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 November 21, 2025
From the Principal’s Pen
Dear Laurel Hill Families,
As we approach the Thanksgiving holiday, we are grateful for our supportive school community and the hard work our students show each day. This time of the year brings opportunities for reflection, celebration, and continued growth. Thank you for partnering with us to ensure a positive and successful school year thus far. We wish everyone a wonderful closing of this month and hope you enjoy time with family and friends during the upcoming holiday break.
Remember, schools and offices will be closed November 26 to 28. From our Laurel Hill family to yours, have a safe and happy Thanksgiving! Classes will resume on Monday, December 1.
Sincerely,
Janice Dalton, Principal
Thmeaka Traylor, Assistant Principal
Addison Smith, Assistant Principal
 Save the Date
November 26-28 Thanksgiving Holiday
Dec 8-12 Book Fair
Dec 9 Book Fair Family Night 5-8pm
Dec 17 Strings Concert 6-7pm Gym
Dec 22-Jan 2 Winter Break
Jan 19 Martin Luther King, Jr Day, No School
2025-26 school year calendar
 For families in need of resources:
Fairfax County Coordinated Services Planning (CSP): For assistance with meeting basic needs, please contact 703-222-0880 or visit their website at: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/neighborhood-community-services/coordinated-services-planning CSP assists Fairfax County residents with the following services: basic needs, financial assistance, health care services, and referrals to services and resources.
Please explore the following links for food and other community resources:
Food for Others https://foodforothers.org/get-help/ineedassistance/
FindHelp https://findhelp.org/
Emergency Food Access Providers (scan the QR code below)
Please reach out if you have any questions or concerns:
Akiko Ueda-Zecca, School Social Worker, auedazecca@fcps.edu
Impact Aid
The Federal Impact Aid Survey is now available to complete online.
Attention FCPS Families! Every family should complete the survey.
The Federal Impact Aid program provides money to districts that enroll federally connected students. Help FCPS secure funding from the Impact Aid Program by helping us identify:
- Military families.
- Federally connected families.
- Families living on a military base.
Please complete one form for each child in your household. Remember that only the parent that registered the student with FCPS (the ‘enrolling parent’) can fill out the Impact Aid Survey form.
Your information will be kept strictly confidential.
For families without access to ParentVUE, a paper copy of the form will be sent home with your student starting November 12.
Your support will ensure that we receive the resources for which we are eligible.
To access the Impact Aid Form from your computer or mobile device, we recommend using Google Chrome.
Step 1: CLICK HERE or type sisparent.fcps.edu into your Chrome address bar to be taken to SIS ParentVUE. If you don’t have a SIS ParentVUE account, contact your child’s school for an activation letter.
Step 2: After you’ve logged into your ParentVue Account, look for the ‘Online Packets’ link at the top of the page. Click ‘Online Packets’.
Step 3: Next, click the ‘Federal Impact Aid Survey’ button on the bottom of the page. This will take you to the Impact Aid Survey for you to complete.
If you have multiple children in Fairfax County Public Schools, please fill out a form for each child. You will know you have completed all of the forms when you get to the final page and see a green check next to each of their names.
If you have any questions regarding the survey, please email Sarah Orlick at scorlick@fcps.edu.
 Critical Attendance Information
Please let us know if your child will be absent or arriving to school late.
Report all absences through:
Online: Parent Vue
Email: LaurelHillElem.Attendance@fcps.edu
Call Attendance Line: 703-551-5353 (24/7 Recorded Line)
https://laurelhilles.fcps.edu/about/attendance-reporting
If we are not notified by 9:30am, it is possible that you will receive an automated attendance call from the County.
📚 Uncovering Characters in Language Arts 📚
Benchmark Unit 2 in Language Arts is about why characters matter. Students in K-5 will be learning about different characters, and how they shape stories and face challenges. Grade six students will learn about how characters are changed and inspired by others.
Connect with your child’s learning at school with these fun questions and hands-on activities at home:
- Question: How does the way you act change the way people think about you?
- Activity: Pretend you are a talk show host and interview your child as if they are the main character of their favorite book.
At the end of the unit, your child will take their unit magazine home. The magazine includes an activity calendar with fun ways to help students build on what they’re learning at each grade level. You can also find information on how to support your child’s reading at home on the Benchhmark Families website.
Volunteering Requirements
We are sharing an important update to the volunteer process. Effective now, we are implementing an immediate, temporary operational change to the Level 3 volunteer background check process.
What this means for you:
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Pause on Fingerprinting: Effective immediately, we are pausing the requirement for most Level 3 volunteer fingerprinting and FBI Rap Back enrollment. 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 is charged if individuals miss a fingerprinting appointment without canceling in advance.
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If you have already been fingerprinted: If you have already been fingerprinted and are waiting for your Level 3 clearance, your application and fingerprint results will be processed. You may volunteer while your application is being processed. Once your application has been processed, you will receive communication directly through Volunteer FCPS regarding your status and eligibility.
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New Attestation Requirement: To ensure continuous safety, all new volunteers will be 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. Volunteers who have already submitted an application also provided a statement regarding their criminal history in their application, and do not have any additional steps regarding this attestation.
Visit the Volunteer FCPS Frequently Asked Questions page to learn more.
  
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