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Mark Your Calendars
September 27: October 5th: Blue Star Welcome Week
September 29: October 3rd: POG Spirit Week
October 2: Yom Kippur - No School
October 8: Walk and Roll to School Day - Walk or bike to school
October 13: Indigenous People's Day - NO SCHOOL for Students
October 15: 3 hour Early Release Wednesday @ 12:30 for K-6 Students
October 20: Diwali - No School
October 31: End of 1st quarter, 2 hour early release at 1:30
Student Rights and Responsibilities
FCPS’ Student Rights and Responsibilities document (SR&R) explains expectations for student behavior and adult responses to enhance school safety and to create a fair, equitable, and supportive school environment.
Parents/caregivers should talk to their child(ren) about expectations for this school year. Also, please log in to SIS ParentVUE and sign to acknowledge your review of the SR&R, or sign and return the signature sheet to school by Monday, October 6th.
Volunteer Registration
We encourage all our parents interested in volunteering at school to visit Volunteer FCPS, click “Learn More,” and then “Sign Up.” After you create a profile, you will view an orientation video and complete a volunteer application.
All volunteers must be registered in Volunteer FCPS. This includes individuals who volunteer to chaperone on field trips, work at book fairs, and help out regularly in classrooms, libraries, or cafeterias or who help in any unpaid capacity in the school system. Volunteers who work unsupervised with students will also be required to undergo a background check.
Visit the Volunteer FCPS Frequently Asked Questions page to learn more.
Blue Star Welcome Week is a nationwide initiative to ensure military families feel a sense of belonging to their school communities. Fairfax County Public Schools celebrates Blue Star Welcome Week.
Blue Star Welcome Week empowers military families to thrive as they serve. There are approximately 13,500 military-connected students enrolled in FCPS. Each year, one-third of our military families transition into or out of our district. Blue Star Welcome Week allows schools to welcome and connect with their military families. The goal is to create a sense of belonging and ensure our military families feel celebrated and welcomed into their school communities.
Oak Hill ES appreciates the service and sacrifices of the military members and families in our community!
We will celebrate Blue Star Welcome week with a presentation on the news show this week honoring our military connected students, a display honoring military service members, and a popsicle party with the principals for our military connected students and their families.
This week we are Unlocking our Portrait of a Graduate Power with our very own spirit week! Each day is a new challenge to embrace and celebrate ourselves as communicators, collaborators, creative and critical thinkers, global and ethical citizens and goal directed and resilient individuals.
Thursday, 10/2 - Compassion Day. Do an act of kindness.
Friday, 10/3 - Wear Oak Hill Spirit Wear or Blue for Oak Hill POG Power Day and to honor our military connected students.
Thank you to those families that attended the AAP Continuum of Services Presentation last Friday. If you were unable to attend, you can view the presentation here.
Upcoming Presentation:
October 28th- AAP Full-Time Screening Process Presentation
9:15-10:15 in OHES Library
Open to families in Grades 2-6 only
Important Deadline Dates:
October 15th- Full-Time Referral Deadline for grades 3-6 families new to FCPS as of Jan 1st, 2025
December 15th- Full-Time Referral Deadline for other OHES families in grades 2-6
Questions?
Please be sure to visit our Oak Hill Advanced Academic website, and or contact Cathy Lahr, Advanced Academic Resource Teacher at cclahr@fcps.edu
Health Room Volunteers Needed
The Oak Hill Health Room is looking for volunteers to help with Vision and Hearing Screening on October 7th and 8th from 9:00-12:30. Each year we screen every Kindergarten and 3rd grade student. If you can spare a couple of hours to help, it would be greatly appreciated. Please contact Oak Hill's School Health Aide, Juliana Rampersad, at jtrampersad@fcps.edu to sign up. Please also start the volunteer registration process if you haven't already.
The Oak Hill Library will be hosting the Scholastic Book Fair from October 4th through October 10th. We still need a few more adult volunteers, especially on Tuesday night!
- Friday, October 3rd – Book Fair Setup
- Monday, October 6th – Book Fair Preview Day (no purchases)
- Tuesday, October 7th – Book Fair Family Night (Book Fair open until 7pm). To purchase after school hours, students must be accompanied by an adult.
- October 8th – October 10th – Book Fair Sales (students can purchase items during the school day until 4:30pm. Students must be accompanied by an adult to purchase after school hours).
- October 10th – Book Fair Sales (students can purchase items until 12pm)/Book Fair Clean-Up
Please use this SignUp Genius Link to volunteer and support the Book Fair! Keep in mind - this opportunity is offered to adults only. There will be other opportunities for students to earn service hours throughout the year.
