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Congrats to our Shining Star Shoutout students for this past week. The students recognized for demonstrating what it means to be a Shining Star this week are:
Kindergarten:
Aminata Kargbo (Responsible)
Declan Devine (Ready to Shine)
3rd Grade:
Yolanda Cruz Martinez (Respectful)
Biruhe Alene (Responsible)
4th Grade:
Travis Clark (Responsible)
Liam Nzayimigisha (Ready to Shine)
Angie Reyes Munguia (Ready to Shine)
Dagem Tilahun (Ready to Shine)
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Are you a military-connected family? If so, sign up to join us for our Coates Blue Star Breakfast on Friday, September 27th 9:15-10:15am in our Coates cafeteria. Here is the link to RSVP for this event: https://forms.gle/zt5C2RS5bn7TLVYC9
We hope to connect with all of our military families here!
(This is open to those connected with militaries outside of the US as well.)
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Every year, approximately 600,000 military-connected families relocate. Most of these families move to new duty stations, while some transition out of the military and others transition in. Most of these moves take place over the summer, and Fairfax County Public Schools is committed to ensuring our military families feel welcomed and a sense of belonging to their local community.
Blue Star Welcome Week is an opportunity for our community to welcome our military-connected families and show them our appreciation for their service and sacrifices. Throughout the week, FCPS will help ease their transition through events, messages, actions of welcome, and opportunities to make meaningful connections. Please help us welcome our military families during Blue Star Welcome Week, September 21 - September 29, 2024, and throughout the year! #BlueStarWelcomeWeekFCPS
Please check with your healthcare provider as soon as possible to make sure your child is up to date on the immunizations required by the state of Virginia. Starting Monday, September 30, students who have not provided proof of immunization will not be allowed to attend school.
You may check your child’s immunization compliance and submit their immunization record in SIS ParentVUE. Records may also be delivered to Coates ES front office.
Alternative immunization documents (below) may also be provided, but they may not be uploaded in ParentVUE:
- A healthcare provider’s written statement specifying all administered immunizations.
- A healthcare provider’s written statement of a permanent or temporary medical exemption.
- A notarized Religious Exemption form objecting to the administration of immunizations due to conflicts with religious tenets or practices.
Find more information on immunizations.
Link: https://www.linkagainsthunger.org/what-we-do/holiday-program
Dear Parent/Guardian:
Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) offers a comprehensive Family Life Education (FLE) program. FLE instruction begins in kindergarten and continues through grade 12. FLE includes topics in human growth and development and social and emotional health. FLE instruction helps students gain knowledge and skills needed to make healthy, responsible, and life-enhancing decisions related to relationships and their physical, emotional, and social health. Parents and guardians are partners in their child’s learning.
FLE instruction supports the development of strong families, positive relationships, and a healthy community. Parents and guardians can review FLE materials. Parents/guardians can access FLE lessons in Schoology using their SIS username and password. Due to copyright permissions, we are unable to stream all media titles online. Lessons and media are available for review at your child’s school. Lessons only are also available at the City of Fairfax Regional Library (this location does not have media). To foster respect for family choices, parents/guardians may choose to opt their child out of all or part of the Family Life Education program. A student who is opted out will receive alternative health instruction.
To opt your child out of all or part of the FLE program for this school year, please complete the opt-out form. Return the completed form to your child’s school before FLE instruction begins. The opt-out form is available online. You do not need to return the form to the school if you wish for your child to take part in FLE instruction. FLE program descriptions and opt-out forms are available on the FCPS website.
• Elementary School https://www.fcps.edu/academics/elementary-school-academics-k6/elementary-family-life-education
For information about when FLE instruction will take place, please contact your child’s teacher or school.
For questions about the FLE program, please contact Instructional Services at 571-423-4550 or email fle@fcps.edu.
This module will teach you how the education system works in the United States and Fairfax County, and about your rights and responsibilities to see your children grow up successfully
6:00 – 6:25 Family Dinner
6:30 – 8:00 Adult classes
6:30 – 8:00 Tutoring program for children K- 6 grade
Childcare for children 3 and 4 years old.
Registration Link
Edu-Futuro Información Demográfica COATES Programa para Padres / Edu-Futuro Parent Program Demographic Information. (google.com)
FCPS’ updated Student Rights and Responsibility (SR&R) booklet is available online and in SIS ParentVUE. The SR&R booklet explains expectations for student behavior, and adult responses to enhance school safety and to create a fair, equitable, and supportive school environment.
Each year, we ask parents/caregivers to review and sign the SR&R. The SR&R will be visible upon logging in to SIS ParentVUE until the SR&R acknowledgment has been completed.
Signatures are due by Monday, September 30. Please contact our front office if you are having difficulty accessing the booklet. Visit the SIS ParentVUE Account Overview webpage for help logging in to your account.
FCPS’ 2023-30 Strategic Plan sets five main goals to create positive change in the division. These goals show where we should focus our attention and will help us align our efforts.
Our third goal is for all students to achieve academic growth and excellence. We want our students to have the academic skills to be successful. For example, making sure they are readers by third grade and taking courses that challenge them throughout their education will help prepare them for lifelong success. See how Goal 3 is being put into practice.
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Superintendent Dr. Michelle Reid will host a series of Community Conversations this fall. She invites you to share your thoughts and ask questions. Click the dates below to register for any of the following conversations:
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Monday, September 23, 6:30-7:30 p.m., at Newington Forest Elementary School.
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Monday, September 30, 6:30-7:30 p.m., at Mount Vernon Woods Elementary School.
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Monday, October 14, 6:30-7:30 p.m., at Fairhill Elementary School.
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Monday, October 21, 6:30-7:30 p.m., at Virginia Run Elementary School.
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Wednesday, October 30, 6:30-7:30 p.m., at Herndon Middle School.
Events will take place from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Childcare and language interpretation services will be provided.
Each one of us is unique, and every student matters. If your student is having a difficult time attending class, please speak with a trusted adult at school.
Watch this video to see how everyone belongs at school. Visit our Attendance webpage for resources on attendance. Attend today, achieve tomorrow!
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The FCPS CARES Program is an opportunity for parents, 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, specifically at Coates. |
23rd- 3 hour early release Monday @ 1 pm
2nd- National Walk to School Day
3rd- Student Holiday- Rosh Hashanah
4th- No School- Teacher Workday
9th- Fall Picture Day & PTA Meeting 6-7 pm
14th- Student Holiday- Indigenous Peoples' Day & Staff Development
21st- Mobile Dairy Lab Visit
26th- Fall Festival 10-2 pm
28th- 3 Hour Early Release @ 1pm
31st- End of 1st Quarter- 2 Hour Early Release
*The full FCPS 2024-2025 calendar can be accessed here.
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