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Roadrunner Rundown
August 24, 2026
Principal's Message
Dear Marshall Road Families,
We had a wonderful first day of school! While spending time in the kindergarten rooms today, I was fortunate to overhear a brilliant response from one of our youngest minds. When asked if it is ok to color outside of the lines, one young lady immediately replied, “It’s okay because everyone is learning and if you do your best and you are learning, that’s okay!”. Yes! Everyone is learning and striving to do their best. What a perfect encapsulation of how we can consider ourselves and others!
Sixth grade students were already contemplating the four parts of the data cycle or forming equations based on numbers that are relevant to their life experience. The overall message behind these activities was the importance of clear evidence and attempting hard tasks.
Please be patient with dismissal for buses and K&R this week as it takes additional time for students and staff to learn the routines.
Tuesday Folders (yellow) will be sent home with students each week starting tomorrow. This is a major way we communicate school and PTA news. Please read important start of school year information, and ask your student to return forms and the yellow folder ASAP.
Please send a labeled water bottle and snack with your child daily. Every class has a snack break AM or PM depending on when their lunch time.
There will be no school on September 4 and 7.
Have a great week.
Much peace.
Matthew Chapman, Toni Nauflett and Kelly Willis
School Events and Information
Make School Attendance a Priority
Take a look at the FCPS School Year Calendar to ensure that trips coincide with school holidays to minimize missed instruction. Every day of learning is a day toward success.
While we do recognize the importance of travel and family time, travel during the academic year is considered an unexcused absence by FCPS/VDOE. You must contact the attendance office if your student will be absent due to travel. Per VDOE, five unexcused absences generates an automated attendance message regarding missed school days.FCPS Attendance Policies
Summer Reading Challenge
Thank you to everyone who participated in our Summer Reading Challenge over the last few months! Remember, forms are due by September 3rd. Students can hand in completed forms using this link, or they can hand paper copies into their classroom teacher during the first few weeks of school. Please be sure that students’ first AND last names are included on forms. Feel free to reach out to Librarian, Lisa Hoffman, anytime with questions (lahoffman@fcps.edu).
School Bus Student ID Cards
FCPS is introducing a new school bus navigation system as part of their ongoing commitment to strengthening layered safety and security programs. The new system includes student ID cards and the FCPS My Ride app (launching soon) for families of students who ride the bus. Together, these improvements will help provide safer, more reliable transportation for more than 130,000 students who ride more than 1,630 FCPS school buses each day. We will be distributing badges to our students who ride a bus next week. In the meantime, students will be able to ride a bus without the ID card.
Back to School Night
Back to School Night-Wednesday, September 16 at the times listed below. More details to come.
- K and 1st grades: 5:00-5:45 pm
- 2nd and 3rd grades: 6:00-6:45 pm
- 4th, 5th, and 6th grades: 7:00-7:45 pm
County Fair
You are invited to the community Annual County Fair on September 3rd, 5:00-7:00 with the football game following the fair. Outdoor carnival games and fun on the Madison fields.
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Here is a link to new entrance policies FCPS has implemented at all Varsity Football games (weapons detection and bag policy)
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Here is the link to online tickets (adult tickets $7 only available online at 8:00 am the morning of the event) - student tickets are $5 and students under the age of 6 are free
- Tickets will be sold at the door (cash and CC available). NO electronic payments (ApplePay, Venmo, etc) available.
- All middle school and elementary school age students MUST be accompanied by a parent or guardian and supervised at all times.
- Tickets give the attendee access to all activities of the County Fair as well as attendance to the Football game
- NO re-entry once you leave.
- Gates open @ 5:00 pm and the County Fair events are from 5:00-6:45 pm, culminating with the "Warhawk Rush" when the pyramid school students rush across the stadium field.
- The concession stand will be open with food and cold drinks, as well as a handful of food trucks
Stay in Touch with Us
PTA Update
Join the PTA!
We are proud to support our students and teachers as we grow stronger together! We encourage all MRES family and community members to join the PTA! Our calendar year runs July 1-June 30, and memberships need to be renewed each year. An annual membership is $20 per parent/guardian (a total of only $40 for a family), and just $6 for faculty and staff. See flyer for membership QR code. Visit our website to join and learn more about our enrichments, composting, and other programs sponsored by the MRES PTA.
Chat with Chapman – August 27, 6:00 pm
What’s ahead for our Roadrunner community this year? Join us for our first PTA meeting of the year and our annual Chat with Chapman! Come meet Principal Chapman to hear about the summer curriculum and training the the PTA funded, MRES goals for 26-27, and how support staff (specialists in reading, math, speech, counseling) support our students. Ideas on how to support MRES via FCPS budget advocacy will be shared as well.
Chat with Chapman and time as a PTA creates an opportunity for our entire school community to work together.
Zoom Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84096571808?pwd=hT7Hb29B9qbZ8hPLxOAMqYxU10ldql.1
Passcode: s0FVsY
Bringing your student?
We’ve got them covered with pizza + a movie in the cafeteria while you enjoy the convo.
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Fall Family Picnic
Join us on Friday, October 2nd for an evening of music, food, and games for the whole family. More details soon!
FCPS Communications
Get Ready for Day One with the FCPS App!
As we gear up for the first day of school, make sure you have the FCPS mobile app downloaded! It's the quickest way to check the school year calendar, view lunch and breakfast menus, find school contacts, and jump to ParentVUE or Schoology from your phone.
Download the app from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store.
Spanish:
¡Prepárese para el primer día de clases con la aplicación de FCPS!
Mientras nos preparamos para el primer día de clases, asegúrese de tener descargada la aplicación móvil de FCPS. Esta es la manera más rápida de consultar el calendario escolar, ver los menús de desayuno y almuerzo, comunicarse con su escuela y acceder a ParentVUE o Schoology directamente desde su teléfono
Descargue la aplicación desde Apple App Store o Google Play Store.
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