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December 9: Early Release Monday -- 3 hours early, 12:55pm
December 23-January 3, 2025: Winter Break Holiday -- School Closed
January 6: First Day Return to School
January 20: Martin Luther King Day -- School Closed
FCPS 2024-2025 Standard School Year Calendar
Dear GBW,
This upcoming Monday, December 9, 2024 is a 3-hour early release. Students will be dismissed at 12:55pm. Please plan accordingly.
Thank you for all your efforts in this endeavor,
Mr. Blount & Mrs. Odom
Monday, 12/16 -- Teacher Student Swap Day!
Teachers dress like Students and Kids dress like Teachers.
Tuesday 12/17 -- Animal Day!
Dress like an Animal
Wednesday 12/16 -- Culture Day!
Dress like your Traditional Culture or just your favorite one
Thursday 12/19 -- GBW Day!
Dress up in green or Panda-wear to represent our school
Friday 12/20 -- Pajama Day!
Dress up in your favorite PJs
Federal Impact Aid
The Federal Impact Aid Survey will be available to complete in ParentVue starting on Monday, October 21st. 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. Your information will be kept strictly confidential.
Your support will ensure that we receive the resources for which we are eligible.
Our school, in cooperation with the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services and the Virginia Department of Education, is conducting the Virginia School Survey of Climate and Working Conditions. We will survey students in grades 6, as well as classroom instructors and staff, beginning in January 2025. The purpose of the student survey is to measure student support, student engagement, school discipline, and safety conditions in each school. This information will be used to guide educational practices that produce a safe and supportive school environment.
The student survey will be completed between January 6-February 28, 2025. The survey does not ask for your child’s name and all answers are anonymous. No one, including teachers and administrators, will know how your child answered the survey questions. You will not have access to your child’s survey answers. You may preview the questions asked in the student survey at this website: https://tinyurl.com/VaSchoolSurveyDCJS .
The survey will ask questions such as how students feel about their school, how students get along with one another and their teachers, how students feel about school rules, and their perceptions of their teachers’ willingness to help them. Please note that there are questions about topics that may be sensitive to some, including questions about bullying, mental health, and suicide. This is a great time to talk to your child about these important issues. For guidance and more resources on these topics, please see https://tinyurl.com/MentalHealthdcjs or https://tinyurl.com/VDOEstudentservices.
All students in your child’s grade level are eligible to participate in the survey. The survey is voluntary, and you and/or your child can decide they prefer not to participate. No action will be taken against you, your child, or the school if your child does not participate. If you do not wish for your child to participate, please complete this form by December 20, 2024.
The Virginia School Survey results are provided to the school around the end of the school year. You can find survey results for your school and division here: https://tinyurl.com/VaSchoolSurvey. The results are used by the school, the division, and the state to identify strengths and to address relevant needs to improve learning environments for your child as well as students across the state.
Thank you for your cooperation in this important study of Virginia’s schools.
GBW Lost & Found
Please claim your items
As winter break approaches, we are asking all students and parents to visit our LOST and FOUND section in the cafeteria. At the end of the school day on December 20, all unclaimed items will be donated to charity.
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