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Happy Friday Fox Mill Families,
September is moving along swiftly. We were happy to have a full week of learning and growing. Our sixth graders had their first field trip to Hemlock. Thanks to all the parents who chaperoned and helped to facilitate the team building and collaborating among our students.
A Few Updates:
PTA CORNER
Fun Run 2025 is open now!
Get ready to unleash your inner fox! Registration is officially open for the FMES Fun Run 2025, and we're so excited to see our students run, jog, and walk their way to success. The Fun Run takes place during school hours on Friday October 10--all students get a shirt to wear and can come do as many laps as they like, then join their classmates on the infield for a dance and popsicle party!
The Fun Run is our biggest and most important fundraiser of the year, and it's a fantastic way for our kids to have fun while supporting our school. If we reach our fundraising goal, the entire school gets a bonus Fall Field Day! The top per-capita class gets a tie-dye party, and all classes with 90% participation get a popsicle party.
Ready to get started? Register your student and learn more here: https://www.givebacks.com/causes/foxmillespta/campaigns/unleash/participant-center Just for registering, every student gets a prize; register and get your first donation by September 29 to earn an exclusive early bird prize. (More individual prizes follow!)
Want to join the fun and cheer the students on? Sign up to volunteer here: https://forms.gle/9QjtgQAHqE6yQM228
All funds raised will go directly toward supporting field trips, teacher supports, educational programming, and fun events for our students.
Thank you for your support, and let's get ready to run!
Advanced Academics Program (AAP) Information Meeting
Fox Mill's meeting to discuss the FCPS AAP continuum of services and screening processes, including the Full-Time Screening process, will be held Wednesday, September 24th from
6-7pm in the library. We hope you will attend. Please reach out to Pamela James, Advanced Academics Resource Teacher, at prjames@fcpc.edu for questions.
K-12 School Start Times Survey
Take the K-12 School Start Times Survey FCPS is continuing to explore options for adjusting school start times, with the primary goal of starting the middle school day at 8 a.m. or after. In order to minimize any cost for this project, elementary and high school start times would need to shift as well.
Providing feedback opportunities for the community is a critical part of this effort. Since 2024, FCPS’ consultant has hosted five community forums and administered two surveys. That feedback helped in developing two options for adjusting school start times. The options are designed to support student well-being, align with research, and balance transportation logistics.
We invite you to provide input on the two options by taking a short survey. This voluntary survey will close on Tuesday, September 30. Visit the FCPS website for more information on adjusting school start times.
Bond Referendum
A school bond referendum will be on the ballot in November.
What Is a Bond? Video
What Is a Bond? To pay for large-scale construction and renovation work, Fairfax County sells bonds, which allows the county to pay for these projects over time — like a home mortgage. By maintaining its triple-A bond rating, Fairfax County bonds are purchased by institutional investors at very low rates, saving the county considerable amounts of money that might otherwise be paid in interest. The county estimates that the triple-A rating has saved taxpayers at least $1 billion in financing costs.
FCPS uses bonds to fund all of its capital improvement projects – the projects that are focused on the infrastructure of schools and facilities. From important renovations to new safety features like security vestibules, this work is paid for by bonds.
FCPS will have a bond referendum on the ballot this election day, Tuesday, November 4. Bonds can make a difference that represents an investment in public education now and in the future. Read more about the FCPS 2025 Bond Referendum. And learn more about registering to vote and make a voting plan.
Participate in an Upcoming Community Boundary Review Meeting
As a reminder, FCPS will hold two sets of community boundary review meetings this fall — one in September and another in October. Each set of meetings will focus on two pyramids per meeting.
All September meetings will include an overview of where FCPS is in the comprehensive boundary review process, an update and opportunity for feedback on school start times, how community input is informing the process, and next steps in the boundary review process.
The meeting for our pyramid will be held Wednesday, September 24, 7 to 8 p.m., at South Lakes High School (In Person or Virtual)
Please register by clicking “in person” or “virtual,” depending on how you would like to participate.
Childcare for in-person participants and language interpretation/translation for all participants will be available as needed.
Visit the FCPS website for a full list of meeting dates and information about the October meetings.
Have a wonderful and safe weekend,
Brian Moose Anice S. Denton
Principal Assistant Principal
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