Upcoming Dates

April 20th - Purple Up Spirit Day
April 26th - 6th Grade Reading SOL
April 27th - 4th Grade Reading SOL
April 29th - 5th Grade Reading SOL

Purple Up Day is on April 20th! Purple represents the blending of the colors of the five branches of our armed forces. In Virginia, we are proud to be home to Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Navy, National Guard and Reserve families. Here at Forestville Elementary, we want to acknowledge all of our military families and thank you for your service!  Please wear purple on Wednesday, April 20th to show your support for our military families.

Celebrate #FCPSEarthWeek April 18-22! All students are encouraged to join FCPS Get2Green in celebrating our division-wide Earth Week 2022 from April 18-22.  Earth Week is an engaging way to foster conversation and learning about environmental topics that are essential in developing students as environmental stewards and ethical and global citizens. Show your Earth Week Spirit by wearing the color matching each day’s theme: Monday, April 18 – Watershed Day (blue) Tuesday, April 19 – Climate Change Day (red) Wednesday, April 20 – Zero Waste Day and Military Child Day (purple)  Thursday, April 21 – Energy Day (yellow) Friday, April 22 – Earth Day (green)

Standards of Learning (SOL) Testing

Students at Forestville will be taking SOLs April 26th - May 20th  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).

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! 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.

Great Falls Online Silent Auction Update!

A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone participated in the most successful year ever for the Celebrate Great Falls Online Silent Auction!  Your efforts contributed to the auction well surpassing previous years, raising $45,594 for our three local schools - Great Falls, Forestville, and Colvin Run.

If you have any feedback or want to be involved in planning this auction next year, please email auction@celebrategreatfalls.org.  After the pandemic derailment, it was a big learning experience this year and we welcome any help to make this an even bigger success next year!

Here are some fun facts: 

* Number of items listed: 351

* Number of school-specific items: 132

* Number of auction page views: 34,751

* Number of bids: 1,511

* Number of bidders: 286

* Item with most bids: Four Stairs Farm - One Week of Culinary Camp (18)

* Biggest bid: $3,500

* Money raised: $45,594

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