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Hello Forest Edge Families and Community!
We’re in the home stretch and making it count! 💪✨
🏆 Our Attendance Challenge is heating up — this week’s winners are 3rd and 4th grade who tied for popsicles at recess!
🎻 Our amazing 4th graders took a trip to the Kennedy Center to see the National Symphony Orchestra — and wow, it was truly magical! ✨🎶
💧 Meanwhile, our 5th graders stayed local for a Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience right here at school. Science, nature, and hands-on learning galore! 🌿🦋🔬
🚌 And a huge THANK YOU to everyone who donated to Stuff the Bus! Our students lined the sidewalk and cheered as the bus rolled in — such a special moment of community spirit and kindness! 💛🎒👏
🕰️ Reminder: Monday, April 28th is a 3-hour early release. Students will be dismissed at 12:35 PM. If your plans have changed and your child will no longer be staying after, please contact your child’s teacher as soon as possible. 📩✅
Let’s keep the energy going — just a few more weeks to go! We’ve got this, Forest Edge! 🌲🎉
#ProudSchoolMoments 💫
Dr. Brittany Rogers, Principal
Mrs. Ashley Fisher, Assistant Principal
Come support Forest Edge Elementary by placing a mobile pickup, dine-in, Drive-thru, or curbside order. When ordering in the store or Drive-thru, let the team member know you are here for the Spirit Event.
Special In-Store time to enter your Spirit Event receipts for the Classroom Contest from 5pm – 7pm. Write your TEACHER’s name on the back of the receipt and put in bucket. The winning class will receive a surprise.
You get to enjoy a great meal or snack and Forest Edge Elementary will receive a donation of 25% of today's mobile sales that is supported through the Chick-fil-A® App when completing the order or marked Spirit Event in our system. The CODE is EAGLES (all caps).
We’re in full swing with our end-of-year attendance fun, and the students are loving it!
🌟 Week 1 Winners: 4th Grade — they crushed it and earned EXTRA RECESS!
🍦 Week 2 Winners: 3rd & 4th grade TIED!… and they've scored popsicles at recess!
We’re keeping the excitement going — a new mystery prize will be revealed next week! Thanks for helping your child show up and finish strong! 💪🌳
The FCPS PreK Program serves 3 and 4 year old students with a high quality, full-day preschool program with no cost to families at 78 Fairfax County elementary schools.
Students may qualify with a variety of economic or educational risk factors. Learn more about the Pre-K and Early Head Start Program by watching this video (English) or video (Spanish).
Spaces fill quickly, so complete an application online now or call 703-208-7900 (English) or 703-208-7901 (Spanish) for more information.
Students in grades 3-12 took the SEL Screener during the month of March. The screener provides information on their SEL skills such as achieving goals, understanding and managing emotions, establishing and maintaining relationships, and making responsible decisions. The screener also asks students how much their school community makes them feel valued, included, and supported.
Individual student SEL Screener results are available to families in the Documents section of SIS ParentVUE. Families who do not have an active ParentVUE account will receive their results via postal mail.
For support in understanding your individual student’s results or for ideas on how to support them at home, please review the SEL Screener Results Family Guide or reach out to our school staff with any questions.
Measles cases continue to rise in the US. About 1 in 5 people who get measles end up in the hospital. Measles can cause severe complications like a lung infection (pneumonia), brain inflammation (encephalitis), and possibly death, even with medical care. Symptoms of measles typically include:
- High fever (may spike up to 104°F)
- Cough
- Runny nose
- Red, watery eyes
- A rash that appears around 3-5 days after other symptoms begin. The rash typically starts on the face and spreads down the body.
The best way to protect a child from measles is by getting two doses of the combination measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine.
If you are unsure of your child's vaccination status or your personal vaccination status, talk to your health care provider. If your child needs an immunization, make an appointment with your health care provider, visit the Fairfax County Health Department website for a list of child immunization clinics, or view other Immunization Resources.
The Fairfax County Health Department and Fairfax County Public Schools School Health Services invite parents/caregivers of FCPS students to participate in a survey on satisfaction with school health room services. The survey takes about five minutes to complete and will be open until Monday, May 5.
School health rooms (clinics) are managed by public health nurses and school health aides. Those staff provide care for students who become sick or injured during the school day, who require medications during the school day, and/or who have a chronic health condition that requires management during the school day.
Additionally, the school health room staff:
- Provide health education, communicable disease prevention, and health screenings.
- Work with schools to help address the root causes of population health disparities so that all students have equitable access to educational and health opportunities.
- Ensure that students have care for minor injuries and illnesses, and chronic health conditions, thus helping to minimize health barriers to learning.
Survey results will provide a basis for quality improvement of school health room services as well as inform future planning for schools.
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.
We wanted to provide a reminder and follow up to the FCPS communication that was sent in June regarding seven three-hour early release Mondays for elementary students in the 24-25 year.
Forest Edge ES will dismiss at 12:35 pm on the dates below.
This time will be utilized for teacher planning time to support students, complete required professional development for the new Virginia Literacy Act, new reading and math standards, and other initiatives.
Additional information can be found on the FCPS Early Release Mondays webpage. If you have immediate questions, please email ESPlanning@fcps.edu.
Student Holidays
May 26th - Memorial Day - No School
June 11th - Last Day of School (2-Hour Early Release)
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