Fairfax Villa Weekly Message 1/19/2024
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IN THIS ISSUE- End of Quarter Reminders
- SEL Screener and Opt-Out
- Heritage Night on February 9
- Celebrating Mr. Jackson!
- Lunar New Year Bulletin Board
- Woodson Chorus Dessert on Broadway
- Fairfax Villa/FCPS Inclement Weather Plan
- Celebrations of Lexia!
- Monday & Friday Fairfax Villa Clothing
- Attend Today, Achieve Tomorrow!
- Important Upcoming Dates
Just a reminder that on January 25th, students will be dismissed from school 2 hours early. In addition, January 26th is a teacher workday.
2.SEL Screener and Opt-OutStudents in grades 3-12 use the SEL Screener twice a year to share their perspectives on how well their school and community help them develop skills they need to succeed. These skills include achieving goals, understanding and managing emotions, establishing and maintaining relationships with adults and peers, and making responsible decisions. Students also share how successful their school and community are at making them feel valued, included, and supported. These factors are critical to positive academic, social, and emotional success.
The SEL screener will take place from February 26th until March 15th. If you would like your child to be opted out, please return your opt out form to the main office by February 12th, 2024.
3.Heritage Night - February 9thPlease sign up for the activities you're interested in, such as setting up a table display, offering food samples, and taking part in the cultural fashion show and/or talent show. Sign up to participate in Heritage Night here!
4.Celebrating Mr. Jackson!Excellence in teaching students, leading schools, and providing support is what Fairfax County Public Schools is all about. The Department of Human Resources sponsors the recognition of outstanding employees as they seek to create and demonstrate the best instructional and support practices.
Congratulations to Mr. Jackson for being honored with the 2023-24 Outstanding Operational Employee for the Woodson Pyramid!
2023-24 Woodson Pyramid Award Winners:Outstanding Teacher – Elementary – Melissa Adams, Canterbury Woods ES
Outstanding Teacher – Secondary – Travis Pugh, Woodson HS
Outstanding New Teacher – Elementary – Tricia Murphy, Mantua ES
Outstanding New Teacher – Secondary – Hannah Warnick, Frost Middle
Outstanding Leader – Emma Hamilton, Olde Creek ES
Outstanding Professional Employee – Megan Short, Frost Middle
Outstanding Operational Employee – Rodrigo Jackson, Fairfax Villa ES
5.Lunar New Year Bulletin BoardHelp us celebrate the Lunar New Year! Lunar New Year is celebrated in many cultures, and this year it falls on February 10th. To celebrate this holiday, we are collecting photos of our students and families who celebrate to put up on a bulletin board in the hallway. If you would like to share a photo of your student or family celebrating the Lunar New Year, please send the photo to school with your student’s name and teacher written on the back. We would love to see photos of special decorations, clothing, or activities!
Please contact Mary Gaskins [email protected] if you have any questions!
Mx. Gaskins’ 2nd graders have an epic musical snowball fight to Bizet’s “Les Toreadors,” using the different sections of the song for different actions! 6. Woodson Chorus Desserts on BroadwayPurchase your tickets here to attend Woodson’s Broadway play, showing on January 26 @7pm, January 27 @2pm and 7pm.
7.Fairfax Villa/FCPS Inclement Weather Plan🔖Labeling Student Items
Now that the weather is getting colder, please make sure student’s first and last names are in jackets, sweatshirts, coats, hats, mittens, etc. When they inevitably get lost or forgotten somewhere, if we can find a name we will return the item to the student. Labeling these items helps to keep our Lost and Found collection to a minimum. Thanks for your help!
In the case of an emergency for a weather-related closing, delay, or early dismissal, the FCPS website will be updated first, and will automatically include an alert at the top of each page with the appropriate information (see sample alert below). This information will remain posted until normal operations have resumed, or you click "Close This Alert" to remove it. If you have closed the alert, a red exclamation mark will remain (highlighted by red circle below) to indicate that the alert is still active.
FCPS tries to make decisions in the evening, taking into account that parents need time to make proper arrangements. But when there is a lot of uncertainty, we wait to get the latest morning forecast. In that case, the superintendent makes the decision of whether to delay or close schools by approximately 4:30 a.m.
FCPS provides information about closings and delays in many ways including:
- Posted to www.fcps.edu.
- Posted to the FCPS Twitter and FCPS Facebook pages.
- Email and text messages sent to parents (using the parent contact information listed in the SIS parent record).
- Email sent to News You Choose subscribers of Delayed Openings and School Closings.
