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March 20th, 2025
Good Afternoon Flint Hill Families,
Please be sure to join us for the annual Show What You Know event on Wednesday, March 26th This is a great opportunity for students to share their interests and learn from others! Also, mark your calendars for other upcoming events including the Art Show, PTA FHES v. VES Basketball Game, Kindergarten Orientation and more! Dates, details and times are in the messages below.
Please help FHES prepare for the new school year by encouraging any new neighbors or friends to begin their registration process now for the next school year. When we have advanced notice of students who will be joining Flint Hill at any grade level, this helps ensure that we can have the most staffing available for our school. Kindergarten and new student registration information can be found below. Thank you!
Kindly,
Mr. Montaquila, Principal
Mr. Baker, Assistant Principal
Please join us for kindergarten orientation!
Monday, April 28th from 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm.
Please complete this form to let us know if you will attend the orientation:
FHES Kindergarten Orientation - RSVP
New kindergarten students and their families are invited to visit Flint Hill to learn more about the upcoming school year. To begin, please follow the steps below to begin the registration process.
There’s an easy five-step process outlined for parents looking to register their child for kindergarten:
- Determine eligibility.
- Identify your local school.
- Gather documents.
- Fill out forms.
- Schedule an appointment.
After the appointment at the school (the student and one caregiver must be present), the student will be ready for orientation, Bridge to Kindergarten, or any other introductory events each school may host. Read more about the registration process.
Begin your Kindergarten and New Student Registration today!
If you have any questions, please contact our Student Information Assistant (SIA), Shirley Eason, or call the main office at 703-242-6100.
The FHES PTA Read-A-Thon is well under way and has already raised over $6,000 for the FHES PTA with nearly 40,000 minutes read in our first few days of the event! The Read-A-Thon runs from March 10 to March 31, celebrating National Reading Month. Encourage your kids to read while raising money for the FHES PTA. Proceeds support programs are invested back into PTA programs that support FHES students, staff, and the broader Falcon community.
Here’s how it works:
1. Create an account at https://www.read-a-thon.com/readers/r/AYSjpg/1
2. Log reading minutes daily
3. Share the link to raise funds from family and friends
4. Win prizes for participation and milestones!
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On Monday, March 24, parents and guardians of Flint Hill Elementary will receive an email with a link to the FCPS Principal Evaluation Parent/Guardian Feedback Form. This questionnaire is part of the Performance Evaluation Program and provides an opportunity to share anonymous feedback about our school’s leadership and environment.
Topics covered in the survey include:
- Instructional leadership
- School climate
- Management (human resources and organizational)
- Communication and community relations
- Culturally responsive and equitable leadership
- Professionalism
The questionnaire will be open March 24 – April 4 and will be collected online. Keep an eye out for an email from FCPSSurvey@fcps.edu and take a few minutes to complete it. Your input is valuable and helps shape the future of our school.
Thank you for your time and feedback!
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Calling all family and friends of our fabulous Flint Hill Artists! You are invited to our annual Flint Hill Art Show!
When: Friday, April 4th; 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Where: Flint Hill Elementary School
What: Come enjoy 2D and 3D artwork made by our K-6 artists! Every student has at least one piece of artwork in the show!
Why: Our artists create meaningful artwork that tells a story and showcases various skills. We value the arts at Flint Hill and welcome the support of our community!
Questions can be directed to Ms. McAlister or the Art Show PTA chair, Holly Fulmer.
Thank you to the volunteers that helped this week to prepare art for our upcoming Art Show! If you are able to help throughout the month, please sign up here.
Mrs. McAlister also needs your help with day-of support on April 4, setting up and tearing down. You can sign up here!
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Every year on March 21, people all around the world come together to celebrate World Down Syndrome Day by wearing brightly colored, mismatched socks. March 21 is symbolic because people with Down syndrome have 3 copies of their 21st chromosome. Socks were chosen because the karyotype of Ds chromosomes actually looks like mismatched socks!
At Flint Hill we will be ROCKing our socks on Friday! Please wear your fun, bright, mismatched socks to join us in this worldwide celebration!
 
 Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at 5:30PM in the FHES Gym
At Show What You Know, students have the opportunity to showcase anything they are passionate about! Whether it’s Pokémon, elephants, coding, or something they have bee working on, this is the perfect time for students to share their knowledge and creativity with others. If you would like to participate, please sign up below! If you simply want to attend the event, no need to register. If you have any questions, please reach out to programs@fhespta.com. See you all there!
Show What You Know Registration
Please update the School Public Health Nurse of any medical conditions that may impact your student’s school day.
Spring weather is here and with that comes spring allergies - it's that time in the year to start those allergy medications! Allergy symptoms can be difficult to differentiate between cold, flu, and COVID-19 symptoms. It is important to have seasonal allergies documented as a health condition.
Please email the School Public Health Nurse, Michelle Bui, at mbui1@fcps.eduif your student has seasonal allergies and what symptoms he/she may present with.
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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, 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 3, for the week of March 10
- March 10, for the week of March 17
- March 17, for the week of March 24
Forms must be submitted on time to receive meal kits for the following week.
