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Greetings, Irving Families!
It was great seeing so many of our families at our Open House yesterday! We are grateful for your patience as we navigated the new Online Verification Update process yesterday and will continue to work with families as they update the forms through ParentVue. I want to thank our parents/guardians for their flexibility and patience this morning during Orientation in our Kiss and Ride. We know it is a small space with a lot of cars, thank you for ensuring our students arrived and dismissed safely.
As you prepare for the start of the school year, please make sure your child gets plenty of rest each night- we start at 7:30 am. Students may enter the building beginning at 7:00 am, however they must report to the cafeteria until 7:10 am. We serve breakfast from 7:00 am - 7:25 am every morning for $1.75.
We want to make sure everyone arrives safely onto our campus.
- If your child is a bus rider please be sure to check ParentVue for your child’s bus stop and pick-up time. Please ensure your child is at their bus stop at least 5-10 minutes early the first few days as drivers acclimate to their routes.
- If your child is a walker, please make sure they give themselves enough time to arrive at school no later than 7:25 to give themselves time to get settled into class.
- If you will be driving your child to school, please pack your patience, student drop off begins at 7:00 am by door 2. A reminder that our Kiss and Ride will back up onto Old Keene Mill, so please make sure you are at school no later than 7:10 am so that your child is not late to first period.
We look forward to seeing all of our students bright and early Monday morning!
Take Care!
Cindy Conley
Cross Country
Cross Country season will begin in September. We will host a Cross Country Information night on Tuesday, August 27, in conjunction with our Cell Phone Storage Pilot information night. The Cell Phone Storage Pilot information will be from 6:30-7:00 pm and the Cross Country portion will start at 7:00 pm.
To ensure that students are able to participate in Cross Country, please follow these steps below. Students may NOT practice without following steps 1-3.
- Complete AND turn in the Middle School Athletics Physical Form to the School-based Athletic Coordinator (Ms. Roz Wilson - Room 154). This MUST be dated after May 1, 2024.
- Complete AND turn in the Emergency Care Form to the School-based Athletic Coordinator (Ms. Roz Wilson - Room 154). This MUST be filled in each school year.
Phones Down, Engagement Up: FCPS Cell Phone Policy and Storage Pilot
Keeping cell phones off during the school day helps students focus and learn. It also boosts positive social behavior. Review FCPS’ cell phone expectations by grade level with your child and help keep our classrooms free of distractions! If you need to reach your child during the school day, please call our 703-912-4500.
At the May 9, 2024 School Board meeting, the School Board directed the superintendent to develop a pilot program for cell phone storage at FCPS. Starting with the 2024-25 school year, select middle schools will be cell phone free and each student will use a personal storage pouch. Schools in a control group will not be using pouches, but will be following the policy closely and recording violations.
Our school is participating in this pilot as a pouch school and we will be following the guidelines above closely. We appreciate you reinforcing with your child why you support the FCPS Cell Phone Policy. Find more information and additional resources on our cell phone storage webpage.
Please join us on Tuesday, August 27, for a Parent/Guardian Information Night at 6:30 pm.
PTA News
- Please join us on Tuesday, September 17, at 6:30 pm for our first PTA general membership meeting in the Irving Library.
- Monday, September 9 from 5-9 pm is our first restaurant/spirit night at Ledo Pizza
Annual Notice of Survey, Records, Curriculum, Privacy, and Related Rights
Fairfax County Public Schools wants all parents and caregivers to understand its policies regarding surveys, records, curriculum, privacy, and related rights.
In its Annual Notice of Survey, Records, Curriculum, Privacy, and Related Rights and Opt-Out Forms (Annual Notice), FCPS provides explanations of the rights listed above as well as forms that may be used to exercise opt-out choices. Two versions of the Annual Notice are available: a grades K-8 version and a grades 9-12 version. Parents/caregivers with children at different grade levels should read each applicable version of the Annual Notice, because the notices and opt-out rights vary depending on the student’s grade level.
Get more information and view the 2024-25 Opt-Out Booklets.
FCPS News
In case you missed it in FCPS This Week, the school division shared updates on the following topics:
- Counting Down to First Day Fairfax
- Phones Down, Engagement Up
- Middle and High School Grading Updates
Read FCPS This Week to learn more about these topics. If you are not already receiving this weekly newsletter, please sign up today.
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