REMINDER!
Advanced Program Applications will be due following Thanksgiving break! Please be aware of the upcoming deadlines.
ACA and BRVGS due Dec. 6
Upcoming 2025 Virginia School Survey
Surveys will be administered between January 6, 2025 and January 10, 2025.
Please see this document for detailed information regarding the VA School Survey.
Opt Out for 6th Grade Movie
As a reward for bringing in the most for the canned food drive, the 6th grade class will have a movie afternoon on Friday, December 20. Students will be watching the movie Rise of the Guardians (PG). If you would like to opt out your child from the movie, please complete the form by clicking here.
Mid-year Reading MAPS and Blue Ridge Virginia Governor's School (BRVGS)
Effective this year, the mid-year Reading MAPS will be used as an achievement measure for 8th graders who apply to BRVGS. Students interested in this Governor's school need to take that mid-year assessment very seriously.
The Reading MAPS will happen December 12th.
LOOKING AHEAD....
Monday, 12/9 - Day 2
Tuesday, 12/10 - Day 1
Wednesday, 12/11 - Day 2
Math MAP Testing (alternate schedule)
Thursday, 12/12 - Day 1
Reading MAP Testing (alternate schedule)
Friday, 12/13 - Day 2
PTSA Hot Chocolate Bar
UPCOMING: PTSA Hot Chocolate Bar - Volunteers Needed
Please use the link below to sign up for the hot chocolate bar at lunch on 12/13/24 and the PTSA needs volunteers!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409094DA8A829ABFD0-53315312-hotdrink
Backpacks of Love
Dear Parents/Guardians,
Backpacks of Love, Inc. is a local charity that was formed to provide food for school children over the weekend. Children who are in need of such food will receive a small bag of food & snacks on the last day of the school week. The food exchange will be handled in a discreet manner with only the guidance counselor, teacher & child aware of what is occurring.
Backpacks of Love has been providing food for families since 2011 & is expanding to accept
more families. This letter is acting as an invitation to you & your child to participate in the
voluntary program. By completing the form below and returning it to the guidance
counselor you are agreeing to participate in the program.
We want everyone that needs food bags to receive them. Because the food is limited, please do not request the bags unless there is a true need. Let the school know if circumstances change.
The form at the bottom of this page will help the school to determine who is eligible. Backpacks of Love will not be responsible for how the food is used nor responsible for determining the safety of the food in allergy or food sensitivity situations, as that responsibility falls to the parents/guardians.
Please fill out & return the attached form if you want your child to receive the weekend food
bags.
Thank you,
Matt Henke -Executive Director - director@backpacksoflove.org - (804)350-1127