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Dates to Note:
March 25-29: Spring Break, School and Offices are Closed
April 1-2: Student Holidays, Teacher Workday/PD Day
April 5: Chantilly Pyramid Art Show, 6-8 PM
Attendance Matters! Every student, every day!
April 10: School Holiday, Religious Observance Day - Eid
A note from Dr. Goodloe
Dear Charger Families,
It has been a great week at Chantilly. We have been enjoying the amazing spring weather both inside and outside of the building and it has been fantastic to see our Chargers connecting in the outdoor lunch and classroom spaces and in action in spring sports and activities!. We are just one week away from the end of the third grading period AND spring vacation! We are looking forward to celebrating and sharing our appreciation for our Chargers through a spirit week next week. March 20 is Virginia Student Appreciation Day and we are going to be celebrating ALL week with spirit days and lunch activities. We LOVE our Chargers!
Principal Evaluation Survey Coming to you next week!
I value your feedback! On Monday, March 18, Chantilly HS parents/guardians will be sent an email containing a link to complete the online FCPS Principal Evaluation Parent/Guardian Feedback Form. This questionnaire is part of the VDOE-mandated Performance Evaluation Program for principals and offers parents/guardians an opportunity to provide anonymous input about various topics related to our school. These topics include how the principal demonstrates/impacts instructional leadership, school climate, management, communication and community relations, culturally responsive and equitable leadership, and professionalism within the school.
The questionnaire will be administered between March 18 and April 5. When you receive an email from FCPS Surveys, please take a few minutes to complete the questionnaire. Your feedback matters!
What a wonderful week to be a Charger! A few highlights:
- We welcomed members of our class of 2028 to our Charging Up Activities Fair today. Rising 9th graders from Franklin and Rocky Run middle schools got a taste of our Chantilly spirit during their visit and were introduced to the building, activities, and athletics opportunities. Tonight the two schools will match up in basketball games in our gym. I am grateful to all of our student leaders who did an awesome job welcoming our new Chargers to our awesome school community.
- Cake Wars presented by our Chantilly SGA was a DELICIOUS success! Over 20 cake, cupcake, and cookie entries were tasted by students and staff in a fun competition that benefitted our Culinary Arts program. I was amazed by the creativity on display in the variety of flavors and decorating shared by our Charger chefs!
- Student Voices were heard loud and clear in several opportunities to engage with students this week. I held the first meeting with our Charger Cabinet, a representative group of students from grades 9-12, and our Leadership classes to hear their feedback and concerns. We discussed our current challenges and students shared suggestions for improving our bathroom access, and refining our Learning Seminar and Charger Connect periods. And one of our students shared her Chantilly experience with Superintendent, Dr. Reid and Chief Equity officer, Dr. King when they visited Chantilly earlier this week.
As always, I welcome your feedback, questions, and suggestions. Please share with me here. I look forward to connecting with you at Chantilly very soon.
Amy Goodloe, Ed.D.
Principal, Chantilly HS
Lead the CHARGE
atgoodloe@fcps.edu
@DrGoodloe
703-222-8100
Share your observations, suggestions, questions and celebrations with me here.
FCPS Conversation on Fentanyl and Other Drugs
Date: Monday, March 18, 2024
Time: 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Location: Lake Braddock Secondary School 9200 Burke Lake Rd, Burke, VA 22015 Auditorium (Enter through door 14)
Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) invites you to a community conversation focused on addressing the opioid crisis within Northern Virginia and Fairfax County Public Schools. This discussion will provide families and students with valuable knowledge about the dangers of drugs and deadly fentanyl.
All attendees will receive a free REVIVE! Narcan training during the event and learn about support services currently available within FCPS and Fairfax County.
Together, as a community, we aim to explore collaborative strategies to minimize the impact of these harmful and sometimes fatal substances.
Language interpretation services are available as well as American Sign Language accommodation. Childcare and transportation will also be provided, as needed.
Program appropriate for grades 6 and up.
✅ Take the Family Engagement Survey!
