Calendar Reminders
Wednesday, March 19 - Integrated Reading and Writing Test for 8th Grade
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
Friday, April 4, 2025 - Cooper Dance 7:00-9:00PM
Thursday, April 10, 2025 - CMS v LMS (Girls and Boys Basketball Game at LHS)
April 14 - April 18 (Spring Break) - Schools and offices closed
See the complete school year calendar.
Integrated Reading and Writing (IRW) and Standards of Learning (SOL) Testing Notification
Students will be testing on the following dates:
- March 19th - IRW (8th-graders)
- May 5th - Reading 7 SOL
- May 7th - Reading 8 SOL
- May 13th - Math SOL (7th-graders)
- May 15th - Math SOL (8th-graders)
- May 19th - Science 8 SOL
Families received an email notification about the IRW and SOL testing. Please ensure you take note of these important details.
Morning and Afternoon Kiss and Ride
We've noticed a significant increase in student drop-off and pick-up traffic on Balls Hill Road and Dead Run in recent weeks. To ensure the safety of all our students, we kindly request that you use the designated Kiss & Ride lane exclusively for student drop-offs and pick-ups. Dropping off or picking up students in other locations creates unsafe situations and puts our students at unnecessary risk. Your cooperation in adhering to this policy is crucial for maintaining a safe environment for everyone. We appreciate your partnership in prioritizing student safety.
Author Visit - Pre Sales End This Friday, March 14th
New York Times Best-selling author Jennifer Nielsen will be visiting Cooper on April 10th!!
She’ll be doing a presentation during QST as well as book signings/meet & greet during lunches. The CMS Library is hosting a pre-sale book purchasing opportunity as a fundraiser. The three books we’re offering are: One Wrong Step, her brand new book about teens summiting Mt. Everest while also running from Nazi spies, Lines of Courage, five intersecting stories of differing viewpoints related to WW1 in Europe, and The False Prince, the first book of an action-adventure series of ‘fake it till you make it’ with orphaned boys competing to con their way into royalty.
If you’re interested in helping support through our pre-sale, please access this form https://tinyurl.com/yjcmk2uc and then pay for the book(s) in MySchoolBucks. Act fast; the pre-sale will only be available through March 14th. No additional books will be available the day of the author visit.
Any questions should be asked to Mrs. Crochet - secrochet@fcps.edu. And a huge shoutout to our PTO for helping us bring such an amazing author to Cooper!
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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).
TRACK
First week of practice will be the week of April 7th. Same schedule as Cross-Country, Monday and Thursday.
Potomac Youth Chess League (PYCL) Playoffs
The Potomac Youth Chess League Playoffs will be held on Saturday, March 15 at 4:30PM. Congratulations to Cooper’s Chess Club! The playoffs are a three-round fixed team format. Each round is one game with a time control of 10 minutes with 5 second increments. Best of luck to our Cooper Chess Team. May your pawns advance and your kings prevail!
Thank you to all the kind-hearted families who have donated so many goodies to our Makerspace - you are giving our students so much joy with their creative outlets. The students have come up with an updated list of items they are requesting. Please don’t feel like you need to buy anything, but rather finding any items around your house not being used could be a win-win for all of us (you get it out of your house and our students get fresh fun). Donations may be dropped in the main office or have your student bring it up to the library.
Any questions should be asked of Mrs. Crochet (secrochet@fcps.edu).
Thank you!
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Cooper Dance
Midnight in Paris!
Date: April 4, 2025
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Doors Open at 6:45pm
Location: Gym 1
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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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UPDATED VIP SUMMER CAMP INFORMATION
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3/11 UPDATE: REGISTRATION IS ON HOLD!
WE WILL NOTIFY YOU SOON OF A NEW RELEASE DATE.
CONTACT YOUR MIDDLE SCHOOL AFTER SCHOOL SPECIALIST FOR GENERAL QUESTIONS.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW FLYER.
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Community Updates from our Family Liaison
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
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3/14
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Understand Executive Function Milestones, Challenges, & Implement Effective Strategies at Home for Children in Middle School
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3/19
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Supporting Mental Health: Recognizing and Addressing Anxiety and Depression in Teens
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3/25
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Calming the Chaos: Teaching Emotional Regulation to Twice – Exceptional (2e) Students
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4/1
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SIB Shops (for children in grades 2-6 who have siblings with special needs)
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4/1
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SIB Teen (Community building group for middle school siblings of children with disabilities)
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4/4
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Understand Executive Function Milestones, Challenges, & Implement Effective Strategies at Home for Adolescents in High School
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4/11
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Math Strategies for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities
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4/22
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Empowering Twice-exceptional Students to Understand the Role of Accommodations in Accessing Learning
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4/25
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The Role of Boundaries in Teen Development
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Senior Ethics Day at Langley High School is an incredible opportunity to explore ethical decision making. We need volunteers to help organize the event and to be table leaders at the event on Thursday, March 20. Please contact Danica Alink if you can help in advance, danica.alink@hotmail.com, or please sign up and share this SignUpGenius to help at the event.
Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center (PEACT) has exciting trainings available for free that are self-paced and online. This month they’re starting classes on special education and disability services, IEP processes and turning 18 in VA and what individuals with disabilities need to consider. (PEATC – Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center)
Family Academy is a great resource for additional support in your child’s school journey!https://www.fcps.edu/family-academy
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:
- March 17, 2025, for the week of March 24, 2025
Forms must be submitted on time to receive meal kits for the following week.
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.
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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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