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A message from Principal Steven McFarlane
Kilmer Community,
We’re excited for our 8th graders to have the chance to visit Marshall and Madison on Friday, March 24. This is a great opportunity for students to get a taste of what lies ahead. This week permission slips were sent home with your student. All 8th grade families please sign the permission slip and have your child return the form to their science teacher.
Also, our 8th graders will be taking a field trip to Finance Park after a unit on financial literacy through their civics class. We are still looking for volunteers to chaperone. Please reach out to Rob Paine (civics teacher) with any questions, For more details, and to sign up, visit: https://www.myja.org/parents/fairfax.
We have a few opportunities to grab take-out and support Kilmer coming up. Consider visiting Foster’s Grille this Sunday, February 26, between 11am-9pm. 20 percent of the all proceeds will go to Kilmer. Additionally, Kilmer’s drama department is having a fundraiser at the Taco Bamba in Vienna on Monday, March 6. Again, 20 percent of sales will go to the drama department. Both opportunities are an easy (and tasty!) way to support Kilmer.
Lastly, we’ve noticed the kiss-and-ride line extending past 7:30 am over the last week. Please work with your student to ensure they are getting to school early enough so that they can arrive at their first period on time.
Have a great weekend, and as always, reach out if you have any questions.
Sincerely,
Steven McFarlane
Principal
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Pictures of the Week
 French I students in Ms. Farrace’s class had the opportunity to connect with students at Mamadou NDACK SECK (Thiès) in Sénégal, West Africa via Zoom. Students spent time asking and answering questions about their respective countries and cultures in both French & English. It was great to learn about another culture and share information about the many cultures we have here at Kilmer.
Finance Park
Dear Parents – we need your help! After a brief unit on financial literacy taught in Civics classes in the coming weeks, all 8th grade students will embark on a field trip to Finance Park in mid-March to put what they've learned to good use. We are critically in need of parent and guardian support to make this trip a success, and we would really appreciate it if you could join us! Parents who have accompanied us in the past have given very high reviews to the experience and some have even come back in subsequent years to join us again. Please visit https://www.myja.org/parents/fairfax for more details. Thanks in advance for your help!
SOL Testing Update
SOL Testing will occur on the following dates:
- Reading 7 & 8 SOLs: Monday, 5/15
- Math 7, Math 8, Algebra, Geometry & Algebra 2 SOLs: Thursday, 5/18
- Science 8 SOL: Tuesday, 5/23
Makeup testing will be held several times throughout the testing window. If you have not done so already, please fill out the SOL retake form linked below and return it to the school testing coordinator, Marileigh Blake, by Monday, May 1st, 2023
SOL Retake Form:
English Arabic Chinese Korean Spanish Urdu Vietnamese
If you have any questions, please contact Marileigh Blake at mlblake@fcps.edu or 703-846-8885.
Dining For Dollars
Our next Dining for Dollars will be all day from noon until 9:00pm on Sunday, February 26th in downtown Vienna at both Foster's Grille (138-A Maple Avenue, W) and next door at Ben & Jerry's (136-C Maple Avenue, W). Be sure to drop your receipts in the Kilmer Middle School Dining for Dollars bucket on the bar so that the school gets a percentage of your purchases.
Support Kilmer Middle School and stop by Foster's Grille for lunch or dinner and then walk next door and have dessert at Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream. Foster's will even let you reserve tables for a team party on that day.
Support Kilmer Drama!
 
Spring SEL Screener
Students will take the Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Screener on Thursday, March 9 during 4th period Advisory classes. The SEL screener is administered twice during the school year. Opt out forms submitted at the beginning of the school year apply to both the fall and spring screener. Please email your student’s counselor or Erin Kestler etkestler@fcps.edu if you have questions about the screener or opt-out. For more information about the screener visit: FCPS SEL Screener
Spring Photos
Victor O’Neill Photography Studios will be at Kilmer on Monday, March 13 and Tuesday, March 14 to take spring photos for all interested students. A sign up sheet will be sent out next week for interested students to sign up to get their photo taken.
Each week Ms. Kardelis will post a detailed overview of our After School Program to our website. Please visit Kilmer’s website at https://kilmerms.fcps.edu/afterschool_newsletter to find the weekly After School newsletter.
Marshall & Madison HS Rising 9th Grade Activities Fairs - Field Trip
8th Grade Students attending Marshall & Madison will receive a permission form in SCIENCE between Feb. 21st-24th to attend an Activities Fair on Friday, March 24th. Participants will receive information about athletics, fine arts, and extracurricular opportunities available to them next year.
Students on the Marshall trip will have lunch at Marshall ($3.50 cash) & those on the Madison trip will eat when they return to Kilmer.
Completed forms with Student and Guardian/Parent signatures should be turned in through SCIENCE - the deadline is March 3rd.
If a student loses their pre-printed permission form, they may print another from Schoology > All Students Course > Materials > Rising 9th Grade Activities Fair.
It is very important that field trip participants arrive at school on time on March 24th for transportation groupings and departures.
Course Registration Timeline for the 2023-2024 School Year
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Seventh Grade Students: Seventh grade students participated in a course registration lesson during Science class during the week of Feb 13 - 17. Students can begin the registration process by viewing the Eighth Grade Course Catalog and course videos created by Kilmer teachers at the following link: Curriculum and Elective Resources for the 23-24 School Year . Students are encouraged to speak with their seventh grade teachers and school counselors about recommendations for eighth grade in order to select courses that reflect their academic strengths, abilities, and interests.
During the months of February and March, all students will participate in an academic advising session with their school counselor to finalize their course selections for the 2023-2024 school year. All course selections will be entered in SIS StudentVue.
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Eighth Grade Students: During the months of February and March, all students will participate in an academic advising session with their school counselor to finalize their course selections for the 2023-2024 school year. All course selections will be entered in SIS StudentVue.
Marshall HS IB Information Night Presentation
Marshall HS Course Registration Resources
Madison High School Course Registration Resources
Tutor.com - Extra Help for Students at No Cost to Families
With Tutor.com through Schoology, FCPS students are able to get learning help at any time, even from bilingual tutors! Students in FCPS meet with tutors thousands of times each week to practice reading, prepare for an upcoming math test, write computer programs, study for the SAT, or to get feedback on scholarship essays–all at no cost to their families! If you haven’t already, we encourage you to take just a few minutes to connect with a tutor with your child. More info about Tutor.com in FCPS is available here.
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