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FCPS is partnering with Varsity Tutors to provide students and families with extra learning resources. Every student can take advantage of Varsity Tutors’ services at no cost, including weekly live online classes; on-demand 24/7 chat tutoring; essay editing; and study resources such as recorded content, practice problems, and diagnostic tests. Learn more about online tutoring with Varsity Tutors. |
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Registration will be available soon for summer camps offered by Fairfax County Public Schools for all students. Career and Technical Education (CTE) camps and Institute for the Arts (IFTA) camps will be held in July at Lake Braddock Secondary School from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bus transportation will be available from select FCPS middle and high schools. Registration begins for these programs on Monday, March 10, and ends Friday, June 6.
Tech Adventure Camp (TAC) is a week-long exploratory camp designed to allow current K-5 students to explore activities in STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math), culinary arts, health, trades, and business and marketing areas. Watch this video about CTE camps.
E-IFTA is a weekly arts camp for students in grades 2-5 who love to sing, dance, act, perform, make, and create. Students take part in four daily classes related to dance, music, theater, and visual art. They work with FCPS fine arts teachers who create fun and engaging classes.
For more information, see the Summer Learning page.
Save the date for SOL testing for grades 3-6.
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As required by the Code of Virginia, parents or legal guardians need to provide proof of immunizations for their child to attend public school. All students entering seventh grade are required to receive one dose of each of the following immunizations:
- Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis booster (Tdap) given at age 7 or older.
- Meningococcal vaccine (MenACWY) given at age 10 or older.
- A complete series of 2 doses of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine.
- After reviewing educational materials approved by the Board of Health, the parent or guardian, at the parents/guardians sole discretion, may elect for the child not to receive the HPV vaccine.
Parents/guardians are encouraged to plan ahead by scheduling an appointment with their child’s health care provider now to avoid the rush this summer. If your child does not have a health care provider, please visit the FCPS Immunizations Resource page to find out where to get an immunization.
Please review the Virginia Department of Health Information Packet for more information on rising 7th grade immunization requirements.
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FHES has reached over 627lbs of plastic collected! Please keep sharing your donations to help us reach our 1000lb goal by June!
We need to collect 122 lbs in March to stay on pace for meeting our goal! So far, we have collected 96.9 lbs in March. Please keep sharing your donations!
Please consider helping us meet our NexTrex Challenge goal by transporting the weighed plastic to a local drop off site at an area grocery store. A list of sites can be found here: https://nextrex.com/view/findadropoff#jsfdir.
All you need to do is:
- 1. Sign-Up for a date to collect the plastic
- Take a bag/s from the lobby
- Place a sign on the poster in the lobby to get credit for your contribution
- Drop off the plastic when you go to the grocery store!
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March 26th - Show What You Know
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March 28th - End of 3rd Quarter
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March 31st - Eid-al Fitr - School Holiday
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April 1st - Teacher Workday
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April 4th - FHES Art Show - 5-7 pm
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April 14-18 - Spring Break
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April 24th - PTA Basketball Game @ JMHS
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April 28th - 3-Hour Early Release
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April 28th - Kindergarten Orientation 1:30pm
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Whether students miss school because of illness or any other reason, missing school leads to learning loss.
Help your child succeed by encouraging them to attend as many days as possible, but do make sure your child stays home if they are sick. Visit FCPS’ website for information on when to keep your child at home.
If your child has a chronic illness, make sure to notify their teacher so that support can be provided if needed. Also, keep an open line of communication with your school's public health staff.
Read about how families can help form good attendance habits. Attend today, achieve tomorrow!
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Good communication between home and school is vital to a successful school experience for each child. Questions relating to your child should be directed to the classroom teacher. All teachers have voice mail and an e-mail address. The school has a web page that links directly to each teacher’s e-mail.
Each year, FCPS produces a Handbook for its FCPS families. It contains valuable information you may need throughout the year, including calendars, services, and special programs, the instructional program, and information about starting school. Flint Hill Elementary has produced a handbook that includes some additional notes that are important for our school community.
Flint Hill Elementary Family Handbook
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You may wish to read FCPS messages in a language other than English. There are several ways you can receive or view our communications in a different language.
FCPS This Week is distributed in other languages to parents/guardians who have filled out the Home Language Survey form and selected a language supported by FCPS as their preferred language for communication. Home Language Survey forms are available in the following languages: Amharic | Arabic (العربية) | Chinese (中文) | Farsi (فارسی) | Korean (한국어) | Spanish (español) | Urdu (اردو) | Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt).
Learn more about other communications that are translated.
Paperless Opt-Outs Available!
As a part of our ongoing efforts to streamline paper processes, parents can now select a number of opt-out’s electronically via ParentVUE. Once you have signed into your ParentVUE account, simply select the “Student Info” tab and click on “Edit Information.” You will find opt-out’s listed there. Parents that do not yet have a ParentVUE account will still be able to use paper forms for notification. If you need to set up your ParentVUE account, you can create one online via the FCPS ParentVUE Registration page.
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