Oak View Review

Dear Oak View Community,

I'm excited and honored to step into the role of Interim Principal at Oak View. Having served as your Assistant Principal for the past eight years, I feel deeply connected to this community. As I mentioned earlier this year, my goal remains to empower our students and community by listening to your voices. Let’s work together to educate all students to become impactful and caring leaders!

With gratitude,

Mrs. Adams

Oak View Gratitude Luncheon on Wednesday, November 13

All families are invited to join their Oak View Eagle for lunch for our annual Gratitude Lunch. The menu includes a traditional turkey dinner with all the fixings! If you would like to purchase a lunch, please make sure you have sufficient funds in your student's MySchoolBucks account. You can check your balance at www.MySchoolBucks.com. The student price for lunch is $3.25 and all other purchased lunches cost $4.75. 

**In order to expedite lunch service on Wednesday, PLEASE make sure to add money in advance to your child's MySchoolBucks account as student pin numbers will be the fastest way for service. All family lunches can be charged against the student account at the prices above. 

Adjusted Lunch times for Wednesday, November 13:

Nominate an Outstanding Oak View Employee TODAY - DUE 11/15

Oak View is excited to announce our annual participation in FCPS Honors Awards and Recognition! What better way to thank an outstanding Oak View employee than nominating them for this prestigious achievement. Nomination process is simple and thank you in advance for your time to make this a robust awards season for Oak View!

View Outstanding Employee in one of the categories below, please complete the nomination through this Google form link:

• Outstanding Teacher
• Outstanding New Teacher (within first 3 years)
• Outstanding Principal
• Outstanding Leader
• Outstanding Professional Employee
• Outstanding Operational Employee

You may nominate one or multiple employees (one individual may only nominate one employee per category.) 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!

Nominations will close November 15, 2024.

The google form link has more information regarding the criteria for each of these awards. Please contact Oak View Employee Recognition Staff Sponsor, Jeanne Lowe, with any questions, (jelowe@fcps.edu). Thank you for considering participating in the Employee Awards nominations!

Author Ann Marie Stephens Visits Oak View

Oak View Librarian, Mrs. Atkins, has again coordinated a year of amazing author visits for our students! We begin with Ann Marie Stephens who visited our Kindergarteners and First Graders on November 8.  Students were delighted to act out Ms. Stephens' book Arithmechicks Take Away with their teachers. They learned about what authors do and where stories come from, and that everyone can be an author!  We look forward to the next author visit in January.

Oak View awarded National Wildlife Foundation's Silver Ecoschools Seal

Twenty-seven schools across Fairfax County Public Schools are celebrating being honored by the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) through the EcoSchools U.S. program.

Twenty-two schools earned a Green Flag and five earned a silver award, including Oak View. Only 56 Green Flags were awarded nationwide! This student-led program provides opportunities for youth leadership, raising environmental awareness, connecting students to the natural world, and driving positive environmental change. 

Oak View Eco Club - Open to Grades 3-6

We're looking for interested students in grades 3-6 to join us for our after school Ecoclub! We'll be planting and tending to our gardens; making recycling plans; educating others in the school about environmental practices through posters and morning news ads; and other projects that the students may want to take on!  Our next meeting will be on November 20, from 3:30-4:30.  For more information and to sign up, view our Google form.  If you have any questions, please contact Kim Andray and Amy Riddick.

Sixth Graders Visit Smithsonian's Udvar-Hazy Center

This week, sixth graders went on an exciting field trip to the Udvar-Hazy Center to learn about life in space! One of the coolest activities was building pressure suits for “astronauts” to make sure they would be safe on a trip to space. Students used different materials to make the suits, then tested them with a vacuum pump to see if they would work under real space conditions.

They also explored the museum with a scavenger hunt, checking out awesome exhibits along the way. Everyone had a great time learning about space and seeing all the unique displays at the museum!

Advanced Academic Programs: Full-Time Parent Information Night - 11/12

Oak View invites all interested families who would like to learn more about referring students for Full-time Advanced Academic Programs to an Information Night hosted by Mrs. Moreno-Dunk, Oak View Advanced Academics Resource Teacher. This meeting will inform participants about the Full-time referral process and review important information about work samples and referral deadline of December 15 for students in Grades 2-7. This meeting will be on Tuesday, November 12 at 6:00 p.m. in the Cafeteria.

OV PTA Meeting will follow this meeting and begin at 7:00 p.m.

Oak View Spirit Wear For Sale - Delivered in time for Holidays!

New Spirit Wear sales are OPEN with lots of brand new items. We've got bows, croc charms, hats, socks, hoodies & of course PAJAMA pants! The store closes on Wednesday 11/13 so don't miss out on placing your order today!

Buy from our School Store

If you are looking for these as a holiday gift please email Shannon Long so we can coordinate a school pick up & not send home items via your child. 

Return Your Federal Impact Aid Survey - ALL Families

Oak View and FCPS is asking all families to fill out a Federal Impact Aid Survey. The form is available in SIS ParentVUE under Online Packets (in the upper right corner after logging in). Please complete it as soon as possible.

For any families who have not completed the survey in ParentVUE, schools will provide paper forms starting Wednesday, November 13. Paper forms should be returned by Wednesday, December 4.

Completing this form for each school-aged child in every household is important. 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.

For more information, please watch this video on Impact Aid and visit the Federal Impact Aid Survey page.

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).

Robinson Marketplace - November 9

Oak View is glad to share about the upcoming Robinson Marketplace - Saturday, November 9. Just in time for the holidays, shop from local home-based, small boutique businesses and hand crafters. Robinson groups and clubs will also have some items for purchase including Robinson Spirit Wear. Food, entertainment and silent auction too!

Lightspeed Parent Report on Child’s Device Activity

FCPS has tools to help parents know more about their child’s activity on any FCPS device. These tools are provided at no cost to families by Lightspeed, the school division’s internet content filtering service.

Parents may sign up for a weekly Parent Report, which will provide a list of the top sites their child visited. The report also offers parents the ability to sign up for free access to the Internet Use Parent Portal. Through the portal, parents may pause their child’s access to the internet on their FCPS device during non-school hours.

Learn more about Lightspeed Parent Reports.