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Updates from the Admin Team
Dear TLES Families,
As we wrap up the first quarter of the school year, we want to take a moment to express our sincere gratitude for your continued support and partnership. It has been a fantastic start to the year, filled with learning, growth, and community building.
Our students have demonstrated remarkable dedication and perseverance, and we are incredibly proud of their achievements. We encourage all students to continue striving for excellence and embodying our school's core values of ROAR.
We would also like to extend our heartfelt thanks to our dedicated staff members who work tirelessly to create a positive and engaging learning environment for our students. Their commitment to our students' success is truly inspiring.
We hope that all families have taken the opportunity to sign up for first quarter conferences. These conferences are a valuable chance to connect with your child's teacher and discuss their progress. As we move forward into the second quarter, we remain committed to providing our students with the highest quality education and fostering a strong sense of community. Together, we can continue to achieve great things.
This year, FCPS has new ways of teaching reading and writing to our students, following the new Benchmark Advance Curriculum. We also have new ways to know if students need extra support and how we can best help them through our new Universal Screener system, called Virginia Lanaguage & Literacy Screening System (VALLSS), supporting students in grades K-3. Students in grades 4-6 will continue to use iReady for our reading and math universal screener.
Starting in November, your child’s progress reports will look different. Students are not expected to master all of their grade-level standards until later in the year. By monitoring grades in each standard over the course of the whole school year, you can get a clearer picture of areas where they need to grow most, as well as their overall progress in literacy. Contact your child's teacher with any questions about your child’s progress report.
Our progress reporting will still use the same 4-point scale below. Please refer to the Grading Guidelines for more details.
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4
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Consistently demonstrates understanding of content and skills of standard taught this quarter.
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3
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Usually demonstrates understanding of concepts and skills of standard taught this quarter.
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2
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Sometimes demonstrates understanding of concepts and skills of standard taught this quarter.
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1
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Seldom demonstrates understanding of concepts and skills of standard taught this quarter.
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☕Principal's Coffee & Conversation
Are you interested in learning more about TLES and what it means to be a Title I School? Are you interested in connecting with members of the TLES Admin Team? We will be offering Principals' Coffee & Conversation get-together on November 6th from 4:00-5:00pm in our Library. Please buzz through Door #1, sign in at the main office, then make your way to the library. We will share our "What is Title I" presentation and take any questions you may have about TLES. We hope to see many of you there!
🎦Head Lice Zoom Information Session
We will be hosting an information session via Zoom on November 4 at 10:00am on the topic of head lice. We hope to see you then!
Zoom link: https://myfcpsk12.zoom.us/j/98063172432
👑 TLES VIP
TLES Families: are you interested in learning about the best opportunity to get involved with your child’s education? The TLES VIP Program is an awesome opportunity to volunteer at TLES, support in your child’s classroom and across multiple areas of the school. We would love for everyone to take part in the TLES VIP Program volunteer opportunity this year. All parents, guardians, aunts, uncles, grandparents and other family members are welcome to participate. Complete this form to sign up for a time to be a VIP for Timber Lane!
We will host a virtual TLES VIP Information Session at 8am and 5:30pm on Wednesday, November 6th. We hope you can join us at the following link: https://myfcpsk12.zoom.us/j/98667194835
🖼️Fall Picture Day
Picture Day will be November 15. More information to come with order forms!
🍗Thanksgiving Luncheon
We invite TLES families to join us for a Thanksgiving Luncheon on Thursday, November 21. This has been a wonderful, yearly tradition where families can celebrate with their child's class in our beautifully decorated and festive cafeteria. We welcome you to enjoy a meal with your child at the following times:
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Kindergarten
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10:30-11:10
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1st Grade
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11:15-11:45
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2nd Grade
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11:30-12:00
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3rd Grade and EAC
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12:00-12:30
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5th Grade
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12:45-1:15
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4th Grade
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1:00-1:30
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6th Grade
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1:15-1:45
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The cost of a meal is $4.75 for adults and siblings of TLES students. Tickets must be purchased in advance and will be available in the Front Office beginning Friday, November 1. We can only accept cash for tickets. We look forward to seeing you at school!
🐾 P.A.W.S. (Parents Appreciating Wonderful Staff)
When you see a staff member go above and beyond for your child or family, please take a moment to fill out this PAWS form to show your appreciation! We will then hand deliver your anonymous message to the staff member so they know they are appreciated. 😊
🍂November Important Dates:
November is Native American Heritage / Family Engagement Month!
November 1: Diwali (No School)
November 3: Daylight Savings Day - Turn your clocks 1 hour back!
November 4: School Planning Day (No School) ; Head Lice Zoom Session @ 10am
November 5: Teacher Work Day/Election Day (No School) ; PTA Election Day Bake Sale
November 6: Principal's Coffee in the Library @ 4-5pm
November 11: Veteran's Day (No School)
November 13: Family Market 4:30-6:30pm
November 15: Fall Picture Day
November 21: Thanksgiving Luncheon @ 10:30-1:45
November 27-29: Thanksgiving Break (No School)
❄️December Important Dates:
December 9: 3-hour early Release Day (Students dismissed at 12:35pm)
December 23-January 3: Winter Break (No School)
2024-25 FCPS School Calendar
📄Return Your Federal Impact Aid Survey
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.
Updates from the PTA
Renew your PTA Membership
PTA memberships need to be renewed every year. Whether you're a returning member or a new one - we can't wait to get to know you better. You can renew or sign up by visiting our Facebook page.
🍰Volunteers Needed: Election Day Bake Sale
Who's ready to break out their oven mitts and help raise some dough for Timber Lane? We are looking for our community (Parents, Grandparents, Neighbors, Friends, Church Groups!) to put their baking passions to great use! You can bake (or buy!) anything you'd like, loaves, cookies, bars, muffins, cakes, pies. We ask that you package small items like cookies into individual serving sizes in bags or boxes (think 1-3 cookies, 1-2 bars, 1 muffin), and please label if your item has any nuts! Rather buy a dozen cookies and package them up? That's ok, we don't judge!
We are also looking for volunteers to help sell on the day of the election, Tuesday November 5 from 6am-7pm. You can sign up for one hour or multiple hour slots. Kids are welcome and encouraged to come along to help learn about money management and to practice their persuasive speaking skills. It is always a fun and rewarding event. This year we are hoping to top last year's $1600 sale with the large voter turnout expected. Reach out with any questions to Kristin Crysler at vicepresident@timberlanepta.com
Sign up to BAKE
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