Upcoming Events
Aug 18th – Kindergarten Open House/Meet the Teacher, classrooms, 2:00 – 3:00 pm
Aug 18th – Grades 1-6 New Student Orientation, cafeteria, 3:00 – 4:00 pm
Aug 18th – Grades 1-6 Open House/Meet the Teacher, classrooms
- 4:00 – 4:45 pm (Last names A-K) and
- 4:45 – 5:30 pm (Last names L-Z)
Aug 22nd – First Day of School
Sept 2nd & 5th – School Holidays (Labor Day) – All FCPS Offices Closed
Sep 15th – Back to School Family Literacy Night, 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Sep 23rd – School Spirit Wear Day (or wear school colors, blue and yellow)
Sept 26th – Student Holiday – Rosh Hashanah (Professional Workday)
Plan Ahead – 2022-2023 Standard School Year Calendar
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A Message from the Principal
Dear Ravensworth Families,
We are looking forward to seeing many of you tomorrow for our Open House/Meet the Teacher event. We will welcome our Kindergarten students and their families from 2:00-3:00 PM. Our Grades 1-6 New Student Orientation will be from 3:00-4:00 PM in the cafeteria. Grades 1-6 Open House will be at the following times: Last names A-K from 4:00-4:45 PM and Last names L-Z from 4:45-5:30 PM. Come meet your teacher and drop off any classroom supplies at this time. Our PTA will also be there selling Ravensworth Spirit Wear.
The first day of school is Monday, August 22nd. Our bell schedule is 8:35 AM – 3:20 PM. Any student arriving after 8:35 AM must be walked into the main office by an adult (we want to make sure they are not marked absent and that they get to class safely). If need be, parents can walk their child to the door of the classroom on the first day. If you need to talk to the teacher, please plan to do so at another time – they will be busy greeting students! Similar to last year, we will be opening our doors to students at 8:20 AM. If your child plans to eat breakfast at school, they will enter the building, purchase a breakfast, and eat in the cafeteria.
We can’t wait to begin our new year together!
Sincerely,
Erika Aspuria
Principal
Registration
We need all new families and kindergarten families to register as soon as possible. Complete registration is critical to our school being fully staffed. Find out more about registration https://ravensworthes.fcps.edu/student-services/student-registration or contact Ms. Teresa Dunbar at 703-426-3600 or at tldunbar1@fcps.edu
Free and Reduced-Price Meal Applications
For the last two years free breakfast and lunch were provided for all interested families. This year 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 ten days prior to the first day of the 2022-23 school year. The online application will be available later this summer and accessible via the FCPS homepage.
Students approved for Free and Reduced-Price Meals may qualify for additional benefits such as waived or reduced fees for instruments, uniforms, field trips, FCPS class fees, and Parktakes classes. Schools also benefit from funding opportunities based on Free and Reduced Price Meal application numbers.
Watch your email and our website for more information. Learn more about the Free and Reduced-Price Meal program online. If you have questions or need assistance with the Free and Reduced-Price Meals application, please contact Ravensworth ES at 703-426-3600.
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Immunizations
As we begin to look ahead to the 2022-23 school year, please know that some Immunizations are required for public school entry (deadline August 28th/click the link). We 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 you have questions, please contact our registrar Teresa Dunbar at 703-426-3600 or tldunbar1@fcps.edu.
Paperless Opt-Outs Available!
As a part of our ongoing efforts to streamline paper processes, parents can now select a number of opt-out’s electronically via ParentVUE. 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 ParentVUE account will still be able to use paper forms for notification. If you need to set up your ParentVUE account, you can create one online via the FCPS ParentVUE Registration page.
Families, We Need Your Consent for Select Digital Resources
At Ravensworth ES 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 here: Ravensworth Digital Resources Additionally, you can find more information about approved digital resources in FCPS here: https://www.fcps.edu/resources/technology/digital-resources.
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 if you have questions or concerns about the digital resources we’ve chosen to use this year.
School Supply Lists
Our 2022-23 school supply lists can be found at https://ravensworthes.fcps.edu/academics/supply-lists. Kindergarteners will be utilizing ipads this year. Headphones purchased for kindergarteners should go over the student’s ears and should have a standard straight jack.
Staffing Opportunities
Classroom Monitors: Ravensworth is looking for several classroom monitors for the 2022-2023 school year. Monitors will work Monday – Friday from 8:15 AM – 3:45 PM on the days students are in school. Monitors will be responsible for supervising students in a variety of settings (classrooms, lunch, recess, specials). Teachers will provide directions/assignments for monitors and students. Please email Patrick Bourjaily, Assistant Principal, if you’re interested in this opportunity and apply here.
Substitute Teachers: FCPS and Ravensworth will need substitute teachers and substitute instructional assistants this year. Substitute teaching is a great opportunity for stay-at-home parents, retirees, college students, and anyone who wants a flexible work schedule. Like many school districts across the region and country, FCPS is looking for kind and caring substitute teachers to ensure our students continue to thrive when teachers need to be out of the building. If you are interested in working as a substitute teacher or substitute instructional assistant, you are able to set parameters for the days you are available, the grade levels you would like to teach, or the schools where you want to assist!
If you would like to learn more about becoming a substitute teacher or instructional assistant, FCPS is offering virtual information sessions. Sessions are held weekly on Wednesdays from 1-2 p.m. Candidates will receive an email link to the virtual information session the Monday before the session.
- Upcoming Information Sessions:
Sign up for the information session here.
Food and Nutrition Services Career Opportunities
WeCare is now available!
 weCare@school is now available in your SIS Parent View account. Parents/Guardians can update contact information and emergency contacts in weCare. You can login with your SIS ParentVUE username and password, clicking on FCPS Links, then selecting the link for weCare@school.
Using weCare@school is also an easy way to ensure that yor emergency contact information is current so that the emergency communication system, eNotify, will have the most up-to-date information available in order to contact you in the event of an emergency.
If you need to set up your ParentVUE account, you can create one online via the FCPS ParentVUE Registration page.
We hope you will take a few moments to utilize this additional opportunity to be involved in your child’s academic career in Fairfax County Public Schools.
PTA Campus Survival Kits – Still Available
The Ravensworth Campus Survival Kits website is live - to order your students supply kit for the 2022-2023 school year click here: https://www.campussurvivalkits.com/ravensworth The kit contains all of the necessary supplies for their grade level and is delivered directly to their classroom in August 2022 - no shopping required! Families who put their order in this week may see a delivery delay.
Additionally, the more kits that are ordered, the more credits our teachers receive - with the credits we earned on the kits this year, we were able to provide pencils, markers, white boards, erasers, cleaning supplies and more to ALL grade levels!
Get your school supplies shopping out of the way now and order your Campus Survival Kits.
Follow Ravensworth on Social Media
Are you connected to Ravensworth Elementary School and the Ravensworth PTA on social media? The PTA’s Facebook page is at https://www.facebook.com/ravensworthelementarypta and the school’s accounts are https://www.facebook.com/RavensworthElementary and https://twitter.com/RavensworthES
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