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📌Monday, November 10, 6:30 p.m.: 2nd Grade Veterans Day Performance
📌Tuesday, November 11: Student Holiday
📌Wednesday, November 12, 12:40 p.m.: 3 Hour Early Release
📌Monday, November 17 - Friday, November 21: PTA Bookfair
📌Wednesday, November 26 - Friday, November 28: Thanksgiving Holiday
📌Friday, December 5: Fall Picture Retakes
📌Tuesday, December 9: Chorus Concerts
📌Wednesday, December 10, 12:40pm: 3 Hour Early Release
📌Thursday, December 11: Strings Concert
📌Monday, December 22-Friday, January 5: Winter Break
Tuesday, November 11, is a holiday
and schools will be closed for students.
Wednesday, November 12th is a 3-hour early release at 12:40 p.m. Confirmation of your child’s transportation plan was sent on Wednesday, November 5th.
Please call the main office at 703-262-7400 with any questions or changes.
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 on Thursday, November 13, 2025 at 6:30pm 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, our Advanced Academic Resource teacher (AART) at tdtompkins@fcps.edu.
Students are invited to attend Virginia Opera's Cinderella at the Center for the Arts on Saturday, November 22 at 7:30 p.m.. FREE tickets are available for students, grades K-12, and their accompanying parent/chaperone, thanks to a generous donation from Joyce Goche-Grimes.
Free tickets to this performance are limited and distributed on a first-come, first served-basis. Virginia Opera recommends this performance for ages 5+.
Family Engagement Month is a time to remember that parents and caregivers are children’s first and most important teachers, advocates, and nurturers.
The FCPS Family Academy supports the continued success and well-being of each and every student within the FCPS community. The Academy offers a variety of positive and engaging learning opportunities and meaningful connections to transform the FCPS experience into a welcoming environment for all families.
FCPS Family Café Series: Support Your Child’s Growth and Learning
The FCPS Family Academy announces the launch of a monthly series called the FCPS Family Café. These fun and helpful sessions are designed to keep families informed and involved in their child’s education. At Family Café, parents are key partners in helping children succeed. Click on a topic below to register to attend.
✨ FCPS’ 2023-30 Strategic Plan Pillar B: Vibrant Home, School, and Community Partnerships, reminds us to empower families through trusting partnerships that sustain a safe, inclusive culture for learning.
Due to the overwhelming response from our community, FCPS is temporarily pausing fingerprint requirements for most Level 3 volunteers.
If you are scheduled for an upcoming fingerprinting appointment, please cancel your appointment unless you are a mentor, host parent, or non-parent volunteer having frequent, direct, and unsupervised contact with students, which will still require fingerprinting. FCPS will be charged if individuals miss a fingerprinting appointment without canceling in advance.
Those who have already been fingerprinted will be processed to be eligible for all Level 3 opportunities.
Field trip chaperone opportunities will now be classified as Level 2 (not requiring a background check).
To ensure continuous safety, all new volunteers are required to sign a Volunteer Certification Statement. This statement is a legal attestation confirming you have no history of violent felonies, physical/sexual crimes against children, or crimes of moral turpitude.
Want to volunteer? Visit Volunteer FCPS to find and sign up for volunteer opportunities. Contact Volunteers@fcps.edu with any questions.
Some families may be looking for additional resources to help support their child’s academic success. The FCPS Family Resource Center (FRC) maintains a list of FCPS employees who hold a valid Virginia teaching credential and who are available to hire as tutors. This list is a resource offered by the FRC, but families are responsible for contacting and working directly with the tutors. This list is not approved by FCPS and is only meant to be a resource to families.
FCPS also partners with Varsity Tutors to provide students and families with extra resources for learning. Every student can take advantage of Varsity Tutors' services, at no cost, including weekly live online classes, on-demand 24/7 chat tutoring, essay editing, and study resources such as recorded content, practice problems, and diagnostic tests.
Families are encouraged to apply for free and reduced-price meals at any time during the school year.
If your income changes — for example, due to a furlough, layoff, or job loss — you may become newly eligible. Once approved, your benefits stay active for the rest of the school year and for the first 30 days of the next school year.
Students who qualify for free and reduced-price meals or attend a Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) school receive free breakfast and lunch every school day. It’s a great way to make your food budget go further and save time from packing meals. Learn more about FCPS Food and Nutrition.
Impact of Federal Shutdown on Local Community
Fairfax County is home to around 80,000 federal employees and thousands of federal contractors. Its Federal Workforce Resource Hub is intended to help navigate current and future issues for residents, government employees, active military/veterans, contractors, nonprofits, and businesses who may be affected by actions, changes, or disruptions to federal services or employment.
Find more community resources for families.
Attendance is an important life skill that will help your child later in life. It’s a good habit to build now that will help them graduate on time and help them with time management. Parents and families can play a big role in helping kick-start good attendance habits.
Please take a look at the FCPS Calendar. Try to schedule any trips or family events on weekends and school holidays. Keep in mind that absences add up quickly. Students who are absent 10% of the school year (or just two days per month) are considered “chronically absent.”
When possible, schedule appointments for your child outside of school hours. If your child needs to miss school because of an illness or appointment, you must report the absence to our school. Visit our Attendance webpage for more information.
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