LJ After Hours

🏃‍♀️ Track & Field Is Back This April! 🏃‍♂️

Come on out and support our Tigers:

@ Mt. Vernon HS on April 25

@ Thomas Jefferson HS on May 2

@ Marshall HS on May 9

@ Hayfield HS on May 16

Meets start around 8 a.m. and continue into the afternoon.

We’re excited to bring you another year of LJ After Hours! Our schedule for this year’s after-school program is currently in the works and will be posted in the coming weeks. Each day features two activity periods after school, where students can join fun activities, clubs, or get extra academic support from teachers.

For students to be eligible to stay after school, families must complete the After-School Consentthrough the Parental Digital Consent form.

Please take a moment to click through a short slide show from Ms. McCabe about how to navigate the form .

To sign up for activities, students will access a link posted in Schoology

Take a look at the activities we’re planning to offer this quarter ! 

🔑 Important Notes:

• A new sign-up link will be posted usually by Monday. Students may sign up anytime, including the day of an activity.
• Late buses run Monday-Thursday. On Fridays, students must be picked up by a parent/guardian, and only one session is offered (ending at 3:30 p.m.)
• Late bus numbers and stops may differ from students’ regular routes. While stops may not be the exact same as the normal stop, they will still be within walking distance of home.

🐾 Quarter 3 of After School is under way!

Be sure to sign up in advance using the online form, as teachers will be taking attendance and may limit participation to students who are registered.

Interscholastic Sports

Basketball will not be offered as an interscholastic sport this year.

How to Register for MS Interscholastic Sports (Cross-Country and Track & Field ONLY): 

STEP 1 - Complete AND submit the FCPS MS Athletics Registration Google Form online.

STEP 2 - Complete AND turn in the Middle School Athletics Physical Form  (PPE) to the After-School Specialist (Ms. McCabe in room 404)

• Forms expire 14 months after they are signed. ALL PPE after July 1, 2025, MUST be on the  NEW FORMS   *Be sure that your form doesn’t expire before your season ends! (Ex: Nov. 15th cross-country ends, so PPE needs to be after Sept 15, 2024).

STEP 3 - Complete AND turn in the Emergency Care Card (ECC) to the After-School Specialist (Ms. McCabe in room 404).This MUST be filled out for EACH SEASON (siblings need their own)

Why Stay After School?

• Increased classroom participation, homework completion and academic performance
• Improved student behavior
• Better student/adult relationships, peer relations, and emotional adjustment
• Improved school attendance
• More positive attitudes towards school
• Reduced high risk behavior
• Increased participation in healthy recreational activities
• Increased school, family, and community partnerships
• Chronic Absenteeism and Participation in After-School:  In the 21-22 school year across the school division, 96% of those middle school students who were chronically absent (missing 18, or more, days of school) attended less than 30 days of after-school.

The Middle School After-School Program at this site is jointly sponsored by Fairfax County Neighborhood and Community Services and Fairfax County Public Schools and is exempt from licensure as per §22.1-289.030 of the Code of Virginia with no direct oversight by the Virginia Department of Education.

Fairfax County Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs and activities and provides equal access to all clubs and activities.  

Opportunities offered by organizations other than Fairfax County Public Schools are neither sponsored nor endorsed by the Fairfax County School Board, the Superintendent, or a specific school. These opportunities may utilize technology tools that have not been assessed by the Fairfax County Public Schools Department of Information Technology. Students should gain permission from their parent or guardian before engaging in any non-FCPS enrichment opportunity and families should review the Terms of Service, User Agreements, and Privacy Policy for any technology platform that the enrichment opportunity may use before participating.