Farmington Elementary School

📢 Kindergarten & Pre-School Registration Opens April 9, 2025! Do you have a rising kindergartener or pre-schooler for the 2025-2026 school year? Online registration for Culpeper County Public Schools opens April 9, 2025! ✅ Kindergarten: Children who turn 5 on or before September 30, 2025 are eligible. Check out upcoming Kindergarten Orientation Nights at your child’s school! ✅ Pre-School: Children who turn 4 on or before September 30, 2024 and meet VPI income requirements may apply. Placement is based on eligibility and available funding. 📍 Learn more & register online (starting 4/9/25): www.culpeperschools.org 📞 Questions? Call us at (540) 825-3677 Help us spread the word by sharing this post! 💙📚 #CulpeperSchool

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Culpeper County Public Schools Kindergarten & Pre-School Online Registration 2025-2026 School Orientation Dates/Times (For rising kindergarteners only, opens April 9, 2025) A.G. Richardson – April 24, 2025, 5:00-6:00 p.m. – (540) 825-0616 Farmington – May 1, 2025, 5:30-6:30 p.m. – (540) 825-0713 Sycamore Park – May 6, 2025, 4:30-6:00 p.m. – (540) 825-8847 Emerald Hill – May 1, 2025, 5:00-6:00 p.m. – (540) 937-7361 Pearl Sample – May 8, 2025, 6:00-7:30 p.m. – (540) 825-5448 Yowell – May 6, 2025, 5:00-6:15 p.m. – (540) 825-9484 Kindergarten Registration Children who turn five (5) on or before September 30, 2025, are eligible to attend kindergarten. School attendance for 5-year-olds is not compulsory; parents who wish to wait until their child is six must notify the Division Superintendent in writing at: Dr. Anthony Brads, Division Superintendent Culpeper County Public Schools 471 James Madison Hwy., Suite 201, Culpeper, VA 22701 To register online, visit: www.culpeperschools.org Required documents for Virginia Department of Education enrollment: ✔ Your child’s birth certificate ✔ Your child’s immunization record ✔ Custody paperwork (if applicable) ✔ Proof of residence ✔ School Entrance Health form (physical) School physicals must be scheduled through the Health Department by appointment at (540) 829-7350. If unsure about your school zone, visit www.culpeperschools.org and use the school locator tool. Important: The School Entrance Health form must be dated August 6, 2024, or later to meet Virginia’s requirement of being within one year before school starts. Pre-School Registration Children who turn four (4) on or before September 30, 2024, and meet VPI income requirements are eligible to apply for pre-school. Registration does not guarantee placement. The VPI Coordinator will follow up with parents for additional required documents. Pre-school programs depend on federal, state, and local funding. To register online, visit: www.culpeperschools.org

📚🎭To celebrate Read Across America week, our school went on an exciting cross-country adventure, reading The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman. At the end of the day, our readers were revealed!

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Four adults stand on a stage in a school gymnasium, dressed in various animal and character costumes. The costumes include a large purple owl, a black gorilla, a pastel-colored unicorn, and a black-and-white panda. They are engaging with a group of young students sitting on the gym floor, who are watching with excitement. Some children are dressed in colorful clothing, including one in a red Spider-Man hoodie. The background features a gray wall and wooden bleachers.

A colorful promotional graphic for "Farmington's Masked Reader" event, featuring the book The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman. The image includes four masked characters: a panda, a unicorn, a gorilla, and a figure wearing a golden mask with feathers. Each character is holding a book. Behind them, a faded U.S. map and illustrated scenes from the book appear in a collage. The text is styled in a playful, bold font with bright colors.

📸Spring Picture Day- TOMORROW! 🌷 Spring Portraits AND Class Photos will be taken on Friday, March 7, 2025. ⚡Order today online www.barksdalephoto.com 👉🏼School Code: 0037044SG

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Today's Moments are Tomorrow's Memories! Backgrounds may vary more choices online! Ordering online is fast & easy build your own package or select one of our packages Go paperless & order online FARMINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Picture Day is March 7, 2025 0037044SG order code for online purchases (password expires 24 hrs after picture day) click to order questions 1.800.220.7667 this is a prepay event payment is due on picture day. Este es un evento prepagado. pago se debe entregar l dia de las fotos. Barksdale School Portraits www.barksdalephoto.com pictures with class by Barksdale www.pictureswithclass.com

📢 Shout Time to our February Fantastic Foxes! These students make our school a better place by demonstrating a positive example through their actions and words. Students are recognized by administration and staff, featured on the WFES Fox News, highlighted on a bulletin board and get a yard sign to share the news in their neighborhood! Congratulations!

