Month of the Military Child Activities

Fairfax County Public Schools sent this bulletin at 04/11/2022 12:24 PM EDT

Month of the Military Child Activities

April is the Month of the Military Child, and here at Lane we are planning several special activities to celebrate the strength, spirit, and resilience of the many young military-connected lions we have in our community.

  • On Monday, April 18th, we will host a small morning reception for our military families – “Muffins for Our Military Lions” in the cafeteria from 8:30 to 9 a.m. (If the weather is nice, we may hold this event outside.) All military families – students and their parents – are invited to come to school a little early that morning to enjoy a sweet treat. Please RSVP here and let us know how many will be attending.
  • Throughout the week of the 18th through the 22nd, we are encouraging military students to share their experiences as military children with their classmates during morning meeting. If your child would like to participate, please sign up here.
  • We will have a spirit week, highlighted by “Purple Up!” Day on Wednesday, April 20th, when the whole school will “Purple Up!” to honor our military lions. Here’s the list of spirit day themes:

    • Monday, April 18th – Pajama Day (We sleep soundly because of those who protect our nation.)
    • Tuesday, April 19th – Crazy Camo Day (Mix and match your camo gear.)
    • Wednesday, April 20th – Purple Up! Day (Wear purple proudly to support our military friends.)
    • Thursday, April 21st – Career Day (There are so many careers to explore in the military!)
    • Friday, April 22nd – RED Friday (Remember Everyone Deployed)
  • To continue the purple theme, we will be creating purple paper chains to decorate our school. All students will have the chance to celebrate members of the military and/or military children by dedicating a “link” to them.
  • Finally, we are collecting pictures for a slide show featuring our military-connected students! If you are a military family and would like us to include your child(ren) in the slide show, please email pictures to our family liaison, Melanie Crosby Hardy, at macrosby@fcps.edu by this Friday, April 15th.

If you have questions, please contact our family liaison, Melanie Crosby Hardy, at macrosby@fcps.edu.

Thank you!