Nokesville News

National Hispanic Heritage Month honors the cultures and celebrates the history, heritage, and accomplishments of Hispanic and Latino Americans of past and present. We celebrate with our many Hispanic and Latino TNS students and families!

We are excited to support Coach Kingston and our 2023-24 Girls Volleyball Team this year! Their first game is a home game against Unity Braxton Middle School on Monday night 9/18! Let's bring the crowd and support our team!

We will be holding a mandatory lockdown drill during the morning of Tuesday, September 19, 2023. We will notify parents when the drill is over that day as well. When we do these drills, we have staff talk with students about the procedures, and then we check to see if there are any issues that come up for us to address, improve, or find more information. The point of these drills is to take safety seriously and to be as prepared as we can for any emergency.

Pre-Order:

• Online Link: mylifetouch.com
• Picture Day ID: EVTTCBGXV

Please check your student’s backpacks for the order form. If turning in the paper form, it must be turned into the photographers on picture day. No late envelopes will be accepted.

• ORDERS - Parents may go online any time prior to picture day, on picture day or approximately 24-48 hours after picture day to place an order. Orders placed online prior to the website closing will arrive in the batch with all the other orders.
• PROOFS - Students that don't place an order prior to the website closing or on picture day will receive a Proof Order Sheet. Parents have additional options to order at that time.
• LATE ORDERS – Please wait for the arrival of the Proof Sheets and order at that time. Any late orders will be processed and returned a couple weeks after the arrival of the pictures paid for prior to, on or 24-48 hours after picture day.
  
  

AFTER PICTURE DAY:

• DELIVERY - Packages and service items should arrive in approximately 4-5 weeks. We are looking towards the middle to end of October.

CUSTOMER SERVICE - Please call with questions or items that need addressing to our Customer Success Team (800-736-4753).

Please consider supporting our TNS First Grade Donation Drive for the PWC Animal Shelter!

Please save the dates and consider attending out upcoming Back to School Nights. All back to school nights will begin at 6:00 pm in your child's homeroom class.

• Tuesday, 9/19/23 - Back to School Night (Grades 6-8), 6:00-7:30 pm
  
• Tuesday, 9/26/23 - Back to School Night (Grades K-2), 6:00-7:15 pm
  

• Tuesday, 10/3/23 - Back to School Night (Grades 3-5), 6:00-7:15 pm

Elementary (K-5) - Teachers will presents important information about your child's class and educational experience in school. You will also have a chance to ask questions. We will provide extra time at the end in case you need to see a teacher/class from another grade level if you have multiple kids. Encore and resource teachers will be there as you come in if you have any questions or want to touch base with them.

Middle (6-8) - We will run our typical 7 period schedule. Parents will begin in their child's homeroom class and follow their schedule throughout the evening. Each period will have about ten minutes for teachers to share important information. If you have multiple children in middle school, you can mix and match their schedules or just follow along with one of their schedules.

We will also have other groups at Back to School Nights such as PTO. Staff from the PWC Public Library will be here on Middle School Back-to-School Night for a public library card drive.

Episode #3 in our TNS Tiger Talk Podcast highlights and amplifies the excellence of TNS First Grade Teacher Mrs. Ciocca and her impact on students! Listen to learn more about her military family background, special class projects, an upcoming grade level fundraiser, and special excerpts from her students last year! Listen to this episode and previous episodes on Spotify, iTunes, Amazon Music, and more: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nokesville-school/episodes/3---Students-Remember-Everything--A-Teachers-Impact-on-Students-e29a0ma

Please consider following and supporting our PTO and their Facebook Page. They have many great programs and events planned out for this year and they/we need your support to make them all happen! We are better together and our families really help make TNS a special place for kids!

--> https://www.facebook.com/nokesvillePTO

The Middle Level is hosting a Career Fair for students in grades 6-8 on Wednesday, November 8, 2023. We are in need of parent/guardian or family volunteers to kick off this Career Fair! Students will walk around & visit different tables to learn about a variety of careers. Speakers will need to be prepared to talk about their career, educational background or requirements, reasons for entering this field, average salary in the field, and duties or tasks required with the career.

