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📅 Attendance will be taken on the last day of school, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. If your child will be absent that day, please contact the front office at 📞 703-846-8000.
A friendly reminder of the important SOL test dates below. Teachers will be sharing the scores for each test shortly after each test is administered. This allows students to prepare for a retake should they fall in the retake range, and you have provided permission. If your student is absent and must take a make-up test, they will receive their score on a different date.
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7th grade
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8th grade
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Score Reporting Days
Pending Score Availability
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May 7th
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Reading SOL
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Reading SOL
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May 12th & 13th
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May 14th
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Science SOL
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May 19th & 20th
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May 21st
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Math SOL
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Math SOL
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May 22nd & 23rd
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Make-Ups
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Scheduled as needed throughout window
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Retakes
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For any student who receives a score of 375-399, they will be offered a retake. Parents must complete the Parent Retest Permission form for State Assessments via the Parent Digital Consent site in order for a student to retake an SOL test, if they qualify.
Retakes will occur May 28th-30th.
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If you have any questions regarding testing, please contact Thoreau’s school test coordinator, Erin Lynch (703.846.8058 or emlynch@fcps.edu).
📝 How can parents/guardians help on testing days?
- 🕘 Ensure your student is present and on time. Avoid scheduling appointments on these dates.
- 😴🥣 Ensure your student gets a good night’s sleep and eats a healthy breakfast in the morning.
- 🎧 If your student has an audio accommodation for testing, be sure they bring headphones to school.
- 📵 Remind your student to have their cell phone off and away in their YONDR pouch.
- 💻 Verify your student’s Chromebook is in working order.
- 🛠️ Computer issues should be reported immediately to Student IT Support.
- 🔋 Fully charge their Chromebook every night.
- 🔌 Pack their charger in their backpack (if your student lost their charger, please purchase a replacement via MySchoolBucks).
Questions? Contact Erin Lynch at 📞 703.846.8058 or ✉️emlynch@fcps.edu
Join us for an evening of food, games & fun on Wednesday, May 14, 5:00–8:00 PM in the cafeteria! 🍽️🎲
🚚 Food Trucks:
🐼 Hangry Panda (Asian fusion)
🥟 La Buena Empanada (Latin flavor)
🍦 Fred’s Ice Cream (stepping in for Tony’s ❤️)
🎮 Games for all ages:
🧱 Giant Jenga
🃏 Card games
🎉 UNO Tournament with prizes! 🏆
Admission is free—stay as long as you like! (Students must attend with a parent/guardian 👨👩👧)
Questions or want to donate prizes? Contact: 📧 Adam Strawn at ACStrawn@gmail.com
FCPS is proud to introduce the inaugural Summer Internship Program, a six-week, paid, in-person opportunity for a limited number of current FCPS high school students or FCPS alumni enrolled in post-secondary education. 🎓
This program provides hands-on work experience, professional development, and project-based learning across various FCPS departments. 🏢 Locations include Gatehouse Administration Center, Willow Oaks Administrative Center, and other FCPS central office facilities. The internship runs from Monday, June 30 through Friday, August 8. 📆
By participating in this program, interns will gain real-world experience that directly aligns with the principles of the Closing the Achievement Gap (CAG) Framework and supports FCPS’ Strategic Plan Goal 5: Leading for Tomorrow’s Innovation, which aims to equip every student with the skills to thrive in life after high school.
Interns will: 🔹 Support staff with projects 🔹 Participate in weekly workshops (💰 personal finance, 💬 communication skills, 📝 resume writing, 🤝 networking) 🔹 Shadow staff on mission-critical projects for the new school year
Applications are open now through Friday, May 16.
👉 Full details available on the FCPS website.
Make life easier for next school year by ordering your school supplies online today! ✏️ The Thoreau PTA has partnered with EPI (this is not a fundraiser). Supplies will be shipped to Thoreau and ready for pick-up at the Open House before school starts. Order using School ID THO119 at:
👉 https://www.educationalproducts.com/shoppacks/
Wednesday, May 7 was a day to recognize our incredible school nurses who make a HUGE impact on student health and learning. 🩺💉 Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) appreciates the role of School Public Health Nurses (PHNs) for their tireless contributions to student well-being and school safety. 🙌
Join us in thanking our PHNs for everything they do! 💐
More: National School Nurse Association
Did you know missing just 1 day every 2 weeks = 10% of the school year? 📆 That adds up fast!
We understand kids get sick 🤒 but attending school regularly is key to academic success. Missing too many days—excused or not—means lost learning and impacts the whole class. Let’s work together to keep students in school as much as possible! 💪
Support your student and promote the show by purchasing a Something Rotten T-shirt! Orders are due by NEXT TUESDAY, MAY 13th. This is optional, and family & friends are welcome to order too! 🎭
👉 https://www.customink.com/g/pga0-00cy-kdc1
Shirts will be distributed at rehearsal or placed in mailboxes once they arrive. 👌
After-School is an amazing opportunity for our staff & students to connect outside of the normal school day hours! 🌟 Students & staff are coming up with some really creative clubs to kick off this exciting school year. 🎨🧩 After-School clubs & late buses will continue to occur on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays between 2:25 PM – 4:45 PM throughout the school year! ⏰
Check out all of the after-school information linked below! 🔗
Please have your student access these links using their FCPS Google account! 👩💻
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📅 Weekly After-School Club Schedule – this is the club schedule for the week of May 5th – May 9th. The schedule is updated weekly since clubs are always being added by students and Thoreau staff. (If a club is highlighted and crossed out, it means that the club will not be meeting that day.)
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📝 Club Descriptions – learn more about what each club offers!
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🚍 Late Bus Routes/Stops – help your child find their late bus stop. (Late buses depart from Thoreau on Mondays, Wednesdays & Thursdays from 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM only!)
🚫 NO After-School Activities or Late Bus Transportation on: Early Release Days, County Holidays, or possible cancellations due to inclement weather. 🌧️❄️
🗓️ THOREAU WEEKLY AFTER-SCHOOL CLUBS SCHEDULE:
5/12 – 5/15 Weekly AS Club Schedule
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