Details in this week's news:
- Field Trip Payments
- Returning Student Devices
- Medication Pick-up
- Saxon Start
- Student Celebrations
- 8th Grade Party Tickets
- Yearbook sales are closed - read for more info
- High School Credit Courses
- Dining Out All Summer!
Field Trip Payments
Field trip permission forms and payments were due today for both the 8th grade trip to Kings Dominion and the 7th grade trip to the National Mall.
Payment is crucial to reserve buses and tickets. To ensure a smooth process, please submit payment online via MySchoolBucks. Please double-check that you are paying on the correct account and not accidentally using the lunch account.
7th Grade DC Field Trip - Permission Slips and Chaperones Needed
On Tuesday, June 11, all 7th-grade students will participate in a scavenger hunt, taking them to iconic memorials around the National Mall. Permission slips are due to your child’s history teacher by Friday, May 31st. Extra copies are on your child’s history class Schoology page.
We still need parent chaperones for our end-of-year field trip to Washington, DC! Chaperones will lead groups of up to 10 students as they try to solve riddles that can only be answered by physically locating clues at locations such as the Washington Monument and Vietnam War Memorial. If you are interested in chaperoning this trip, please complete this Google Form. See below for more details on the trip. Email your child's history teacher if you have any questions before volunteering.
Student Device Return Information
Student device collection is fast approaching. Please ensure your child comes to school with their FCPS issued laptop and student issued charger (see image below) on their designated return day.
 Return Procedures:
- Regular Return: Students will return their FCPS-issued laptops and student issued chargers during their designated math class on Thursday, June 6th or Friday, June 7th. Please confirm that they have removed any USB devices, flash drives, and personal stickers from the device before returning it. Make sure to double check that your child is returning the correct charger.
- Students Leaving Early: If your child will be starting summer break before his/her designated turn in date please have them drop the device and charger off in room 1210 on their last day. Please ensure both the laptop and charger are clearly labeled with your child's first and last name.
Lost or Misplaced Items:
Replacement fees will apply for lost or misplaced chargers ($23) and laptops ($444). Payments for replacements can be made throughMySchoolBucks. A device will not be issued for the upcoming school year until both items are returned or the fee is paid in full. Students who do not return a student issued charger like the one pictured above will be marked as needing to pay the $23 charger replacement fee.
FCPS Summer Programs:
Students enrolled in the FCPS online campus, IMAGINE, or Young Scholars summer programs will be permitted to keep their laptops and chargers until the program concludes on Friday, August 2nd, 2024. Following program completion, devices must be returned promptly to Cooper Middle School.
Thank you for your attention to this important matter. We encourage you to discuss these return procedures with your child. We appreciate your cooperation in ensuring the timely return of your child’s laptop and charger and we wish you and your family a safe and enjoyable summer vacation.
The Cooper Technology Team Kevin Dabbondanza- Technology Support Specialist Heather Dorman- School Based Technology Specialist
End of Year Medication Pick-up
As the end of our school year approaches, please be reminded that all medications kept in the Health Room must be picked up by the end of the school year. All medications must be picked up by 12:00pm, Wednesday, June 12 by a parent. Medication left in the health room after that time will be destroyed per FCPS regulations.
Please contact School Health Aide, Jen McLarty, with any questions.
Rising 9th Grade Saxon Start
Langley 9th grade students are encouraged to participate in the Saxon Start Program July 30th and 31st. More information can be found on the Langley website.
Student Celebrations
Science Olympiad
 Congratulations to the Cooper Science Olympiad team for their hard work and effort this past weekend at the National tournament. The team traveled to Michigan State University where they competed against 60 teams from all 50 states. Special shout out to our two medaling groups Ray Zhao and Oliver Yu who came in 4th Place for Wind Power, and Kylie Rudinsky and Mythili Sudhir who came in 3rd Place for Can't Judge a Powder. Overall Cooper placed 25th out of 60 in the entire country! We could not be prouder of the entire team for a hard-working season!
Wordmasters
A team representing Cooper Middle School recently earned Highest Honors in the 2023-2024 WordMasters Challenge™—a national vocabulary competition. The eighth-grade team scored 174 points out of 200, placing tenth in the nation and overall with a cumulative score of 518 points out of a possible 600.
Competing in the very difficult Gold Division of the WordMasters Challenge™, who achieved outstanding results in the last meet of the year include Ronen M. and Kylie R.; Ronen also earned Individual Highest Honors in the overall competition with a cumulative score of 57 points out of 60.
Eighth Grade Party - Last day to buy tickets is May 31st!
Tickets are $30 per student and must be purchased by Friday, May 31. Please include your student's name with payment.
+Venmo (preferred option - @CooperPTO)
+PayPal (treasurer@cooperpto.com; do not select “business” account)
+Cash or check (Cooper MS PTO; drop at the front office)
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.
Summer-long Dining Out Fundraising
Basic Burger
Tysons West location (near Walmart Supercenter off Leesburg Pike)
1495 Cornerside Blvd, Vienna 22182
Mention Cooper Middle School when ordering ALL SUMMER and Basic Burger will donate 10% of proceeds to the Cooper PTO!!!
Please ensure to support this generous community partner.
- Any online orders placed will enter the promo code "Cooper" so they can credit Cooper Middle with those sales.
- Any dine-in and to-go restaurant orders should print their receipt and give it to any Basic Burger employee.
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