We accept cash, checks written to Oak Hill Elementary School, eWallets, and credit cards.
Please email our librarian, Mrs. Dolenc, at mrdolenc@fcps.edu with any questions. See you at the Book Fair!
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Fitness Fridays
We invite you to participate in Fitness Fridays. Students can join Oak Hill staff for a morning walk on the track at 8:00 AM each Friday. We will meet on the blacktop in the back of the school. All students must be accompanied by an adult. The event will be canceled in the case of inclement weather.
October is...
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National School Principals Month
Thank you to Oak Hill's incredible principal and assistant principal,
Mrs. Kelly Durso and Mrs. Shelia Sobeski
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Disability History and Awareness Month
In Virginia during October, Disability History and Awareness activities provide an opportunity to create greater public awareness for individuals with disabilities, with the goal of full inclusion in our community.
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National Bullying Prevention Month
Bullying in FCPS' Students Rights and Responsibilities is defined as: “Any aggressive and unwanted behavior that is intended to harm, intimidate, or humiliate the victim; involves a real or perceived power imbalance between the aggressor or aggressors and victim; and is repeated over time or causes severe emotional trauma. “Bullying” includes cyberbullying. “Bullying” does not include ordinary teasing, horseplay, argument, or peer conflict.”
For more information on how FCPS handles a bullying situation please visit the FCPS Bullying Prevention and Intervention webpage. Our goal is to ensure all students feel safe and welcome at school. If you have questions and/or concerns about something that is going on at school, please contact the front office so that they can support you and most importantly your student.
 Are you loving the recent renovation of our school building? We are, thanks to voters like you!
These beautiful updates were NOT funded through the annual FCPS operating budget. School building construction and renovations are funded by bonds, which are approved by voters!
The $460M bond referendum on the November ballot is expected to fund the next stages of several ongoing projects, as well as others referenced in the Capital Improvement Program (CIP). Voter-approved bonds allow payment for these projects over time. Read more about the 2025 Bond Referendum.
Community Conversations
Your voice matters, and Superintendent Dr. Michelle Reid wants to hear from you! At FCPS, parents are partners, working with us to set our students up for long-term success at school and in life.
A series of Community Conversations will be held across the school division to discuss current challenges and future opportunities. These events are also a chance for you to share your thoughts and ask questions.
- Friday, October 3, from 6:30-7:30 p.m., at Annandale Terrace Elementary School
- Friday, December 5, from 6:30-7:30 p.m., at Churchill Road Elementary School
- Tuesday, December 9, from 6:30-7:30 p.m., at Fairhill Elementary School
- Thursday, December 11, from 6:30-7:30 p.m., at Bull Run Elementary School
Registration links will be shared soon. Child care and interpretation services will be provided.
Community Boundary Review Meeting
The October meeting for our pyramid will be held Tuesday, October 28, 6:30-8 p.m., at Chantilly High School.
Visit the FCPS website for a full list of meeting dates and information about the October meetings.
Science Olympiad
Is your student interested in STEM? Science Olympiad is a school-based team STEM competition. Each team will compete to earn awards in individual events. There are 25 events. Science Olympiad is open to all 3rd - 5th graders. Cost is $50/student (or $40 for PTA members). Registration will open on October 1st. See flyer for more details or visit https://www.virginiaso.org/.
Parent Culture Panel
Do you have a unique cultural perspective that you'd like to share with teachers and staff? We're looking for several parents to sit on a panel to discuss how individual cultures are a part of our community. Is there anything you'd like our teachers to know? For example, how different colors can be interpreted by students; holidays and how they are celebrated by your family; cultural norms you'd like us to know so we can better understand our students, etc.
Our next parent culture panel will be hosted during the release Wednesday on October 15th from 12:45-1:45pm. School-age childcare will be provided for participants. Questions? Email secondvp@oakhillpta.org.
PTA Reflections Contest
Calling all creators! The National PTA Reflections Competition is back, and this year’s theme is“I Belong!” Draw it, dance it, write it, film it — however you do it, just express you!
Categories: Dance choreography, Film production, Literature, Music composition, Photography, Visual Arts
Go to oakhillpta.ptboard.com for more information including:
Submission Entry Form, Rules & Guidelines link, Digital Submission link
Entries are due by Wednesday November 5, 2025. Physical entries are collected at the library. Digital entries are collected via the link on the PTA website. Placement will be announced early December, and category winners will continue on tothe county-level competition. All participants will be celebrated in Spring 2026. Email reflections@oakhillpta.org with questions.
Grade Divisions: Primary (PreK-Grade 2), Intermediate (Grades 3-5),
Middle School (Grades 6-8)
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