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🏫New Main Office Open
The main office in the front of the building is now open! We will begin using the main entrance on Friday.
📸School Picture Day is Coming!
📅 Date: Thursday, October 9th and Friday, October 10th, 2025
🛒 Pre-order Online: https://shop.imagequix.com/g1001271130
Teachers will communicate to parents which day their class portraits will be taken.
🎃Pumpkins Needed!
Mosaic Elementary is planning a school-wide pumpkin decorating event and we need 45 pumpkins! We would like for these to be average sized pumpkins (about 10-12 inches in height). If you are able to purchase a pumpkin and bring it to Mosaic between October 20th and 22nd, it would be greatly appreciated! Please sign up to let us know if you are able to help.
💻Supporting Your Child with Dyslexia: October 15, 10-11:30 a.m.
Join us for an informative webinar on Dyslexia Awareness, designed for Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) families. This session will provide essential information about dyslexia and the resources available within FCPS to support students with this learning difference.
What You'll Learn:
- Understanding Dyslexia: Gain a clear understanding of what dyslexia is, its common signs, and how it can affect students' reading, writing, and spelling.
- FCPS Support Systems: Learn about the various supports and interventions FCPS provides, including evidence-based, structured literacy approaches and the role of reading specialists.
- Virginia Literacy Act: Discover how the new Virginia Literacy Act (VLA) and FCPS's Equitable Access to Literacy (EAL) Plan are changing literacy instruction to benefit all learners, especially those with dyslexia.
- Resources for Families: We'll share practical tools and strategies you can use at home to support your child's literacy development and partner effectively with their school.
- This webinar aims to empower families with knowledge and resources to help their students with dyslexia succeed.
- Register here
 🍲 New Food Items Include Hearty Homestyle Favorites
Our new menu items debuting in September and October feature hearty homestyle favorites — including veggie chili, pictured above — and fresh global inspiration! Other new additions include:
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Breakfast: Cinnamon apple overnight oats, mini blueberry pancakes, French toast sticks, egg and cheese breakfast quesadillas and tacos, and turkey sausage and cheese bagels.
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Lunch: Teriyaki chicken stir-fry, teriyaki chickenless bites stir-fry, cheesy turkey pepperoni pasta, cheesy pasta with marinara sauce, deep dish pizza, and cheesy fiesta nachos.
Check our online menu to see when your child can try new recipes developed by FCPS’ executive chef and team of food and nutrition experts, based on student feedback.
🍎FCPS News
In case you missed it in FCPS This Week, the school division shared updates on the following topics:
- Safety in Our Schools
- New Fall Food Items
- Driver’s Education from a Trusted Source
Read FCPS This Week to learn more about these topics. If you are not already receiving this weekly newsletter, please sign up today.
📰What's Happening at Mosaic?
It's the first day of our staff Walktober challenge! Find out how we've prepared for it!
- A group of Mosaic 6th graders are part of the FCPS Algebra pilot - check out this article from FCPS News!
- Ms. Umana, one of our amazing 6th grade teachers, was featured on the main FCPS Facebook page!
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The butterflies have finally emerged in our 2nd grade classrooms!
- Third Grade knows how to travel in style on field trip days!
- Welcome to Instagram! Ms. Snyder (@ms.snyder_kinder ) and Ms. Stevens, our Reading Specialist (@literacy_mosaices) both have new pages - give them a follow!
And don't forget to bookmark our website, give us a like on Facebook, and follow our main school page on Instagram to get the latest and greatest news from Mosaic!
🗓️Upcoming Events
October 2 - Yom Kippur (Student Holiday)
October 8 - Walk and Roll to School Day
October 9 - AAP Information Night (virtual via Zoom using this link), 6:00-7:00 p.m.
October 13 - Staff Development Day (Student Holiday)
October 15 - 3-Hour Early Release (dismissal at 12:20 p.m.)
October 20 - Diwali (Student Holiday)
October 31 - End of Quarter 1, 2-Hour Early Release (dismissal at 1:20 p.m.)
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