Parents/guardians of students in Grades 2-7 who would like their student to be considered for Full-Time advanced academic programs may submit the AAP Full-Time Referral to Becky Timm retimm@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. 

Submitting a referral form for Full-Time AAP will initiate a process that begins at the local school and is then completed at the central office level. Our school will put together a portfolio that includes multiple data which are considered holistically. At the central office level, a committee of six trained professionals from various schools and roles will review the portfolio materials to determine eligibility for Full-Time placement.  Eligibility decisions are communicated by early April. Parents may request a copy of the portfolio that was submitted after they have been turned in for central selection by emailing Becky Timm retimm@fcps.edu.

Referrals for Subject-Specific and Part-Time AAP are screened at the local school. If you miss this deadline, your student can still be screened for Subject-Specific AAP or Part-Time AAP for the remainder of the year and submit a referral for Full-Time AAP next fall. 

For more information, please visit the Advanced Academic Programs website.

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 Wednesday, December 18, 6:30-8 p.m., at Madison High School Cafeteria.

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. 

Thank you to all of our families for donating food items to Flint Hill families in need.  As a school we were able to provide 17 Thanksgiving meals right in our school community!  We were also able to donate 8 full boxes of food to the Madison Food Pantry in time for the Thanksgiving Holiday.

For those who would still like to contribute, Mrs. Williams is collecting gift cards to Target, Giant and Walmart until Friday, December 13th.  These gift cards will be donated to Flint Hill families in need prior to winter break. 

Please reach out to Mrs. Williams at aywilliams1@fcps.edu with any questions.

Lexia Core5 Literacy and PowerUp Reading Programs are meant to be at school programs.  Unless there are special circumstances that requires a student to log in at home, students should not be accessing Lexia outside of school. 

The purpose of Lexia Core5 and PowerUp Reading programs is to provide equitable access to literacy for all students.  By ensuring that student usage of the programs is happening at school with the teacher closely monitoring usage and progress, it allows the teacher to support individual student’s needs based on the data. If students use the program at home and potentially get support from a family member, there’s a possibility of the student accelerating through the program too quickly while not getting the direct instruction and guided practice that the program offers.  Over time, it will no longer become an independent program at school. 

The goal is to aim for perfect usage; however, we know that’s not always realistic given time constraints.  FCPS is looking for consistency versus perfect usage.  That might look like a student logging on twice a week for 15 minutes/day each week rather than meeting their personalized usage target each week. 

If you have any questions , please do not hesitate to reach out to your student's teacher or Mrs. Menashi, FHES reading specialist.

Flint Hill will dismiss early on the following dates:

• December 9
• February 24
• March 17
• April 28
• May 19

Students will be dismissed at 12:35 pm.

*If you have a childcare need or hardship, supervision will be provided by school staff until 3:35 pm. Please let us know your child's dismissal plan for the remaining Early Release Mondays.

You must complete the form for each child you have at Flint Hill. Your dismissal plan will apply to all the remaining 3-hour Early Release Mondays and will be confirmed one week before each early dismissal.

https://forms.gle/hpgQV2AsWRD9ZYa58

Did you find your PRIME form in your student’s backpack last week?

We were able to share several PRIME shoutouts from parents on the FHES news today. If you still have a PRIME slip at home, please consider sharing a shoutout with us!

At FHES, students are taught to value privacy, respect, integrity, mindfulness and engagement. These core values are parts of morning meetings, classroom conversations and even school assemblies. Throughout the week, teachers and students regularly recognize others for their PRIME behaviors and students who demonstrate a PRIME behavior can receive a recognition on the weekly FHES news.

Families, it is your turn to recognize your students for PRIME behaviors in and out of school! Use the PRIME slip in your students' Tuesday Folder to recognize when you see your student demonstrating any one of our five values (privacy, respect, integrity, mindfulness or engagement). Students can return their PRIME slip to their classroom teacher who will deposit them in our main office PRIME box for a weekly shoutout.

Be sure to talk to your students about PRIME and how it can help them have a successful day at school.

Please help keep students’ focus on learning throughout the day by sending school appropriate snacks with your students. Most classes have scheduled student snack times throughout the day. When students are able to feel full, they can focus on learning.

Candy and sugary snacks and drinks can be distracting during the school day and take attention away from learning. If you send snacks with your student, please consider sending healthy options that will keep students full but not take their focus off learning. Students should bring snacks that are individual servings (not to share with a class). If there are students who have a need or hardship to access school snacks, please reach out to our main office or school counselors for support.

Whether students miss school because of illness or any other reason, missing school leads to learning loss.

Help your child succeed by encouraging them to attend as many days as possible, but do make sure your child stays home if they are sick. Visit FCPS’ website for information on when to keep your child at home.

If your child has a chronic illness, make sure to notify their teacher so that support can be provided if needed. Also, keep an open line of communication with your school's public health staff.

Read about how families can help form good attendance habits. Attend today, achieve tomorrow!

Good communication between home and school is vital to a successful school experience for each child. Questions relating to your child should be directed to the classroom teacher. All teachers have voice mail and an e-mail address. The school has a web page that links directly to each teacher’s e-mail.

Each year, FCPS produces a Handbook for its FCPS families. It contains valuable information you may need throughout the year, including calendars, services, and special programs, the instructional program, and information about starting school. Flint Hill Elementary has produced a handbook that includes some additional notes that are important for our school community.

Flint Hill Elementary Family Handbook