October 3, 2025

October 3, 2025

From the Principal’s Pen

Dear Laurel Hill Families,

We had wonderful weather for field day today! All students were engaged in the teamwork and comradery that accompanies this fun event. Please enjoy some pictures below and use this link to see more pictures! Staff will continue to upload to this link so please check back to see more pictures.

We also want to take a moment to acknowledge our Jewish families, staff, and neighbors who observed Yom Kippur yesterday. According to Jewish tradition, Yom Kippur is a time of reflection and renewal, when individuals seek forgiveness and set intentions for the year ahead. Together, our community continues to grow stronger, more connected, and more supportive of every student and family.

Sincerely,

Janice Dalton, Principal

Thmeaka Traylor, Assistant Principal

Addison Smith, Assistant Principal

Save the Date

September 27-October 5-Blue Star Welcome Week

October 9- Picture Day

October 13- Indigenous Peoples Day- Student Holiday

October 15- 3 hour early release

October 17- Screen on the Green 6:00pm

October 20-Diwali- Student Holiday

2025-26 school year calendar

Blue Star Welcome Week is designed to ease transition challenges and support military families with opportunities and events that will help them make meaningful connections in their new community.

FCPS is honored to welcome military-connected families into our community, and we thank you for your service. If you need more information or wish to connect with FCPS resources, please email militaryfamilies@fcps.edu.

New Volunteering Requirements

Volunteer FCPS ensures a safe, consistent, and welcoming environment at all of our schools. Recent updates to our volunteer process focus on one primary goal: keeping students safe. These updates — such as checks against the sex offender registry and, in some cases, criminal background checks — are safety measures that will help us maintain a secure and supportive learning environment for every student in our care.

All volunteers must be registered in Volunteer FCPS. This includes individuals who volunteer to chaperone on field trips, work at book fairs, after school activities and help out regularly in classrooms, libraries, or cafeterias. Volunteers who work unsupervised with students will also be required to undergo a background check.

ALL Field Trip chaperones are Level 3 volunteers and WILL need a Background Check and Fingerprinting. If you plan to chaperone any time this year, please start this process as soon as possible.

We encourage all our parents and community members interested in supporting our students by volunteering at school to visit Volunteer FCPS click “Learn More,” and then “Sign Up.” After you create a profile, you will view an orientation video and complete a volunteer application.

We understand these changes may seem disruptive, especially for long-time volunteers. Our intent is to ensure that our students feel safe and supported with each and every person they encounter at school.

As a reminder, all volunteers — and visitors to a school — are required to sign in by scanning their driver's license at our visitor kiosk. Visit the Volunteer FCPS Frequently Asked Questions page to learn more.

Critical Attendance Information

Please let us know if your child will be absent or arriving to school late.

Report all absences through:

Online: Parent Vue

Email: LaurelHillElem.Attendance@fcps.edu

Call Attendance Line: 703-551-5353 (24/7 Recorded Line)

https://laurelhilles.fcps.edu/about/attendance-reporting

If we are not notified by 9:30am, it is possible that you will receive an automated attendance call from the County.

Benchmark Curriculum Updates

Learning About Life Science in Language Arts