Please complete TNS Middle Level Career Day Presenters form if you are interested in presenting at our Career Fair. Speakers will need to arrive at TNS between 8:30-8:45 am. The Career Fair will wrap up around 12:00 pm. Light breakfast will be provided for volunteer speakers.

If you are interested and complete the form, please check the career cluster that your career falls into. If unknown, please check “other.”

The Virginia Board of Education has adopted the Virginia Assessment Program to help track progress in the Standards of Learning (SOL). The SOLs indicate Virginia’s expectations for what students should know and be able to do in the subject areas of reading, writing, mathematics, science, and history/social studies. Each year, students in specific grade levels and courses are expected to participate in SOL testing unless exempted by state or federal law or by Board of Education regulations. In the past, most students participated in SOL testing during the spring. However, recent legislation requires Grades 3-8 students to also participate in a growth assessment twice per school year.

TNS will be giving these assessments on the following dates:

• Thursday, 9/14/23 - Math VGA Testing (Grades 6-8)
  
• Monday, 9/18/23 - Reading VGA Testing (Grades 6-8)
  
• Thursday, 9/21/23 - Math VGA Testing (Grades 3-5)
  

• Thursday, 9/28/23 - Reading VGA Testing (Grades 3-5)
  

This school year, Grades 3-8 students will participate in both a reading and math growth assessment during the fall and winter, and then regular SOL testing in the spring. The growth assessments will be taken onsite at schools just like the regular SOL tests. At the conclusion of the test window, your student’s school will provide you with a report of their performance. Please note that there are no passing or failing scores associated with the growth assessments. Rather, they are designed to help track your student’s progress in reading and math over the course of the school year.

If you have specific questions about SOL testing, the growth assessments, or the date that testing will occur, please contact Assistant Principals Mr. Brunson (MS) or Ms. Martinez (ES). For more information about the growth assessments, please visit the Virginia Department of Education website at: https://www.doe.virginia.gov/teaching-learning-assessment/student-assessment/parent-caregiver-resources-for-growth-assessments

Please review the Counseling Team Newsletter with important information on how to request support, change schedules, classroom lessons, and other great resources. --> https://www.smore.com/1gdk6

Check out the latest Nokesville Nexus from Ms. Moul, TNS School Social Worker, and Ms. Lombardi, TNS Parent Liaison, updating families on local basic needs resources, mental health and parenting, SPED info and school anxiety. --> https://www.smore.com/atzsx

Monday - MS Orange Day, ES Day 3

Tuesday -MS Black Day, ES Day 4

Wednesday -MS Orange Day, ES Day 5

Thursday -MS Black Day, ES Day 1

Friday -MS Orange, ES Day 2

September:

• Friday, 9/15/23 - No School (Rosh Hashanah Holiday)
  

• Monday, 9/18/23
• Reading VGA Testing (Grades 6-8)
• PTO Meeting, 6pm
• Home Volleyball Game vs Unity Braxton MS
• Tuesday, 9/19/23
• Fall Pictures
• Back to School Night (Grades 6-8), 6-7:30 pm
• Wednesday, 9/20/23
• Fall Pictures
• Away Volleyball Game vs Reagan MS
• Thursday, 9/21/23 - Math VGA Testing (Grades 3-5)

• Monday, 9/25/23 - No School (Yom Kippur Holiday)
• Tuesday, 9/26/23 - Back to School Night (Grades K-2), 6:00-7:15 pm
• Thursday, 9/28/23 - Reading VGA Testing (Grades 3-5)

October:

• Monday, 10/2/23 - Away Volleyball vs Metz MS
• Tuesday, 10/3/23 - Back to School Night (Grades 3-5), 6:00-7:15 pm
• Wednesday, 10/4/23 - Away Volleyball Game vs Marsteller MS

Assistant Principal, Mr. Geoff Brunson brunsogr@pwcs.edu

Assistant Principal, Mrs. Abbey Martinez martinae1@pwcs.edu

Administrative Intern, Mrs. Brittney Giovannelli giovanbl@pwcs.edu

The Nokesville School
Prince William County Public Schools

Email: jacksam@pwcs.edu
Website: https://nokesville.pwcs.edu/
Location: 12375 Aden Road, Nokesville, VA 20181, USA
Phone: (571) 781-3040
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheNokesvilleSchool
Twitter: @NokesvilleSch