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August 24: First Day of School 2026-27
September 2: Family Workshop - Intro to AAP & Continuum of Services
September 3: Woodson Feeder Night - Carnival & Football Game
September 4: Student Holiday - Labor Day
September 7: Student Holiday - Labor Day
September 9: PTA Meeting - 7:00 pm
September 16: Back to School Night - 6:30 pm
September 21: Student Holiday - Rosh Hashanah
September 30: 3-hour Early Release
The first day of school is Monday, August 24, 2025. School hours are 8:40 AM to 3:25 PM. Families may walk students to class on their first day. (Parking is limited.) Doors will open at 8:25 AM and staff will be available to direct families.
Check out these back-to-school tips to make sure your child gets off to a great start.
“Kiss and Ride” - Drop off & Pick Up by Car
Student pick up/drop off is only in the designated Kiss and Ride traffic pattern in the front of the school at door #1, the main entrance.
In the morning (AM)
- Pull your car forward as far as possible in the line and remain in your car.
- Make sure that your child exits your car on the building side.
- Do not pass other cars in line.
- No cell phone use/texting while in the Kiss and Ride lane.
- Never leave your car unattended.
- Please drive slowly.
- Students will enter at door 1, main entrance.
In the afternoon (PM)
- Kiss and Ride tags should be displayed where patrols and staff can see the name.
- Please stay in your car and your child will come to you. Students need to enter vehicles on the building side.
- Please follow the directions of the staff on duty.
Bus Riders
- Those students eligible to ride the school bus will receive an e-Notify email from Transportation directing you to look in your ParentVue account for bus stop location and time.
- Please report to the bus stop at least five minutes prior to the listed time.
- Students are required to board and depart the bus at their assigned stop.
- Bus riders will arrive and dismiss directly to/from classrooms.
- Please be patient with any changes or delays in the transportation schedule as adjustments are made during the first weeks of school.
- Kindergarten students will not be let off the bus unless an adult or sibling in the seventh grade or older is present. Your child will be returned to school if no one is at the bus stop to meet them or if a child is uncomfortable exiting.
Wakefield Forest is in FCPS Area II Transportation Services (703-446-2050).
Bike Riders and Walkers
G1-6 walkers will enter/leave from exit 10 (by the playground). If you are meeting a walker, please plan to meet them at a designated spot near the playground. Kindergarten parents should drop off and pick up students at Door 11 as they are required to be picked up by an adult or sibling in 7th grade or older.
 Open House was so much fun! We are looking forward to seeing you all on Monday, the first day of school!
We love having our volunteers, families and visitors come in to our school. Beginning this year, everyone coming in must have an ID to enter, which would be a drivers license, Passport, Military ID, etc. This includes grandparents, babysitters, friends and other family members coming to performances during the day.
Bus with image of student Identification card.
As part of the ongoing commitment to strengthening layered safety and security programs, FCPS will implement a new student ID system for students who ride school buses.
The implementation of the student IDs is designed as an additional safety measure for our 130,000 FCPS students who ride the bus each day, ensuring they are on the right bus and that they get on and off at the correct bus stop, as well as making sure only authorized students are on buses.
The IDs will be provided to students who ride the bus. Those students will be expected to tap on and tap off the bus. The student IDs do not track student movement. The only information available is when a student taps on or off a bus. Much like our Here Comes the Bus app, our new app will allow parents/guardians to track the progress of the school bus.
It is possible that the ID program will expand in the future to include uses such as library cards and meal payment. Learn more about the new transportation system and student ID cards.
These will be passed out the first week of school. Stay tuned for more information!
Families can now easily grant permission for their children to access a variety of school resources through the Parent Digital Consent system. This online tool can be accessed using your SIS ParentVUE account and parents can easily opt in or opt out their child from a variety of resources including online educational tools, school counseling services, tutoring services, and how student information is managed.
Visit the Parent Digital Consent webpage to access the system.
Families who qualify for free or reduced-price school meals can receive breakfast and lunch at no cost for their children. This includes more than one-third of FCPS students. Families must complete the Free and Reduced-Price Meals (FRM) application before the start of each school year. Approved applications may also qualify students for additional benefits.
Access the application and view criteria and up-to-date information on the FRM webpage. Families should reach out to their schools with questions or for assistance.
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. If you wish to opt your child out of all or part of FLE for this school year, opt out forms are available in Parent Digital Consent. Paper opt-out forms are available from your child’s school. Students receiving special education services and accessing modified curriculum will receive a printed opt-out form for modified FLE lessons.
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.
Come celebrate the new school year and Woodson Pyramid Night on Thursday, September 3rd at the Woodson Football Stadium! At our annual Cav Carnival we will have games, face painting, prizes, and finish with running of the field. Students K-6 get in free with a paying adult. Carnival Games start at 4:30pm, running of the field at 6:45. Our football game will start at 7:00pm against the Edison Eagles.
Attendance: 703-503-2323 or WakefieldForestES.attendance@fcps.edu
Health Room: 703-503-2310
Family Information Phone Lines/Support for families who do not speak English as their first language: Family Information Phone Lines
Technology Support: Resources for Families Using FCPS Technology
Principal: Sharyn Prindle sbprindle@fcps.edu
Assistant Principal: Amy Williams alwilliams1@fcps.edu
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