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Welcome back! We hope you enjoyed your Summer and we are so happy to get the 2022-2023 school year off to a start! This year, the Family Liaison newsletter will be sent out on Tuesdays, starting next week. Like last year, you can expect to see community resources, volunteer opportunities, school engagement, learning tips for your student(s), and share other valuable information! We also want to use this tool to interact with you and know more about your thoughts and preferences! Please enjoy your first weekly Family Liaison Newsletter of 2022-2023 below!
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Back to School Night - Tonight, August 25th!
Back to School Night will be in-person tonight, August 25.
6:00-6:30- Session 1 (all grade levels)-classrooms
6:30-7:00- Session 2
Please visit the Gym for a PTA Fair and a chance to meet the Haycock Administration and the Specialist teachers. The PTA Fair will be a great chance to meet many of our volunteers, to learn about the exciting events we have planned for this year, to learn about the many extracurricular clubs and events we sponsor, to ask any questions you may have, and to learn about opportunities to get involved. Our Friends of Haycock will also be attending and providing information about their organizations.
We look forward to seeing you there.
7:00-7:30- Session 3 (all grade levels)-classrooms Specialists will be in the gym during Session 1 and Session 3 as well, should parents want to meet them then.
SEE YOU THERE!
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8/27/2022 9:00 am to 8/27/2022 10:30 am
Event Description:
(5-Adult) Learn to make and use natural dyes to transform your boring white shirts into colorful masterpieces. Please bring your own white t-shirt or other white fabric to the class. Event located at Burke Lake Park.
Cost: $10.00
Registration: Register Online
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8/26/2022 5:00 pm to 8/26/2022 6:30 pm
Event Description:
(8-12 years) The idea for this program was born from requests by various camp and nature program participants about focusing more on a particular animal, plant or topic. These programs will go further in depth, giving full attention from start to finish on the subject. Collecting and identification, where applicable, will be done. Event located at the Hidden Pond Nature Center Location.
Cost: $10.00
Registration: Register Online
Wednesdays, starting September 12th: Parenting Children Ages 5-11 (Spanish)
Messiah United Methodist Church
6215 Rolling Road, Springfield, VA 22152
Do you have children in the 5-11 age range? This 16-week parenting class offered in Spanish shows parents how to increase their empathy, discover new ways to encourage appropriate behaviors, build positive self-concept and self-esteem, and learn how to have fun as a family. This class meets from 5:30-8 p.m. Ready to sign-up or have questions? Contact us by email or call 703-324-7720. Learn more about the variety of parenting classes available.
Mondays, Starting September 26th: Parenting Children Ages 12-18 (Spanish)
Do you have children in the 12-18 age range? This 12-week parenting class offered in Spanish shows parents how to learn nurturing communication strategies, how to recognize each other’s needs, how to understand the developmental stages of adolescence, and ways to build their own personal power, self-concept and self-esteem. This class meets from 6 -8 p.m. Ready to sign-up or have questions? Contact us by email or call 703-324-7720.
Learn more about the variety of parenting classes available.
Mondays, starting September 12th: Parenting Children Ages 0-4
Fairfax Church of Christ
3901 Rugby Road, Fairfax
Do you have children in the 0-4 age range? This parenting class shows parents how to recognize and understand feelings; nurturing parenting routines; infant massage; child development; and ways to foster positive self-esteem in themselves and their children. This 16-session class meets from 5:30-8 p.m. Ready to sign-up or have questions? Contact us by email or call 703-324-7720. Learn more online about the variety of parenting classes available.
Mondays, starting September 12th: Parenting Children Ages 5-11
Mt. Vernon Presbyterian Church
2001 Sherwood Hall Lane, Alexandria
Do you have children in the 5-11 age range? This parenting class shows parents how to increase their empathy, discover new ways to encourage appropriate behaviors, build positive self-concept and self-esteem, and learn how to have fun as a family. This class meets from 5:30-8 p.m. Ready to sign-up or have questions? Contact us by email or call 703-324-7720.
Learn more online about the variety of parenting classes available.
Tuesdays, starting September 27th: Parenting Children Ages 12-18
Do you have children in the 12-18 age range? This 12-week parenting class offered in Spanish shows parents how to learn nurturing communication strategies, how to recognize each other’s needs, how to understand the developmental stages of adolescence, and ways to build their own personal power, self-concept and self-esteem. This class meets from 6-8 p.m. Ready to sign-up or have questions? Contact us by email or call 703-324-7720.
