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PTA:
National PTA
Virginia PTA
Northern Virginia District PTA
Fairfax County Council of PTAs
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Eagle View ES:
Eagle View ES Website
Blackboard / FCPS 24-7 Learning
"Electronic Wednesday Envelope" Page (on school website)
A word about Eagle View ES Paper?less? Program: Teachers, administration and PTA are going to try and put most handouts that normally come home in the Wednesday envelopes into electronic form. These electronic items will be posted on the school website, the PTA website, Keep in Touch*, or in Blackboard.
To see this week's "Electronic Wednesday Envelope", please click on the image on the left hand side of this page or the link directly above this text! For more information, be sure to visit the school website.
*Subscribe or update your "Keep in Touch" information here.
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PTA-Sponsored Programs:
Pack 1136 is sponsored by the Eagle View Elementary PTA. If you would like to join Cub Scouting or would like more information about Pack 1136, please check out the pack's website http://sites.google.com/site/pack1136/Home or contact Cubmaster Jeff Schwefler (Pack1136@gmail.com or 703-222-1344).
Ever wanted to learn to play chess? Here is your chance - join Eagle View's PTA Chess Club! The club meets on Wednesdays after school 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM, and is open to boys and girls in grades 2-6. For more information on the club, or to register for the upcoming semester, please download our flyer (pdf)
We appreciate the response to the 2007-2008 FLEX Spanish classes from parents and students - all four classes were full! We will try to offer Spanish class again and hope to add another language to the FLEX program as well.
The PTA is currently looking for part-time Spanish teachers! If you speak Spanish, enjoy working with children, and are available after school hours, please contact the FLEX Program office at 703-658-1293 or Jaimee Nygaard at jaimeenygaard@verizon.net. This is a paid, part-time position. Curriculum is provided.
If you have any questions, please email Jaimee Nygaard at jaimeenygaard@verizon.net. You can also find more information about the FLEX program on http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/OACE/flex.htm.
The first Eagle View 5K / 1 Mile Run for Fun took place on Saturday, 05/02/2009. This event - geared towards our entire Eagle View Family (Students, Teachers, Parents/Guardians, ... ) - was spearheaded by Jamie Gadley (Jamie.Gadley@fcps.edu). Be sure to check out the pictures of the event in our photoalbum.
"Girls on the Run" is a wonderful, life-changing learning program for girls in grades 3-8. The program combines physical training with healthy living education. Please email Ms. Evans at kathryn.evans@fcps.edu or Ms. Small at Michelle.Small@fcps.edu if you would like more information.
The 2007-2008 12-week Lego Robotics Club for grades 3-6 ended with a demonstration at Math and Science night. The feedback on the club was very positive.
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FAIRGRADE:
FAIRGRADE website
FAIRGRADE is a grading policy advocacy group. It was created in January 2008 following a December 2007 Washington Post article that highlighted the disparities between Fairfax County and Montgomery County grading policies. We reported about the problem on Page 7 of our April 2008 Newsletter.
Update: The Fairfax County School Board voted to change the FCPS grading scale. For more details, please visit http://www.fcps.edu/news/grading.htm.
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Fairfax Police Youth Club (FPYC):
FPYC website
The Fairfax Police Youth Club (FPYC) organizes all types of sports teams for children in Fairfax - Soccer, Basketball, Field Hockey, Lacrosse, T-ball/Softball, Wrestling, Running/Track&Field, Volleyball.
You can register your child by going to the website above or by walk-in registration (call hotline 703-591-FPYC (3792) for details).
The FPYC attempts to form soccer teams by neighborhood, typically by closest elementary school. If your child would like to be part of a team of players that attend Eagle View ES, please indicate it in the "Special Request" box - just to be sure. Please refer to the FPYC website for information on how teams are formed for other sports. (Some sports simply do not work well unless the talent is spread around evenly.)
If you would like to volunteer as a coach, you can register at the website above.
Feel free to
email
us, if you have any questions.
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FCPS Parent Resources Available Online:
A complete list of resources for parents can be found on
the Fairfax County Public Schools web site. Go to
http://www.fcps.edu/parents.htm.
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FCPS Keep-in-Touch e-mail notification system:
Subscribe or update your information here.
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Inclement Weather Plans:
Click here for more information.
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Office of Transportation Services
After-Hours Emergency Telephone Number:
If your child has not yet returned home on the expected bus
and you can not get in touch with him or her, the FCPS
school security office can be called at 703-764-2400
to contact transportation staff members after 5 p.m.,
who will work to determine when your child should
arrive at their bus stop.
Before 5 p.m., please contact your child's school.
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Parenting Tip Sheets:
The Family Services and Involvement Section (FSIS)
of Fairfax County Public Schools offers tip sheets for
parents of students at the preschool, elementary, middle,
and high school levels. The tip sheets can be found at
http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/OECFS/FLI/helping.htm,
and are updated monthly.
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Technology@Home:
This program enables students, faculty, and staff members
to purchase software and hardware directly from vendors at
educational discount rates. For more information go to
http://www.fcps.edu/DIT/techathome/index.html.
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FCPS IT Service Desk:
FCPS is offering the use of McAfee VirusScan to employees
and students for their home computers at no charge.
Due to the licensing agreement with McAfee, all copies need to be
accounted for. A student may check out a copy from his or her librarian.
If you have questions, please contact the IT Service Desk by email
or by phone (703-503-1600).
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/FamilyGram/:
/FamilyGram/ is a newsletter for parents that includes the current school year calendar. It is available online as a PDF file in six languages - English, Farsi, Korean, Spanish, Urdu, Vietnamese. (The free software Adobe Reader is required to view the document.) To download or read /FamilyGram/ online go to http://www.fcps.edu/mediapub.htm#fgm.
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Safe and Sound:
Help Kids Stay Safer:
On May 25, communities across the country put child safety at the top of their to-do lists with Take 25, a campaign of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children? to commemorate National Missing Children?s Day, heighten awareness about children?s safety issues, and encourage parents to talk to their children about ways to be safer. Be sure to check out the valuable parent resources on http://www.take25.org/informed/. (Spanish-language resources on http://es.take25.org/)
Internet Safety:
Keeping our children safe online has become a top priority for parents. "Enough Is Enough" (EIE) is a non-partisan, non-profit organization that emerged in 1994 as the national leader on the front lines to make the Internet safer for children and families. Be sure to check out their website http://www.enough.org or call 1-888-744-0004 for more information.
Crime Prevention:
As you may know, the Fair Oaks District Station of the Fairfax County Police Department recently called a meeting of residents, to discuss the growing numbers of burglaries, thefts from vehicles and vehicle tamperings. During this meeting, the Police pointed out the benefits of Neighborhood Watches. Some of our communities have stepped up to the plate! We applaud the Fair Chase Community - which surrounds Eagle View ES - for organizing a Neighborhood Watch.
Contrary to popular belief, the Neighborhood Watch program does not mean you have to patrol your community with a flashlight at night. It rather focuses on personal, vehicular and home security and is passive in nature. Its main goals are awareness and reporting to police. If you have any questions regarding the Fair Chase Neighborhood Watch program, feel free to contact Lance Crystal at 571-230-7010.
If you would like more information about Neighborhood Watch programs in general, please contact your local District Police Station or go to http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/oem/citizencorps/nw.htm . Also consider visiting the Police Department?s crime prevention website ( http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/police/citizen-awareness/ ). It offers a wealth of information.
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