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☎️ Parent Information Phone Lines Available in Eight Languages
Parents/caregivers who speak Amharic, Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, Korean, Spanish, Urdu, or Vietnamese may call a telephone information line for general information about FCPS. View the list of phone numbers.
Upcoming Events
Be sure to bookmark the FCPS school year calendar to keep track of school holidays, breaks, and observances.
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Girl Scout Troop 53110
Girl Scout troop 53110 (5th graders) is working to help beef up our food bank by holding a toiletry drive for Franconia families in need. Flyers went home in the Wednesday Folders and continues until Winter Break.
The grade with the most toiletries will win a Girl Scout cookie ice cream party. Please encourage your students to bring in toiletries. Each grade will have a white box in the hallway where students can place the collected toiletries.
Thank you for supporting the Girl Scouts and some of our students in need at Franconia.
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📅Future Franconia ES Early Release Dates
Please mark your calendars for the rest of our Early Release Days for this school year. Dismissal on these days is 12:30pm.
- February 18
- March 18
- April 22
- May 13
🎶❄️🎤Franconia’s Winter Concert
Wednesday, December 17th at 6:30 p.m. in the gym
Chorus, Strings, and Band performers should wear a festive, fun, tacky, creative winter sweater!
Chorus call time: 5:30 p.m. in the music room
Band / Strings call time: 6:00 in the gym
Student Ambassadors and Assistant Principal Mrs. Nyland! Happy Holidays ❄️🐧🐧
Twinning Day!
Snow Happy Day!
VDOE VQB5 Guidelines Requirement
FCPS participates in Virginia Quality Birth to Five (VQB5). VQB5 is Virginia’s system for measuring and supporting quality in early childhood programs so children enter kindergarten ready to learn.
VQB5 builds on health and safety standards by measuring the quality of teacher-child interactions and the use of curriculum.
Refer to “VQB5 for Families English/Spanish” for more information.
🏆FCPS Recognition Program
Fairfax County Public Schools has an established recognition program designed to honor outstanding teachers at school, pyramid, regional and county-wide levels. The following Franconia staff members have been recognized for school-level awards and will now be considered for pyramid-level recognition:
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Shannon Hodge, 5th grade teacher – Outstanding Teacher
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April Wise, 5th grade teacher – Outstanding New Teacher (1-3 years experience)
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Cassie Class, school psychologist – Outstanding Professional Employee
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Rachel Cotton, instructional assistant – Outstanding Operational Employee
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Brooke Nyland, Assistant Principal – Outstanding School Leader
Congratulations to all of our award winners, and thanks to all of our staff for their consistently outstanding performance!
Franconia Lights
We have our first grader at Franconia Elementary and we love to see other Penguins come by.
We have over 20,000 lights synchronized to music with singing Minions, Christmas Trees and an interactive show.
We're located at 6004 St John Dr, Alexandria, VA 22310. Our schedule is as follows:
Sun-Thurs: 5pm to 9pm
Fri&Sat: 5pm to 10pm.
franconialights.com
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📸Makeup/Retake Day images @ Franconia Elementary are now online
Hello Franconia Elementary Families
Retake/Makeup day images are now online. Families will have received a reminder email to view images from Victor O'Neill Studios.
If you do not see your email, please check spam folder. If you need help ordering/viewing contact underclass@vosphoto.com
Thank you !
Victor O'Neill Studio
BRYC GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL
Join us for our inaugural season spring 2026!
Girls Flag Football League - a dynamic, inclusive, and empowering league that provides opportunities for girls to get active, build skills, and have fun on the field!
Interested in volunteering to help launch this league?
Audra Gibson: audra.gibson7812@gmail.com
Sharon Bickmore: smi0466@gmail.com
Rupali Limaye: rjlimaye@gmail.com
Winter Break Literacy Activities
A Winter Break Literacy Adventures Calendar has been developed to support students in maintaining the reading, writing, and speaking skills they have built during the first half of the school year. The Principal Toolkit has information about the Winter Break Literacy Adventure Calendar for schools to share with families.
Additional ideas to further support student practice with foundational reading skills will be shared with literacy leaders in the upcoming Tuesday Folder.
Contact
Diane Leipzig deleipzig@fcps.edu 571-296-9613
Amy Miller ahmiller1@fcps.edu 703-401-9043
❄️ Outdoor Activities
- Outdoor activities will not be held when the National Weather Service issues Extreme Cold and Wind Chill Advisories, Watches or Warnings.
- Wind Chill Advisory is issued by the NWS when the wind chill temperature is expected to fall between -5F and -20F.
- Wind Chill Warning is issued by the NWS when the Wind chill temperature is expected to fall to or below -20 F (for 3 hours).
- Absent an NWS declaration, there will be recess during cold spells, so please make sure your children are prepared to play outdoors (jackets, gloves, and hats).
📖 LIBRARY NEWS
An all NEW Book Fair is coming!
We will be hosting a Literati Book Fair from February 2 to February 6.
Stay tuned for more information!
READING CHALLENGES
Million Word Challenge, lasts all year
Click here to find more information and the paper form.
Click here to submit your student’s books online with this form.
CONTACT:
Please contact the librarian, Debby Vandersande, any time at dmvandersand@fcps.edu.
December
Christmas🎄 A very Merry Christmas to those in our community who celebrate! Christmas is an annual holiday that commemorates the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, the person who stands at the heart of the Christian tradition. It is celebrated in many unique ways across the U.S. and the world, most commonly by the joyous giving of gifts. Learn more about Christmas.
14 - *Chanukah
🕎 Happy Chanukah to all in our community who celebrate! This Festival of Lights is an 8-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple, and the miracle of a small quantity of oil that lit the Temple's menorah for 8 days. #OurFCPS
Dec. 22-Jan 2 - *Winter Break
Newsletter: Winter Break (Student Holiday) As a reminder, winter break will be held Monday, December 22, to Friday, January 2. To help make sure you and your children have a restful break, we have asked that no homework be assigned during this time. Teachers may assign long-range assignments in the weeks ahead of the break, allowing students to practice time management skills, but no assignments will be due immediately following the break. We look forward to welcoming students back in the new year.
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