Calendar Reminders
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.
Kiss n Ride Updates
- Bus Encouragement:
- Please consider having your child use the bus for both morning and afternoon transportation.
- Morning Kiss n Ride:
- To ensure your child arrives to class on time and prepared, please arrive at Cooper by 7:17 AM.
- Cars arriving at or before 7:17 AM have demonstrated successful drop-offs with ample time for students to arrive at their classrooms ready to learn.
- Afternoon Kiss n Ride:
- Please arrive by 2:25 PM for afternoon Kiss n Ride pickup.
- Road Maintenance:
- Design and Construction has scheduled a road sweeper and scrubber to clean the Kiss n Ride area.
Snow Delays/Cancellations and the Odd/Even Rotation:
- Please remember that snow delays or cancellations do not alter the pre-established Odd/Even day rotation calendar.
- The Odd/Even schedule, set at the beginning of the school year, remains consistent regardless of weather-related closures.
- For example, if a snow day occurs on a scheduled Odd day, and we return to school the following day (a scheduled Even day), that day will still be observed as an Even day.
We understand this may cause some confusion, so we encourage you to review/print the 2024-2025 Rotation Calendar:
Click here to view the 2024-2025 Rotation Calendar
Student Fasting Meal Kits for February 28 - March 28, 2025
The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) has issued a new, first-time waiver allowing students fasting during the school day from February 28 to March 28, 2025, to request take-home breakfast and lunch meal kits. The Office of Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) will provide meal kits reflecting the school menu. Meals will be kept cold and must be heated at home.Students may claim one breakfast and one lunch kit per day. If a student purchases breakfast or lunch at school, they cannot pick up a kit that day. Meal kits must be picked up by students at the end of the school day—adults cannot collect them.Parents or guardians must submit a weekly request form via the FCPS FNS website by the deadlines:
- February 24, 2025, for February 28 and the week of March 3, 2025
- March 3, 2025, for the week of March 10, 2025
- March 10, 2025, for the week of March 17, 2025
- March 17, 2025, for the week of March 24, 2025
Forms must be submitted on time to receive meal kits for the following week.
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
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Informational Videos: Videos covering electives and core courses are available on the Cooper Website. *Slides from Math Night are now posted!
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Informational Lessons on the Course Selection Process: Block 4 Advisory on February 6th and 10th.
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Course Requests Due in SIS StudentVUE: Due February 12th. Remember:
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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.
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Individual Student/Counselor Meetings: Meetings will take place during history classes between February 13th and 25th.
Rising 9th grade
Academic Advising Information
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Informational Videos: Langley’s website
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Informational Lessons on the Course Selection Process: Block 4 Advisory on February 6th and 10th.
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Course Requests Due in SIS StudentVUE: Due February 12th. Remember:
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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.
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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/News
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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
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Great Falls Youth Lacrosse
Attention 7th & 8th Graders! Ready to Try Lacrosse?
Great Falls Youth Lacrosse is looking for new athletes to join the fun this spring! Whether you're a basketball or hockey player looking for an off-season sport or just interested in trying something new, lacrosse is the perfect choice. No experience is needed—just bring your energy and enthusiasm!
Questions? Contact Us!
Don’t miss out—get in the game this spring with Great Falls Youth Lacrosse!
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
| Tuesday, February 18th |
FCPS Risk Prevention Series: Part 1 Risk Prevention
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| Friday, February 21st |
Nurturing Adolescent Growth: Part 4 – Supporting Mental Health: Recognizing and Addressing Anxiety and Depression in Teens
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| Saturday, February 22nd |
SibShops (for children grades 2-6)
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| Tuesday, February 25th |
FCPS Risk Prevention Series: Suicide Prevention – Supporting Your Child
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| Tuesday, March 4th |
Part 3: Violence Prevention: Responding to Threats of Harm to Others
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| Friday, March 7th |
Anxiety in the Context of Autism: What Parents Need to Know
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| Friday, March 14th |
Understand Executive Function Milestones, Challenges, & Implement Effective Strategies at Home for Children in Middle School
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| Wednesday, March 19 |
Supporting Mental Health: Recognizing and Addressing Anxiety and Depression in Teens
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| Tuesday, March 25 |
Calming the Chaos: Teaching Emotional Regulation to Twice – Exceptional (2e) Students
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- Family Academy is a great resource for additional support in your child’s school journey! https://www.fcps.edu/family-academy
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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 7th 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.
Student Celebrations
Debate Team
Cooper MS Debate attended their last “regular” debate tournament on Sat, Feb 15th, in Arlington. Fifteen teams (30 debaters) and 5 volunteer parent judges participated! They debated whether the United States should join the International Criminal Court.
Teams with 3-1 records included: Meera and Aikus, Isaac and Ennis, Sofia and Hannah, and Yanai and Kai. Almost everyone else earned 2-2 or won at least one round: including Isha and Anika, Jessica and Sophie, Suvina and Annabel, Brant and Kaya, Liam and Arjan, Olivia and Lily, Saeeun and Alina, Edwin and Thomas, Mihir and Bohan, Kristen and Veda, and Angela and Neva. These are complicated topics, and our competition is equally well-prepared! We are so proud of all our debaters!
Next up, are the Metro Finals in March, where the Cooper MS Debate Team qualified 21 members.
We are so proud of all our debaters!
Chess Club
Congratulations to William, Zohran V, Bryan T & Cheney, from the Cooper MS Chess Club, who participated in the World Amateur Chess tournament in New Jersey, this past weekend. After 3 days of competitive play, they managed to secure the spot for the top middle school in the entire tournament!
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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