Family Life Education Instructional Program Information
Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) provides a comprehensive, sequential Family Life Education (FLE) program for students in grades kindergarten through grade twelve. Instruction is seen as a partnership among parents and guardians, the school, and the community in supporting the learning essential to the development of strong families, positive relationships, and a healthy community.
Parents/guardians may choose to opt their child out of all or part of the Family Life Education program. Students who are opted out are provided with age-appropriate, nonpunitive alternative health instruction, and every effort is made to foster respect for family choices. Opt-out requests were available through the Digital Opt-Out platform in ParentVue through October 31. If you were unable to complete the opt-out form and would like to opt your child out of all or part of the FLE program, please contact Meghan Kelleher, mekelleher@fcps.edu, for a printed form.
Detailed grade-level program descriptions are available online at Elementary (K-6) , Middle School (7-8) , and High School (9-12). FLE grade level-specific lessons and media that FCPS has streaming rights for are available for parents online in Schoology. Parents/guardians login to Schoology using the same username and password as their Student Information System (SIS) Parent account. Grade level-specific lessons are also available at the City of Fairfax Regional Library (this location does not have media). Grade level-specific lessons and media that is not streamed online are available for review at your child’s school library. Due to copyright permissions, we are unable to stream all media online.
Program questions may be addressed at your child’s school or by contacting Instructional Services at 571-423-4550 or by email to fle@fcps.edu.
News from the Clinic
Please check your children for signs of illness before coming to school & ensure they have appropriate clothing for the winter weather.
The health room does not have extra clothing for students who have soiled their clothes or are not dressed appropriately to go outside. Please have an extra set of clothing in your students’ backpack.
Return to School Guidelines after Illness: Students may return to school when they have been fever-free for 24 hours without the use of anti-fever medicine. (Note: a fever is 100.4 or higher)
Medications: All medications must be delivered to the health room by a parent or guardian. Please do not send medicine in with your student!
Students are allowed to carry and use (without any required paperwork)
- cough drops
- cosmetic products
- saline eye drops
- saline nose drops
- lip balm
- hand lotion
- insect repellant
- sunscreen
Any questions please reach out to Renee Basile, Public Health Nurse. rbasile@fcps.edu or Kim Cicero, School Health Aide in the Providence health room during school hours at 703-460-4410.
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Advanced Academic Program - December 15
December 15 - Deadline for Full Time AAP referrals (grades 2-6) and accompanying materials
Questions? Email Nicole Hanton at nhanton@fcps.edu
The Panther Way
The following students made our "Panther Way Spotlight" for this week! They all were seen following The Panther Way by being Safe, Responsible, and Kind around our school building. Keep up the good work, everyone!
(Panther Way photos from November 25 and December 4)
Mark Your Calendar
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December 17
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Early Release Wednesday (3 hrs) Dismissal @ 12:25pm
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December 20 - January 4
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Winter Break
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