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August 17: Kindergarten Back to School/Open House Day (in-person)
August 18: Lorton Station Back to School/Open House Day
- 1st – 3rd Grade from 4:00 – 5:00 PM
- 4th – 6th Grade 5:00 – 6:00 PM
August 22: First Day of School
September 2: NO SCHOOL
September 5: Labor Day NO SCHOOL
On behalf of the entire staff at Lorton Station Elementary School, we would like to welcome you to the 2022-2023 school year! We hope you enjoyed a safe and relaxing summer vacation filled with fun and exciting memories. We are all excited to have students back filling our classrooms with energy and enthusiasm for learning.
The exceptional teaching staff and support personnel at Lorton Station want to ensure that every child is successful. Our goal is to support and encourage each child to find, develop, and explore their talents and gifts. If there is something that may impact your child’s success or focus during the school day, please communicate this to your child’s teacher, the school counselor, myself, or any other staff member. We are all here to support you and your student(s).
Being actively involved in your child’s education is essential in developing a strong partnership between home and school. We have many volunteer opportunities available, and we hope to see a lot of you throughout the school year. We are a school where everyone shares in the responsibility for the success of every one of our students.
So, get ready Roadrunners! Our teachers and staff are excited to see you soon and have planned lots of exciting opportunities for you to learn and grow this year. Below is more information you will need for this year. See you at our OPEN House/Back to School Night on August 18, 2022 from 4:00 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.!
Warmest Regards,
Francis Legagneur, Principal
Christine Berry, Assistant Principal
Dawn Champion, Assistant Principal
 Wednesday, August 17th
KINDERGARTEN ONLY OPEN HOUSE
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Thursday, August 18th
In order to limit crowds and ensure parking, we are asking families to come during the designated times below:
Grades 1 - 3 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Grades 4 - 6 5:15 - 6:15 PM
Meet your teacher, Sign up for a Kiss & Ride
Drop medication off to the Health Room * Join the PTA
We know that you are eager to learn who your child's teacher is this year. Class placements will be available via Parent Vue beginning August 16, as well in-person at Back to School Night. Please keep in mind, sometimes adjustments to class assignments are made throughout the first month of school to adjust for staffing and enrollment changes.
Every family will receive a phone call from their child's teacher prior to Back to School Night.
Families must submit an application and be approved to be eligible for free and reduced price meals for SY 22-23. For the past two years, the federal government has provided no-cost meals to all public school students without the need to complete the annual Free and Reduced-Price Meal application. However, the extension of the no-cost meals benefit to all students has expired and families will need to apply for free and reduced meals again.
Families are encouraged to submit the Free and Reduced-Price Meal application prior to the first day of the 22-23 school year. The online application will be available later this summer. Watch your email and our website for more information. Learn more about the Free and Reduced-Price Meal program online.
Breakfast and lunch menus, as well as nutritional information, can be found at https://fcps.nutrislice.com/menu/menus-eula. You can deposit money into your child’s cafeteria account directly through the cafeteria manager or online, using www.MySchoolBucks.com.
Meal prices are as follows:
Breakfast
- Students, grades K-12—$1.75
- Reduced-price breakfast for qualifying students – no charge
- Adults—$2.35
Lunch
- Elementary school—$3.25
- Middle school—$3.50
- Secondary and high school—$3.50
- Reduced-price lunch for qualifying students – no charge
- Adults—$4.50
Milk (Sold Separately)
As we begin to look ahead to the 2022-23 school year, I encourage everyone to Be Wise, Immunize! Immunizations are required for public school entry and help keep children protected from many diseases. Many children missed their well check-ups and their recommended childhood immunizations during recent years of disruptions from COVID-19. It is critical to catch up now to keep children healthy and protect them from serious diseases.
I encourage you to check with your healthcare provider to make sure your child is up to date on required immunizations for the 2022-23 school year as soon as possible. If your child needs a vaccine to complete their records, you can make an appointment with your healthcare provider or visit the Fairfax County Health Department website for a schedule of child immunization clinics.
Remember to request documentation of your child’s immunizations and bring that to Lorton Station as soon as possible. If you have any questions, please contact Wenjie Yao wyao@fcps.edu, or call 571-642-6000.
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Back to School Forms. On the first day of school, all students will receive a Take Home Folder with critical back to school information. We ask that parents complete the forms if they haven’t done so electronically and return those forms in the same folder to the classroom teacher.
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News You Choose: Lorton Station uses News You Choose to distribute the parent newsletter every week. News You Choose is an electronic communication platform that allows community members the ability to select what information they want to receive and how often from individual schools, the School Board office and members, departments, programs, and PTA/PTO and booster organizations. Subscribers can change their settings or unsubscribe at any time. Make sure we have your current email so that we can send you updates. Or, you can click here to subscribe!
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eNotify: Parents of Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) students are automatically enrolled to receive e-Notify Communications. FCPS central offices and schools use this system to communicate emergency, delayed opening and school closing information, attendance, and other essential communications. Contact information from the student information system are uploaded to the eNotify system. It is important that parents keep their child’s emergency contact information up-to-date. To update, email Wenjie Yao wyao@fcps.edu, fill out an emergency care card, or update through your SIS ParentVUE account.
