even challenges can become rich opportunities to teach and foster lifelong learning and skills for our children. Learn more about how self-regulation, executive functioning, and routines can help your children learn and develop.

• Laura Thieman, LCSW, MPH, RPT- FCPS Social Worker Supervisor, Region 3
• Amy Sheldon, MEd, MSW, LCSW - FCPS Preschool Mental Health Clinician, Early Childhood Assessment Team
• Lori Kraden, FCPS Educational Specialist, Behavior Intervention Services

Fridays 10-11:30 a.m.

Register for Supporting Early Learners: Growing the Caregiver’s Toolbox: A Webinar for PreK-2 Families

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