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Friday Focus October 4, 2024
A pleasant Friday evening to all our Fox Mill Families,
Sixth grade students embarked upon an adventure-packed day at Hemlock in cooperation with NOVA Parks. Students braved the elements, strengthened bonds, and worked on teambuilding experiences. The group, was commended many times on being spectacular participants who were willing to push themselves outside of their comfort zone. They bravely zip-lined, swung over pits and happily stomped through mud.
Young Scholars STEM Field Trip to Thinkabit Labs
As part of the Young Scholars Initiative, Young Scholars (YS) in grades 3-6 at Fox Mill participated in the Thinkabit Lab experience at Virginia Tech in Falls Church on Tuesday. This experience provided our YS an engaging environment—part lab, makerspace, and innovative learning spaces—to foster creativity, collaboration, and the critical skills necessary for the future technical workforce.
Our visit began in an uncommon, colorful, and comfortable space with an interactive exploration of a wide variety of STEM careers and supporting careers. Students then moved next door to an equally uncommon technical learning lab in which they built and programmed with electronic microcontrollers, working in two or three-person teams in an engineering design process to build and present unique robotic crafts they designed. Presentations followed where all the students were able to showcase their designs to each other and to Thinkabit Labs staff. Throughout this experience, students used the skills needed in today's workplace-communication, collaboration, creative and critical thinking, resilient and goal-directed, ethical, and global citizen- as they are on their way to becoming the 21st century leaders of tomorrow.
A FEW UPDATES
AAP Parent Information Meeting Part II
October 23rd - AAP Parent Information Meeting 2: Understanding the Full-Time AAP Screening Process, 6:30-7:30 pm in the library.
PTA Corner
October is here and with it comes lots of exciting events! Please be sure to mark your calendars for the following upcoming events:
10/9 - Walk and Roll to School
10/17 - PTA Meeting @ 7:00 in the FMES Library
10/18 - Teacher Breakfast sponsored by 6th Grade and Onigari and Movie Night
Early Release Mondays
As we get closer to our second early release Monday (October 28st), we would like to know each child’s dismissal plan. Please complete the google form your child’s homeroom teacher sent out. Forms must be completed for each child you have at Fox Mill.
For your planning purposes, here are the remaining three-hour release dates:
October 28th, December 9th, February 24th, March 17th, April 28th and May 19th
As you continue to relax and reflect this weekend, enjoy the time spent with families and friends. We look forward to seeing you all on Monday.
Brian Moose Anice S. Denton
Principal Assistant Principal
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