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Dear Island Creek Families,
This week staff and students shared our heartfelt appreciation for our incredible Administrative Professionals! We celebrated them this week, and their dedication to our front office is truly invaluable. Thank you to Ms. Black, Ms. Bickerstaff, Ms. Jewett, and Ms. Texidor!
Our Crocs had a fun Eco Spirit Week, and it's wonderful seeing them thrive in our outdoor learning space!
While there aren't official study guides for the Virginia SOLs, there are sites where you and your child (Grades 3-6) can log in to view content and practice.
Jefferson Lab
VDOE Test Practice and Test Tools
VDOE Released Tests
Practice using Desmos Calculator Grades 4-5 and Grades 6-8
Varsity Tutors
SOL Pass
Xtra Math
STMath
Have a wonderful weekend!
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All our best,
Jen Fallert, Principal
Karen Baxter, Assistant Principal
Denise Cash-Pinckney, Assistant Principal
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Help us reach our goal of 5% or less this year! We are almost there!
To ensure transparency and celebrate our progress, we will be sharing weekly attendance data and updates in our newsletter. By highlighting this important information, we aim to keep our families informed and energized about our collective efforts to encourage regular school attendance
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 Last Chance: Buy your Yearbook Today!
If you would like to purchase a yearbook, please use this link: https://www.buytheyearbook.com/en/bty/findmyschool, our school ID code is: 727747.
 
Did you know that during our daily Morning News Show, the student anchors recite the Crocs Creed character traits? The Crocs Creed poster shown below is in every classroom and displayed throughout the school. Additionally, we have the Crocs Creed character traits as stair stickers on the stairs in the main lobby.
Croc Stars: Safe and Self-Aware
Congratulations to our Croc Stars who demonstrated the Crocs Creed character traits of being Safe and Self-Aware!
  
We are incredibly grateful to our generous sponsors, Wegmans, Manchester Bagel, and Fort Belvoir Spouses Club for their support during Month of the Military Child. Your contributions help us celebrate and honor our military families, making sure they feel recognized and appreciated. Thank you for making a difference in our community!
Help Make Faculty & Staff Appreciation Week Wicked Fun! Sign Up to Donate
The Island Creek PTA is brewing up something Wicked for Faculty and Staff Appreciation Week, happening May 5–9, 2025 — and we need your help to make the magic happen!
Each day, we’ll be treating our incredible faculty and staff to themed snacks, sweet surprises, and festive fun inspired by the Broadway hit Wicked. From a “Defying Gravity” breakfast to a POPular snack bar and an Emerald City send-off, it’s a week designed to show how much we appreciate all they do.
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Want to join the magic?
We’re looking for donations of snacks, drinks, décor, and more to bring this Wicked-ly fun week to life!
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Click here to view the Sign-Up Form
Whether you contribute a box of treats, help decorate, or supply drinks for one of the events, your support helps us sprinkle a little extra joy and gratitude across the week.
Thank you for helping us celebrate the people who make such a difference every day.
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Together, we’ll make this week feel straight out of the Emerald City! |
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With appreciation,
ICES PTA Faculty & Staff Appreciation Week Organizers
We are celebrating and encouraging students to include a safe route to school as part of a healthy and active lifestyle. Students who ride their bikes can park their bikes during the school day in the gym. Please bring your bike to the back of the school and into the gym, at Entrance #6. Students who attend SACC or childcare or are not within walking distance are welcome to participate with parent approval/ supervision.
If you ride your bike to school:
- All students must wear a helmet. Fairfax County law requires anyone under 15 to wear a helmet.
- Check their equipment: Air, Brakes, and Chains.
- Obey all traffic laws.
- See and be seen
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Go with the flow of traffic, and stay on the right side of the road.
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Be predictable, and stay alert.
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If riding on a sidewalk, students should yield to pedestrians and walk their bikes if the sidewalk is crowded with walkers.
- Beware of cars coming out of driveways if you ride on the sidewalk.
- Students crossing in crosswalks should dismount and walk their bikes across the street.
Please use the following link to discuss Bicycle Safety with your child.
http://www.pedbikeinfo.org/bicyclesaferjourney/
This spring, Island Creek Staff will begin creating tentative class groupings for the upcoming school year. Classroom assignments will be finalized in mid-August.
When making these placements, we carefully consider many factors, including:
- Individual student information
- Teacher input
- Social relationships
- A blend of children with diverse needs, personalities, and learning interests in every class.
Due to the numerous factors involved in creating balanced classroom placements, including teacher staffing, we are unable to honor requests for specific teachers.
If you have information you believe is important for us to consider regarding your child’s placement for next year, please complete this form by Friday, May 9.
If you do not have any specific information you would like us to consider, there is no need to complete the form.
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