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 📌Monday, October 20: Student Holiday (Diwali)
📌Wednesday, October 22: Unity Day
📌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)
📌Monday and Tuesday, November 3-4: Student Holiday
📌Tuesday, November 11: Student Holiday
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🪔 We wish a happy Diwali to all celebrating! Diwali is a festival of lights and one of the major festivals celebrated by Hindus, Jains, Sikhs & some Buddhists. The festival represents the symbolic victory of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, and good over evil. |
 Unity Day is celebrated on Wednesday, October 22 during National Bullying Prevention Month. It is a day to wear and share the color orange to show your support for kindness, acceptance, unity, and inclusion!
Families interested in learning about the Screening and Identification process for Full-Time AAP services should come to our Advanced Academic Program Family Information Night. Thursday, November 13, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. in the Museum Pod
This presentation is mainly for parents of students in grades 2-6, but all are welcome to attend.
The referral window for full-time AAP closes December 15, 2025. More information and referral forms can be found here.
Questions may be directed to Tara-Jeanne Tompkins, the AART at tdtompkins@fcps.edu
FCPS, in partnership with Inspire Health Alliance, will be providing school-required immunizations and optional flu shots for all FCPS students with no out-of-pocket costs. Immunization clinics will take place from 3 to 6:30 p.m. at Willow Oaks Administrative Center on:
- Thursday, November 6
- Tuesday, November 18
- Wednesday, November 19
- Thursday, November 20
A clinic will also take place at Frost Middle School on Saturday, November 15, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Additional dates will be made available throughout the school year.
Participation is voluntary. Parents or guardians may schedule an appointment for their student. Learn more about immunization resources.
This week is National School Lunch Week, which promotes the importance of a healthy school lunch in a child’s life and the impact it has inside and outside of the classroom. View menus for your child’s school to help you plan for the week ahead.
Did you know that families can apply for free and reduced-price meal benefits anytime during the school year?
If a family’s income changes at any point, they may become newly eligible according to federal income guidelines and can apply immediately. This includes income interruptions caused by furloughs, layoffs, or job losses. Once approved, benefits remain valid for the rest of the school year and for up to 30 school days into the following school year, even if the family’s income changes again. Read Superintendent Reid's October 1 letter regarding other resources available to families impacted by the government shutdown.
Whether students miss school because of illness or any other reason, missing school leads to learning loss.
Help your student succeed by encouraging them to miss as few days as possible. However, do make sure your student stays home if they are sick. So when should your child stay home? Visit the FCPS website for helpful ideas regarding absences and how to work with your child and our school.
If your child has a chronic illness, make sure to notify our school and your child’s teacher so that assistance can be provided if needed. Keep an open line of communication with our public health nurse. Call the school as soon as you know your child will be absent and tell school staff why and for how long.
The building and renovation of Fairfax County public schools is not funded through the division’s annual operating budget. Voter-approved bonds allow payment for these projects over time. A $460 million bond referendum is on the November ballot. Read more about the 2025 Bond Referendum. Learn more about registering to vote. Make a plan to vote by Tuesday, November 4.
Do you have a question or concern about Fairfax County Public Schools, but you don’t know where to find the answer? Dawn Clements wants you to know you can ask her! Dawn’s mission as the FCPS Ombuds is to make it easier to understand the school system and help build trust within the community. In honor of Ombuds Day, learn more about Dawn Clements and the Ombuds Office.
In case you missed it in FCPS This Week, the school division shared updates on the following topics:
- Immunization Events for FCPS Students
- How AI is Shaping Technology
- Blueprints for Success, How Bonds Build Communities
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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