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SIS ParentVUE: Parents can access information about their child’s attendance, class performance, and manage emergency communication and FCPS forms via a SIS ParentVue account. Click here for more information. If you need an activation code, please call the school at 571-642-6000.
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Schoology /SKOO-luh-jee/: Schoology is FCPS' Learning Management System. In Schoology, parents will find teacher schedules, information about the curriculum and other important information. It’s also a great platform for teachers to communicate with families. Parents will receive information about accessing classroom sites from the classroom teacher. To learn more, click here.
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Follow Us! Don’t forget to take a look at us on Twitter! Follow us @LortonStationES!
Dear Families,
You may have heard that the Fairfax County School Board approved a Trust Policy that solidifies our commitment to foster a caring culture and strives to provide a safe, welcoming, and inclusive space for all students and families.
This policy aligns with Fairfax County’s Public Trust and Confidentiality Policy to ensure that FCPS students and families can access FCPS benefits and services without fear that information will be disclosed, directly or indirectly, to federal immigration officials.
The school division is already performing much of the work referenced in the Trust Policy. The policy, along with the upcoming regulation, will serve to solidify our efforts, so all FCPS staff, students, and families have a common understanding of the policy.
Every FCPS employee plays an important part in carrying out the Trust Policy and will demonstrate cultural responsiveness in supporting families, students, and other staff by protecting the privacy of personally identifiable information (PII) of students and families. Employees will follow a clear, standardized process for requesting, accessing, or disclosing prohibited personal information as outlined in FCPS Regulations 2202 and 4220.
Additional information is available in multiple languages on FCPS’ Trust Policy webpage. Please email FCPS’ Office of Professional Learning and Equity, OPLFE@fcps.edu, with questions about the policy.
Dear Roadrunner Families,
At the start of each school year, you are asked to sign to acknowledge your review of the Student Rights & Responsibilities (SR&R) document.
The SR&R explains expectations for student behavior and adult responses to enhance school safety and to create a fair, equitable, and supportive school environment. Read the Letter from the Superintendent on the 2022-23 Student Rights and Responsibilities: A Guide for Families.Key changes to the document for the 2022-23 school year include:
- Adding rights to protect citizenship and immigration status from unauthorized sharing.
- Changes to FCPS’ Acceptable Use Policy Regulation for Technology.
- A new section on cell phones.
The new section on cell phones prohibits cell phone use in classrooms. We recognize that this new policy will be a shift for many students and families this year, but research shows that managing phone use during class time will support students’ attention and ability to fully engage in their learning. Schools are partnering with parents to have students understand the importance of putting their phones away to minimize distractions during class.
Students in elementary and middle schools must keep phones silenced and in backpacks for the duration of the school day unless there is a medical need or emergency, or teachers have allowed the usage of cell phones for instructional activities. Cell phones may only be used on campus before and after school.
If a parent or guardian believes their child requires access to a personally owned device(s) as an accommodation, they should contact child’s school team—i.e., 504 Committee, Individualized Education Program (IEP) Team, English Language Committee, Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) Team—to schedule a meeting to have their request considered.
Parents should talk to their child(ren) before the start of the school year about these expectations for this upcoming school year. Families may also review the parental controls available for all iPhone and Android users. More information about the SR&R is available online.
I look forward to a successful school year. See you soon!
Francis Legagneur
Principal
Fairfax County Public Schools is committed to ensuring that the climate in all FCPS facilities is safe and secure. In support of this goal, FCPS provides weCare@school (weCare), an emergency care information system, available to FCPS parents and guardians who have registered for their own Parent account.
weCare helps manage emergency medical information by enabling parents to go online to enter and update their children’s medical data at their convenience. Contact information provided automatically enrolls parents to receive eNotify communications from the district and their child’s school. eNotify is the communications tool for FCPS emergency, transportation, attendance, weather closings and delays, and essential outreach messages. Messages are sent via email and text messages. Occasional phone messages are sent as well
Get more information about updating your emergency care information.
Registration for the Fall 2022 program is open from August 15 through September 6, and the season will run from the week of September 12 through November 20. The standard program fee is $185, but we also offer military and sibling discounts, as well as financial assistance available for all families. For more information, go to the Girls on the Run of NOVA website (www.gotrnova.org) or contact the Girls on the Run team’s head coach, Cara Mayberry, at ccmayberry@fcps.edu .
Registro para el programa de otoño de 2022 está abierta del 15 de agosto al 6 de septiembre, y la temporada se extenderá del 12 de septiembre al 20 de noviembre. El precio estándar del programa es $185, pero ofrecemos descuentos de militar y hermanas, tanto como asistencia financiera para familias que califiquen también. Para más información, va al sitio web de Girls on the Run of NOVA (www.gotrnova.org) o contacta la entrenadora del equipo de Girls on the Run/Heart & Sole, Cara Mayberry, a ccmayberry@fcps.edu .
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