Calendar Updates
November 6 - Last day to nominate a staff member for FCPS Awards 🏆
November 8 - Impact Aid Forms Due
November 11- No School, Veterans Day
November 12 - Red, White, and Blue Spirit Day / Veteran’s Day Assembly 🔴⚪🔵 / Progress Reports accessible via ParentVue
November 13 - 1st Grade NNAT Testing
📅 2024-2025 FCPS School Calendar
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🔴⚪🔵 Veterans Day Information
We have planned several activities to honor our military connected families. On Tuesday, November 12th students are encouraged to wear red, white, and blue. We will also be hosting a Veterans Day Assembly at 9:30 a.m. on November 12th. Any family member who is Military Connected is invited to attend the assembly.
If you are interested in speaking to a grade or class about your Military service after the assembly, please contact Mrs. Schnaue.
Wall of Heroes
If your family would like to honor a family member who is a Veteran, you are welcome to fill out the Wall of Hero’s form coming home in Tuesday . Please see Mrs. Schnaue if you’d like to participate or are in need of a form.
💻Virtual Family Life Education (FLE) Parent Preview
The Elementary Assistant Principals at Forestville, Spring Hill, Great Falls and Churchill Road Elementary are collaborating to offer an opportunity to learn how to access lessons through Schoology with your ParentVue account for our elementary students. Accessing Schoology will allow you to preview the FLE curriculum for your child’s grade-level. The virtual meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 12th from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Please fill out this form if you wish to attend. A Zoom link will be sent to the email address provided as we get closer to the date. Please complete this form by Friday, November 8, 2024.
*There will not be a formal presentation during this session. School staff will be available to answer questions and support you in accessing the material for preview on Schoology.
FLE lessons are available for you to review in the All Parents Schoology Course at your convenience. Directions to access the Schoology course can be found here.
Parents/guardians who do not wish to have their child participate in FLE instruction may opt their child out of any or all of the lessons. If you would like to opt your child out of one or more lessons, please fill out the form provided to you in your child’s orientation packet at the beginning of the school year, or you may access the opt-out forms online here.
If you have already indicated your desire to opt your child out of FLE lessons by using the form provided earlier in the school year, you do not need to complete another form. Should you opt your child out and then later decide you want your child included in FLE instruction, you must notify your child’s school principal in writing before instruction begins.
An alternative non-FLE health instructional program is provided for children who do not participate in FLE instruction, and every effort is made to foster understanding and respect for family choices and to avoid peer pressure for or against participation in the program.
📝 AAP Full-Time Referrals
Deadline for Submitting Referrals: December 15
The deadline for all students in grades 2-6 to apply for full-time (formerly referred to as level IV) advanced academic services to begin at the start of the 25-26 school year is Sunday, December 15. This is a county provided date, there are no exceptions or extensions. Please plan ahead!
To initiate the screening process, please submit the AAP Full-Time Referral Form through email to Elyssa McKinnon at eamckinnon@fcps.edu or submit a hard copy to the front office by 4:00 pm on Friday, December 13th.
If you have questions about the referral process, screening by the Central Selection Committee or academics, please join Elyssa McKinnon for a parent information session on November 20th in the cafeteria from 9:30-10:30 am.
🏆Forestville Employee Awards
Each year FCPS strives to recognize outstanding staff throughout the county. This is an opportunity to recognize staff in any and all capacities. Both staff and community members can nominate Forestville Staff. You do not need to nominate for all categories. To submit a nomination for a Forestville Outstanding Employee please complete your nomination through this Google Form by November 6th. You may nominate an employee in one or more categories. All that is required for a preliminary nomination is a paragraph or two about how this employee demonstrates exceptional work in the criteria for that category listed in the form. If you have questions please reach out Jennifer Wright.
📊The Fairfax County Youth Survey
The Fairfax County Youth Survey, a collaboration between the Fairfax County School Board and the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, is a comprehensive, anonymous, and voluntary survey given each year to students in grades 6, 8, 10 and 12. The survey examines behaviors, experiences, and other factors that influence the health and well-being of Fairfax County's youth. The results, published each year at https://www.fairfaxcountyyouthsurvey.com/, identify trends and areas of need, providing a snapshot of the county's youth and serving as a barometer of the community's effectiveness in fostering healthy choices in young people
If you do not wish for your child to take part in the Youth Survey, please complete the form linked here and return it to your child's school counselor no later than November 8, 2024. If you have already opted your child out of this survey using the Parental Digital Consent Portal you do not need to provide additional information to the school counselor.
✅Federal Impact Aid Survey
The Federal Impact Aid Survey will be available in ParentVUE starting Monday October 21. Be on the look out for an eNotify message from FCPS on Monday October 21 for additional instructions.
The Federal Impact Aid program provides money to districts that enroll federally connected students. Help FCPS secure funding from the Impact Aid Program by helping us identify:
- Military Families
- Federally connected families
- Families living on a military base
Please complete one form for each child in your household. Remember that only the enrolling parent can fill out the Impact Aid Survey form. For families without access to ParentVUE, a paper copy of the form will be sent home with your student starting November 12. If you would like access to ParentVUE please email Amani Kirk.
🦃Save the Date - Thanksgiving Luncheon
We are looking forward to our Thanksgiving Luncheon with families at Forestville on Thursday, November 21! Lunch times will not change for the Luncheon.
📰FCPS News
In case you missed it in FCPS This Week, the school division shared updates on the following topics and others:
- Calendar Reminders
- Resources for Families
- Complete Impact Aid Survey
Read FCPS This Week to learn more about these topics. If you are not already receiving this weekly newsletter, please sign up today.
🦃 Thanksgiving Basket Donations Still Needed!
November is a month about gratitude, as we give thanks to our Veterans, our loved ones and our community. Let us be grateful of everything we have and help those that may be need help to enjoy a warm meal with their community. We still need 20 more baskets for families at our sister school, Dranesville Elementary. Rally your neighbors, friends, and community to make this season memorable! 🙏💕 Sign up today to spread the love
📚 Book Fair
"Take a look, it’s in a book…!"
Our Book Fair kicks off a super fun week of events coming soon! Get ready to browse the fair, enjoy an ice cream social, join the Thanksgiving Luncheon, and shop the Winter Bazaar—all in one week! 🛍️🍦 Mark your calendars, grab your wallets, and get ready for a week full of fun! 🍂✨ Volunteer opportunities are coming soon, so keep an eye out—or reach out to me anytime at president@forestvillepta.org to jump in early!
⛄ Holiday Spirit Wear Sale
Spread that Cardinal pride! The holiday spirit wear sale at 1st Place Spiritwear starts Monday. Here’s the scoop:
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Save 25% on all merchandise
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Free shipping on orders over $75, guaranteed by December 23rd
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Sale dates: November 4 - December 10
Get ready to deck the halls in Forestville fashion! 🎉💙
🎨🎶🎬 Calling all creative minds!
Do you enjoy art, music and dance or have an interest in writing, producing films and taking photos? Then join us and have fun unleashing your inner artist with PTA Reflections!
Explore the 2024-2025 theme, Accepting Imperfection, which serves as a powerful reminder that our flaws and mistakes are just as much a part of us as our strengths and are a natural and beautiful part of being human.
Please see links and visit https://www.pta.org/home/programs/reflections or vapta.org for rules for each category and the official entry form: Fillable entry form
Entries are due to PTA no later than November 15th, 2024 at forestvillereflections@gmail.com. For more information, you can contact Rehenuma Asmi, our Reflections Chair, at the e-mail above.
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