Sunrise Valley News

Fairfax County Public Schools sent this bulletin at 02/09/2024 04:00 PM EST

🐝 Spelling Bee - Tonight!

The PTA Spelling Bee is this evening from 6:00-8:00 p.m.  The spelling bee will take place in the library.  Families of students participating are invited to a live viewing in the cafeteria.  If you are not able to attend the event, you are welcome to join the live stream from home using this link.  

We send all our spelling bee participants well-wishes this evening! 

đŸ’» Winter Assessments

We have several upcoming assessment windows. 

  • WIDA (required for English Language Leaners, levels 1-4) – February-mid-March
  • Iowa Algebra Aptitude Test (IAAT) (open to 6th grade students currently enrolled in advanced math) – February 27
  • Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Screener (grades 3-6) – week of March 4-8

Check out the SVES Testing & Assessment Hub to learn more about each assessment.

📗 SVES Yearbooks

The 2023-24 yearbook is on sale now through April 15 for $16.  Order yours here, using school code 21466.  Yearbooks will be distributed the last week of school.     

2024-2025 Kindergarten Orientation: April 18

Kindergarten Orientation will take place on Thursday, April 18, 2024 from 5:00-6:00pm.  This event is for Parents/Guardians and Rising Kindergarteners to visit the kindergarten classrooms and meet the teachers. 

Packets of the Registration documents will be available to take home and complete.  You can also find the Kindergarten Registration Bundle online.  When all the required documents are ready, please contact our Student Information Assistant, Andrea Pullella (aepullella@fcps.edu), for an appointment to complete your Registration or to email any completed documents. In addition to the above bundle of forms, you will need to provide the following (we will make the necessary copies): 

  • Enrolling Parent’s Government Issued ID (such as a driver’s license or passport)
  • Student’s Birth certificate
  • Proof of Residency in Fairfax County:
    • Deed OR Lease
    • Residence of Someone Else (person to person)-Notarized Affidavits (Leasehold/Homeowner AND Residency) with three supporting documents (such as current utility bills, pay stub, license, registration, etc. with name and address)
  • Physical Medical Exam (dated within a year of the start of Kindergarten)
  • Immunization records
  • TB Test: For all students who were born in or have visited/resided in a foreign country included on the High TB Burden Country List, for a consecutive period of four weeks. It can be dated within the last 90 days of your registration paperwork.

For further information, please see the FCPS registration website and our SVES Kindergarten Flyers Cabinet webpage, which will be updated as needed for the 2024-25 school year in the coming months.

Feel free to share this information with your friends and neighbors who are in the SVES boundary and have a Rising Kindergartener! Use the FCPS Boundary Locator to verify which school’s boundary a residence is in. You must be living at this residence at the time of registration.

FCPS Summer Camps

Registration is now open for several summer camps and learning opportunities offered by Fairfax County Public Schools for all students.

Career and Technical Education (CTE) camps and Institute for the Arts camps will be held in July at Lake Braddock Secondary School from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bus transportation will be available from select FCPS middle and high schools. 

Tech Adventure Camp is available for current grade K-5 students to explore STEAM, culinary, health, trades, and business and marketing areas. E-IFTA is a weekly arts camp for elementary students who love to sing, dance, act, perform, make, and create. Visit the E-IFTA webpage to register.

📚 Lexia Parent Night: How We Help Your Child Learn to Read

FCPS funds the use of Lexia for all elementary and middle schools to use as part of their literacy instruction. Lexia is a computer-based program that supplements classroom instruction to help students develop literacy skills. It also provides teachers with data to identify students who need additional support, and the ability to know which specific concepts and skills to prioritize. Attend an information night on Monday, February 12, at 6:30 p.m., at Thoreau Middle School. Parents/caregivers will learn more about Lexia, and how FCPS is integrating it into the classroom and supporting student growth in reading. Attendees will also get tips for supporting their students at home.

Register to attend or submit a question in advance. Unable to attend in person? Join on Zoom. 

Integrating Lexia into the literacy curriculum aligns with the Virginia Literacy Act, FCPS’ Equitable Access to Literacy, and FCPS Strategic Plan Goal 3, which aims to have all students reading on level by the end of third grade.