FCPS’ Family Engagement Survey is now open. Survey partner K12 Insight emailed a link to families on March 3 and again on March 6. Please participate! Your feedback is critical in helping to inform and improve FCPS practices to best support our students.
The survey is available in 10 languages. Parents/caregivers may stop by the front office to fill out a paper survey or complete the survey online. Please check your email for the survey invitation or use this survey link. Get more information on the Family Engagement Survey webpage
A Message from Your SAPS ~ Is Vaping Dangerous?
Vaping has become very popular, especially with young people ages 12+. The number of lung- related issues is rising and its just going to keep rising. As of 2019 57 deaths have been related to vaping . As of January 2020, there have been over 2,000 cases of serious lung diseases in people who vape. Some chemicals in vapes are classified as carcinogens and are linked to cancer at alarming rates. Vaping doesn’t just affect the person vaping; it affects the people around them. There have been cases of accidental consumption of e-juice in children and even adults that led to acute nicotine poisoning. Vaping also harms a growing fetus.
Not only is vaping dangerous because of what it does to the body, its dangerous because vaping devices are prone to “explode, malfunction or catch fire”. This is due to defective batteries or cheaply made vaping devices.
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.
FAFSA Updates for Seniors and Their Parents/Guardians
There have been several technological challenges with the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)since its launch on December 31, 2023. The latest news is that colleges will not get FAFSA summaries from the U.S. Department of Education until mid-March at the earliest. As a result, colleges won’t be able to give students financial aid award letters based on their FAFSA information until late April to May, at best. Students who applied to a college that uses the CSS Profile may receive financial aid information sooner.
Different media outlets are reporting a growing list of colleges that will push back deadlines for students to accept offers of admission into May and even June. The American Council on Education has a database of colleges and universities that have extended their deadline to commit to enroll. We recommend that all information obtained by a secondary source be confirmed directly with the college or university.
If you are a caregiver or student with questions or persistent issues filling out the FAFSA, consider scheduling a free appointment with our partners at College Access Fairfax. Email Appointments@CollegeAccessFairfax.org. All FAFSA help provided by your school or College Access Fairfax is free.
Helpful Links:
FAFSA Toolkit for Students & Families
Pro Tips for the 2024–25 FAFSA® Form
6 Things Students Need Before They Fill Out the 2024–25 FAFSA® Form
How To Submit the 2024–25 FAFSA® Form if Your Contributor Doesn’t Have an SSN
Federal Student Aid Estimator
Charge Ahead Registration and Payment Links:
Registration link:
https://forms.gle/9eL8UB9ydgg3uyuGA
Payment via students
www.myschoolbucks.com
Learn About Pathways and Opportunities at Virtual Military Night
FCPS School Counseling Services is hosting a Virtual Military Night on Wednesday, March 20, 6-8 p.m. This event is designed for high school students and their families who are interested in learning more about the military pathways and opportunities. Enlistment, service academies, and ROTC pathways will be represented.
💜 Purple Up! on April 17 to Support Military Families
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.
Class of 2024 - All Night Grad Party (ANGP)
Your senior won't want to miss this year's All Night Graduation Party! June 7th 11pm - June 8th 4am.
We will have a casino in the cafeteria, a DJ taking requests to keep everyone moving, games, more food than they can eat, prizes every hour and the grand prize drawing before they leave on June 8th. Prizes range from electronics to gift cards to sporting event tickets.
Go to https://chantillyhsptsa.memberhub.com/store?limit=21&live=true to register and for more information.
You may send a check payable to CHS PTSA – ANGP. Checks should be mailed to the school:
Chantilly High School, ATTN: ANGP Registration 4201 Stringfellow Road, Chantilly, VA 20151
- How would you like to have us reserve prime seating for you at Eagle Bank Arena? No worries about fighting traffic to arrive and get seats together! Buy raffle tickets for the chance to win a set of 10 prime reserved seats. $10 a ticket. Click here: https://chantillyhsptsa.memberhub.com/store?limit=21&live=true
We can’t do this without you so we would love all the volunteers we can get for that night! We need you! Parents of ALL students - Sign up to help at the All Night Grad Party or contribute gift cards for food and supplies.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0F4BAFAC2CA02-47436481-2024#/
Traci Hopkins – ANGP 2024 Chair and Cristina Dougherty, ANGP 2024 Co-Chair
We can't wait to see all of our Seniors there!
