Fox Tales

• Sept. 10-5th gr. Reading VGA

• Sept. 11-4th Gr. Reading VGA
• Sept 12-3rd gr. Reading VGA
• Sept. 17-5th gr. Math VGA
• Sept. 18-4th gr. Math VGA
• Sept. 19-3rd gr. Math VGA

• Sept. 20th-Fall Picture Day
• Sept. 21- PTA Fox Spirit Night at Richmond Kickers, 6pm.
• Sept. 27th-Folk Festival Performer comes to Fox for a School-Wide Assembly!
• Oct. 24th- PTA Fall Festival and Community Movie Night--Mark your calendars now!

All students should be in school by 7:45 am.!

HELP! Too many students are being dropped off AFTER 7:45 am. Students should be IN THEIR CLASSROOMS at 7:45!

If your child is eating breakfast at school, please have your student arrive at 7:30 am so they can be in class to participate in Community Circle and the Morning Announcements!

We have noticed an increase in the number of students being signed out just a few minutes before the end of the school day. To ensure that all students remain engaged in valuable classroom time and to minimize disruptions, please be advised that early dismissals will not be allowed after 2:15 PM.

If you need to pick up your child early for an appointment, please make arrangements to do so before 2:15 PM. After this time, students will need to follow regular dismissal procedures. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation in helping us maintain a smooth and productive end to the school day.

State Law requires us to have 2 Lock and Hide Drills within the first 20 days of school. We will have our second Lock and Hide Drill this week!

Please remind your children that this is a DRILL, but they should should follow all of their teachers instructions and take it seriously! Thanks

Students in 3rd, 4th and 5th grades will take the Virginia Growth Assessment (VGA) in Reading this week. Teachers will use this information to help plan instruction for their students!

Sept 10- 5th grade

Sept 11-4th grade

Sept 12-3rd Grade

As we wind down summer, it is starting to be chillier in the mornings; and frankly, it is often cold in the building. Many students bring jackets/sweatshirts to wear. PLEASE label your child's sweatshirts and coats. This helps us to return them to the owner. We are starting to get a lot of items in the Lost and Found. If your child is missing something, have them look in the Lost and Found (it is outside the clinic/cafeteria.

Registration is now closed for all programs EXCEPT Choir with Mr. Winslow (Mon and Wed) and the all-new Garden Club (Thurs). If you would like to register for Choir, use this link https://linktr.ee/williamfoxelementarypta, and if you are interested in Garden Club, please email Abby at foxafterschool@gmail.com.

Want to know more about the Garden Club, which is offered to Fox students with no fee for enrollment? Check this out: "Fit4Kids Learning Gardens and nutrition education feed students’ appetite for hands-on delicious fun! Fit4Kids Learning Gardens engage children in planting, growing, harvesting, and best of all, tasting fresh, flavorful food--changing the way children feel about vegetables. We believe that getting kids into the garden and tasting vegetables at a young age will inspire them to develop healthy eating habits for life.”

Thanks to everyone who registered for programs and supported our after-school enrichments efforts! Programs begin the week of Sept 16th—with the exception of Choir, which begins Sept 30. Have fun and we’ll see you out there!

A Photographer from Strawbridge Studios will be at school on Sept. 20th to take Fall Pictures. See picture flier below--you can order your photos online! A picture flier will come home in backpacks on Monday, Sept. 16.

Additionally, you can sign up to receive update via email regarding your child's school portraits. These updates include promotions, additional deals and the ability to order more pictures at a later time.

https://strawbridge.fotomerchanthv.com/clients/william-fox-elementary-school/fall-pictures-9-20-2024-67/optIn When entering student information, be sure to enter the student's name as it is on file at the school.

Buy tickets here, for every ticket bought through the link the PTA receives $7

Let's raise some dough! Treat your friends to a dozen (or more) Krispy Kreme donuts and 50% of your purchase will be donated back to our Fox PTA. Simply buy online via our link, visit your local store & redeem using your code. Now until Nov. 3, donuts here: grouprai.se/krispykreme44801sa. Thank you!

Join Seasonal Roots for only $25/year (1/2 off!), using code FOXES and the
PTA earns $20 for each sign up.

Once you are a member, you place weekly orders on their website which get delivered to your door.

Sign up here

Please read the Parent Handbook! It is full of important procedures/policies/info that is helpful for families!

A hard copy will came home with your students on the first day of school in the "First Day Packet"! Please sign and return the last page of the Handbook!

Principal Jacobs and AP Crutchfield had the opportunity to walk the inside of the building--here are a few photos---some SNEAK PEAKS of the work on the inside!

We are still on track to be back in the Hanover Building for the 2025-26 school year!

Every Fox student has HOMEWORK EVERY day. ALL students should read or be read to for 20 minutes daily! If you need some books to read at home, let your child's teacher, our school counselor, CIS worker know. We are HAPPY to have your child pick out some books to take home. Also, check out and use the "Reading Library" that is located at the front of the school.

Research shows that READING EVERY EVENING is the one thing that WILL SET YOUR CHILD UP FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS.

3rd, 4th, 5th grade students will have up to an additional 30 minutes of homework as well (math practice, comprehension practice, studying etc). Teachers/grade levels will communicate homework to their class.

Your $10+ donation and volunteer support make it possible for us to have valuable student programs, teacher appreciation, and community events like the Fall Festival. Join here: Thank you!

You will find lots of information on the PTA's closed facebook group. Search for the group and ask to join! Stay in the loop of what is going on at school!

Have you looked at our school website? It has a lot of up to date information! Have you joined our PTA facebook page?

Email: djacobs2@rvaschools.net
Website: wfes.rvaschools.net
Location: 1101 Dance St, Richmond, VA, USA
Phone: (804) 780-6259
Facebook: facebook.com/WilliamFoxPTA