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In the event of a 2-Hour Delay please use this link to review our 2-Hour Delay schedule. This information in on our website.
There’s an easy five-step process for parents wanting to register their child for kindergarten:
- Determine eligibility.
- Identify your local school.
- Gather documents.
- Fill out forms.
- Schedule an appointment.
After the appointment at the school (the student and one caregiver must be present), the student will be ready for orientation, Bridge to Kindergarten, or any other introductory events each school may host. Read more about the registration process.
💻 Try Online Registration
Parents may register their children online for kindergarten through 12th grade. Learn how to begin the online registration process.
When registering, parents will create (or log in to an existing) SIS ParentVUE account. Please note that passwords should be more than 12 characters long. If you have an existing account and your password is shorter, please update it when you log in.
At the last School Board meeting, Superintendent Dr. Michelle Reid proposed a budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 that focuses on excellence and providing students an equitable education in an inclusive and respectful environment, where access, opportunity, and achievement are available to all.
The budget also prioritizes competitive compensation to attract and retain a world-class workforce.
The FY 2025 Proposed Budget totals $3.8 billion, an increase of $301.8 million, or 8.6%, over the FY 2024 Approved Budget. Nearly 86% of the budget is focused on instruction. Key highlights include:
- Supporting students academically by maintaining existing class size formulas and providing necessary support to all students.
- Retaining and attracting world-class educators with a 6% market scale adjustment.
- Strengthening student well-being outside of the classroom with expanded athletics offerings, additional athletic trainers, and enhanced stipends for fine and performing arts.
- Continuing initiatives including expansion of inclusive preschool, adoption of green initiatives, and funding assistant director of student activities positions previously funded with ESSER III.
Special education daily contract extensions, funding for the safety and security screening program, and late buses to support academics and activities at middle schools are several of the priorities to be addressed at the end of FY 2024.
The School Board is scheduled to adopt the Advertised Budget on Thursday, February 22. Read more about the proposed budget. Keep up with FCPS’ budget development process.
Join Superintendent Dr. Michelle Reid for Our Schools, Our Future – A Community Conversation. Your voice matters! Share your thoughts about FCPS and bring your questions to a conversation on:
- Tuesday, April 16, 6:30-7:30 p.m., at Graham Road Elementary School.
- Tuesday, April 30, 6:30-7:30 p.m., at South County Middle School.
- Thursday, May 2, 6:30-7:30 p.m., at Terraset Elementary School.
- Wednesday, May 8, 6:30-7:30 p.m., at Hybla Valley Elementary School.
- Thursday, May 16, 6:30-7:30 p.m., at Poe Middle School.
- Tuesday, May 21, 6:30-7:30 p.m., at Katherine Johnson Middle School.
Pre-registration for a Community Conversation is not required but will help FCPS plan. Childcare and interpretation services will be provided for all events based on staff availability. Events are open to all. Learn about other opportunities to connect with Dr. Reid.
We are excited to bring back our “One Book One School” reading program! This year, we are reading The One and Only Ivan.
Participating in a school-wide reading program such as “One Book One School” helps build a community of readers and a sense of belonging within our school. Reading together at home will help children listen better and longer, build bigger vocabularies, and develop a positive attitude about books and learning. When an entire school reads together, it generates excitement about reading and being part of a fun program.
We have started reading the book together at school, and we would love for your family to join us in reading and/or discussing The One and Only Ivan at home. You are able to read along with one of our Forest Edge staff members by joining our Flipgrid. The oldest child in your family should have received a copy of the book. Please let your child’s teacher know if your family still needs a copy.
Our teachers are planning a fun-filled evening of One and Only Ivan themed trivia, activities, and games for our Literacy Night on February 29. We hope you are able to join us from 5:30-7:00!
Desmos Studio is a Public Benefit Corporation with a goal of helping everyone learn math, love math, and grow with math. They believe that everyone has an inner mathematician and that some people haven’t been given the opportunity, encouragement, or tools to discover theirs. Desmos prioritizes equity and accessibility at every level of their work.
Desmos.com offers free math tools to help people represent their ideas mathematically, connect different representations dynamically, make conjectures, and develop new ideas.
Many of our upper grade classrooms have used Desmos activities throughout the year. Students in grades 3-5 have explored the Virginia Testing Four Function Calculator and students in 5th ADV, 6th, and 6th ADV have explored the Virginia Testing Scientific Calculator.
The 2023 Global Art Math Contest features a variety of interactive mathematics experiences using the Desmos calculator that are free and fun to explore regardless of age!
Want to know if your child's bus is on schedule or where the bus is? Here Comes the Bus® is an easy-to-use website and app that enables parents to see the location of their child’s school bus — almost in real time — on a smartphone, tablet, or personal computer.
Parents can track multiple buses if their children don’t all ride the same bus; know exactly when children arrive at school or the bus stop; and receive customized text and/or email notifications about bus locations, schedule changes, or delays.
