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 Congratulations to our Student Council Association members. Last week, the SCA officers were installed in a ceremony the entire school attended. SCA Sponsor Ms. Braswell inducted the members and Ms. Usher, our principal, pinned their badges. The SCA is already off to a great start by creating a Spirit Week for next week.
SCA Winter Spirit Week
The SCA is hosting a week of Spirit Days in honor of Winter! Students are encouraged to participate by dressing according to each day’s theme:
- Monday, December 16 – Mismatched Socks Day
- Tuesday, December 17 – Silly Hat Day
- Wednesday, December 18 – Twin Day (Wear Winter Colors)
- Thursday, December 19 – Colorful Sweater Day
- Friday, December 20 – Cozy Pajamas Day
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Advanced Academics Deadline
December 15, 2024 - deadline for Advanced Academic Programs Full-Time Referral Form and optional materials for students in Grades 2–7. Please email the form and optional materials to our AART, Josie Mani. jtmani@fcps.edu
PLEASE NOTE: No exceptions to the referral deadline are made.
Questions? Email our AART, Josie Mani, at jtmani@fcps.edu
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Barksdale School Photography – Fall Picture Make-up/Retake - January 8, 2025
Barksdale School Photography will be at Weyanoke on January 8, 2025, to take make-up and retake pictures for any students who were absent on the original date or are new to the school. Order forms will be sent home in the Wednesday folder. Please return orders in the attached envelope by the picture day. If you wish for your student to do a retake, please send the original picture folder with your student. Smile!
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Winter Special Education and 504 Newsletter
The latest issue of the FCPS Special Education and 504 Newsletter is available online. Topics in this issue include:
- Community Resources for Families of Students with Disabilities
- Save the Date: 2025 Family Summit
- SEL Screener Results
- New Accessibility Resources
- Adapted Physical Education and Recreation Program
- Why Some Students with Disabilities Stay in FCPS Until Age 22
- VR Programs Supports Out-of-State Post Secondary Schools
- Executive Functioning Webinars
- Early Literacy Resources
- ESY and Assessment Webinar
- COVID-19 Compensatory Education: FCPS Service Delivery Options
Subscribe to the Special Education and 504 Newsletter.
Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program Art Contest
We are excited to announce that this summer we will be providing no-cost meals through our mobile summer feeding bus! When the school year ends, many children in our community lose access to reliable meals. While some locations offer free meals over the summer, many kids who lack transportation are left without food. Our mobile bus aims to solve this issue by bringing nutritious meals directly to the neighborhoods of children in need.
To make this project successful, we would greatly appreciate the support of our students, particularly those participating in the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program. We invite your school to join an art contest, where the winning artwork will be displayed outside our bus. Students are encouraged to create drawings of fruits and vegetables or to illustrate their interpretation of healthy eating.
If your child is interested in participating, please submit all artwork as a JPG file to their art teacher by January 31st.
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 Last week our staff held a "secret spirit week" and students had fun guessing the themes. Friday was Moustache Day!
⛄Student and Family Resources
Fairfax County Public Schools has compiled a list of resources for students and families in case they need assistance while schools are closed for winter break. Please visit FCPS’ winter resources webpage for information on academic support, mental health support, and county resources related to food, clothing, housing, and other needs.
School’s Closed, Learning Can Continue!
FCPS encourages students to take advantage of fun learning opportunities during winter break and snow days. Consider these winter activities to blend education and play for your students during winter break or weather-related school closures.
Winter Break (Student Holiday)
As a reminder, winter break will be held Monday, December 23, to Friday, January 3. To help make sure you and your children have a restful break, we have asked that no homework be assigned during this time. Teachers may assign long-range assignments in the weeks ahead of the break, allowing students to practice time management skills, but no assignments will be due immediately following the break. We look forward to welcoming students back in the new year.
Classes resume on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. See the complete school year calendar.
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❄️ Preparing for Winter Weather
Winter weather will be here before you know it! Watch this video to see how weather-related closing decisions are made.
FCPS’ website is generally the first place where we will post an emergency weather closing. Other communication channels will be used as quickly as possible including email, text, social media, and news stations. Learn more about how schedule changes are communicated.
Be sure to plan for the winter season. Make sure your contact information is up-to-date in SIS ParentVUE, bookmark the FCPS website, and plan for childcare if appropriate.
📞 Family Information Phone Lines
FCPS phone lines are available in nine different languages. An FCPS employee will respond to your call in your preferred language within 24 hours, Monday through Friday. Call the phone line with any question about your child’s education or FCPS and someone will help connect you to resources or arrange for you to speak to the appropriate school employee. Learn more about family information phone lines and phone numbers.
News from the Weyanoke PTA
When giving back this holiday season, please consider a direct donation to the Weyanoke ES PTA. We pay for field trips, Staff Appreciation Week treats, the Spelling Bee, Family Fun Night, Career Day, and spirit wear orders. If you would like to give, please go to https://weyanokepta.givebacks.com/store/items/1063881 to make a tax-deductible donation.
The monthly General Membership meeting for the Weyanoke PTA will be on Tuesday, December 10th rather than our normal Thursday. We will be pairing up with the monthly Parent Coffee to celebrate our PTA Reflections winners and to talk about how to do science at home with your student to get ready for the Science Showcase in January.
We would like to welcome Tatiana Ramallo as our new Vice President of Communications! Melanie Morris also moved to PTA President, which means that the Vice President of Programs is now open. If you would like to join the PTA as our new Vice President of Programs, to see how everything works and to give back to our community, please contact Melanie Morris at woodchuckpta.vp@gmail.com.
We are doing one more Spirit Wear order on December 20th, just in time for the cold weather. To order, please go to https://weyanokepta.givebacks.com/store. We have hoodies, sweat pants, and blue long-sleeved t-shirts. We also have lots of t-shirts in stock for the spring.
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Upcoming Events
- Sunday, December 15 - deadline for Advanced Academic Programs Full-Time Referral Form and optional materials for students in Grades 2–7.
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Monday, December 23, to Friday, January 3 - Winter Break (Student Holiday)
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