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Dear Parents and Caregivers,
Our students completed their Virginia Growth Assessments (VGA) in Reading and Math 7 or 8. The results will be analyzed by the teachers to focus our instruction on areas of need for our students. We appreciate your support of these tests and the schoolwork that will prepare our students to be strong readers and mathematicians. Our intervention programs are Lexia and Mathspace. You can encourage your student to complete modules at home when they have some down time.
Next week our science 7 students will enjoy a walking fieldtrip to a watershed. The weather looks glorious. If you are able, please consider chaperoning for a half day. Details are below.
Aimee Monticchio
School Picture Day is coming Thursday October 6th & Friday October 7th 2022 . Pictures will be available approximately two weeks following our school's photo day. Pictures will be mailed directly to your home. Please us the link below to order photos of your student.
https://vando.imagequix.com/g1000942204
For questions about ordering school pictures please email underclass@vosphoto.com
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 Please contact Sharon DuncanHudspeth at SDDuncanHuds@fcps.edu if you think you can support this program. Donations of $5 or $10 gift cards are ideal and can be delivered to the school: Attention – Sharon DuncanHudspeth.
SIS WEEKLY PROGRESS REPORTS
All parents/guardians of Middle School students who have registered for a SIS ParentVUE Account and have a primary email address recorded in SIS ParentVUE can receive Weekly Progress Reports via email. This report provides a summary of your student(s) grades for the current quarter. To activate the Weekly Progress Reports via email, login to your SIS ParentVUE Account and first verify that you have a primary email address within the system. It is listed under the “My Account” tab. If it is blank, enter the email address where you would like to receive the progress reports and click on update account. Once confirmed, parents/guardians are able to activate and select their preferences for receiving these reports within the SIS ParentVUE “My Account” tab.
Weekly progress reports for all of your Middle and High School students will be included in one email.
For questions about a specific progress report or grade you can login into your SIS ParentVUE Account to find detailed grade book information. Additionally, your student’s teacher is always the best resource to answer any grade book questions that you may have. Weekly Progress Report Parent Quick Reference Guide
World Language Credit Exam
The 2022 World Languages Credit Exam will be administered on November 3, 9, and 10, 2022. Thirty (30) languages will be included: American Sign Language (ASL), Amharic, Arabic, Bengali, Chinese (Mandarin), Farsi, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Nepali, Pashto, Portuguese, Punjabi, Russian, Sanskrit, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Tamil, Telugu, Tigrinya, Turkish, Twi, Urdu, and Vietnamese.
Registration opens on Tuesday, September 6, at 8 a.m. and closes on Thursday, October 6, at 4 p.m. Late registrations will not be accepted.
Please contact your school counselor to register.
7th Grade Counselors
Last Names A-K – Karen Bach kabach@fcps.edu
Last Names L-Z – Phyllis Degraffenried pjdegraffenr@fcps.edu
8th Grade Counselors
Last Names A-K – Marissa Brooks mlbrooks@fcps.edu
Last Names L-Z – Mark Blocker mfblocker@fcps.edu
Social-Emotional Learning with Second Step
We will continue our unit on Mindsets and Goals in October. Our next lesson, on October 3, is Identifying Roadblocks. Your child will identify and distinguish between internal and external obstacles (or “roadblocks”) that can get in their way when working toward goals. Family conversation starter: Tell your child about a roadblock you encountered when you were working toward a goal, and if you had control over the roadblock.
If you have any questions about Second Step Middle School, please reach out to your student’s school counselor. Thank you for your support as we work to build a safe and supportive school community
SEL Screener
Students will take the Social Emotional Learning Screener on Friday, October 21 during Connections class (4th period). By offering the SEL Screener and seeking to understand how students feel about themselves, we are valuing students’ voices and honoring their input as they develop critical skills. Click here to learn more about the SEL Screener. Students took home an SEL Notification Letter and Opt-Out form. Click here to view that SEL Notification Letter and Opt-Out Form. If you would like to opt your student out of the screener, please complete the form and return to Marissa Brooks
Veteran's Day Speaker Interest Form
We are planning a Veteran's Day school event for our students during the week of Thursday, November 10. We would love to have Veteran's connected to the LHMS community speak at the event. If you are interested in potentially participating, please submit your information on this form by October 14th. Mr. Blocker will be in touch with you and share more details shortly, and can be reached at 703-715-3638 or mark.blocker@fcps.edu . Thank you for your interest!
