Cooper News 2/13

Calendar Reminders 

Monday, February 17 (Presidents' Day) - Schools and offices closed

Friday, March 28 - End of 3rd Quarter

Monday, March 31 (Eid al-Fitr) - Schools and offices closed

Tuesday, April 1 (Teacher Workday) - No school for students

April 14 - April 18 (Spring Break) - Schools and offices closed

See the complete school year calendar.

School Resource Officer Appreciation Day

By proclamation, the Governor of Virginia designated February 15^th as the official School Resource Officer (SRO) Appreciation Day.  

Thank you Officer Hunter for all that you do to support the students and community at Cooper Middle School.

2025-2026 Course Registration

Rising 8th Graders

We're excited to begin planning for the upcoming 2025-2026 school year.  If your student will not be attending Cooper next school year, please contact our registrar, Silvia Dossmann, at smdossmann@fcps.edu

• Informational Videos: Videos covering electives and core courses are available on the Cooper Website. *Slides from Math Night are now posted! 
• Informational Lessons on the Course Selection Process: Block 4 Advisory on February 6th and 10th.
• Course Requests Due in SIS StudentVUE: Due February 12th. Remember:
• Search by course code, not course title.
• Use a web browser, SIS StudentVUE, not the SIS app
• SIS Directions are available.
• Course Request Sheet Due to CMS Counselor: Submit your completed course request sheet to your counselor by February 12th. Counselors will collect these in the gyms in the mornings or you can drop it off at their offices in Student Services located across from the main office.  
• Individual Student/Counselor Meetings: Meetings will take place during history classes between February 13th and 25th.

Rising 9th grade

Academic Advising Information

• Informational Videos: Langley’s website
• Informational Lessons on the Course Selection Process: Block 4 Advisory on February 6th and 10th.
• Course Requests Due in SIS StudentVUE: Due February 12th. Remember:
• Search by course code, not course title.
• Use a web browser, SIS StudentVUE, not the SIS app
• SIS Directions are available.
• Course Request Sheet Due to CMS Counselor: Submit your completed course request sheet to your counselor by February 12th. Counselors will collect these in the gyms in the mornings or you can drop it off at their offices in Student Services located across from the main office.  
• Individual Student/Cooper Counselor and Langley Meetings: Meetings will take place during Civics classes between February 13th and 25th.

Please reach out to your Cooper School counselor with any questions.

Additionally Academic Advising information for rising 8th and rising 9th graders will be added to the Cooper Website and Langley Website. 

Track and Field Registration

Track and Field Registration is Live.  Anyone interested in joining Cooper’s Track and Field team this spring must first register with the county using this link.  Practices will begin in March and will be held twice a week after school at Cooper.  We will participate in 5 meets (4/26, 5/3, 5/10, 5/17, 5/31).

College Partnership Program - CPP

Do you have a student between grades 8 through 11 who wants to go to college? If so, they should consider applying to the College Partnership Program (CPP), which offers support from exploration to application! The deadline to apply is February 28, 2025.

CPP offers programming to help prepare students and families from 9th grade all the way through applying to and enrolling in college, including:

• Academic counseling
• College visits
• Help with completing college and scholarship applications
• Monthly meetings
• A summer overnight experience on a college campus  
• News and information related to colleges and careers via Schoology

All students are eligible and encouraged to apply to this program, and are expected to meet the following requirements:

• Maintain a GPA of 2.5 or higher in core classes
• Attend monthly CPP meetings 
• Are willing to pursue advanced coursework
• Demonstrate leadership in school or community activities

The goal of the program is to systematically mitigate the impact of barriers to access and opportunity, and support students who are from populations that are historically underrepresented on college campuses. This includes students who are the first in their family to attend college in the U.S., Multilingual learners, students who are economically disadvantaged, and students with disabilities.

Application Link for Students: https://tinyurl.com/u2e3hme3 

*The application is only open to students using their FCPS G-Suite account. Students can access this link on the Cooper Corner Schoology page.

*All applications will be submitted ONLINE ONLY. 

Community Events

TJ TWIST Presents Techstravaganza 2025 Tomorrow’s Women in Science and Technology (TWIST), a student organization at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST) is hosting Techstravaganza 2025.  Techstravaganza is an annual STEM activity fair for students of ALL AGES.  Admission is free, food will be for sale, and we hope that you can spread the word in your school. Here is our registration link: https://tinyurl.com/techstrav25 Saturday, May 17, 2025 10:00am - 4:00pm TJHSST 6560 Braddock Rd. Alexandria, VA 22312

Community Updates from our Family Liaison 

Webinars

The Family Resource Center offers a variety of free webinars to help children and families succeed.  Speakers are invited from academic fields and from within FCPS experts.  Check out the link for sign up and more details.  Recorded meetings can be sent to registered participants.  https://www.fcps.edu/services/families-and-caregivers/family-resource-center/free-webinars-and-family-events

• Family Academy is a great resource for additional support in your child’s school journey!  https://www.fcps.edu/family-academy
• Here are some fun things to do this 3 day weekend celebrating President’s Day on Monday, 2/17 https://familytripguides.com/presidents-day-weekend-washington-dc/
• Cooper wear Donations with Ms. Bailey (ongoing)  –  There is a box in the front office for Cooper wear donations to pass on to new families and rising 7^th graders.  If you no longer need yours, have your student bring it by!

Please contact our Family Liaison, Ms. Amy Bailey (msbailey@fcps.edu) with any questions. 

Request for Photos Attention Parents! We need photos of your students and their Cooper friends for the yearbook. We are specifically looking for photos from last summer, sports, weekends, holidays, first day of school, and students with their families. Please email any photos you would want to see in the yearbook to Cooperyearbook@gmail.com ASAP. THANK YOU!

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