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Calendar Reminders

October 12: No School - Teacher Workday/Indigenous Peoples Day October 15: Deadline for New to FCPS Full-time AAP Referral October 16: School Picture Day October 20: Mookie's BBQ PTA Spirit Day 11:00 am - 8:00 pm October 23: PTA Skate Night at SkateQuest 7:30 - 9:30 pm October 21-30: PTA Read-a-Thon  October 30: Book Character Dress Up Day - Students can wear any costume that can be found in a book! (No face coverings or masks) October 30: Quarter End 2-hour early dismissal (Dismissal at 2:00 p.m.) November 2 & 3: No School - Teacher Workdays December 15: Deadline for Full-time AAP Referral

Forestville Art Teacher, Mrs. Riddell stands next to her annual community mural!

Blue Star Breakfast Success!

Forestville was delighted to welcome more than 25 families to our second annual Blue Star Welcome Week breakfast last week. Blue Star Welcome Week is an outreach program dedicated to support building connections between military-connected youth and their families. We thank school counselor, Mrs. Shana Schnaue and family liaison, Ms. Kyla Jacinto, for their planning and presence. 

Fantastic Fall Carnival!

Forestville must be living right as we had the most beautiful weather at our PTA Fall Carnival, last Friday, September 25! There was an amazing turnout and students and staff had fun all evening! We loved the earlier start and it helped keep the chill away from our Dunk Tank volunteers for a bit longer. We want to share a HUGE thank you to our amazing PTA organizers and volunteers who made this special event happen! It was wonderful to see so many returning students earning service hours and all of our current students celebrating the start of Fall! Thank you again to our PTA and PTA sponsors who made this evening possible!

Thank you Forestville PTA Sponsors Forestville students were super excited to bring home/wear home their PTA sponsor t-shirt this past Friday! Every student and staff member were provided a shirt at no cost thanks to our amazing PTA sponsors! We encourage students to wear these shirts as often as they like and on every Friday for our Spirit Days! This is another example of the generosity of our amazing PTA and we encourage all families to become a member today!

Help Keep Forestville Distraction Free Please remind your student that personal electronic communication or computing devices must be off and personally stored (i.e. backpacks) for the duration of the school day — bell to bell. This includes: Personal laptops and tablets Smartphones and smartwatches Other personal electronic communication or       computing devices Consequences for violating the FCPS device policy include device confiscation, detention, and parent contact. If you need to reach your student during the school day, please call our main office at 703-404-6000. Learn more about the FCPS Cellphone Policy and Device Policy.

Save the Date - Picture Day is Friday, October 16 Forestville is excited for a Fall Picture Day this year! We will be taking school pictures on Friday, October 16. Please click this link for pre-order information.

Fall Full-Time AAP Referral Window for Students New to FCPS Closes on October 15 

The Advanced Academic Program (AAP) fall referral window is only for students in Grades 3 to 8 who are new to FCPS since January 1, 2026. Parents and guardians who would like their student to be considered for Full-Time AAP services must submit the Full-Time AAP Referral Form to Sarah Brooker at slbrooker@fcps.edu by Thursday, October 15. Late referrals will not be accepted.

For students who are not new to FCPS, the spring Full-Time AAP identification window is open to students in Grades 2 to 7. Families interested in referring their student for consideration during the spring window must submit a referral by Tuesday, December 15.

Once a referral is received, our school will compile information related to the student. Then, a committee of trained professionals from across the county will review materials to determine eligibility for Full-Time AAP services.

Other Advanced Academic Services 

At the elementary level, all students are screened each spring for Subject-Specific and Part-Time AAP services. Families may also refer their student for consideration for Subject-Specific or Part-Time AAP at any time during the school year. Eligibility decisions are made at the school level, and families are notified of the decision within 30 school days of the referral. The Full-Time AAP referral deadlines do not apply.

At the middle school level, honors courses are open to all students. 

For more information, please visit the Advanced Academic Programs webpage.

PTA Read-A-Thon Coming Soon! Forestville is getting very excited for our upcoming PTA sponsored Read-a-Thon! This will be a new event for us this school year and take the place of the former Boosterthon fundraiser. We cannot wait to encourage our students to read for pleasure throughout the event! Students will be treated to special guest readers, Drop everything and read times, classroom read-ins and so much more! Fundraising will begin on October 19 with a kick-off on October 21 and the Read-A-Thon will run at Forestville the week of October 26, culminating with a Book Character Dress Up Day on Friday, October 30! Be on the lookout for more information in future communications and start sharing your excitement with your children!

Visiting School Soon? Use the new Raptor App for quick and easy sign-in Forestville is excited to take another step in promoting safe and secure family visitors to school! Parents/Guardians will now have option to sign in via secure QR code. Scan the image above for more information and consider setting up an account before your next school visit. Our visitor management system will continue to operate via Parent/Guardian ID, in case you choose not to use the QR code to sign in. Please don't hesitate to contact our front office at 703-404-6000 with any questions.

Our community showed up in a big way for Fall Carnival!  A huge thank-you to our PTA for bringing this annual tradition to life, to the adult and student volunteers who made it all happen, and to the families who came out to celebrate. With dunk tanks, cotton candy, carnival games, and bounce houses, it was a night for the books!

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