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February 29th, 2024
Good Afternoon Flint Hill Families,
Students and teachers were very busy this week! Here are a few highlights from around Flint Hill.
Students in grades 4-6 shared their dance routines in PE. The students showed great cooperation, creativity and movement during their performances. In kindergarten, Ms. Callow, the school public health nurse for FHES, visited classrooms to talk to students about toothbrushing and flossing. FHES also had a visit from Region 1 executive principal, Dr. Copeland, who visited classrooms and learned more about our food sharing table program in the cafeteria to reduce food waste and provide access to snacks for students in need.
Students in 6th grade worked with their teachers and Mrs. Rankin to learn how to cite sources for their upcoming exhibition project and 5th graders were hard at work learning about elapsed time in math.
Next week, don't forget that Tuesday, March 5th is a student holiday for the presidential primary. Also, please save the date for FHES Heritage & Traditions Night! See the information below about how your students can participate in the event on Wednesday, April 17th! More information about how to register for the event will be shared soon!
Kindly,
Mr. Montaquila, Principal
Mr. Baker, Assistant Principal
Please join us for kindergarten orientation!
Tuesday, April 2nd from 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm.
Please complete this form to let us know if you will attend the orientation:
FHES Kindergarten Orientation - RSVP
New kindergarten students and their families are invited to visit Flint Hill to learn more about the upcoming school year. To begin, please follow the steps below to begin the registration process.
There’s an easy five-step process outlined for parents looking 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.
Begin your Kindergarten and New Student Registration today!
If you have any questions, please contact our Student Information Assistant (SIA), Shirley Eason, or call the main office at 703-242-6100.
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The FHES PTA Read-a-Thon is back! Our goal is to encourage your student’s love of reading while raising funds for our school. In the last FHES Read-A-Thon, students read over 100,000 minutes and over $8,000 was raised for the FHES PTA.
When is the Read-A-Thon? The Read-a-thon will occur March 1-29th, 2024. Start tracking your minutes Friday, March 1!
How do I participate? Register your student today here!
Your student can choose to personalize his or her page with a picture, record and track minutes read, and share his or her Read-A-Thon page with extended family and friends to help raise money for FHES. Your student’s Read-A-Thon page can only be viewed by yourself and those who you choose to share the link with via email, Facebook and/or Twitter. Students will receive a free prize for simply creating their FHES Read-A-Thon reader page.
Why do we have a read-a-thon? The PTA will spend an average of $100 per student on resources and programs that directly touch each student at FHES. 100% of the money collected from the Read-A-Thon will be used to fund important school wide programs such as classroom technology, field trips, staff development, reading resources, assemblies and the list goes on.
While raising funds to support our school is one of our goals, the Read-A-Thon is first and foremost about encouraging students to read. Students do not have to collect donations to participate in the Read-A-Thon. Every student is encouraged to participate and everyone who tracks their minutes online or turns in a reading log will have their name featured on the bulletin board in the library. We encourage all students to read and track their minutes.
Prizes for Participation!
Grand Prizes for most minutes read: Extreme sports camera, 3D printing pen, Lunch with 2 friends w/ Principal Montaquila, Gift cards to Bards Alley ,Top reader in the school is entered into a Read-a-Thon-sponsored raffle to win a Disney trip for four people
Grade-level prize for most minutes read: One reader from each grade level will have the opportunity to "slime" the Principal.
Individual prizes for readers include:
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500 Minutes Read: Pencils and small surprises!
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1000 minutes read: Pokemon Cards!
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2000 minutes read: Wired Headphones!
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Order an engraved legacy brick today to honor a student, teacher, staff, family member or leave an inspiring message for all that walk through the courtyard!
All funds raised go to support the PTA mission and programs.
Click here, for more information and to order!
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Monday, March 4th at 10am (registration opens)
Register a Falcon HERE for flag football, chess, sports & games, art in motion, and more between Monday, March 4th at 10am and Sunday, March 17th. Descriptions and class schedules (which start Monday, April 8th) are available there as well. Register early since many classes fill up quickly!
