Fox Tales

• Oct. 14-NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS
• Oct. 16-National Unity Day-Wear Orange
• Oct. 16-PTA Spirit Night at Torchies Taco in Carytown
• Oct. 18th-Kappa Kutz 5-7 pm
• Oct. 22-5th grade Middle School Night- 6-7:30 at Munford Elem.
• Oct. 23rd-End of MP1
• Oct. 24th- PTA Fall Festival and Community Movie Night--Mark your calendars now!
• Oct. 25th-Fox Goes PINK!
• Nov. 1-5 School Closed for Diwali/Wellness/Election Day

FREE Haircuts will be given in the gym on Friday, Oct. 18 from 5-7 pm. This event is sponsored by the Eta XI Chapter of Kappa Alpha Pi Fraternity Inc.

If you purchased school photos, they were sent home in your child's backpack last week. If you missed picture day, a make up Picture Day will be on Dec. 12th!

The Lit Limo is back on Schedule! Check out the Lit Limo to get some books on Fridays.

3:00 @ Clark Springs

3:30 @ Randolph Community center

New this year, we will be hosting a regional Middle School Night for all of the Elementary schools that feed into Albert Hill Middle and Dogwood Middle. If you have a 5th grader, please plan on attending so you can be informed of your middle school options. ALL are of course welcome!

Starting Monday, October 14, 2024, families can apply to selective admission schools and open enrollment for the 2025-26 school year at enrollrps.schoolmint.com. The deadline to apply for specialty schools, programs, and governor's schools is Monday, December 2, 2024, at 4:30 pm.

The Selective Admission Schools process allows any Richmond City resident, including non-RPS students, to apply to the following selective schools and programs:

• Franklin Military Academy (grades 6 and 9)

• Open High School (grades 9 and 10)

• Richmond Community High School (grades 9 and 10)

• International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme at Thomas Jefferson High School (grade 11)

• Appomattox Regional Governor’s School (grade 9)

• Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School (grade 9)

For information about CodeRVA Regional High School and to apply, please visit coderva.org.

Open Enrollment allows any Richmond City resident, including non-RPS students, to apply to out-of-zone schools. You may select up to three schools, with Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts available as a 4th option for grades K-5. The deadline to apply for open enrollment is Friday, January 31, 2025, at 4:30.

Please note that our school application process is not first-come, first-served. All applications submitted within the deadline will receive equal consideration.

For more information, visit rvaschools.net/schoolapplications, or email us at enrollrps@rvaschools.net if you need additional support.

Hey Fox Community! Join us at Fox at Clark Springs for a Fall Fest and candy wonderland on Thursday, 10/24!

Fox students and their families are invited to join us for a Treat Trail, dinner - free hot dogs or veggie dogs, chips and drinks - then a movie under the stars. Plan your costumes and pack your picnic blankets!

We'll also have a Pumpkin Auction of student-designed and painted jack-o-lanterns, Fox t-shirts and merch for sale, and a winter coat drive for those too-small, but still in good condition coats your kids have outgrown.

🎃 Here’s the plan:

• 5:45 PM: Trick-or-treating begins
• 6:00 PM: Dinner is served to balance out all that candy!
• 6:30 PM: Family movie starts

Costumes are welcome but not required—just keep it family-friendly!

We’re also looking for volunteers to donate and hand out candy. We’ll have stations set up along the school path, so bring chairs and buckets for candy distribution. Sign up HERE and let’s make it a spook-tacular night!

You should have received one of these fliers in your student's backpack recently... Save it, hang it, scan it! The code links to additional details and more upcoming events, which are updated regularly. Also linked here: https://linktr.ee/williamfoxelementarypta.

OCTOBER is Breast Cancer Awareness Month! On Oct 25th WEAR PINK!!!!

MP1 Report Cards will be sent home on Nov. 11. Elementary Conference time has been scheduled for Thursday, November 14 from 3:30-5:30. Unfortunately, this is not enough time to meet with every caregiver. Teachers will be prioritizing meeting with caregivers of students who are below grade level, or with behavior challenges. Teachers will reach out to caregivers with whom they need to meet. Thank you for partnering with us and making the time to meet with your child's teacher if they are having some challenges.

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