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Image contains 25 students holding a sign that reads "Home of a Fantastic Fox" Farmington Elemetentary. Side of the graphic says Foxes are responsible, kind, respectful, safe, helpful, considerate, honest, patient, thoughtful You got caught being a fox!

🐬 Today, 3rd grade students working with Ms. Harris became marine biologists as they participated in a simulated dolphin autopsy! Through careful observations, measurements, and investigations of both external and internal features, students explored the impact of water pollution on marine life. Their scientific inquiry led them to conclude that pollution played a role in the dolphin's fate.

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A teacher in a protective lab coat and goggles holds a measuring tool while interacting with three students wearing lab coats and safety goggles. One student takes notes on a clipboard while another observes the large stuffed dolphin on the table. The classroom setting includes desks, chairs, and educational decorations.

: A group of five students wearing lab coats, safety goggles, and gloves stand around a large stuffed dolphin on a table, posing for the camera. Two teachers, also in lab gear, stand behind them, smiling. The classroom background features educational posters, colorful bulletin boards, and shelves with books and supplies.

A teacher, wearing gloves and a protective lab coat, holds up an X-ray image of a dolphin’s fin while explaining something to two students in lab coats and goggles. The students hold clipboards and appear engaged in the discussion. The classroom setting includes a bookshelf, educational posters, and a map on the wall.

A teacher in a protective lab coat and goggles holds a measuring tool while interacting with four students wearing lab coats and safety goggles. One student takes notes on a clipboard while another observes the large stuffed dolphin on the table. The classroom setting includes desks, chairs, and educational decorations.

📸Spring Picture Day- THIS FRIDAY! 🌷 Spring Portraits and Class Photos will be taken on Friday, March 7, 2025. ⚡Order today online www.barksdalephoto.com 👉🏼School Code: 0037044SG

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🌟🎭 Farmington's 2nd Annual Masked Reader Contest is back and ready to celebrate Read Across America Week (March 3-7) in style! 📚✨ Join the Masked Readers on an exciting cross-country adventure, reading The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman. Monday, 3/3/25 – Take a Trip to California 🌴☀️ Wear your tropical shirt, sunglasses, sun hat, or bright colors and let’s kick off the adventure with some sunny vibes! Tuesday, 3/4/25 – Take a Trip to the Rocky Mountains 🏔️⛷️ Hit the slopes by sporting your favorite scarf or snow hat. Winter vibes, here we come! Wednesday, 3/5/25 – Take a Trip to Texas 🤠 Break out your western wear—cowboy hats, boots, and western shirts for a day of southern charm! Thursday, 3/6/25 – Take a Trip to New York 🗽🎭 Dress for business or a Broadway show—fancy attire or dress clothes, because we’re all about those big city vibes! Friday, 3/7/25 – Celebrate the USA 🎉 Wear your red, white, and blue to celebrate the journey we’ve taken across America!

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This image contains the words- Farmington's Masked Reader The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman. In the background are 8 images from the book itself. In the middle of the graphic are 5 characters- a panda, unicorn, woodman with fox face wearing a mask, gorilla, and an owl. The characters are reading the book. A map of the United States is in the translucent background.

FARMINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL’S READ ACROSS AMERICA WEEK Week of March 3rd - March 7th, 2025 Students are invited to participate in spirit days to dress like they are visiting different locations in the United States! Students will also participate in our 2nd Annual Masked Reader Contest. Monday 3/3/25- Take a trip to California Wear a tropical shirt, sunglasses, a sun hat or bright colors! Tuesday 3/4/25- Take a trip to the Rocky Mountains Get ready to hit the slopes- wear your favorite scarf or snow hat. Wednesday 3/5/25- Take a trip to Texas Break out the western wear -cowboy hats, boots & western shirts. Thursday 3/6/25- Take a trip to New York Dress for business or a Broadway show- wear dress clothes or fancy attire. Friday 3/7/25- Celebrate the USA Wear your red, white & blue since we just read across America!

🚀🔬🎨 STEAM Family Night at Farmington! 💡🤖📚 What an incredible night of hands-on learning and exploration! Families had a blast diving into activities like Animation, Makey-Makey circuits, catapults, origami, and Soap Box derby races. From building and coding with Marty the Robot 🤖 to engineering a boat float 🚤 and stacking cups sky-high 🏗️, the excitement was nonstop! Plus, Magic Man Jasper wowed the crowd with his tricks!! Families took home FREE books to keep the learning going! 📖✨ A huge THANK YOU to all who joined in the fun and made this event such a success!