Learn more online about the variety of parenting classes available. https://bit.ly/DFS-PEP
Limited Scheduling-Free Virtual Body Safety Program Classes
The Body Safety Program is now offering free virtual classes to any Pre-K through sixth grade students living in Fairfax County. Using the Childhelp® Speak Up Be Safe curriculum, trained facilitators help children build safety skills, preparing them to identify risks such as, child abuse, bullying, and internet predators. If you’re interested in learning more about or scheduling a virtual class(es), contact Francesca Lovitt by email at Francesca.Lovitt@fairfaxcounty.gov or call 703-324-7459. Learn more about this program.
Mondays, starting September 12th-October 31st: A Matter of Balance-Managing Concerns About Falls
This award-winning, evidence-based program is designed to reduce the fear of falling and increase activity levels among older adults. Learn fall prevention strategies, connect with others, and exercise to strengthen balance, flexibility, and coordination. This free class will meet 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Vienna Community Center, 120 Cherry St SE, Vienna. Preregistration required. To register, call Vienna Community Center at 703-255-6360.
Contact me if you would like to receive more information on free classes available through Fairfax County!
 This is the second of three mental health literacy seminars led by Shabnam Curtis, certified integral life coach. Parenting, caregiving, having a full-time job, managing finances, and keeping up with social connections successfully requires a lot of self-care and self-awareness. In this series, Ms. Curtis will discuss the skills necessary to live more in harmony and manage our daily stress through learning more about our bodies and emotions.
This particular workshop focuses on emotional health literacy. It will teach how our emotions are made, how we can observe them and listen to their messages, and how we can change our approach to our emotions in a constructive way.
The workshop style is a mix of lecture, short practices, reflection, and sharing experiences with the class.
You may register on this page to attend the in-person session on August 26th at Reston Regional Library.
To learn more about the other sessions, click here:
Somatic Health Literacy (virtual)
Somatic Health Literacy (in-person)
Click Here To Register!
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a final rule to improve access to hearing aids which may in turn lower costs for millions of Americans. This action establishes a new category of over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids, enabling consumers with perceived mild to moderate hearing impairment to purchase hearing aids directly from stores or online retailers without the need for a medical exam, prescription or a fitting adjustment by an audiologist.
The rule is expected to lower the cost of hearings aids, furthering the Biden-Harris Administration’s goal of expanding access to high-quality health care and lowering health care costs for the American public. It is designed to assure the safety and effectiveness of OTC hearing aids, while fostering innovation and competition in the hearing aid technology marketplace. Close to 30 million adults in the U.S. could benefit from hearing aid use. The more affordable hearing aids could be in stores as soon as mid-October. Read more about this story.
A new 9-8-8 crisis and support hotline is now active across the United States, including here in Fairfax County. In 2020, Congress designated a new 9-8-8 dialing code to operate through the existing National Suicide Prevention Lifeline network (NSPL), which comprises over 200 locally operated and funded crisis lines across the country.
Dialing either 9-8-8 or the existing NSPL number, 1-800-273-TALK (8255), will connect you to behavioral health care and support 24 hours a day.
In addition, county services include emergency services (open 24/7) at the Sharon Bulova Center for Community Health. You may access emergency services by calling 703-573-5679 or going to 8221 Willow Oaks Corporate Drive in Fairfax. Before coming to the Sharon Bulova Center for Community Health, please call ahead to emergency services to see if you can be seen via telehealth services – phone or video. Find more information.
Teen Time at Kings Park Library- Friday, August 26 3:00pm to 6:00pm
Teens in middle school and high school, come hang out with other teens after school for a couple of hours! Drop in to socialize, get your homework done, do a craft.
Aug 27, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Chantilly Regional Library, 4000 Stringfellow Rd, Chantilly, VA 20151, USA
About The Event
Join us on the third Saturday of the month from May through July at Chantilly Regional Library for free family-friendly outdoor movie screenings! There will be food available for purchase from food trucks on site.
Food trucks will open one hour prior to the movie. movie begins at sunset. Restrooms will be available for public use until 30 minutes prior to the movie ending.
Thank you for reading! This school year, I will be at Haycock Monday-Friday. Feel free to email me at eshoemaker@fcps.edu with any questions, comments, or concerns. Let's have another amazing school year, go Cougars!
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