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SCA is hosting a food drive for families throughout our community from November 6th through the 20th. Please consider donating the following items:
Canned foods (protein, fruit, vegetables, beans, soup, etc.), dried beans, honey, cereal/oats, pasta/mac & cheese, peanut butter, rice, instant mashed potatoes, fruit juice (plastic bottle, not glass), healthy snacks, flour, and paper plates. Please check the expiration date. We are only accepting items that are unopened and do not need refrigerating.
Fairfax Villa Staff and students showed off their creativity and spirit during our Book Character Day. |
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Cat Wilkins, Fairfax Villa’s Advanced Academics Resource Teacher (AART), will be sharing detailed information about the Full-Time AAP screening process in a virtual parent meeting on Tuesday, November 12, at 7:00 p.m. This meeting is intended for parents of 2nd-6th grade students who are interested in referring for Full-Time AAP services. The deadline for Full-Time referrals is December 15.
Here is the information for the Zoom meeting:
Mrs. Wilkins previously presented an overview of AAP services at a meeting on 10/1/24. If you would like to view the recording and slides (available in English and Spanish) from that meeting, please visit the "All Parents/Guardians" Course in Schoology. Please note that you will need to be logged in with your parent view.
Veterans Day is fast approaching - Monday, November 11. Fairfax Villa would like to honor Villa military families by creating a Veteran’s Wall in our lobby. If you have military family members, whether they be active, retired or deceased, and would like to participate, please fill out the google form. Make sure you fill out a separate form for each family member. Military family members can be moms, dads, grandparents, aunts, uncles, sons & daughters.
The deadline to fill out the google form is Friday, November 8. We look forward to honoring all of our Fairfax Villa Military family members. Thank you all for your service.
Veterans Day Google Form
Always a favorite, Fairfax Villa’s Thanksgiving Luncheon is Thursday, November 21. Flyers with information and order forms went home in Wednesday folders this week (they are bright orange!). We will need some additional adult help that day. Just one hour of time! Please see the Sign Up Genius link below for information and to sign up.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/805094FADAF29A64-52420409-thanksgiving
WHAT: Barnes & Noble is providing a percentage of its store sales made on Saturday, Nov. 23rd. Just use code 12814398 for purchases in the store on the 23rd or online through the 27th. Staff will be at the store with activity stations, read alouds, and the Café will showcase student artwork!
PURPOSE: Money from the sales will help fund the following:
- New Nonfiction Books for the Villa Library
- Read Across America (books for “Been Booked” read-alouds, contests)
- Project Lift (books given to students at-risk for literacy before Summer break)
WHERE: Barnes & Noble, 12193 Fair Lakes Promenade Dr., Fairfax, VA 22033
WHEN: 11am-2pm for activities with Villa staff. Sales count all day on the 23rd in the store. Staff members will be present for fun activities from 11-2pm. Online sales count until the 27th (Thursday before Black Friday).
Just to note: There will also be two author signing tables that day, YA and adult self-published graphic novelist Leonard Langford (12-3pm) and Harper Collins Middle School author Jan Gansei (at 4pm). So all ages may have interests that day.
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).
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 reporting 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!
Spanish:Actualizaciones de las Calificaciones de Lenguaje para la Escuela Primaria
Nuestros maestros han estado trabajando duro enseñando con el nuevo currículo de Artes del Lenguaje, ¡y estamos emocionados de ayudar a todos nuestros estudiantes a convertirse en fuertes lectores y escritores! Este año también tenemos nuevas evaluaciones, que es como comprobamos si su estudiante necesita ayuda adicional con la lectura y la escritura, y los nuevos Estándares de Aprendizaje (SOLs).
Debido a estos cambios, ahora estamos enseñando todas las habilidades de Artes del Lenguaje que su hijo necesita saber (y comprobar si necesitan ayuda adicional) durante todo el año escolar, en lugar de diferentes habilidades cada trimestre. Aunque estas habilidades serán nuevas para su hijo al principio del año, el objetivo es que su hijo se fortalezca en todas sus nuevas habilidades al final del año.
Esto significa que cuando reciba el informe de progreso de su hijo el mes que viene, puede que tenga un aspecto diferente. El profesor de su hijo le dará más información sobre los nuevos informes de progreso y sobre cómo nos aseguramos de que su hijo reciba la ayuda adicional que pueda necesitar. También puede encontrar más información en la página web de Calificaciones y Reportes de FCPS.
También tendremos nuevas maneras para que usted ayude a su niño a practicar sus habilidades de lectura y escritura en casa. ¡Estos recursos vienen pronto!
November 4 - Student Holiday; School Planning Day for Teachers
November 5 - Student Holiday; Teacher Workday
November 11 - School Closed; Veteran’s Day
November 12 - AAP Parent Information Zoom Meeting at 7pm
November 14 - PTA Zoom Meeting 8pm PTA Zoom Link
November 15 - PTA Dance Party
November 17 - Federal Impact Aid Survey Due
November 18 - 3 Hour Early Release Monday 1pm
November 20 - PTA Spirit Night at Old Dominion Pizza
November 21 - Thanksgiving Lunch - Advanced Ticket Purchase Required
November 23 - Barnes & Noble Fundraiser on Fair Lakes Promenade
November 27-29 - School Closed; Thanksgiving Holiday
December 19 - PTA Spirit Night at Taco Rock
Be Informed; Stay Involved!
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