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Yearbook pre-orders are open!
Pre-order your yearbook today! https://yearbookforever.com/schools/washington_irving_middle_school_320438/cLwxkvJ2bUUdlsILz2gm52Zx
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Upcoming Important Dates
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Jan 15
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No School - Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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Jan 16
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Irving Invasion at West Springfield High School - during the school day
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Jan 25
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- Last day of the 2nd quarter
- 2-hour early dismissal - students dismissed at 12:15 pm
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Jan 26
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No School for Students - Teacher Workday
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Feb 21
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SAVE THE DATE - this is the rescheduled date for Kids in Today's Society!
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Greetings, Irving Families!
We are delighted to introduce Janelle Fontaine (pictured above), our new Student Services Office Assistant working with attendance. Ms. Fontaine has previous school office experience in New Mexico. We are excited to have her join our team and look forward to having you meet her.
Continuing with a theme of new - we are preparing for our newest sport - track! We are in the very EARLY stages of preparing for track. If your child would like to participate in track, please be sure to complete this registration form. If your child did NOT participate in cross country, they must have a completed middle school sports physical in order to participate - please use this physical form only. Please turn in physical forms into the main office and they will be given to our Athletic Coordinator, Ms. Roz Wilson.
To ensure we can have a track team and participate this year, we are currently in need of at least 3 track coaches. If you or someone you know is interested in coaching, please have them email me their resume. We will share more information about track very soon via upcoming interest meetings.
We hope you have a great long-weekend. If you are hoping for snow, don’t forget to do your snow dances and should we actually get snow, please remember to check the FCPS website for any updates if needed.
Take Care!
Cindy Conley
Principal
New Attendance Office Assistant and Attendance Reminders
We thank you for your patience the last few months as we have hired a new Office Assistant to support Attendance . Please help us to welcome Janelle Fontaine, who started with us last week. A few attendance reminders:
- Please make sure your child arrives to school on time each day. You can report an absence by calling 703-912-4545 or online here.
- If your student needs to leave early, please send a note with them the day of with the time they are leaving and have them stop by Student Services before school to get a pass. Please remember your ID when you come to pick up your child. If someone other than a parent or guardian is picking up your child, please explain this in your note.
- Please plan trips during times when school is not in session. Excused absences include: illness, death in the family, medical appointments, observances of a religious holiday. Unexcused absences include: vacations, child care situations, nonschool-related activities, missed school bus. Just because an absence is pre-arranged does not mean it is excused.
Irving Invasion Field Trip to West Springfield High School
If you have an 8th grade student and have not signed the permission slip for them to go to West Springfield HS on January 16th, please sign this and email it to magollinger@fcps.edu. We want to make sure all our students can attend.
Rising 9th Grade Course Selection
Please remember that course selection sheets were due today to your child’s English teacher. If you have not seen this already, please ask your child about the sheet and remind them to turn it in right away. Also, if your child is interested in participating in the Leadership or Sports Leadership classes in 9th grade, they need to complete this application by 1/19.
Student Laptop Damage Fees
There are fees associated with repairing or replacing damaged or lost student laptops, as well as lost power cords. Those fees are in the MySchoolBucks school store:
- Screen Replacement: $85
- Laptop Replacement: $472
- Power Cord Replacement: $23
Lightspeed Classroom Management
As part of our commitment to creating a safe and focused learning environment for our students, our school is using a classroom management tool that will help teachers better connect with student devices during classes. We are continuing to expand our use over the coming weeks. This tool will provide teachers with a number of helpful features:
- Easily view student screens in real time from the teacher console to see which students may need guidance or support.
- Focus student attention on a particular website on their device to minimize distractions.
- Pause student access to the internet to focus on other classroom tasks.
We believe this classroom management tool will allow us to maximize class time to support your student’s learning while at school. Please note that student devices will not be monitored outside of school hours. The regular filters remain in place on school devices, but once they are home, teachers cannot monitor students. As parents, we would like to encourage you to sign up for your own Lightspeed reports, which will allow you to see how your child is spending time on the computer during and after school hours.
Yearbook Announcement
If you have not already preordered your yearbook please do so. We currently have over 400 yearbooks preordered, we only order based on the number of preorders with just a few extra, so there is no guarantee that you will receive one if you haven't preordered.
*****The deadline to order any name stamps on a yearbook is January 24th.*** This means you can still preorder a yearbook after this date but no name stamps will be available to order.
Go to www.yearbooksforever.com to preorder.
Thank you for your continued support this year!
Irving Stays After - After School Program Registration
The After School program at Irving Middle School provides students access to high-quality activities in a safe environment for all students. The Program strives to improve academic performance, foster social, emotional, and physical well-being, all while reducing the potential for risk-taking behaviors.
https://forms.gle/jj9RXegR3C85tJ6u6
Volleyball Clinic, athletic attire (including your shoes) and registering via the weekly sign-up are required. Volleyball is extremely popular, students will not be allowed to participate if they do not sign-up and/or properly dressed.
Updates on the following clubs:
- Art Club, postponed until further notice
- Back to Basics Leadership, postponed until further notice
- Soccer Club, postponed until Monday, February 5.
- Whisk Takers, restarts on Tuesday, January 16. *If your student did not attend the Organizational Meeting or meet with Mrs. Wilson, they will need to do so BEFORE signing-up.*
- Cheer/Dance, moved to Thursdays.
- Futsol Club, starts on Wednesday, January 17.
- MakerSpace/Robotics, added Thursdays first block until the end of February.
- Open Gym, will be offered Mondays (2nd block), Wednesdays (both blocks) and Thursdays (2nd block)
Library News
Seventh grade English students began the new school year with visits to the library. Their goal was to find a narrative nonfiction book that they’ll use for their English book project. Most everyone visited the library and found a book. Those students who were absent during the class visit, or those students who would prefer to switch the book that they borrowed, will have a day to return to the library so that they have an additional opportunity to borrow a narrative nonfiction title. [Just a reminder for any parents who may be trying to help their child select a book: A true account that is written in a narrative form and reads like a novel (with a beginning, middle and end) are the type of books that they’ll need.]
In other news, the after school book club, Readers Unite will be discussing their third book of the school year on Monday, January 22nd. And, the Battle of the Books teams are continuing to meet, read and practice, preparing for the school tournament on March 15th that will determine which of our school teams will represent Irving in the county-wide competition.
Ms. Monk & Mr. Brizek
PTA News
SPIRIT DAY EVERY THURSDAY - All Day at Papa John's (Rolling Road!). Order online using promo code IMS4010. You'll get 40% off all menu prices! See flyer on the PTA website - https://irvingms.memberhub.com. (copy and paste / links don't work!) (COPY & PASTE SINCE THE LINKS ARE NOT LIVE)
NEW SPIRITWEAR / NEW LOGO - COMING RIGHT AFTER BREAK!!
JANUARY 9th IN-PERSON PTA MEETING @ 6 pm ! + "Kids in Today's Society" presentation (formerly "Hidden in Plain Sight") from our local Fairfax County Police in West Springfield. This presentation provides insight into a range of teen behavior, from risky to illegal, that the local police are currently dealing with. It is an adult-only presentation. This presentation will be combined with our January general PTA meeting.
We'd love for you to join the PTA! $10 Parents/Guardians; $9 additional family members; $5 Staff/Faculty https://irvingms.memberhub.com/store?limit=21&live=true (COPY & PASTE SINCE THE LINKS ARE NOT LIVE)
Feel free to reach out to learn more about the Irving PTA, or with questions you might have.
Website: https://irvingms.memberhub.com (copy & paste link)
Email: irvingmspta@gmail.com
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