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 📌Monday, October 13: Student Holiday (Staff Development)
📌Monday, October 13 - Friday, October 17: National School Lunch Week
📌Monday, October 20: Student Holiday (Diwali)
📌Friday, October 24: Student Picture Day
📌Saturday, October 25: Wellness Fair (see details below)
📌Wednesday, October 29, 12:40 p.m.: 3 hour early release
📌Friday, October 31, 1:40 p.m.: 2 hour early release (quarter end)
FCPS will be offering lunch and a snack at no cost to children aged 18 and under on Monday, October 13, at participating schools. As a reminder, all FCPS schools will be closed for students on October 13 in observance of Indigenous Peoples’ Day. View a list of school sites that will be providing meals for children on October 13.
Here’s what you need to know:
- Lunch and a snack will be served together from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Meals must be eaten on site at participating schools.
- Enrichment activities will be available for children. Participation is encouraged but not required.
- Only children 18 and under may receive meals.
- Each child may receive one lunch and one snack.
We are proud to support our students’ health and well-being, even on days when school is not in session. We hope that many of our families will take advantage of this opportunity. If you have questions, please contact the Office of Food and Nutrition Services at 703-813-4800.
 Date: Friday, October 24
Orders placed online
- Parent/guardians will receive a camera pass via email. This can either be printed or texted to the student and brought to picture day. The photographer will photograph the printed camera pass along with the student.
- If a student is not able to print their camera pass, that is not a problem. We will match up the student to their order manually in the production process.
Orders placed with the flyer
- Parent may order from the flyer up until 24 hours after picture day. After 24 hours, the online ordering access may close.
When pictures are returned to school, all students that purchased pictures will receive their prepaid package. Any student that was photographed but did not order a package, will receive a proof of their picture that was taken on picture day. All proof packages offer parents a second opportunity to order prints. All orders are subject to shipping and handling costs of up to $8.50 and will be shipped directly to home.
Barksdale Fall Portrait Online Ordering
 FCPS Needs Your Help. If you have worked with an outstanding employee at Hunters Woods ES, FCPS wants your help recognizing them. Mustang families are invited to nominate outstanding employees.
Nominations for
- Outstanding Teacher
- Outstanding New Teacher
- Outstanding Principal
- Outstanding Leader
- Outstanding Professional Employee
- Outstanding Operational Employee
Please consider nominating an outstanding member of our staff so that they may be recognized for their day-to-day efforts in supporting our students, staff and FCPS initiatives.
Nomination Submissions English
Nomination Submissions Spanish
 The HWES Wellness Fair is scheduled for Saturday, October 25, running from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.
What to Expect
Join us for a fun and informative afternoon featuring:
- Family Fitness Activities
- Health and Wellness Vendors
- Yoga
- Bicycle Safety
Details
- No registration is required.
- The event is open to all Hunters Woods families.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Hunters Woods Families! Your energy and enthusiasm power our school community, and we are excited to welcome you into our classrooms, field trips, and more!
SAFETY FIRST: BACKGROUND CHECKS REQUIRED!
To ensure the safety of our students, recurring volunteers and chaperones will need a completed background check and fingerprinting on file with FCPS before joining the fun! This includes:
- Classroom helpers
- Field trip chaperones
- And more!
*One-time large event volunteers are not required to complete the extended clearance process but are still expected to scan their identification at the FHES Visitor Management System to be cleared against the Sex Offender Registry.
*If you may volunteer several times a year, please consider completing the FCPS background check process.
Ready to get cleared? Visit the FCPS Volunteer Page or connect with Mrs. Wagner in our main office. Please be patient as our county processes requests from 140+ schools!
How to Sign Up to Volunteer
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Monday, October 13, is a student holiday and staff development day for Indigenous Peoples' Day. See the complete school year calendar.
On the second Monday of October and the month of November, people all over the United States celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day and Native American Heritage Month. Students deserve meaningful, sustained opportunities to learn about the diverse perspectives, experiences, and contributions of Indigenous people (globally) year-round, and these celebrations are an opportunity to honor these important stories.
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National School Lunch Week (NSLW) is an annual celebration from October 13 to October 17, 2025, dedicated to recognizing the vital role that school meals play in nourishing students across the country. The theme this year is “Taste the World: Your School Lunch Passport” to inspire curiosity, cultural appreciation, and adventure through food.
President John F. Kennedy created National School Lunch Week in 1962 to promote the importance of a healthy school lunch in a student’s life and the impact it has on students inside and outside of the classroom. Beyond just food, NSLW fosters awareness about the importance of nutritious school meals in supporting student health, academic success, and overall
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In addition to our students and teachers, we estimate millions of visits by students and community members to Fairfax County schools through more than 500,000 events. Most of the public meeting and recreational facilities available in the county are FCPS facilities.
FCPS works with the Fairfax County Department of Neighborhood and Community Services and with the Fairfax County Park Authority to ensure that school facilities and athletic fields are available to the public after school hours.
The 2025 Bond Referendum will be on the ballot in November. Vote on Tuesday, November 4. Learn more about registering to vote and make a voting plan.
FCPS’ October community boundary review meetings will begin on Monday, October 13. Each of the 12 meetings will focus on two pyramids. Our pyramid will be covered at the meeting on Tuesday, October 14, at Herndon High School, (South Lakes and Herndon Pyramids) in person or virtual. Register by clicking “in person” or “virtual,” based on how you would like to participate.
At the meeting, the consultant will present the latest draft boundary map (Scenario 4) and potential changes specific to our pyramid and the [Insert the pyramid your school is partnered with]. Participants will also be invited to ask questions.
If you are unable to attend the meeting for our pyramid, you are welcome to attend any meeting that is convenient. View the full list of October boundary meetings.
Visit the Comprehensive Boundary Review webpage for more information.
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FCPS provides families with a free service that allows parents and caregivers a way to stay informed about their child's online activity on any FCPS device. Starting Sunday, October 12, all parents and caregivers who have access to student records in SIS ParentVUE will be automatically enrolled to receive a weekly Lightspeed Student Online Activity Report.
This report provides a summary of the websites your child visited during the previous week and is delivered every Sunday to your email directly from Lightspeed, our internet content filter.
Each weekly report also includes a link to register for the Lightspeed Parent Portal, which provides more detailed browsing information. This portal also gives you the ability to pause internet access on your child’s FCPS laptop during non-school hours, such as dinner or bedtime.
Visit the Lightspeed Parent Report page for more information and answers to frequently asked questions.
Office of the Ombuds staff engage with families, students, and staff to offer resources, assist in settling conflicts, and raise concerns to improve the experience of each and every member of the FCPS community. They work as an independent confidential resource to help get answers to questions, resolve concerns, and hear complaints regarding FCPS matters.
The ombuds is available to:
- Share strategies for parents to improve communication with, and between, school and home.
- Help resolve disagreements between parents and schools or disagreements involving employees in the workplace.
- Provide ideas to foster parent participation in Individual Education Plan (IEP) and 504 Plan meetings.
Ombuds staff do not change or make decisions, policies, or regulations; take sides; or provide legal advice.
Anyone with concerns, questions, or complaints to share with the Office of the Ombuds may call 571-423-4014, email ombuds@fcps.edu, or visit their webpage, where you may Submit a Question.
In case you missed it in FCPS This Week, the school division shared updates on the following topics:
- FCPS Overperforms State and Global SAT Averages
- October Community Boundary Review Meetings
- Online Activity Reports for Students
Read FCPS This Week to learn more about these topics. If you are not already receiving this weekly newsletter, please sign up today.
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