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Calendar Reminders
September 15- October 15: National Hispanic Heritage Month
October: National School Principals Month
October 9: Walk and Roll to School Day
October 11: Yom Kippur
October 12: Ombuds Day
October 14: Indigenous Peoples' Day: No School, Staff Development Day
School Year 2024- 25 Calendar
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Upcoming School Board Meetings
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Tuesday, October 8, 2024, 10:30 a.m.- Work Session
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Thursday, October 10, 2024, 7 p.m.- Regular Meeting
All times and topics subject to change.
Upcoming School Board Work Session
School Board work sessions are held to examine important subjects in depth, which is not usually possible during regular business meetings. The School Board will hold a work session on Tuesday, October 8, 10:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. Scheduled topics include the Strategic Plan Goal 1 Report and Boundary Contract Work Plan.
How to watch meetings and sign up to speak
Free Immunizations for All FCPS Students
Frost Middle School Immunization Opportunities
Safeway Pharmacy will be providing school-required immunizations for all FCPS students at no cost! Parents or guardians may schedule an appointment and provide consent for their student(s). Transportation services are also available. The immunization clinics are being held at Frost Middle School (4101 Pickett Road, Fairfax) on:
- Tuesday, October 8, 3- 7 p.m.
- Saturday, October 12, 9 a.m.- 5 p.m.
- Monday, October 28, 3- 7 p.m.
Walk-ins are welcome, but appointments are highly encouraged to avoid wait times. A parent or guardian must accompany walk-in students under the age of 19 in order to provide consent.
Fairfax County Health Department Immunization Opportunities
The Fairfax County Health Department will give school-required immunizations for FCPS elementary students on limited early release Mondays at their district offices. Call 703-246-7100 to make your appointment.
Social Studies Basal Resources Review
FCPS is adopting Social Studies Basal Resources for the 2025-26 school year. Basal resources are the primary resources used to support instruction in a given subject. Public review of the instructional materials under consideration — which is part of the process for selecting new resources — is underway. Visit the Community Review webpage for more information on how to view the materials online or in person (Pimmit Hills Center, Room 207, 7510 Lisle Avenue, Falls Church) through October 2024.
Walk and Roll to School Day
Join children and adults around the world on Wednesday, October 9, to celebrate the benefits of walking and bicycling. Check your school’s calendar as some schools are celebrating on an alternative date.
Students and employees are encouraged to bike or walk to school and work where safe to do so. Parents are encouraged to accompany their children to school, and to work with their school and PTA or PTO to assemble bike trains or walking groups for the event.
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Virginia State House Page Program
The Virginia House of Delegates Page Program invites you to explore and learn more about this popular program for youth focusing on civics education, the lawmaking process, and leadership development. As a non-partisan staff member of the House Clerk’s Office, Pages are an integral part of an institution with a long-standing tradition of providing outstanding support and customer service to state legislators and those they represent. Each year, the Speaker of the House of Delegates appoints 13- and 14-year-olds from across the Commonwealth. The application is due by 5 p.m. Friday, October 18, 2024.
TJ Science Fair Interest Meeting
We are TJ Investigative Science Outreach, a student-led organization at Thomas Jefferson HSST. We will be hosting our 12th annual invitational science fair on April 5, 2025.
Registered participants will complete a research project of their choice and present at the fair in-person on April 5, 2025. TJ students help ES and MS students prepare for this fair by holding multiple sessions to teach them important skills in STEM.
Join us for our first interest/brainstorming session on October 18, 2024, at 6 p.m. We will be holding this session virtually. During this session we will go over the goals and guidelines of this fair and introduce students to a multitude of project ideas.
MCC Youth Ambassador Program
The MCC Youth Ambassador Program is for high school students in 9th-12th grade, who live in Dranesville Small District 1A, and attend McLean or Langley High Schools. The application is due October, 31. Send your completed application to MCC General Programs Manager Mike Fisher at michael.fisher@fairfaxcounty.gov. Questions? Contact MCC Governing Board member Aaron Stark (McLean HS Boundary Area) or Sonya Thott (Langley HS Boundary Area).
The views contained within this newsletter reflect the views of the individual school board member who is the publisher of this newsletter and may not reflect the views of the Fairfax County School Board.
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