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Principal's Note |
Dear London Towne Families,
What a busy, vibrant, and exciting week we have had at school! We officially wrapped up Quarter 1 on a high note today as our students celebrated with Field Day. It was fantastic to see everyone outside moving, encouraging one another, and enjoying the end of a wonderfully productive first quarter.
Looking Ahead to Quarter 2
As we transition into the new quarter, please keep these upcoming calendar items in mind:
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Turn Your Clocks Back: Daylight Saving Time ends this weekend, so don't forget to set your clocks back one hour on Saturday night.
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Student Holidays: There is no school for students on Monday, November 2nd and Tuesday, November 3rd.
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3-Day Week: We look forward to welcoming students back on Wednesday, November 4th for a short 3-day school week.
Pep Rally & Quarter 2 Focus
On Friday, we will host our quarterly pep rally to celebrate student growth and positive choices! Throughout Quarter 1, our students focused on using kind words, tone, and actions. At the rally, we will officially announce which grade level accumulated the largest number of "Pawsitive" Links!
We will also launch our Quarter 2 theme: "Owning Our Actions." Together, we will focus on how ALL of us play a vital role in keeping London Towne safe, respectful, and welcoming so everyone can do their best learning every single day.
The next time you are at the Towne, be sure to check out our brand-new murals in the main lobby and cafeteria! They bring incredible energy, color, and school spirit to our shared spaces.
Thank you all for your partnership, support, and dedication throughout a wonderful Quarter 1. Have a restful extended weekend!
Warmly,
Shele Banford, Principal
Jordan Moore, Assistant Principal
Lucy Zamora, Assistant Principal
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Save the Date! |
📆 Monday, November 2-Tuesday, November 3: No School for Students
📣 Friday, November 6: 9:00 a.m. Quarter 2 Pep Rally
🍿 Friday, November 6: 6:00 p.m. PTA Movie Night: GOAT
🔬Tuesday, November 10: 5:30 p.m. ML Parent Event/Family Science Night
🗓️ Wednesday, November 11: SACC Closed
🛍️ Wednesday, November 11: PTA Fundraiser Giving Market Ends
❤️Thursday, November 12: FCPS Youth Survey (Grade 6)
🗣️ Tuesday, November 17: 6:00 p.m. PTA Meeting (Library)
🗣️ Wednesday, November 18: 5:15 p.m. AAP Fulltime Info Session (Library)
🎶 Wednesday, November 18: Musical Showcase (Grades 1-2)
📸 Thursday, November 19: Fall Picture Retake Day
🦃 Friday, November 20: Thanksgiving Luncheon
🍿🎬🍿🎬 PTA Movie Night 🍿🎬🍿🎬
Come join us for Family Movie Night!
🎥 Featured film: GOAT
🗓 Date: Friday, November 6th
⏰️ Time: 6:00 PM
🎟 Student raffle for a fun prize
🍕 Pizza and snacks for purchase
🍿1 free popcorn bag
🧸 Bring your favorite blanket/pillow/stuffed animal
📢😃FRIENDLY REMINDER: ALL children must be accompanied and attended to by an adult.
If interested in volunteering for Movie Night (11/6), please sign up here!
THANK YOU!!
🎁 Giving Market: October 29-November 11 🎁
We are thrilled to support beautification of common student areas around the Towne this year. Every purchase directly helps our students have updated spaces for working and learning at London Towne!
What to expect:
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🛍️ Shop a variety of items: From cookies, snacks, home goods, to seasonal items.
- 🛋️ Support our school from your couch: Shop from your student's online page and share with family and friends so they can shop, too! All items delivered directly to your home!
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👀 Fundraising Flyer: Flyers were sent home in October 29 Thursday folders.
We’re making it easy to support our school while grabbing great items for the season. Thank you for helping our school shine! 🌟
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Lost and Found Items |
Lion Families, our Lost and Found racks are overwhelmed with lost and lonely clothing! The weather this time of year means that kids are arriving to school dressed for chilly breezes and taking off layers at recess when it has warmed up and they are playing and exercising!
Our 6th Grade Lion Leaders work hard to organize, label, and hang items twice a week. Each Friday, our Lion Leaders bag any items that have been unclaimed for 3 weeks to donate to a local organization in need.
We want to connect more lost clothing items with their owners! Please, please make sure your child's last name is written in permanent marker on the tag or inside of clothing that may be removed at recess. Our Lion Leaders make deliveries to classrooms whenever we find an item identified with a name. Sadly, out of the mountains of clothing items dropped off, only 2-3 each week have names!
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Fall Fun Photos Website Feature |
Check out some fun photos from our busy October around the Towne: Digital Citizenship Spirit Week, SEL Family Game Night, Storybook Character Parade, and Field Day -- phew!-- on our LTES website!