To get started, download the app from the Apple iOS or Android app store. Check out the Here Comes the Bus and Frequently Asked Questions webpages for more information.
Already using the Here Comes the Bus app? Send your feedback to HCTB@fcps.edu.
Note: eNotify text messaging will continue to be used for reporting bus delays and bus incidents.
Each week we will share a new image in News You Choose. Because math is everywhere, each image has some math to discover!
- With your child/children, think about…
- What are you noticing in the image?
- What math do you see in the image?
- What math questions might you ask?
- What math questions can you answer?
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ArrayChat Questions
- How many do you see?
- How do you see them?
- What number sentences/equations can you use with this image?
See this week's picture below.
 The day is here! You can now register for our Forest Edge Dance Fit sponsored by our PTA! Our goal is to raise $7,500 to help provide much needed support and resources for FEES students, along with our hardworking teachers and staff. Funds will also be used to pay for events benefiting our entire Forest Edge ES community. Registering is easy and free!
⭐️Register Now On MYBOOSTER.COM⭐️
Be sure to check out the easy sharing functions on MYBOOSTER.COM to let others know how they can help support our school.Thank you for working with us to make our school stronger. We are grateful for your support, Forest Edge Elementary families!
The experience of traumatic events shapes us, no matter if they happened during childhood or as an adult. Trauma is an event or series of circumstances that have lasting effects on mental, emotional, physical, social and spiritual well-being. Stress occurs from our minds and bodies identifying an event as physically or emotionally life-threatening. The situation triggers our survival instincts and our natural fight-flight-freeze response. But our minds and bodies cannot sustain being in survival mode for extended periods of time. Sometimes, those who experience high amounts of stress and traumatic situations are unable to process or move past what has happened, and as a result are stuck in a loop.
Childhood trauma manifests in many ways and when carried into adulthood, it can create a cycle of adverse experiences that affect future generations. The effects of traumatic events place a heavy burden on the individual, connected families, and communities. Responses to stress and traumatic experiences are personal. There is an intersection between trauma, coping, and substance misuse.
Studies show that about 61% of adults have had at least one adverse childhood experience (ACE) according to the CDC. Trauma prevention and intervention strategies are important. Creating a strategy of helpful coping skills to pull from prepares us to face difficult moments and our levels of resilience and feelings of wellbeing increases also. Here are a few tips to add to your coping strategies:
- Seek mental health and/or substance use treatment.
- Identify one or more people you feel safe with who can help to hold you accountable.
- Develop, repair, or maintain healthy relationships for internal and external support.
- Learn and practice self-regulation skills.
- Encourage yourself and others.
- Find ways to increase your self-esteem.
- Focus on your strengths.
- Model healthy behavior when dealing with difficult situations.
- Identify your triggers and practice ways to work through them.
Resources:
Why Historical Trauma is Critical to Understanding Black Mental Health
Addressing Childhood Trauma Starts with Family Support
Violence Prevention
ACEs and Minorities
For general questions about the FCPS Substance Abuse Prevention Program, please contact the Office of Student Safety & Wellness at: 571.423.4270.
For Further Information & Support:
Monica Rogers
Substance Abuse Prevention Specialist
mrrogers@fcps.edu
The FCPS CARES Program is an opportunity for parents, staff, and community members to recognize FCPS employees for going above and beyond to help others and show they care. Every month a committee selects CARES of the Month recipients – one from each of the regions and one from central office. These employees are recognized in-person at their worksite, on the FCPS website, and receive a certificate and engraved enamel pin.
We invite you to submit your story, so we can all acknowledge the good work of FCPS employees. Anybody may submit an FCPS CARES for an employee through filling out the form at https://www.fcps.edu/careers/employeerecognition-programs/fcps-cares-program
Our annual 6th Grade Basketball game vs. Lake Anne is scheduled for Friday, March 15th at South Lakes High School. This game is a much-loved tradition for both schools and allows the entire Forest Edge Community to come together to cheer on our students and teachers, celebrate our school spirit and engage in some friendly competition. This event is open to all Forest Edge students, parents, siblings, friends, neighbors and anyone who wants to have a good time.
Want to really show off your school spirit? Purchase a Special-Edition Forest Edge Basketball shirt! Featuring a one-of-a-kind 6th grade student design, this shirt is only available for a limited time and is perfect for students (and Parents) in all grades to wear on game day and beyond.
Purchase tickets and t-shirts here.
**Please note that all 6th graders will receive a shirt at no cost, 6th graders do not need to purchase a shirt through this link.**
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Friday, January 26th - No School - Teacher Workday
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Monday, February 19th - President's Day - No School
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Tuesday, March 5 - No School - School Planning Day
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Friday, March 15th - Annual Lake Anne vs. Forest Edge Basketball Game
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March 25th - April 2nd - Spring Break
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Wednesday, April 10th - Eid - No School
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