 We hope you had a great fall weekend! Our staff had a productive day of learning together on Monday during our School Planning Day.
Exciting learning is in full swing across all of our classrooms and during field trips. Thank you for sending your child in a Lemon Road polo for all field trips.
We are looking forward to the Book Fair, Family Night, Restaurant Nights, Veteran's Day recognitions, and our annual Variety Show! Variety Show auditions are this week. Email Ms. Carlin with any Variety Show questions (alcarlin@fcps.edu).
Thank you for your ongoing partnership and support!
Each year, Lemon Road holds a book fair that extends during the school day as well as one evening for family shopping. The books and materials are delivered on November 12. Lemon Road students can shop during the school day OR by coming to Family Night on Thursday, November 19. Join us to shop, volunteer, set up, or break down. If you are available, email Ms. Gabby Burke at goburke@fcps.edu.
Currently featured in our library is a Civil War artifact recovered in the spring from a current Lemon Road 4th grader! How amazing to have a strong connection between our school and history.
Lemon Road will be starting our bike riding unit for grades 3 - 6 in PE. It will start on Wednesday November 4th and end on November 24th. During PE, we take precautions that your child will be safe the entire time they ride, including wearing helmets, hairnets (if using a shared helmet), and teaching students proper bike safety. We ask all students wear athletic clothes (no dresses or baggy clothing during PE) and those with long hair to wear it pulled back.
Students may bring their own helmet and/or bicycle. Students may ride their bike to school and lock it on the bike rack hear Door 6. There are also additional bike racks hear the flagpole at Door 1. Thanks for helping your child have the most success possible in this PE unit! Email with us with any questions.
Mr. Hickman (tjhickman@fcps.edu) & Mr. Van Trees (hwvantrees1@fcps.edu)
Lemon Road Elementary is participating in FCPS's Outstanding Employee Awards for the first time in many years. We would love to recognize LRES staff who have gone above and beyond to make a difference in our community. Please take a moment to consider educators at Lemon Road in one or more of these categories (learn about each category on the FCPS website):
- Outstanding Teacher
- Outstanding New Teacher
- Outstanding Professional Staff Leader
- Outstanding Educational Services Employee
- Outstanding Operational Services Employee
- Outstanding Principal
A google form will be released next week with an opportunity for parents, community members, and staff to nominate our outstanding staff members.
We are excited to welcome veterans and members of the US Military to Lemon Road Elementary School on Wednesday, November 11th, to celebrate you and your service to our country. We will begin with a light breakfast at 8:30 a.m. in the cafeteria followed by classroom visits to share your stories and/or to read a book. To ensure a smooth plan for the day we are kindly requesting some information from you in this Veterans Day Breakfast Google form if you are planning on joining.
 Our PTA is hard at work. Thank you Room Parents for helping ensure all students have a polo for their fall field trips. Here are current PTA initiatives:
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Donate your gently used coats and winter gear: For the month of October, the PTA is collecting gently used coats and winter gear of any size. The coats are washed and then exchanged with other local schools to ensure all kids have warm gear for the winter.
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Restaurant Night: Our next restaurant night is at Plaka Grill on October 20 from 11 AM - 9 PM.
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Movie Night: This Friday, October 23 is the next movie night! The voting is open for Minons & Monsters, Toy Story 5 or Wild Robot. Please sign up to help with concessions or donate items.
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Mabel's Labels: As the weather gets cooler, the number of jackets left behind in lost and found grows! The PTA has partnered with Mabel's Labels to help you get quality labels for your kids items! Just enter in Lemon Road PTA in the search bar.
- Have your child enter the National PTA Reflections Contest. Lemon Road is participating in the National PTA's Reflections Art contest! Encourage your child to interpret this year's theme "What My Culture Means to Me" and submit in one or more art categories including visual arts, photography, film, music composition, choreography, and literature.
We Need YOU: Joining the PTA is a key indicator that you support the school-home partnership that we foster. Email lemonroadpta@gmail.com to get involved!
In case you missed it in FCPS This Week, the school division shared updates on the following topics:
- FCPS Facilities & Renovation Survey
- FCPS Transportation Survey
- Health Department Letter on Preventing the Spread of Illness
Read FCPS This Week to learn more about these topics. If you are not already receiving this weekly newsletter, please sign up today.
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Monday, October 19: A Week; SCA Monthly Meeting; K-3 Variety Show Auditions; Superintendent Community Conversation at Spring Hill Elementary (6:30 PM)
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Tuesday, October 20: PTA Restaurant Day at Plaka Grill
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Wednesday, October 21: Kindergarten Hearing & Vision Screening; Virtual Lexia Event (5 PM and 6 PM)
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Thursday, October 22: Grades 4 - 6 Variety Show Auditions
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Friday, October 23: Grade 1 Field Trip - Hidden Oaks; Marshall Pyramid: Band/Choir Night (5pm); 🍿LRES PTA Movie Night (7pm movie start time)
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Saturday, October 24: LRES PTA Soccer Club Games 9 – 12 PM
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Monday, October 26: B Week; Region 5 Executive Principal Classroom Visits
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Tuesday, October 27: Grade 4 Jamestown Field Trip
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Wednesday, October 28: PTA Kindergarten & Preschool Bedtime Stories Event (6:15 PM)
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Thursday, October 29: 1st Grade Family Engagement Event (9:30am); Preschool Book Event (2:30pm)
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Friday, October 30: October Freaky Friday (Costume Day); End of Quarter 1; 2-hour Early Release Day
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Monday, November 2: C Week; Student Holiday
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Tuesday, November 3: Student Holiday
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Wednesday, November 4: Virtual Lexia Event (6:30 PM)
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Saturday, November 7: LRES PTA Soccer Club Games 9 – 1 PM
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Monday, November 9: D Week; Quarter 1 Progress Report Grades in ParentVue
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Wednesday, November 11: Veterans Day Recognition & Breakfast; Quarter 1 Progress Reports in Wednesday Folders
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Friday, October 23, 2026 10- 11:30 AM
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Tuesday, November 10, 2026 10- 11:30 AM
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- What services are available
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