✨DO YOU KNOW AN AMAZING EMPLOYEE? ✨
We are now accepting nominations to recognize our outstanding employees at London Towne Elementary School for the 2026 - 2027 school year! If you have worked with an outstanding employee at London Towne Elementary School, FCPS wants your help recognizing them. LTES colleagues and families are invited to nominate:
🏆 NOMINATIONS FOR...
- Outstanding New Teacher
- Outstanding New Principal
- Outstanding Professional Staff Leader
- Outstanding Educational Services Employee
- Outstanding Operational Services Employee
🗓️DEADLINE: The deadline to submit a nomination is Sunday, November 8, 2026.
📝SUBMISSIONS: Submissions can be made by completing the form linked here.
🐯Thank you for supporting our outstanding LTES Staff!
🔎🔬 Family Science Night 🔬🔎
All are invited to SEL Family Game Night at London Towne on Tuesday, November 10!
Dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m. Investigations stations start at 6:00 p.m.
Students MUST attend with an adult family member.
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Advanced Academics Programs |
Fairfax County Public Schools is committed to challenging all students through talent development and differentiated instruction. A continuum of Advanced Academic Programs (AAP) services is available to students in Grades K to 12 and is designed to match services to each student’s unique academic needs.
⭐ Identification for Subject-Specific and Part-Time AAP services occurs throughout the school year. Full-Time AAP services have two identification cycles:
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Spring identification: Any FCPS student in Grades 2 to 7 may be referred by December 15.
⭐FCPS uses ability testing as one consideration in the holistic identification process for AAP services:
- All students in Grade 2 take the Naglieri General Ability Test (NGAT) in late October.
- Students in Grades 3 to 6 who do not have a multi-domain ability test score take the NGAT.
⭐ Families are invited to attend an AAP information meeting led by Maddie Sirota our Advanced Academic Resource Teacher (AART):
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Full-Time AAP Identification: Wednesday, November 18th at 5:15 p.m. in London Towne ES Library Families will learn about the referral and identification processes for Full-Time AAP services.
⭐ Supporting 2E Learners:
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PTA News and Happenings |
PTA Upcoming Events:
📅 Giving Market: October 29 - November 11
📅 Election Day Bakesale: November 3
Next PTA Meeting:
Come join us for our next PTA meeting! Everyone’s welcome! 🎉
📅 Date: November 17
⏰ Time: 6:00 PM
📍 Location: London Towne Library or join us virtually on Zoom
(Zoom link will be sent the evening before.)
We’d love to see some new faces—and plenty of familiar ones too!
Follow the LTES PTA on Instagram to stay to date with all the fun, upcoming events!
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TJHSST Invitational Science Fair |
TJ Investigative Science Outreach, a student-led organization at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology is hosting their 14th annual Invitational Science Fair in April. 5th and 6th graders are invited to participate! Admission to the science fair is completely free.
Participants will complete a research project of their choice and present it in-person at the fair in April. To help students prepare for this fair, TJ students will host multiple sessions to teach important STEM skills, including brainstorming, building an experimental design diagram, data collection and analysis, scientific writing, and presentation.
The first interest session for prospective students and their parents is November 11th, 2026, from 5:30 to 7:30 PM. The session will be held virtually, through Zoom. During this session, they will review the goals and guidelines of the fair and introduce students to a multitude of project ideas. All interested students should sign up using this form.
For additional information please use the following site to access the 2026 guide. https://tjsciencefair.wordpress.com/
⚽🎾⚾ SYA Spring Sports Registration ⚾🎾⚽
SYA Spring Sports Registration opens on November 1 with a $15 off early bird discount. Excludes travel sports, no coupon code required.
Includes 13 different sports for children ages 5-18 including Little League, Cricket, Field Hockey, Flag Football, Lacrosse, Rugby (new this Spring!), Soccer, Tennis, Ultimate Frisbee, Volleyball. Register at www.syasports.org.
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Return Your Federal Impact Aid Survey |
FCPS is asking all families to fill out a Federal Impact Aid Survey. The form is available in SIS ParentVUE under Online Packets, which is in the upper right corner of the screen after logging in. Please complete it as soon as possible. Schools provided paper forms to families who have not completed the survey in ParentVUE the week of October 26-30. Please return this form as soon as possible.
Completing this form for each school-aged child in every household is how we ensure we receive all the resources available to us from the federal government. For more information, please visit the Federal Impact Aid Survey page.
Register for ParentVUE
Learn how to activate your SISParentVUE account so you can easily submit your survey and have access to other helpful information about your child.
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ParentVUE App |
New ParentVUE and StudentVUE mobile apps launched in July. Be sure to download the new app before winter break. After that time, you will need to use the new mobile app or a web browser to access ParentVUE or StudentVUE.
