October 23, 2025

October 23, 2025

From the Principal’s Pen

Dear Laurel Hill Families,

We are delighted to announce that The Virginia Council on the Educational Opportunity for Military Children voted on October 1st to approve Laurel Hill Elementary School as a recipient of the SY2025–2026 Purple Star Award!

The Virginia Purple Star Designation is a distinguished recognition awarded to military-friendly schools that have demonstrated a major and ongoing commitment to students and families connected to our nation’s military. This is Laurel Hill Elementary first designation. This award marks our continued commitment to supporting our military-connected families for another three years. We are grateful for this honor!

Lastly, on October 31 students are invited to dress like their favorite book character. We would kindly ask for no masks to be worn, or anything covering a student's face, for safety purposes. Many teachers dress up as well. We also have a two-hour early release on October 31 and all students will be dismissed at 2:05 pm. It is a very fun day at Laurel Hill!

Sincerely,

Janice Dalton, Principal

Thmeaka Traylor, Assistant Principal

Addison Smith, Assistant Principal

Save the Date

October 31- End of 1st Quarter-2 hour early release @ 2:05pm

October 31- Dress like a Book Character Day

November 3&4- Teacher workdays

November 4th-PTA Election Day Bake Sale 7am-11am

November 11- Veteran's day holiday

November 19- 3 hour early release at 1:05 pm

November 26-28- Thanksgiving holiday

2025-26 school year calendar

FCPS Outstanding Employee Awards

Nominations are open for the FCPS Outstanding Employee Awards. We invite you to recognize a staff member at Laurel Hill who makes a difference for students and our school community. You may nominate one staff member per category. You can choose to nominate for one category or several. Eligible staff include teachers, principals, counselors, instructional coaches, office staff, custodians, and others who support our students every day.

How to Nominate:

Visit the LINK: https://forms.gle/7ypzNRUBTioPBDnp7
Write a short paragraph or two about how this staff member positively impacts students and our school.

Submit by November 14^th. Thank you for helping us honor the people who make Laurel Hill a wonderful place for our students.

Critical Attendance Information

Please let us know if your child will be absent or arriving to school late.

Report all absences through:

Online: Parent Vue

Email: LaurelHillElem.Attendance@fcps.edu

Call Attendance Line: 703-551-5353 (24/7 Recorded Line)

https://laurelhilles.fcps.edu/about/attendance-reporting

If we are not notified by 9:30am, it is possible that you will receive an automated attendance call from the County.

Immunization Events for FCPS Students

FCPS, in partnership with Inspire Health Alliance, will be providing school-required immunizations and optional flu shots for all FCPS students with no out-of-pocket costs. Immunization clinics will take place from 3 to 6:30 p.m. at Willow Oaks Administrative Center on:

Thursday, November 6
Tuesday, November 18
Wednesday, November 19
Thursday, November 20

A clinic will also take place at Frost Middle School on Saturday, November 15 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Additional dates will be made available throughout the school year.

Participation is voluntary. Parents or guardians may schedule an appointment for their student. Learn more about immunization resources.

Impact Aid

The Federal Impact Aid Survey is now available to complete online.

Attention FCPS Families! Every family should complete the survey.

The Federal Impact Aid program provides money to districts that enroll federally connected students. Help FCPS secure funding from the Impact Aid Program by helping us identify:

Military families.
Federally connected families.
Families living on a military base.

Please complete one form for each child in your household. Remember that only the parent that registered the student with FCPS (the ‘enrolling parent’) can fill out the Impact Aid Survey form.

Your information will be kept strictly confidential.

For families without access to ParentVUE, a paper copy of the form will be sent home with your student starting November 12.

Your support will ensure that we receive the resources for which we are eligible.

To access the Impact Aid Form from your computer or mobile device, we recommend using Google Chrome.

Step 1: CLICK HERE or type sisparent.fcps.edu into your Chrome address bar to be taken to SIS ParentVUE. If you don’t have a SIS ParentVUE account, contact your child’s school for an activation letter.

Step 2: After you’ve logged into your ParentVue Account, look for the ‘Online Packets’ link at the top of the page. Click ‘Online Packets’.

Step 3: Next, click the ‘Federal Impact Aid Survey’ button on the bottom of the page. This will take you to the Impact Aid Survey for you to complete.

If you have multiple children in Fairfax County Public Schools, please fill out a form for each child. You will know you have completed all of the forms when you get to the final page and see a green check next to each of their names.

If you have any questions regarding the survey, please email Sarah Orlick at scorlick@fcps.edu.

New Volunteering Requirements

Volunteer FCPS All volunteers must be registered in Volunteer FCPS. This includes individuals who volunteer to chaperone on field trips, work at book fairs, after school activities and help out regularly in classrooms, libraries, or cafeterias. Volunteers who work unsupervised with students will also be required to undergo a background check.

ALL Field Trip chaperones are Level 3 volunteers and WILL need a Background Check and Fingerprinting. If you plan to chaperone any time this year, please start this process as soon as possible.

Visit the Volunteer FCPS Frequently Asked Questions page to learn more.