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Dear Dolphin Families,
What a fantastic time to be a Dolphin! This week was National Bus Safety Week, during which our student news anchors made daily announcements highlighting crucial safety tips. Students who ride the bus took part in a bus evacuation drill, which is essential for ensuring they know how to respond in an emergency. It was great to see everyone taking this important lesson seriously, reinforcing our commitment to safety on and off the bus.
We continue our dedication to supporting learning and engagement through encouraging full-day attendance. Research shows that students who attend school consistently are more likely to achieve higher academic success and develop better social skills. As of Thursday, our attendance rate was around 11%. That’s something to celebrate after hitting a high earlier in the week of 17%. Thank you for helping us show our Dolphins that every day counts!
As a reminder, Book Character Day is coming up on Thursday, October 31st. To celebrate our love for reading, Lake Anne Dolphins and staff have the opportunity to come dressed up as their favorite book character and if they have the book, they are able to bring it along. We can’t wait!
Wishing you all a wonderful weekend!
Mrs. Jill D. Stewart, Principal
Ms. Melanie N. Porter, Assistant Principal
October 28- Monday, 3-hour Early Release- Dismissal at 12:35pm
October 30- Langston Hughes: Fall Festival, 5:00 - 6:30 pm
October 31- End of Quarter 1, 2-hour Early Release- Dismissal at 1:35 pm
November
Native American Heritage Month, National Career Development Month, National Family Engagement Month
November 1 - *Diwali / Día de los Muertos and All Saints Day, All Schools and Offices Closed
November 3- Daylight Savings Time Ends (Fall Back)
November 4- School Planning, No School for Students
November 5- Teacher Workday, No School for Students
November 8- Lake Anne observance of Veterans day (information about school events coming soon!)
November 11- Veterans Day
Additional November Dolphin Dates to remember will come in November.
2024-25 Lake Anne Elementary School Events Calendar
2024-25 FCPS Standard School Calendar
THANK YOU to everyone who donated and volunteered at the Dolphin Dash last week. We're still tallying the final results but we know that we had great participation from students. We are so grateful for your support!
Coffee & Ice Cream Dining for Dollars
We are having a DIning for Dollars Spirit Day at Old Town Coffee and Moo Thru Ice Cream!
Monday, October 28 2024
Visit Old Town Coffee from 6:00am - 4:00pm
OR
Visit Moo Thru Herndon from 12:00pm - 8:30pm
Mention to the cashier that you'd like to support Lake Anne Elementary!
Both restaurants are conveniently located at 315 and 317 Spring St in Herndon.
See you there!
FCPS is asking all families to fill out a Federal Impact Aid Survey. The form is available online in SIS ParentVUE. If you have not already filled out the form online, we will provide paper forms in November. Please be sure to return them by Friday, November 17.
Completing this form for each school-aged child in every household is important, because information from this survey resulted in more than $4 million in funding last year from the U.S. Department of Education. These funds are used to support all Fairfax County public schools and centers.
Please watch this video and visit the Federal Impact Aid Survey page for more information.
Need to Register for ParentVUE?
Learn how to activate your SIS ParentVUE account, so you can easily submit your survey.
Technical support for using ParentVUE or completing the survey online is available by submitting a Parent Support Request ticket. Select SISParent in the Application dropdown menu and type Federal Impact Aid Survey under Issue Description. Or, call the Parent Technology Help Desk at 833-921-3277 (833-921-FCPS).
This week, which Lake Anne Elementary staff member(s) did you see making a SPLASH doing ordinary things in an extraordinary way?! Please help us in recognizing their outstanding contributions by submitting an FCPS CARES for them.
For questions, please email employeeawards@fcps.edu.
Our teachers have been hard at work teaching with the new Language Arts curriculum, and we are excited to help all of our students become strong readers and writers! This year we also have new assessments, which is how we check if your student needs extra help with reading and writing, and new Standards of Learning (SOLs).
Because of these changes, we are now teaching all of the Language Arts skills your child needs to know (and checking if they need extra help) throughout the whole school year, instead of different skills each quarter. While these skills will be new to your child in the beginning of the year, the goal is for your child to grow strong in all of their new skills by the end of the year.
This means that when you get your child’s progress report next month, it might look different. Your child’s teacher will give you more information on the new progress reports and how we’re making sure your child is getting any extra help they might need. You can also find more information on FCPS’ Grading and Reporting webpage.
We will also have new ways for you to help your child practice their reading and writing skills at home. These resources are coming soon, and I’m excited to share them with you!
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