For instructions on installing the new apps and learning more about the updated login process, visit ParentVUE and StudentVUE mobile app resources. If you need assistance, please submit a Parent Support Request.
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Literacy and Lexia Family Webinars |
📚 Help Your Child Become a Stronger Reader: Upcoming Family Learning Opportunities
Want to better understand how your child learns to read and how you can support them at home? FCPS is offering several free virtual sessions to help families learn about reading instruction, literacy resources, and strategies to build strong reading skills. Explore the opportunities below and register for the sessions that interest you.
📚 Lexia Family Information Sessions
Want to learn more about Lexia® Core5 and Lexia® PowerUp? These virtual sessions share how FCPS is using both programs in classrooms across the division this school year to support students’ literacy growth and give families a chance to ask questions.
Every one-hour session covers the same content. Choose the option that works best for your family:
- Wednesday, November 4, at 6:30 p.m.
Join a Lexia Family Information Night Session.
📚 Literacy Webinar SeriesJoin us for a series of family-friendly webinars designed to help you understand reading assessments, reading plans, and ways to support your child at home. Learn what assessment results mean, how reading plans guide instruction, and practical strategies to strengthen decoding, language, comprehension, and literacy skills, including support for multilingual learners.
- December 15, 2026: What Is a Reading Plan?
- February 19, 2027: How Do I Support My Child With a Reading Plan at Home?
- May 14, 2027: Continuing Reading Success Through the Summer
Register for the Literacy Webinar Series.
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Importance of Flu Vaccination |
FCPS, in partnership with Inspire Health Alliance, will be providing school-required immunizations and optional flu shots for all FCPS students, ages 18 and under, with no out-of-pocket costs. Multiple events will take place at designated FCPS locations.
Additional dates will be made available throughout the school year. Parents or guardians may view upcoming events and schedule an appointment for their student. Participation is voluntary. Additional immunization resources are also available.
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Special Education Conference |
Join us for the annual Special Education Family Conference, Stronger Together: Connecting Families and Schools, taking place on Saturday, November 14, at Hayfield Secondary School.
New this year, the conference will open with an inspiring panel discussion featuring voices from across our school community: an FCPS student, a high school principal, a community partner, and an FCPS parent.
Panelists will share personal experiences and practical ideas for building supportive, inclusive communities where students can thrive both in and beyond the classroom.
Register to attend and visit the Special Education Family Conference webpage to learn more about the panelists.
Email questions to SpecialEdFamilyConf@fcps.edu.
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Volunteer FCPS Information |
💗 Register Today With Volunteer FCPS
Volunteer FCPS allows individuals to search and register for volunteer opportunities. It helps ensure a safe, consistent, and welcoming environment here at London Towne. All volunteers must:
- Create a profile in Volunteer FCPS.
- Register for opportunities through Volunteer FCPS.
- Sign in and out of schools using the visitor kiosk.
At the Volunteer FCPS site, you can complete a volunteer orientation. Visit the Volunteer FCPS Frequently Asked Questions for more information.
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2026-27 Early Release Wednesdays |
FCPS will continue with limited early release Wednesdays for elementary schools during the 2026-27 school year. The number has been reduced from eight to four days.
Early release Wednesdays provide elementary teachers with a dedicated block of time to prepare lessons, participate in professional development and training, and collaborate with their peers. A well-supported and continuously improving teaching staff leads to better educational outcomes for students.
Our school’s remaining early release Wednesdays:
- December 2
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February 10
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May 5
Visit the FCPS website for more information about early release Wednesdays, including the list of early release dates.
This Sunday, November 1, at 2 a.m., daylight saving time ends. Don’t forget to move your clocks back one hour!
This week we recognize those in our community observing All Saints Day and Día de los Muertos. For Catholics, All Saints Day (November 1) is a special Holy Day and celebrates all those who are with God in Heaven, known and unknown. All Souls Day (November 2), known in Mexico and Latin America as Día de los Muertos, is a day of remembrance and prayer for all those who have died, especially for the souls who may be in purgatory. These special days are celebrated by Catholics, Anglicans, and some Protestants throughout the world.
Schools are closed for students on Monday, November 2, for a school planning day, and Tuesday, November 3, for a teacher workday.
Don’t forget to get out and vote on Tuesday, Nov. 3! The day will be observed as a holiday for students. For more information, visit the Virginia Department of Elections webpage.
See the complete school year calendar.
🪔 We wish a happy Diwali on November 8 to all celebrating! Diwali is a festival of lights and one of the major festivals celebrated by Hindus, Jains, Sikhs & some Buddhists. The festival represents the symbolic victory of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, and good over evil.
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