- Posted on FCPS cable Channel 21 (Cox Communications, Reston Comcast, and Verizon (channel 11) cable customers only).
- Area radio and television stations.
7 = The number of Lexia Certificates given this past week!
870 = The number of Lexia Certificates given this year!
69% = The percentage of students working at or above grade level!
Parents - ask your child to show you their Lexia Superstar Certificates for the completion of each level!
Congratulations to all of our students who are working hard on their Lexia lessons and making so much progress. At the beginning of the school year, 42% of our students in grades K-6 were working on grade level material in Lexia. We now have 68% of our students working on grade level. For the other 32% of students, we are also proud of them for working toward their end of the year goal.
It is VERY important that families do NOT help students with the Lexia lessons. We need for students to do their own learning so that we get a true picture of what they have learned and what teachers need to support them with here at school. Each week, teachers get a report of the areas of growth and lessons that each student needs and, if families assist with Lexia, this will change the learning results. We need students to do the Lexia work themselves so that they will be most successful in their learning.
If your child wants to practice their reading skills with Lexia at home, they can go to https://clever.com/in/fairfax/student/portal to log into Clever using their FCPS google accounts. They then click on the Lexia icon to get started. It is strongly recommended that our K-6 graders spend 15-30 minutes each night learning with this Lexia program. Please be aware that they will also be using this program during the school day in one of their language arts blocks.
Another way to get to Lexia is through their Schoology account. After they go to https://lms.fcps.edu/ and log into Schoology, they click on the waffle in the upper right corner, click on Clever, and then they will see their Lexia.
If your child does not have a school issued laptop to use at home, he/she may access Schoology via the FCPS website. Schoology is the first option available in the dark blue toolbar.
9.Monday & Friday Fairfax Villa ClothingStudents and staff will be wearing the same clothing to kick off and end each week during the 2023-24 school year!
- On Mondays, we will be wearing our Positivity shirts to highlight our character strengths and virtues that we will be learning throughout the school year. The Boosterthon team distributed these green shirts during the fun run for the past 3 years. The shirts highlight our Villa dragon and Positivity logos on the front of the shirts.
- On Fridays, we will be showing off our favorite Fairfax Villa spirit wear. If your son or daughter has outgrown their Fairfax Villa spirit wear clothing, our PTA has some new designs.
Children who show up for school regularly develop fundamental reading and math skills while building a habit of good attendance that will carry them into college and careers. Research shows that children who were chronically absent in kindergarten and 1st grade were far less likely to read proficiently at the end of 3rd grade.
11.Important Upcoming Dates1/25: 2 Hour Early Release
1/26: Teacher Workday
1/31: Grade 3 Family Folk Dance 7pm
2/7: Winter Band Concert 7pm
2/9: PTA Heritage Night 7pm
2/19: Student Holiday
3/5: Student Holiday
3/7: 5th Grade Ukulele Performance 7pm
3/12: Spring Picture Day
3/14: WTW Math Enrichment Experience - Gr. 4-5
3/25-3/29: Spring Break
4/1: Teacher Workday
4/2: Staff Development Day
4/4: Zoom PTA Meeting #6
4/10: Student Holiday
4/11: Spring Chorus Concert 7pm
4/12: PTA Bingo Night
5/1: First & Second Grade Performance 7pm
5/3: Teacher Workday
5/3: Kindergarten Orientation 2pm
5/23: Strings Evening Performance at 7pm
5/27: Student Holiday
5/29: Springs Band Concert at 7pm
6/6: Grade 6 Showcase at 7pm
6/7: Field Day
6/11: 6th Grade Luncheon
6/12: 6th Grade Promotion Ceremony
6/12: Last Day of School - 2hr Early Release
Frequently Visited Links and Important Fairfax Villa Contacts- Fairfax Villa Contacts Page
- 2023-2024 School Year
- Sign up for News You Choose
- Join the Fairfax Villa PTA
- Report Your Child’s Absence
- Visit the Fairfax Villa Website
- Substitute Teaching Opportunities
- Monitor your student's academics with a SIS Pare+nt Account
- Recognize an FCPS Employee at FCPS Cares
- Mental Health Resources and Emergency Services Information
- Parent Handbook
- Fairfax Villa Events Calendar
- FCPS School Year Calendar
- Sign up for News You Choose
- Join the Fairfax Villa PTA
- Substitute Teaching Opportunities
- Monitor your student's academics with a SIS Parent Account
- Recognize an FCPS Employee at FCPS Cares
- Mental Health Resources and Emergency Services Information
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