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Save the date! More information to come soon about how students and families can particiapte!
For the last couple of years, we have asked the community to upload photos to add to our Yearbook. We received LOTS of submissions! While we can’t use every photo in the yearbook, we would love to offer the opportunity for our families to submit photos again. Our yearbook theme this year is “You Matter”.
Please upload images to our Yearbook Snap shot. Access Code: flinthill24 In order to collect photos, we ask that they are either camera images or cell phone photos without the Live feature attached. If you upload photos and the ending is .HEIC instead of .JPG we are unable to use them in the yearbook. We look forward to seeing everyone’s photo in the yearbook this year.
Place your yearbook order today!
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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.
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Join our community and turn FCPS purple on Purple Up! Day, Wednesday, April 17. Wear purple in recognition of FCPS’ 14,000 enrolled military-connected students.
Purple Up! T-shirts are available for purchase through Friday, March 8.
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Parents/caregivers will receive the FCPS’ Family Engagement Survey Sunday, March 3, from independent research firm K12 Insight. Please participate — your feedback is critical in helping to inform and improve practices to best support our students.
Taking this survey will also help strengthen the partnership between your family and our school. When that partnership is strong, students can experience a range of benefits including improved school readiness, higher student achievement, better social skills and behavior, and an increased likelihood of graduating high school.
The survey will take about 10-15 minutes to complete and will be available in 10 languages. Please visit the Family Engagement Survey webpage for more information. Your voice matters!
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Three FCPS elementary magnet schools provide programs that enhance learning in science, technology, and performing arts.
If you are interested in sending your student to an elementary magnet school program, consider attending a school-based information night at Hunters Woods Elementary School, Bailey’s Primary Elementary School, or Bailey’s Upper Elementary School.
Information nights will provide an opportunity to learn about individual school programs, student eligibility, the lottery process, and transportation.
Registration for the 2024-25 elementary magnet lottery is open Tuesday, March 5, through Friday, April 12. Get more information about the schools, their programs, and locations.
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Help Wanted!
We need some Committee Chairs. Without these chairs, these programs and events may not occur!!! If you are interested in volunteering please send an e-mail to the VP specified below. Thank you for your support! Open Committee Chairs include the following:
Read-a-thon: Seeking committee chair to run the Read A Thon this year. Love of reading is appreciated but not necessary! Event will be held in March (Amy, fundraising@fhespta.org)
PTA Display Case: Seeking a committee chair to coordinate the PTA display case decoration in the FHES lobby on a monthly or bi-monthly basis. No need to be an artist, can recruit them! (Matt, membership@fhespta.org)
Art Room Volunteers:
Seeking volunteers to help change picture frame art and keep our students' art fresh and on display. Time commitment can be flexible.
Contact: Ms. Sarah McAlister, FHES Art teacher: sdmcalister@fcps.edu
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- March 5th - Presidential Primary - School Holiday
- April 1 & 2 - Teacher Workdays/Student Holiday
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You may wish to read FCPS messages in a language other than English. There are several ways you can receive or view our communications in a different language.
FCPS This Week is distributed in other languages to parents/guardians who have filled out the Home Language Survey form and selected a language supported by FCPS as their preferred language for communication. Home Language Survey forms are available in the following languages: Amharic | Arabic (العربية) | Chinese (中文) | Farsi (فارسی) | Korean (한국어) | Spanish (español) | Urdu (اردو) | Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt).
Learn more about other communications that are translated.
Paperless Opt-Outs Available!
As a part of our ongoing efforts to streamline paper processes, parents can now select a number of opt-out’s electronically via ParentVUE. Once you have signed into your ParentVUE account, simply select the “Student Info” tab and click on “Edit Information.” You will find opt-out’s listed there. Parents that do not yet have a ParentVUE account will still be able to use paper forms for notification. If you need to set up your ParentVUE account, you can create one online via the FCPS ParentVUE Registration page.
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