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📅 Friday, Feb 21 | 6–7:30 PM | School Gym
Students get a passport to explore 12+ cultural stops, collect stamps and earn a small prize!
🌏 Cultures (so far):
Afghanistan | Antarctica | Argentina | China | Colombia | India | Italy | Kenya | Mongolia | Romania | Scotland | Türkiye
Enjoy a Chinese dance, a fashion show, and learn about the Lakota people!
✨ Get Involved! Host a table and share your culture. Sign up: https://tinyurl.com/3eezapd5
💬 Questions? Contact Amy at amy.spradlin@outlook.com | 703-283-6113.
We are excited to invite FCPS students to showcase their projects and advocacy efforts on inclusivity at the 2025 FCPS Family Summit on March 15, 2025, at South Lakes High School. This is a great opportunity for students to share their voices, earn service hours, and build their resumes. Please help us amplify this opportunity by sharing it with your students. More details, including how to participate, can be found in this document. Please note that the deadline to submit proposals for students is February 17, 2025.
Thank you for your support in ensuring that student voice is at the center of the 2025 Family Summit!
Attending kindergarten provides children with an opportunity to learn and practice the essential social, emotional, problem-solving, and self-regulation skills they will use throughout their lives. Fairfax County public schools typically conduct kindergarten registration events, including orientation, between January and April. Eligible children can also be registered throughout the summer, but registering your child early helps us prepare and ensure we have the teachers and resources needed on the first day of school.
Families should prepare for registration by gathering documents and completing forms on the FCPS kindergarten registration webpage. FCPS offers support and resources for all families to help with registration and the transition to kindergarten. For support in other languages, visit the kindergarten registration webpage.
✨ A strong start is Goal 1 of the 2023-30 Strategic Plan.
Spanish:¡Es el Momento de Inscribirse para el Kindergarten!
Asistir al kindergarten ofrece a los niños la oportunidad de aprender y practicar las habilidades sociales, emocionales, de resolución de problemas y de autorregulación esenciales que usarán durante toda su vida. Las escuelas públicas del Condado de Fairfax normalmente llevan a cabo eventos de inscripción para kindergarten-incluyendo orientación-en la primavera durante Lunes o Abril. Los niños elegibles también pueden inscribirse durante el verano, pero inscribir a su hijo temprano ayuda a las escuelas a prepararse y asegurarse de que tengan a mano los maestros y recursos que necesitan el primer día de clases.
Después de determinar a qué escuela asistirá su hijo, las familias deben prepararse para la inscripción reuniendo documentos y completando formularios, los detalles se pueden encontrar en la página web de inscripción de kindergarten de FCPS. FCPS ofrece apoyo y recursos para todas las familias para ayudar con la inscripción y la transición al kindergarten. Para apoyo en otros idiomas, visite la página web de inscripción de kindergarten.
The Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Screener will be administered to students in grades 3-12 in March. Students use the SEL Screener twice a year to share their perspectives on how well their school and community help them develop the skills they need to succeed. The screener works by asking questions or presenting statements that students can think about and respond to. This gives students a way to share how well their school community makes them feel valued, included, and supported.
After each screening, results are available in the Documents tab of SIS ParentVUE and mailed to families who do not have a ParentVUE account. For more information, including SEL Screener questions and opt-out information, please visit the Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) Screener webpage.
Fairfax County is experiencing very high levels of influenza (flu) illness. The Fairfax County Health Department reports that visits to emergency departments and urgent care centers for flu-like illness have increased, especially among children, and multiple flu outbreaks have occurred in our community and school settings. Read a letter from the health department.
The health department suggests taking the following steps to reduce the spread of flu and other germs:
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Cover coughs and sneezes. If you must be around others while ill, wearing a mask can help reduce spread.
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Wash hands often with soap and water for 20 seconds. Use alcohol-based hand sanitizers when soap and water are not available (with supervision for younger children).
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Clean frequently touched surfaces.
According to the health department, to help prevent or reduce the spread of illness it is important for individuals who are sick to stay home and away from others until symptoms improve and until they have been free of fever for at least 24 hours. Visit this Attendance webpage for guidance on when your child should go to school.
Thanks to a new program from the Virginia Department of Education, students who are fasting during the school day between February 28 and March 28 can now take school meal kits home at the end of the day.Families will need to fill out a weekly Fasting Meals Request Form for their child or children to receive school meal kits. A separate form must be filled out for each week and each student.To receive meal kits for Friday, February 28, and the week of March 3, please submit the first request form by Monday, February 24. Visit the FNS webpage for more information, including weekly request forms and deadlines.
February 17 - School Closed; President’s Day Holiday
February 21 - PTA Heritage Night 6:00-7:30 in the gym
February 27 - PJ Skidoos PTA Fundraiser
March 10 - 3 Hour Early Release Monday 1pm
March 13 - PTA Zoom Meeting 8pm PTA Zoom Link
March 14 - School Pictures - Individual and Class
March 14 - PTA Pi/Math Night 6:00-7:30 in the Cafeteria and Library
March 19 - Chipotle PTA Fundraiser
March 26 - School Pictures - Clubs and Candids
March 28 - End of the 3rd Quarter
March 31 - School Closed; Eid al Fitr
April 14-18 - School Closed; Spring Break
Be Informed; Stay Involved!
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