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PTSA Meeting Tonight at 7 PM
Please join us tonight from the comfort of your home! We will have brief updates from Dr. Nowak and Beth De Marco, followed by an overview of the remaining PTSA events for the 2024-2025 school year, specifically the mulch sale, art show, and all-night grad party. Please join us to hear about these activities and help us kick off the planning process to ensure their success!
For the February and March PTSA meetings, we will return to the topic of student mental health.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83549687065?pwd=nhr5PFwjLlYqouWAD0sG6Hz87qj9tu.1
Meeting ID: 835 4968 7065
Passcode: 666072
NYE Decorations Requested
If you have unwanted New Year's Eve decorations in good shape (hats, tiaras, banners, hanging décor, etc), please donate them to FCHS for the Spring 2025 100th anniversary of The Great Gatsby celebration.
Please send to the main office, marked T-19/Ms. Olarinde. Don’t send in any valuables, just things you may have tossed out after NYE.
January 23 - FAFSA Completion Event
Join us in the FCHS Cafeteria from 7:00-9:00 pm (enter via Door #9). Seniors who plan to attend NOVA and/or a 4-year college should complete the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) for schools to determine eligibility for financial aid/scholarships/Pell Grants. College Access Fairfax has partnered with FCPS high schools to assist families with completing the FAFSA.
NOTE: Student & Parent MUST have created their FSA ID NO later than January 20 to complete the FAFSA on January 23. Create your FSA ID HERE. Begin the FAFSA HERE. WHAT should I bring to a FAFSA completion event?
*If you aren't able to attend on January 23, please go to College Access Fairfax homepage for additional FAFSA Completion Event dates/locations. Falls Church HS families may attend ANY of these FAFSA Completion Events at ANY high school; you do NOT need to attend the host school.
Jaguar Pantry Update
Food For Neighbors Red Bag Day is this Saturday! Please have your Red Bags ready by 8:30 am!
For this weekend, the help we URGENTLY need is:
- (3) Transporters to Take Filled Bins to Falls Church HS Pantry, 10:15 am-11:30 am on Saturday, Jan. 18th - Driver with a large vehicle to move bins full of food from the sorting site at Luther Jackson, MS, to CityLight Church (2929 Graham Road, Falls Church) (less than 5 miles away).
Please reply or sign-up today via the FFN SUG: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/FallsChurch011125#/
Weekly Student Food
Thanks to many of you, we were able to pack and provide 100 student weekend food packs through the end of the school year. They were promoted and distributed by our awesome FCHS Administrators. Thanks to everyone who made that happen!
This weekly packing and delivering activity will pick up again after this weekend. If you have any time next week (Jan. 20-23), please let me know. Email:pantry@fchsptsa.org
Help with Family Food Distribution on Monday, Jan. 27th @ CityLight Church
- (3) Packing Volunteers - 2:30 pm-3:45 pm We will pack and prepare family food bags.
- (2) Loading Volunteers - 3:15 pm - 5 pm We will load bags of food into the volunteers' vehicles, who will deliver food to our families.
Email:pantry@fchsptsa.org if you're available to help.
It's Still Not too Late - Join the PTSA!
Become a member – or renew your membership – in the PTSA for the 2024-2025 school year - it only takes a minute to sign up! The cost is $20 for parents/guardians, $15 for teachers/staff, and $10 for students. A reminder that teachers and staff can win a month of reserved parking with their membership! Congratulations to our January drawing winner, Christina Flores!
Our membership drive is our largest fundraiser of the year and funds our annual budget. Your FCHS PTSA membership and any additional tax-deductible donations translate directly to helping build our school community through programs and events for staff, students, and parents. The PTSA depends on help from our community!!
Jaguar Proud Flags
Show your school spirit and help PTSA raise funds for teacher grants, staff appreciation, and other programs to support our school community! It's great to see these displayed throughout the neighborhoods! $20, Order here.
Varsity Tutors Provides On-Demand Support at No Cost
FCPS is partnering with varsity tutors to provide students and families with extra learning resources. Every student can take advantage of Varsity Tutors’ services at no cost, including weekly live online classes, on-demand 24/7 chat tutoring, essay editing, and study resources such as recorded content, practice problems, and diagnostic tests. Learn more about online tutoring with Varsity Tutors.
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