ANNOUNCEMENTS
Click here for International Baccalaureate Workshop, on Wednesday, Feb 15, 2012.... 9 - 10:30 a.m.
FAMILY FUN FITNESS & HEALTH EXPO-Thursday, February 16, 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Hughes Middle School.
Bring your family and participate in demonstrations and activities that include Zumba, Pacer, Karate, Yoga, & Insanity Fitness. Visit featured booths with Fitness First, Diet to Go, Whole Foods and more. Other highlights include blood pressure screening, healthy snack preparations and activities for kids and parents. See you there! For more information contact your child's PE teacher. CLICK HERE
Click here for Course Selection Book 2012-2013
Click here for Middle Schools Parents Presentation Slides
ORIENTATIOIN DATES AND LOCATIONS: Rising 9th Grade Orientation –South Lakes HS – February 2, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.
Rising 9th Grade Orientation – Herndon HS – February 6, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. + CLICK for Herndon Orientation Flyer +
Rising 7th Grade Orientation at Langston Hughes Middle School – February 23, 2012 at 6:30 p.m.
Click here for information regarding Student Mobile Device Registration. (pdf)
Personally Owned Computing Devices Permission Form (pdf)
Click here for information regarding our new Parent Center! There is also a link available through the Student Services Department page.
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Hughes Middle School students say no to bullying by wearing orange for National Unity Day. |
Click here to view the first edition of the Student Services Newsletter!
Are you fluent in another language? You can earn high school credit if you take the World Language exam this year. The 2011 Credit Exam for World Languages will be administered on November 9, 10, and 14. Twenty languages will be included: Amharic, Arabic, Bengali/Bangla, Chinese/Mandarin, French, Farsi/Persian, German, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Nepali (new this year), Punjabi, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog/Pilipino, Telugu, Twi, Urdu, and Vietnamese. Please contact your school counselor for registration and additional information. Registration opens on Monday, September 26, 2011, at 8 a.m. and closes on Monday, October 24, 2011, at 4 p.m. Late registrations will not be accepted. Credit exam information can be accessed at: http://www.fcps.edu/DIS/OHSICS/forlang/creditexam/index.htm.
Parent and Student Rights and Responsibilities (SR&R) Video
http://www.fcps.edu/DIT/streaming/srrupdate_parent.asx
Application information for Thomas Jefferson HS for Science and Technology is now available through the link to the left, or you may click here for more information.
Adobe Youth Voices (AYV) is a global philanthropy initiative that empowers youth worldwide to comment on their world using multimedia and digital tools to communicate and share their ideas, demonstrate their potential, and take action in their communities. A core group of teen (13- 18) filmmakers and documentarians is currently being formed at the Southgate Community Center and participating in filmmaking 101 workshops. All sessions will be held on Fridays from 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm at Southgate Community Center’s Computer Lab. This is a FREE program, thanks to the support of a grant through Adobe Youth Voices. A schedule of the sessions is below:
September 23 Video Scavenger Hunt
September 30 Introduction to documentary and production
October 7 Storyboarding and Audio Recording
October 14 Pre-production
October 21 B-rolls and Interviews
October 28 Importing and Editing Footage
November 4 Rough Cut Completion
November 11 Rough Cut Review
November 18 Final Editing and Exhibition Planning
December 2 Exhibition for Family and Friends
This program is limited to 20 teens and youth can sign up for the program here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDFaR2xlTVZISkg2Mk03WTR0dy1aYXc6MQ
CLICK HERE for information regarding the "FCPS 24-7 Learning (also known as BlackBoard) Parent Account". With a parent account, you can view you child(ren)'s classes anytime and anywhere. Do you have children in different schools, or possibly more than one child in the same school? It does not matter because you will be able to see all your children' s classes at one time. Sign up, you will be glad you did!
FCPS 24/7 Learning (Blackboard) Student Accounts- Parents, if your student cannot access their Blackboard accounts because it will not accept their password, then have the student ask any of his/her teachers and they can reset it for them. Please note, the front office does not have this capability, only the teacher.
CLICK HERE to view the "FCPS Parent Resources" page. You will be led through most questions you may have regarding Fairfax County Pubic Schools.
UPDATING STUDENT INFORMATION - If your email address, home address or phone number has changed, please contact the office to provide the information or update directly through eCare@school on your FCPS 24-7 Parentview account at http://fcps.blackboard.com/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp (if you don't have this, you can CLICK HERE to begin the process of creating one). Any change of address can only be made by presenting proof of residency in the form of a deed, lease agreement, or resident manager’s letter to the school registrar.
