Veterans Day

We will be honoring our Veterans on Friday, November 10.  We invite all family members who are veterans to join us for a special breakfast with their child on Friday at 8:30 am. Following the breakfast, Veterans are welcome to attend our school-wide Veterans Day assembly which will begin around 9:30 am.

Kindly RSVP using this link by Friday, November 3, if you plan to attend. We also encourage you to reach out to your child’s classroom teacher if you would like to speak to the class about Veterans Day.

Thank you for your service!

Student Attendance & Family Travel:

We are nearing the season for family travel for the holidays. FCPS has a policy in place for how schools are to document attendance in order to be in compliance with Virginia state law. 

Per the Student Rights and Responsibilities, students are fully responsible for completing any missed assignments. Teachers may assist the student and parent or guardian in identifying missed work, but are not obligated to provide make-up assignments for unexcused absences. 

When children miss school for travel, it is difficult to duplicate the direct instruction of the classroom teacher and the interaction and participation of other students. Teachers are not able to provide school "work" for these absences; instead, we ask that the students read a variety of books and keep a journal about the events that happen while away from school. Those are language arts activities that allow the students to practice in daily living what they have learned in school. 

Other areas of the curriculum, such as mathematics, are more difficult to practice when away from school. The math instruction in our county involves hands-on lessons to learn concepts with the guidance and supervision of a classroom teacher. Social studies and science instruction involves discussion and relating new concepts to information students already know. This is something that the teacher does routinely. When a child is out, he/she is missing these key areas of the elementary school curriculum.  

OES Outstanding Employee - Nominations Open!

Nominations are now open for the Outstanding Employee Awards! To submit a nomination for an  Oakton Elementary Outstanding Employee in one of the categories below, please complete the nomination through this Google form

You may nominate one employee at our school or multiple employees (one individual may only nominate one employee per category.)

All that is required for a preliminary nomination is a paragraph or two about how this employee demonstrates exceptional work in the criteria for that category. The google form link has more information regarding the criteria for each of these awards and the eligibility requirements are below.

Outstanding Teacher  

Eligibility: Has at least three years of experience as a teacher (in any school/school district); librarians are included in this category

Outstanding New Teacher

Eligibility: Has up to three years of experience as a teacher (in any school/school district); librarians are included in this category

Outstanding Leader 

Eligibility: At least one year of experience in their current position as a Schedule-C or School-Based Administrator scale employee (that is not the building principal):

Common positions in this category: Assistant and Associate Principals, Director of Student Activities, Director of Student Services

Outstanding Professional Employee 

Eligibility: At least one year experience in current position as a Schedule-B employee or other non-instructional employee in a school that supports school leadership

Common positions in this category: School-Based Technology Specialist, Technology Support Specialist, Assessment Coach, Career Center Specialist, Instructional Coach, Psychologist, Social Worker, School Counselor, Safety and Security Specialist, Resource Teachers that serve in an administrative role in a school

Outstanding Operational Employee

Eligibility: Currently work as a Schedule-A, Schedule-H, or Classroom Instructional Support (CIS) employee who has completed at least one contracted year of employment working with FCPS in their current position or an hourly employee who has been working regularly in one position for more than one year.

Common positions in this category: Administrative and Office Staff, Safety and Security Assistant, Custodial Staff, Food Service Staff, IA, PHA, PHTA, All Parent Liaisons, Hourly Employees, Classroom Monitors

The deadline to submit a nomination is November 10, 2023.

If you have any questions, please contact Tan Holsclaw at tbholsclaw@fcps.edu

Join our mission to end waste

Americans spent a record $36.9 billion on candy in 2021—more than 600 million pounds of that candy is purchased just for Halloween. We all love celebrating with something sweet! However, the vast majority of candy wrappers end up in landfills due to an inability by most curbside recycling programs to recycle them. 

Our 6th grade Garden Club and Recycling Club are partnering with Trash or Treasure™ to keep Halloween candy trash out of the landfills. They will have a recycling box in the lobby the week of Halloween.  So bring your candy wrappers and place them in our recycling box starting October 30.

Federal Impact Aid Survey: Now Online

FCPS is asking all families to fill out a Federal Impact Aid Survey. To make it easier, the form is now available online in SIS ParentVUE. 

Completing this form for each school-aged child in every household is important because information from this survey results in an additional $3 million in grants each year from the U.S. Department of Education. These funds are used to support all Fairfax County public schools and centers.

The enrolling parent will need to be logged into SIS ParentVUE and click “Online Packets” in the top right corner. Then, select “Federal Impact Aid Survey.” Get more information.

Need to Register for ParentVUE? 

Learn how to activate your SISParentVUE account, so you can easily submit your survey. Find out how to get technical support for ParentVUE.