Have You Ordered Your Graduation Yard Sign?
Chantilly High School is proud to partner with Food For Neighbors (FFN) to help feed our local students who deal with food insecurity because even in counties as wealthy as Arlington, Fairfax and Loudoun at least one in four kids in our area are struggling with hunger.
Food for Neighbors is a local organization addressing this problem by collecting food from our community via the Red Bag Program and donating directly to our local schools. The food is then distributed to our students every week through our food pantry.
We hope you will consider participating in the Red Bag food collection program. You can make a difference in a local student’s life by simply adding a few extra items to your shopping cart every 2 months.
Here’s how it works:
- Request a reusable Red Bag here and Food For Neighbors will drop it off at your house.
- Fill the Red Bag with food items that are listed on a tag on that bag.
- Put the Red Bag outside your front door in the morning on the next bag collection day (which is Saturday, April 27th). And don’t worry, they send reminders.
Your Red Bag will be picked up from your house, the food sorted at a local school and delivered directly to the school food pantry at CHS. As an added benefit, you can get a tax deduction for the food that you donate!
With your help, even more kids can be fed. For more information on the Red Bag program click here. Check out what items FFN collects as they are targeted to ready-made, individually packaged food items that students and teens can eat on-the-go or with little preparation.
The organization also offers volunteer opportunities including Driving to pick up filled Red Bags and Sorting the donated food during the Red Bag Day events. Visit the FFN FAQ page to find out more about and to sign up to volunteer in these 2 very important roles. This is a great way for students to receive community service hours, too.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact ; Nick Thayer nrthayer@fcps.edu (Social Worker), Heather Ellison centrevilleam@foodforneighbors.org (FFN Area Manager) or Karen Joseph Karen@foodforneighbors.org (FFN Executive Director)
Thanks for helping us provide food to students who need that extra support!
Students in all FCPS secondary schools can enroll in the Institute for the Arts. IFTA is a two- or three-week summer Arts enrichment program for students in rising 7th through 12th grades. Students create their own schedules in Art, Music, Theatre, and Dance from nearly 60 courses offered. Transportation is provided from around the county. Tuition assistance is available for students who qualify. Check out the Institute for the Arts website for more information or email ifta@fcps.edu.
Innovation Lab - Donation Requests
Our new Student Innovation Lab Team has put together a list of supplies needed for our Innovation Lab. Donations can be dropped off in the Main Office or library. Please contact librarians Kristen Zemba (kfzemba@fcps.edu) or Kristen Schoenberger (ksschoenberg@fcps.edu) with any questions. Thank you!
 
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FCPS Cares - Recognize Chantilly Employees!
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The FCPS CARES Program is an opportunity for families, staff, and community members to recognize FCPS employees for going above and beyond to help others and show they care. We invite you to submit your story, so we can all acknowledge the good work of FCPS employees at Chantilly HS School. We love our staff members; let's tell them how we feel!
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March: National Women’s History Month
March 11: First Full Day of Ramadan
March 25-29: Spring Break
March 29: Good Friday (Falls during spring break)
March 31: Easter (Falls during weekend/spring break)
Follow all of our Chantilly HS Social Media to keep up with the most updated Charger news, kudos, and recognitions. We post announcements regularly throughout the week including our bell schedule every Monday.
Facebook: /ChantillyHighSchool
Instagram: @chantilly_hs
X (Twitter): @chantilly_hs
SY 2023-2024 - Dates to Note:
Tuesday, March 5 - Student Holiday - VA Primary Day
Monday, March 25 - Friday, March 29 - Spring Break
April 1-2 - Student Holidays / Teacher Workday and Staff Development
Friday, June 7 - Class of 2024 Graduation, 9:30 AM, no school grades 9-11
Wednesday, June 12 - Last Day of School
The complete FCPS 2023-2024 School Year Calendar
Quick Links
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