Farmwell Station News
September 4, 2020
SCHOOL NEWS
PRINCIPAL MESSAGES
- Principal Loya's weekly message
- Previous Farmwell Friday Newsletters
ONLINE VERIFICATION PROCESS
- Parents, please complete the Online Verification process if you haven't already done so. Follow these directions on completing this process.
- Once completed, you can view your student's schedule. If you need help accessing the schedule or reading the schedule, follow these instructions.
Virtual Back To School
- Please review our Back to School presentations. Use your child's schedule to locate the correct team of teachers and the correct elective teachers. It's best to view these presentations on a full browser rather than a mobile device.
BELL SCHEDULE
- FWS Bell Schedule - Printing the bell schedule and posting for your child is a great idea! Note that attendance will be taken and grades will be counted.
- School starts Tuesday September 8th!
SCHOOL SUPPLIES
- We enjoyed seeing our Farmwell Falcons at the Student Material Pick Up Event on Thursday.
- if you were unable to make the event, supplies and classroom materials will be available for pick up starting Tuesday September 8th. Call the Main Office 572-252-2320 prior to arrival so we can have your items ready to hand to you outside our main entrance doors (mask and ID required).
PERMISSION CLIK
The following web applications will be used in instruction this year.
- Pear Deck
- Flipgrid
- Edpuzzle
- Epic
- Book Creator
- Scratch
- Commonlit
- Gimkit
- Quizlet
- Tinkercad
Each parent is asked to complete the Online Software Permission Click Form to permit your child to use these web tools this school year. Please log in and approve these forms to enhance our instructional abilities for distance learning this year.
VIRTUAL TOUR
- For new students to FWS, we know you are interested in seeing what your new school looks like. Please take a virtual tour of FWS. We welcome you to our Farmwell Falcon family!
BOOK RETURN
- If you found any library books or other school books over the summer, you can return them to the box that will be outside the front doors of the school starting on September 8th. The box will be there Mon-Fri, not weekends.
1ST DAY OF SCHOOL PHOTOS
- There will be a 2021 yearbook, and we want your student to be in it! Download the FREE Herff Jones eShare app, available for iPhone or Android, so you can upload photos from your phone. You’ll need our school code 21644 to begin. Please upload First Day of School photos!!
- Parents, the 2021 yearbook is available for purchase. Enter the school name or school code 21644 to purchase.
TECH NEWS
- Our FWS Tech Website is a great resource for parents and students. Please refer to this page if you have questions about passwords, Schoology, logging into classes, computer issues, etc.
HEALTH NEWS
- The Code of Virginia requires all students to be fully immunized prior to beginning the 2020-2021 school year.
- Due to Covid-19, the immunization deadline has been extended. Students can begin distance learning on September 8th, and families have until November 3rd to send documentation that their child is fully immunized to the school nurse. Students will not be allowed to attend in-person learning until this has been completed.
- For those students who begin hybrid instruction beginning October 13th, this needs to be completed prior to October 13th.
- Email our school nurse with any questions. Refer to our FWS Clinic website for more information.
AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS
FWS clubs will be held virtually this year. Encourage your student to get involved and join a FWS club this year! Currently, there is information on how to join:
STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES
- Step Up Loudoun Youth Competition presents middle and high school students an opportunity to identify an issue in their communities and implement a solution as they contribute to the world around them. Registration will open October 1st. See the SULYC Flyer for more information and an application.
- Broad Run HS welcomes 7th and 8th grade FWS students to join their Debate and Speech Team. All tournaments are online and begin October 10th. Team practices begin online in mid-September. If you have any questions, please contact brhs.debatespeech@gmail.com.
STUDENT WITHDRAWAL PROCESS
- If you plan to withdraw your student from FWS whether due to a move, homeschooling or school transfer, please note that there is a withdrawal process that needs to be completed. If the proper paperwork is not submitted, it affects our class scheduling process.
- If your student is not returning to FWS, please review the Withdrawal Form and PDF Electronic Signature Form and submit to Donita Hardie as soon as possible.
STUDENT IDs & PORTRAITS
Lifetouch will be taking photos for Student IDs as well as Student Portraits at FWS on the dates below.
- October 5 - 6th Graders
- October 19 - 7th Graders
- October 26 - 8th Graders
IT ONLY TAKES A MOMENT
Harris Teeter gives money to FWS just for shopping there! There are two ways to link your Harris Teeter VIC card to FWS which should be done every school year:
- You can fill out this Google Form and FWS will take care of this for you, or
- You can link the card to FWS yourself by signing up for an account at the LINK UP website (school code is 5900).
PLEASE JOIN TODAY
- We invite you to Join The PTA because we can do more together than apart. The PTA helps fund many important programs, services, and capital improvements for FWS. Membership is $15.
BACK TO SCHOOL MEAL SERVICE
- The back to school meal service begins September 8th.
- Check out the LCPS Meal Service flyer for more details.
- Refer to the interactive map for pick up locations and times.
About Us
Email: FWS-Secretaries@lcps.org
Website: lcps.org/farmwell
Location: 44281 Gloucester Parkway, Ashburn, VA 20147
Phone: 571-252-2320
Facebook: facebook.com/officialFSMS
Twitter: @LCPSFarmwell