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2024-25 Parent Input Form

Want to provide input for your student for next year? Please complete this form before June 7. Remember please to refrain from requesting specific teachers.

05/22/2024
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FCPS Online Registration

We are excited to announce that Online Registration for the 2024-2025 school year will open on April 2, 2024. Both new and returning (re-enrolling) families can use our Online Registration (OLR) system to register students. Go directly to the FCPS online registration webpage or click the other Registration Announcement for the Gunston webpage.
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Gunston Registration Webpage & Information

New student or kindergarten student registration information is here. Find out about all the information you need and set up appointment with the Gunston registrar. FCPS online registration is linked the other registration announcement.
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Apply for Early Learning for Children Six Weeks to Four Years Old

The FCPS PreK and Early Head Start program is accepting applications for SY 2024-25. FCPS PreK and Early Head Start programs provide a high-quality early learning experience for qualifying income-eligible children ages six weeks to four years living in Fairfax County.

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04/30/2024
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Summer Camps

Register now for FCPS summer camps, including Tech Adventure Camp for current grade K-5 students, Elementary Institute for the Arts (EIFTA) for current grade 2-5 students, Institute for the Arts (IFTA) for current grade 6-11 students, and Career and Technical Education (CTE) Summer Academy for current grade 6-11 students.

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No-Cost Online Tutoring Service

Students have unlimited access to online tutoring support services through Tutor.com at no cost to families. Students can connect online any time, any place, and in most K-12 subjects for however long they need. Tutoring may be on-demand or scheduled at a time convenient for the student and/or family.

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We Are Gunston

May 23, 2024
Gunston celebrated cultures of all the students and even of the school itself. Families brought and tasted various foods from their traditions. Many wore traditional clothing of their culture or country. Afterwards everyone participated in activities, toured the museum of Gunston class artififacts or watched cultural dance and shows in the gym. It was an evening of learning and valuing each other.

Bee Bots Brightly Beckon Benton's Bunch

April 17, 2024
Ms. Benton’s first graders gathered around in a brightly lit classroom, their eyes sparkling with curiosity and excitement. On the tables in front of them lay a fleet of small, colorful robots known as Bee Bots. Through hands-on experimentation and creative problem-solving, the kids not only learned the basics of coding but also developed essential skills such as critical thinking, perseverance, and collaboration.

Gunston Honors Military Connected Children

April 17, 2024
Gunston celebrated the Military-Connected-Child with breakfast. A delicious feast with families was the start to a short celebration this morning. Students wore purple and shared experiences and feelings about being a youth in an military family. Students were well versed in the benefits and costs of their positions and happy to talk about them. It was heartwarming to see them bear their responsibilities gracefully.
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🚧 FCPS Rounds Up Bus Drivers and Attendants to Test Their Skills at Road-eo Competition

The Office of Transportation Services recently hosted its annual Bus Road-eo competition. Stonecroft Transportation Center, typically used as a bus lot with a modular office for transportation staff, was transformed for the day into a space for friendly sport, team-building activities, and community connection.

Grit: Afghan Refugee Conquers Virtual Learning, 14 SOL Attempts to Graduate in June, Head to College

Samiullah — whose family left Afghanistan after his father survived being kidnapped by the Taliban — began his American public school experience in 2020 on a laptop computer. He persevered through pandemic virtual learning, summer classes and many SOL attempts to graduate this June and go on to college.

Virginia 2024 Computer Science Educator of the Year: Inspiring Students to Explore Technology and Coding

Congratulations to Kathleen Fugle, STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) and computer science resource teacher at Sleepy Hollow Elementary School! She was announced as the Virginia Department of Education’s (VDOE) 2024 Computer Science Educator of the Year!

Fairfax County School Board Adopts FY 2025 Budget, Focusing Available Resources on Staff Compensation Toward Goal of Educational Excellence

The FY 2025 Approved Budget focuses on providing educational excellence for all students, and ensuring that employees’ hard work and dedication are acknowledged through competitive compensation.
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