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 Bodhi Day, Sunday, December 8, is the Buddhist holiday that commemorates the day that the historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama (Shakyamuni), experienced enlightenment, also known as bodhi in Sanskrit and Pali.
December 11: FLE Parent Preview Night 6:30 pm
PTA Meeting - Cookie Exchange 7:00 pm
December 12: Boundary Review Meeting (Annandale HS)
December 16: Principal Coffee - Executive Functioning 8:30 am
Green Team Meeting 3:30 pm
December 19: Winter Concert - Band/Strings 6:30 pm
Dec 23 - Jan 3: Winter Break - No School
 Another great week for the wolkpack!
Do you want to review the Family Life Education (FLE) materials that your child will be hearing this year? All program materials and media for all grade levels are available for you to review at any time in your Parent Schoology account. Here are the steps that you can take at home:
- Login to your Schoology account. You can’t use your student’s account. You can find the Schoology link on the WFES website, too.
- Click on the Wakefield Forest All Parent and Guardian page.
- Click on the first folder called Parent Preview- FLE Instruction. All the lessons K-12 are listed for your to review.
If you are having trouble accessing the materials, don’t have a computer at home, or want to get out of the house, please join Ms. Williams in the library on Wednesday, December 11, 2024, at 6:30 PM. She will guide you through the steps to find the materials and give you time to review the material at your own pace.
**If any of the videos don’t open for you at home, please look at the links at the bottom of the parent page for alternative links that will take you to the same videos.
Students at WFES in Grade 5th and 6th are participating in pilot program where two Human Growth and Development lessons will be taught in a gender combined class this year. The rest of the lessons will be taught in single gender groups as in previous years. If you want to opt your child out of this pilot, please email the following to Ms. Williams at alwilliams1@fcps.edu
I would like to opt my child, ______________________, out of the FLE pilot of the two combined gender lessons. I understand that this means my child will have all the FLE lessons taught in a single gender group.
If you have any questions, please ask your child’s teacher or Ms. Williams at alwilliams1@fcps.edu.
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Please join in holiday merriment as we exchange–and eat–a ton of holiday cookies!
Bake, press, or buy your favorite holiday cookie and share it with our community next Wednesday in the cafeteria. Bring a spare container to take cookies home (if they last that long!).
Have a recipe or a business you’d love to share? Send your Holiday Cookie recipe to the PTA President PTAPresidentWFES@gmail.com before the meeting and the recipes will be shared and celebrated in our final newsletter before the Winter Break
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The 18th Annual WFES Spelling Bee is coming soon! This Spelling Bee is open to all students in grades 3rd through 6th. It will be held after school on February 13, 2024 and registration is due by Friday, December 13, 2024. The WFES champion will go to the Fairfax County Spelling Bee on March 23, 2025.
REGISTER NOW using the following link
https://bit.ly/wfesbee25
or return the registration flyer was sent in your students’ Thursday folder this week. If you have questions about the Spelling Bee, please reach out to Allison Williams (abwilliams505@gmail.com) or Nudrat Salik (nudratsalik@aol.com).
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Parents/guardians of students in Grades 2-6 who would like their student to be considered for Full-Time advanced academic programs may submit the AAP Full-Time Referral Form to Tony Gray awgray1@fcps.edu no later than December 15, 2024.
The window for families to submit a referral for Full-Time AAP services is the first day of school through December 15, annually. Forms for Full-Time and part-time referrals are available on the AAP Forms Page. No late referrals for Full-Time AAP services will be accepted.
For more information, please visit the Advanced Academic Programs website.
Wanting more information on how to support your student at home with Executive Function skills such as study strategies, time management, organization, and more? Please come have a cup of coffee and learn more about actionable strategies that you can implement at home to support your child with academic success and independent skills. Our School Psychologist, Anna Bukont and School Counselor, Chelsea Boateng, will be sharing tips and tricks that can support all students with executive function strategies, however, we will also include specialized tips and tricks for our neuro-divergent students."
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Webinar - Protecting Kids Against Digital Exploitation: Keeping Kids Safe Online
December 13, 2024, from 10-11:30 a.m.
Register Here
Join us for this important webinar presented jointly by Fairfax County Schools, the Fairfax County Police Department, the Department of Justice, and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Webinar Highlights:
- What is Sextortion?
- What are FCPS and FCPD seeing in relation to sextortion?
- How can families help prevent their kids from becoming victims?
- How should families respond if their child was victimized?
Students in grades 3-12 took the SEL Screener during the month of October, providing information on their SEL skills like achieving goals, understanding and managing emotions, establishing and maintaining relationships, and making responsible decisions. The screener also asks students how well their school community makes them feel valued, included, and supported.
Individual student SEL Screener results are now available to families in the Documents section of SIS ParentVUE. For families who do not have an active ParentVUE account, results will be sent via postal mail.
For support in understanding your individual student’s results or for ideas on how to support them at home, please review the Family Guide or reach out to your students teacher or our SEL Screener Lead Chelsea Boateng (cmboateng@fcps.edu) with any questions or concerns.
Community meetings regarding FCPS’ comprehensive boundary review will take place in each of the division's six regions. You are encouraged to attend the meeting in our region, which will take place on Thursday, 12/12, 6:45 to 8:15pm, at Annandale HS. Register here.
Please register in advance by clicking on the date. Language interpretation will be available.
If you are unable to attend on this date, view the full list of meetings on the Comprehensive School Boundary Review webpage.
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FCPS has great resources for families to use to help students practice reading skills, including comprehension, decoding and encoding, fluency, phonemic awareness, vocabulary and more. Click on the link below to go directly to this informational site.
Literacy Resources for Families | Fairfax County Public Schools
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The GMU Center for Community Mental Health provides psychotherapy services and comprehensive psychological assessments on a sliding scale for adults, teens and children.
Families can access free, anonymous and confidential support from the comfort of home. Trained providers are available 7 days/week to offer help, teach evidence-based skills and to listen. Low-cost therapy sessions are also available upon request. Please see this flyer for more details.
All 4th, 5th and 6th graders have been invited to participate in the annual Woodson Pyramid Area Chorus day! The event takes place at Frost Middle School on Saturday, January 11th, 9:45 AM-1PM. Students will learn music from the Frost and Woodson Chorus teachers, play games, sing and be served pizza! It is a fun way to meet students from all over the pyramid and have fun singing together as a community! To register, please use this link: https://forms.gle/PGKuJfbjKD8hT8vu6 and pay the $12 fee on www.myschoolbucks.com by December 20th.
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We invite you to consider donating a gift or gift cards to support holiday assistance for our community. Donations can be dropped off at the front office or sent with your child to be given to their teacher. If possible, please wrap gifts and include a note describing the item. Unwrapped gifts are also welcome — we’ll take care of the wrapping and ensure the magic is delivered! All donations will be collected until December 13th.
Thank you for your generosity and support!
For questions please contact: Family Liaison - Hana Kim (hkim22@fcps.edu)
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The Fairfax County Park Authority has rounded up its seasonal fun into a handy list of events happening across the county.
Learn more about the Winter Wonderland and the Holiday Train at Burke Lake Park, Holiday on the Farm at Frying Pan Farm Park, and many more fun events.
Attendance: 703-503-2323 or WakefieldForestES.attendance@fcps.edu
Health Room: 703-503-2310
Family Information Phone Lines/Support for families who do not speak English as their first language: Family Information Phone Lines
Technology Support: Resources for Families Using FCPS Technology
Principal: Sharyn Prindle sbprindle@fcps.edu
Assistant Principal: Amy Williams alwilliams1@fcps.edu
WFES PTA Homepage
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