In the coming days, all families will receive an individual attendance report card for their student in the mail. This is a school created report that will share attendance data with families from the first quarter. The purpose of this mailing is to make sure families are aware of their student's individual attendance so far this year. 

We understand that illnesses, family obligations, travel and other circumstances can take students away from school throughout the year. 

By sharing an attendance report card with families now, we hope that you can plan your year accordingly and encourage consistent daily attendance for your students before patterns of absences may impact learning later in the year.

When students are present in school, they can engage more with their teachers, instruction, interventions and opportunities for learning.

The 14th annual Flint Hill Turkey Trot will be held on Tuesday, November 25, 2025!

Classes will join Ms. Garner and Ms. Anderson on the track during the school day to get active before our Thanksgiving holiday. Classes will challenge themselves to complete walking or jogging laps around the FHES track. Students will receive a special recognition for their participation and the class with the highest average number of laps per student will be the Turkey Trot champions!

Parents are invited to join the event! Please meet at the track at your students' designated times to walk, jog or cheer with the trotters! Trotting will last 30 minutes.

Please have your students wear their grade level colors on Turkey Trot day to show our school spirit!

• 9:00 am - 5th Grade (Red)
• 10:00 am - 6th Grade (Gold)
• 11:00 am - 4th Grade (Light Blue)
• 12:00 pm - 2nd Grade (Purple)
• 1:30 pm - Kindergarten (Green)
• 2:00 pm - 1st Grade (Orange)
• 2:30 pm - 3rd Grade (Dark Blue)

 Flint Hill staff and students were honored with a 1st Place Ribbon for our entry at the City Council Meeting this past Monday for the the 79th Town of Vienna Halloween Parade!

FHES competed in the "Floats without Music" category, which includes any float that does not feature musical performers. With over 80 entries in this year's parade, we are thrilled that Flint Hill received this recognition.

This year's float was successfully coordinated and built by the following staff and community members:

- Jeffrey Bechtle, Sarah McAlister, Fiorela Salazar Jaldin, John Pacitti, Corey Peterson, Deanna Marquez, Sabrina Maizland Combs

The float was constructed using donated and recycled materials, and the wonderful artwork was created by Flint Hill students. Thank you to all the amazing students who contributed in art class, helped with construction after school, and walked alongside the float during the parade.

We also want to give a special thanks to Kimi McCool for donating the giant umbrella used to create the "tree of life," and to Matt Robinson for providing hay bales for students to sit on.

We are collecting gift cards to donate to families in need over the holiday season, right in our own FHES community.  If you can give, we are looking for Giant, Walmart or Target, and Visa gift cards in any amount.  Thank you for your help in brightening the holidays for those in need!  All gift cards can be sent to attn:  Mrs. Williams at Flint Hill.  If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out at aywilliams1@fcps.edu.

Additionally, if your family could benefit from extra support this season, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Mrs. Williams.  This will remain confidential.

Victor O’Neill Studios is coming back for portrait makeups/retakes! This session is open to those who meet the following criteria:

• Any student who was absent for the original session.
• Any student/staff who was dissatisfied with their original picture

Please note:

○ No purchase is necessary to retake photos.

○ The new portrait will replace their original and then be available for purchase.

○ Students who purchased a photo package and would like to retake their photo MUST return their original photo package to the photographer in order to receive a new package.

FCPS has enabled new parent controls within the Lightspeed Parent Portal to support families in managing screentime on FCPS devices at home. Parents can now manage their child's access to YouTube and pause web browsing on district-issued devices, during designated "After School Hours" while students are off the FCPS network.

These parental controls are only active Monday-Friday from 3:30 PM to 6:00 AM, and all day on weekends and student holidays when students are off the FCPS network. Parental controls do not interfere with district filtering policies during the instructional day.

Parents can register for the Parent Portal using the link provided in their weekly Lightspeed Online Student Activity Report email. 

For more information on Parent Portal, please visit the Lightspeed Parent Portal page on the FCPS website.

Due to the overwhelming response from our community, FCPS is temporarily pausing fingerprint requirements for most Level 3 volunteers. 

If you are scheduled for an upcoming fingerprinting appointment, please cancel your appointment unless you are a mentor, host parent, or non-parent volunteer having frequent, direct, and unsupervised contact with students, which will still require fingerprinting. FCPS will be charged if individuals miss a fingerprinting appointment without canceling in advance.

Those who have already been fingerprinted will be processed to be eligible for all Level 3 opportunities. ​​​​​​​

Field trip chaperone opportunities will now be classified as Level 2 (not requiring a background check). 

To ensure continuous safety, all new volunteers are required to sign a Volunteer Certification Statement. This statement is a legal attestation confirming you have no history of violent felonies, physical/sexual crimes against children, or crimes of moral turpitude.

Want to volunteer? Visit Volunteer FCPS to find and sign up for volunteer opportunities. Contact Volunteers@fcps.edu with any questions.

FCPS is asking all families to fill out a Federal Impact Aid Survey. The form is available in SIS ParentVUE under Online Packets, which is in the upper right corner of the screen after logging in. Please complete it as soon as possible. We will provide paper forms to families who have not completed the survey in ParentVUE starting Wednesday, November 12.

Completing this form for each school-aged child in every household is important. This year, FCPS expects to receive approximately $4 million in Impact Aid funding. These funds are used to support all Fairfax County public schools and centers.

For more information, visit the Federal Impact Aid Survey page. 

Register for ParentVUE

Learn how to activate your SISParentVUE account, so you can easily submit your survey and have access to other helpful information about your child. 

Technical support for using ParentVUE or submitting the survey online is available by submitting a Parent Support Request ticket. Select SISParent in the Application dropdown menu and type “Federal Impact Aid Survey” in the Issue Description section. You may also call the Parent Technology Help Desk at 833-921-3277 (833-921-FCPS).

It’s that time of year again to celebrate the wonderful staff we have at Flint Hill!  Nominations are now open for the Outstanding Employee Awards! 

To submit a nomination for a Flint Hill Outstanding Employee in one of the categories below, please complete the nomination form.

You may nominate one employee at our school or multiple employees (one individual may only nominate one employee per category.)

All that is required for a preliminary nomination is a paragraph or two about how this employee demonstrates exceptional work in the criteria for that category. The google form link has more information regarding the criteria for each of these awards and the eligibility requirements are below.

The deadline to submit a nomination is November 14^th. 

Outstanding Teacher: Has at least three years of experience as a teacher (in any school/school district); librarians are included in this category

Outstanding New Teacher: Has up to three years of experience as a teacher (in any school/school district); librarians are included in this category.

Outstanding Principal: Has at least three years of experience as a building principal (in any school/school district).          

Outstanding Leader: At least one year of experience in their current position  Positions in this category include Assistant Principal, Associate Principal, Director of Student Services, Director of Student Activities 

Outstanding Professional Employee: At least one year experience in current position. Positions in this category include Resource Teacher and Special Education Department Chair and Multilingual Learners Department Chair, School-Based Technology Specialist, Technology Support Specialist, Psychologist, Reading Specialist, Social Worker, Speech Language Pathologist, School Counselor

Outstanding Operational Employee: At least one year of experience in current position. Positions in this category include Administrative Assistant, Office Assistant, Student Information Assistant, Finance Technician, School Finance Assistant, Student Services Assistant, Registrar, Custodian, Building Supervisor, Operating Engineer, Food Services staff, Instructional Assistant, Family Liaison, Public Health Training Assistant, Safety and Security Assistant, and all hourly employees