Veteran’s Day Sign up Link - https://forms.gle/xoyzTSjLeArGzJX56
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Chaperones needed! Our 7th graders are scheduled to participate in a fun, hands-on science field trip Weds-Thurs, Sep 28-29. Chaperones are needed to escort students to stations set up down by Glade Stream/Snakeden Branch (behind South Lakes High School) and to move them between stations manned by professional scientists and naturalist from U.S. Geological Survey and Reston Association. We are running unusually short on volunteers this year. Our most desperate need is for the following sessions: (1) Weds Sep 28 session (7:15-10:45am), (2) Weds Sep 28 afternoon session (10:30-2:15pm), and (3) Thurs Sep 29 afternoon session (10:30-2:15pm). Please consider supporting our school and community by enabling us to offer our students this unique opportunity to engage in real world science guided by real world scientists .... You may even learn something yourself! (NOTE: Chaperones will need to be able to walk ~1mile round trip and handle low hills.)
To volunteer or obtain more information, contact Jeanette Thomas at sjthomas1@fcps.edu
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Langston Hughes After-School
Students who plan to attend after school activities must be registered in the after school program. Please make sure your child is registered prior to staying after.
Here’s the link to register: https://forms.gle/jkUdc4Hx1cnAE3C46
Here’s the link to the Club List: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fkDtOVASo9Dvoamwm4h56r84B5gWzoR6dX6iawunMiU/edit?usp=sharing
Young Entrepreneurs: Sports, Music, Fashion and more
Thursdays 3:30-4:30
This weekly after-school activity is for boys and girls who may be interested in learning more about business and entrepreneurship, using sports, fashion and music as the primary topics to engage students. Interactive, workshop style sessions would be led by guest speakers from the community with business experience and supported by high school student volunteers who participate in clubs or coursework that focus on similar topics (entrepreneurship, athletic leadership, fashion / ‘merch’ and music recording).
Helping students understand how to connect the dots between whatever they are passionate about and entrepreneurial / business opportunities in the future is a target learning objective for this program. Participants can also learn about the clubs and courses available in high school where they can learn more, build their network, and get involved in extra-curricular activities
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Attention families - looking for a flexible for a flexible and part-time position at Hughes Middle School? FCPS is hiring AVID tutors for the 2022-2023 school year. AVID tutors work with small groups of approximately 5-7 middle school students during the school day in an academic elective class called Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) led by Ms. Burke. These groups use higher order questioning strategies to help students develop a variety of college preparatory skills such as critical thinking and problem solving.
Tutors earn $18.42 per hour and must be currently enrolled in college or be college graduates. If interested, please email your resume to Karen Huffman at kshuffman@fcps.edu
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Sign-up to receive your students “Screen Activity Reports/Lightspeed Reports.
There is a new online service that is free to FCPS parents who are interested in knowing more about their child’s internet activity on an FCPS device. Parents can sign up to receive a weekly Parent Report from Lightspeed, our internet content filtering service, which will provide a list of the top sites the child visited that week.
Step 1: Make sure you have a SIS ParentVUE account
Step 2: Request the reports https://itweb.fcps.edu/itsupport/lightspeed/
Need Tech Help?
Resources for parents and students using FCPS technology are available online. Visit this website for quick help resetting passwords; accessing Schoology, Google, Zoom, or activity reports; and basic computer use questions. If your questions are not answered on that page, look for the link to submit a help ticket.
Most of you know that every year we hold one Fundraiser for the SLHS PTSA Food Pantry - it’s the Do it Your Way 0.5k. As we like to say it’s the best 650 steps, you’ll take all year!
Join us, October 16 for the 5th Annual SLHS PTSA Food Pantry's "Do It Your Way 0.5K." This year participate in person or virtually. When & Where: In Person event: October 16, 2-4 pm at Reston's Lake Anne Plaza Virtually: all weekend long, any location you want
If you are interest or would like more information, please click the here registration so that you can see a little more about the event.
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Sept 26: Student Holiday - Rosh Hashanah
Oct 5: Holiday (Yom Kippur)
Oct 6 & 7 - Picture Day
Oct 10: Student Holiday (Indigenous Peoples’ Day)
Oct 17: PTA Meeting @ 7 p.m.
Oct 21: SLHS Homecoming Parade & Homecoming football game
Oct 24: Holiday (Diwali)
Oct 28: End of First Quarter, 2-hour early release
Oct 31: Student Holiday
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