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
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.
Our Schools, Our Future – Spring Series 2025: Community and Employee Conversations
FCPS Superintendent Dr. Michelle Reid is hosting a series of Community and Employee Conversations across the school division this spring. These events are a valuable opportunity for you and your communities to share your thoughts, ask questions, and engage directly with Dr. Reid. Your input matters, and we encourage you to participate.
Community Conversations – Open to all families from all regions
- Thursday, March 20 | 6:30–7:30 p.m. | Cunningham Park Elementary School Registration is open, but not required.
- Monday, March 24 | 6:30–7:30 p.m. | Kings Park Elementary School - Registration coming soon.
- Tuesday, April 1 | 6:30–7:30 p.m. | Lorton Station Elementary School - Registration coming soon.
- Monday, April 7 | 6:30–7:30 p.m. | Greenbriar West Elementary School - Registration coming soon.
- Monday, April 21 | 6:30–7:30 p.m. | Mount Eagle Elementary School - Registration coming soon.
- Wednesday, April 23 | 6:30–7:30 p.m. | Mason Crest Elementary School - Registration coming soon.
Interpreter services will be provided for all events.
NOT Attending Cooper Next School Year?
As we prepare for the upcoming school year, we kindly ask parents to let us know if their student will not be returning to Cooper MS for the 2025-2026 school year. If your student will not be attending, please complete the IT-110 Student Intention Form and submit it to Ms. Dossmann at smdossmann@fcps.edu as soon as possible.
Thank you in advance!
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Lost and Found
Spring is around the corner and it’s time for us to clean out our Lost and Found. Is your child missing a water bottle? Over 40 of our students are! Is your child missing a jacket or hoodie? We have over 50 in our Lost and Found located in the cafeteria.
All items will be donated on Monday, March 24. Please encourage your child to check out the Lost and Found this week.
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Cooper Connections Magazine
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Parents! Please encourage your students to submit any work for possible publication in our end of the year Cooper Connection magazine. Students can submit work to the link posted on Schoology, or email work directly to lmbovenzi@fcsp.edu
This is a great opportunity for students to see their work in print!
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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.
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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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3/19 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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3/25
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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 20th. 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
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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