Details in this week's news:
- SOL Testing
- 8th Grade Party Tickets
- Student Celebrations
- Sports Forms
- Summer Courses
- High School Credit Courses
Standards of Learning (SOL) Testing Notification
Students will be testing on the following dates:
- May 6th - Reading 7 SOL
- May 8th - Reading 8 SOL
- May 14th - Math SOL (7th-graders)
- May 16th - Math SOL (8th-graders)
- May 20th - Science 8 SOL
Families received an email notification about the SOL testing in March . Please ensure you take note of these important details.
Eighth Grade Party
Monday, June 10, 12:45-2:15pm
Let’s send our 8th graders off to high school in style! The celebration includes:
- Fun activities: DJ, photo booth, inflatable obstacle course, basketball, backyard games, and crafts!
- Raffle prizes such as gift cards to their favorite stores (Nike, Lululemon, Under Armor), Langley gear, and more!
- Chick Fil-A, pizza and sweet treats!
Tickets purchased by Friday, May 17 are $25 per student and will increase to $30 each on Saturday, May 18. Please include your child’s name with payment via Venmo (preferred option - @CooperPTO), cash or check (Cooper MS PTO; drop at the front office), or PayPal (treasurer@cooperpto.com; do not select “business” account).
Please note: new this year. If you would like to contribute additional funding to sponsor a member of our Cooper community for whom this fee causes financial burden, please include an additional amount in your payment.
Student Celebrations
Quiz Bowl
Cooper Quiz Bowl is having a good season in the run-up to the Middle School National Championship Tournament (MSNCT) to be held in Chicago in May. Both Cooper Teams will be competing among a field of 160 teams.
In addition, the team competed in the International Academic Competition (IAC)'s Regional Finals events and placed! Ray Z. placed 1st in History Bee, 2nd in Geography Bee in the March Online Regional Finals and 1st in Science Bee in the Northern Virginia Regional Finals. Alexander F. placed 2nd in History Bee and 5th in Geography Bee in the April Online Regional Finals. On April 20, Cooper A (Ray Z., Alexander F., Leo W., and Alyna S.) won 3rd place in History Bowl at the Maryland History and Academic Bowls at Burleigh Manor MS, qualifying for the IAC history bowl Nationals. Team B (Brian H., Ronen M., Sophie J., Issac L.) qualified for both IAC history bowl and academic bowl Nationals to be held in May in Orlando, FL.
Congratulations to the team and good luck at the nationals!
Model UN
Congratulations to Cooper’s Model UN team, which had its best showing of the year at this past weekend’s conference at the Department of State. Cooper students earned Honorable mentions, Outstanding Delegates, and Imaani was selected as Secretary General. The Cooper Community is proud of you.
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Required Forms for Sports
Students interested in participating in middle school sports during the 2024-25 school year will need to submit a physical form dated May 1, 2024 or later. Please keep this in mind as summer appointments are made. The form can be found on the FCPS athletics page.
Summer Courses Online
FCPS Online Campus Summer Courses are open for registration and available to eligible middle school students who meet prerequisites and technical requirements. Students may take one online course for the first time or repeat credit. Middle school students may not take a mathematics or world language course during the summer as their first high school-level mathematics or world language course. Courses are rigorous; therefore, students can consult their counselor before registering. Registration for most classes ends June 7, 2024. Program information is available at Summer Learning.
School Counseling Team:
Dana Scabis, Director of Student Services
Annie Eisman, Registrar/Student Services Assistant
Laura Wiley (7th grade students with last names A-K)
Jill Donnelly (7th grade students with last names L-Z)
Keyosha Lewis (8th grade students with last names A-K)
Michele Saint Germain (8th grade students with last names L-Z)
High School Credit Courses
High school credit-bearing courses will be reflected on the middle and high school transcripts. In accordance with Virginia state regulations, FCPS Regulation 2408 permits parents of students who take a high school credit-bearing course in middle school to request that the grade be omitted from the student's high school transcript and the student not earn high school credit for the course. Parents must make this request no later than the end of the first nine weeks of the school year following completion of the course. The request to expunge as well as guidelines and the procedures for expunging grades for high school courses taken in middle school can be found at the following link: https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/forms/is104.pdf
Contact your student’s counselor with any questions.
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