You should have received an email from your child's teacher on Tuesday afternoon with your child's class placement. If you did not receive a class placement email, please call the school at 703-467-3500.
Please join us for an in-person Open House to meet your new teacher on Thursday, August 18th, 2022. Kindergarten Open House: 10-10:45
PTA New Family Welcome: 10:30-11:00
Grades 1-6 Open House: 11:00-12:00
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Our Back to School Night for parents and guardians will also be on August 18th. It will be virtual and the classroom presentations will be recorded for those who cannot attend.
Links to join the presentations were sent out with your class placement email.
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At Oak Hill Elementary our teachers will use a variety of digital resources to support student learning and promote communication and collaboration with students and families. Some of the digital resources your child may use this year will require your consent before they can be used. You can find our school’s list of the resources that require parental consent on our Digital Resources at Oak Hill Elementary – Parent Consent webpage. Additionally, you can find more information about approved digital resources in FCPS.
Included on this page is also a link to a form where the enrolling parent or guardian will need to indicate whether or not their student is allowed to use the list of digital resources this year. This page also provides more information about how FCPS carefully reviews digital resources for approval and why we must request your consent before using certain tools. We encourage you to complete the parental consent for digital resources form as soon as possible, as your child will not be able to use the digital resources until we have received your permission. Please reach out to your child’s teacher or our Instructional Technology Specialist, Lisa Prillaman (lrprillaman@fcps.edu) if you have questions or concerns about the digital resources we’ve chosen to use this year
The Student Rights and Responsibilities document (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 must keep phones silenced and in backpacks for the duration of the school day.
- Watches that serve a dual purpose may be worn; however, phone features (texting, internet, calls, etc) are to be off during the school day.
- 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.
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The first day of school is August 22. School hours are 8:45-3:30 for grades K-6. Doors open to students at 8:30 and they are expected to be in their classrooms ready to begin at 8:45.
Preschool AM: 9:05-12:25
Preschool PM: 12:25-3:45
PAC: M,W 9:05-12:25
T,Th,F 9:05-3:45
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 Oak Hill Arrival and Dismissal
Drop off begins at 8:30 AM.
Pick up begins at 3:30 PM.
Walkers (blue) Students will walk on sidewalks on the exterior of the bus loop and kiss and ride lanes, and will only be allowed to cross Kinross Circle at designated crosswalks. Kindergarteners must be met at the back door (Door 4).
Car Riders (white)
- Students may enter or exit their vehicle in the loading zone only on the passenger side. Do not leave your child if there is no staff member present at Kiss and Ride.
- After dropping off or picking up, proceed to exit the Kiss and Ride line carefully through the designated exit.
- Parents arriving after 8:45 AM must park and escort students to the main office through the main entrance (door 1).
- Parents arriving after 3:45 PM must park and sign out students in the main office.
-Changes to afternoon transportation must be communicated to the front office no later than 2:00 PM
For the past two years, student meals have been free to all students. That will not be the case this year. Student lunches will be $3.25. Breakfast is $1.75. Milk bought separately is $0.60. Menus are available online.
There are 3 options to pay for your child's lunch. 1. You can create a lunch account at https://www.myschoolbucks.com/ver2/getmain?requestAction=home and load money there.
2. You can send a check made out to Oak Hill ES Food Services (put student's first and last name in memo line).
3. You can send in cash.
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The school supply lists are available on our website. If you ordered a school supply kit through PTA before June 30th, those supplies will be available in your student's classroom at Open House.
If you need financial assistance with school supplies, please contact our school counselors, Greg Frantz (gdfrantz@fcps.edu) or Andrew Mitchell ( asmitchell@fcps.edu).
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Transportation will send bus schedules out to families on or about August 12th. Any updates after that date will be found in your Parent Vue account.
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If you have medication to drop off for your child, you may do so on August 18th from 10-3 or August 19th from 9-3 in the Health Room. There are several changes in the procedures for dropping off medications. Please direct questions to Noreen Dorion, our Public Health Nurse, at ndorion@fcps.edu or 571-722-7293.
- Any time you drop off or pick up a medication in the health room, a Medication Delivery/Pick Up Form will be completed and signed by both the parent/guardian and the School Health Aide or FCPS staff member. This form will document that all required authorizations are complete, and the number of pills or amount of medication accepted/returned. A copy of the form will be given to the parent/guardian and school administrator.
- Medications received will be verified to ensure the description of the medication on the container/packaging matches the medication in the container.
- All medications must be in the original pharmacy container. Over the counter (OTC) medications must be in an unopened original container. It will no longer be acceptable for parents/guardians to bring in refills from home and place them into the container currently in the health room.
- Only a 30-day supply of medications should be brought to school. No more than 100 tablets or pills of OTC medication should be brought to school.
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Within your parent view account, you can update your child's emergency card and health information form. Please consider making those updates now, so that the information will be correct on the first day of school. You may also fill out some of the opt-out forms (see below). Paper copies will still be available if needed.
Paperless Opt-Outs Available!
As part of our ongoing effort to streamline paper processes and transition to electronic forms, the following opt-outs are available in your SIS Parent Vue account.
- Tutor.com Access (was available April 2022)
- SEL Screener Participation
- Counseling Opt Out
- Transportation Intent
- Accept FCPS Device
- Home Internet Access
Once you have signed into your ParentVUE account, simply select the “Student Info” tab and click on “Edit Information.” You will find opt-out’s listed there. Parents that do not yet have a SIS ParentVUE account will still be able to use paper forms for notification. Those forms will be sent home the first day of school. If you need to set up your ParentVUE account, you can create one online via the FCPS ParentVUE Registration page.
Further information can be found on the SIS Parent Account Overview web page under Student Information.
For further assistance, parents can enter a Parent Support Request.
Families must submit an application and be approved to be eligible for free and reduced-price meals for the 2022-23 school year.
Interested families are encouraged to submit the Free and Reduced-Price Meal application at least ten days prior to the first day of the 2022-23 school year. The online application is available now.
If you have questions or need assistance with the Free and Reduced-Price Meals application, please contact the Office of Food and Nutrition Services at 703-813-4800.
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Our school board members have recorded Back to School messages for the community. You may access them on our school website. https://oakhilles.fcps.edu/features/back-school-night-august-18-2022
Asha-Jyothi's 14th Annual 5K and 1K Fun Run will be held at Fairfax Corner on Sunday, September 18th. For every registration from Oak Hill, Asha-Jyothi will donate the money raised back to Oak Hill to support STEM needs. Below, please find the QR code to register and the coupon code (AJ4Schools) for a $10 discount for the 5K race. Enjoy a healthy activity for your family and help Oak Hill at the same time!
Calendar of Upcoming Dates
August 18 Kindergarten Open House 10:00-10:45
New Family Welcome 10:30-11:00
Grades 1-6 Open House 11:00-12:00
August 18 VIRTUAL Back to School Night
Q&A with Administrators and PTA 4:30-5:00
Specialists 5:00-5:30
Grades K,1, 4, 6 6:00-6:30
Grades 2, 3, 5 6:30-7:00
August 22 First Day of School
Sep 2-5 Labor Day Break, No School
Sep 26 Rosh Hashanah, Student Holiday
Oct 5 Yom Kippur, Student Holiday
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