Summer Updates: June 21, 2024

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summer updates

🌟Summer Office Hours 

🌟 ESY at Island Creek 

🌟 Save the Dates! (popsicles on the playground, 6th Grade chat & chew, tours for new families, Open House, and Back to School Night)

🌟No-cost breakfast and lunch

🌟 School Supply Lists

🌟 Summer Reading

🌟 ST Math

🌟 Cooling Centers

🌟 Follow Island Creek on Facebook

🌟 FCPS 2024-2025 Calendar (First day of School is Monday, August 19)


Summer Office Hours

The office will be open daily from 9:00 am -1:00 pm, except holidays. The week of July 8-12, the office will be closed for renovations. 

Main Office number: 571-642-6300


ESY at Island Creek

We are excited to host the Extended School Year (ESY) program again this summer at Island Creek. We look forward to welcoming children from 11 FCPS elementary schools the month of July! 


Save the Dates

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No-cost breakfast and lunch

During summer break, no-cost breakfast and lunch are available to all children 18 years of age and younger at FCPS sites across the county. Please access this link to find a meal site near you. 


School Supply Lists

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School supply may be accessed from the Island Creek website using this link.

Additionally, the Island Creek PTA offers families the option to purchase a School Supply kit that will be delievered directly to your child's classroom. Order online:

www.campussurvivalkits.com/islandcreek.


Summer Reading

Students will still have access to digital reading resources, as well as community resources.  Take a look at the list below to book your summer:

  1. The Fairfax County Public Library has tons of print, audio, and Ebook options.  Go to the website on your computer or download the Libby by Overdrive app on your tablet or phone. 
  2. MyOn has many books at a variety of levels, including many chapter books.
  • Students log in with their FCPS username and password.
  • Tumblebooks has a variety of levels, including many chapter books.
  • After signing in, click on the ebook tab for chapter bookss.
  • MackinVia is a collection of FCPS ebooks and audiobooks.
  • Students log in with their FCPS username and password.

ST Math

All students have access to ST Math over the summer that they can access through Schoology. This video shows students and families how to access: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQR_drzeR9E

In addition to the information listed below, it is recommended that students who are moving from a standard level math class to an honors level math class have their ST Math journey reassigned to the next grade level. 


Cooling Centers

A heat advisory has been issued for Fairfax County for tomorrow, Saturday, June 22. The National Weather Service issues a heat advisory when there is a heat index of 100 degrees or higher for at least two days and nighttime air temperatures staying over 75 degrees. When a  heat advisory is announced, Fairfax County has resources that will help the public stay cool will activate its heat plan, which calls for opening cooling centers in public facilities. A map of cooling centers in Fairfax County may be accessed here.


❤️Follow Island Creek on Facebook

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FCPS 2024-2025 Calendar

The FCPS School Year 2024-2025 calendar may be accessed here.

We look forward to welcoming our Crocs to the new school year on Monday, August 19 at 8:20!