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Details in today's news:
- Dining out TONIGHT!
- Volunteers Needed
- After School Art
- Family Life Education
- Tryouts for Science Olympiad
- World Language Credit Exam
- Notification of Testing
- TJHSST admissions
- Parent consent for digital resources (required form)
- Upcoming calendar dates
Volunteers Needed
Parent volunteers are needed to help run the 7th grade Vision and Hearing Screening. The dates are October 2nd and 3rd, and will take place during your students’ PE class. Please verify your availability with the Sign-Up.
After School Art Activities
We would like to include Parents in our after school Art Experiences. Knowing that many of our parents have unspoken artistic talents, please share them!
If you are willing to share with a small group of students and staff, (or come and create!) we would love to partner with you. Please email Ms. Wright to express interest.
Family Life Education Review
Parents may now review the FLE (Family Life Education) lessons and media through the Schoology Course: All Parents/Guardians.
Opt-out forms are also available in this folder. Please contact Kristin Sandridge with questions.
World Language Credit Exam
Registration for this year’s World Language Credit Exam is open until Thursday, October 5, 2023 at 4 p.m. Late registrations will not be accepted.
World Language Credit Exam information can be accessed at: https://www.fcps.edu/academics/high-school-academics-9-12/world-languages/credit-exam-world-languages
To register, students should stop by to see their school counselor (4th block QST would be a great time to do this!). Please review the available Credit Exam Dates, Times and Testing Sites with your student before they see their counselor:
School Counselors:
Laura Wiley (7th grade students with last names A-K)
Jill Donnelly (7th grade students with last names L-Z)
Keyosha Lewis (8th grade students with last names A-K)
Michele Saint Germain (8th grade students with last names L-Z)
Fall Notification of Testing
Students will be taking the fall Virginia Growth Assessment (VGA) on the following dates:
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Reading 7 VGA: Tuesday, September 19th
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Reading 8 VGA: Thursday, September 21st
Tuesday afternoon, families received an email notification around the VGA testing. Please ensure you take note of these important details.
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST) Admissions Process
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Wednesday, October 11, 2023: TJ information session will be in the Cooper Middle School cafeteria directly after school from 2:30-3:30 PM. This event is for 8th-grade parents and students only. A TJHSST representative will be speaking about TJ.
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Friday, November 17, 2023: Application submission deadline no later than 4 pm
Digital Resources – Parent Consent
If you have not completed the Digital Resources consent for your student(s) please review the information below.
Cooper teachers will use a variety of digital resources to help students learn during the 2023-2024 school year. These digital resources have been checked and approved by Fairfax County Public Schools. Please provide your consent for your student to use these resources through the Digital Consent System.
How To Provide Consent
- Go to the Parent Digital Consent Application - https://digitalconsent.fcps.edu/ispb/is01/r/pdcp/
- Log in with the same username and password you use for SIS ParentVUE.
- Follow the provided directions. https://www.fcps.edu//node/41989
Resources:
Instructional Digital Resources reviewed and approved for use in FCPS are listed in the FCPS Digital Ecosystem Library. Below are the digital tools available for use in FCPS that require parental approval. The tools have been carefully reviewed to ensure that they align with the FCPS Learning Model.
Not every student will use all the tools listed. For information about the specific tools that will be used by your child, please contact your child’s teachers.
Middle School Digital Resource List
Monday, September 25, Yom Kippur. School Holiday
Be sure to bookmark the FCPS school year calendar to keep track of school holidays, breaks, and observances:
- Days marked with a blue “H” are student holidays.
- Days marked with an orange “O” are religious and cultural observance days (or evenings if only half marked).
- Days marked in pink are holidays for students, but working days for teachers and staff.
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