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A collage of four photos from a school STEAM night. The top left photo shows three children holding small catapults made from craft sticks and spoons in a gymnasium filled with activity stations. The top right photo features a young girl standing behind a table in a library, displaying an intricate wooden structure built with small planks. The bottom left photo shows an older woman in a Farmington Elementary hoodie interacting with a Makey Makey kit using bananas as conductive touchpads. The bottom right photo captures a tall pyramid of red plastic cups being carefully stacked by an adult while children watch in amazement.

A collage of four photos featuring students engaging with coding and robotics activities. The top left photo shows a boy using a tablet to control a robot with large expressive eyes. The top right photo features a teacher kneeling beside two students, demonstrating how to program the robot. The bottom left photo displays two boys interacting with a Makey Makey kit connected to bananas, which are acting as piano keys on a laptop. The bottom right photo shows a group of children and adults gathered around a floor mat with a grid of emojis, using a small programmable robot.

A collage of four photos capturing hands-on STEAM activities. The top left photo shows students and teachers conducting science experiments at a table with test tubes and various materials. The top right photo features two girls at an art station, drawing and coloring with markers. The bottom left photo shows three boys at a crafting table, cutting paper and using markers for their projects. The bottom right photo displays a group of children launching small cars down a wooden ramp while an adult supervises, next to a large soapbox derby car decorated with a school mascot.

A collage of four photos features top left: deputy doing magic to a table of children around him text reads "Magic Man", Top Right- Lady is popping popcorn while student is watching text reads- Virginia Cooperative Extension; bottom right- Lady behind table is passing out material to son and mother text reads- Culpeper County Library; bottom left- Adult is walking in between 5 hula hoops that have materials in them , students are at each hula hoop Text reads- Culpeper Soil and Water Conservation District

TONIGHT! 🚀 STEAM FAMILY NIGHT 🎨🔬💻 Join us for a night of STEAM excitement for the whole family! 🗓 When: Thursday, February 27, 2025 ⏰ Time: 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. 🏫 Where: Enter through the doors by the gym/library

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Please join us for a STEAM family night Thursday, February 27, 2025 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Learn, epxplore and play with a variety of opportunities in STEAM! Visit our reading table for free books, Title-1 tips and more! Fun for the Whole Family! Pleas contact Mrs. Nicholson with any questions regarding this event or if you'd like to volunteer.

⚡ Science in Action! ⚡ Students in Mrs. Teitelbaum's class had a shocking good time learning about static electricity! Using balloons, they explored how rubbing them on their hair or a sweater creates an electric charge. They also walked across the carpet in their socks too! 🎈

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Student smiling and holding a blue balloon to her had demonstrating static electricity.

Student smiling and walking across the classroom in his socks to demonstrate static electricity.

❤️Kids Heart Challenge donations are due FRIDAY 2/28! Please remember to send your students to school with their collection envelopes or make your final online donations. Make one more push for donations tonight and ask donors if their companies match donations. We’re having a blast getting healthier and helping kids with special hearts!❤️

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American Heart Association Kids Heart Challenge- Donations are due tomorrow #kidsheartchallenge Image contains two cartoon rubber ducks

🎼Every Tuesday morning before the school day starts, 5th grade band meets with FTB Band Director, Siobhan Dowen. Students have been learning about basic care and maintenance of their instrument, how to read standard music notation, and how important daily practice is for learning a new skill. We look forward to their end of year concert.🎺

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Image contains 4 students playing their instruments in a band class. Their music stands are in front of them.

Members of the school band pose for a picture. Adult is on the back row, far left, then 6 students. Front row has 3 students. All students are holding their instruments except for the one in the front middle.

Image contains a young student smiling while holding his instrument in front of his music podium.

Image contains students in a band class (located in a school gym). Each student is holding an instrument behind their music stand. Teacher is in the middle directing.

THIS THURSDAY! 🚀🎨STEAM FAMILY NIGHT🔬💻 Join us for a night of STEAM excitement for the whole family! 🗓 When: Thursday, February 27, 2025 ⏰ Time: 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. 🏫 Where: Enter through the doors by the gym/library

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Image contains Please join us for STEAM Family Night Thursday, February 27, 2025 5:00-6:30 p.m. in the center. There are 7 pictures that border the image (upper right, girl using a banana to conduct electricity with supplies, Teacher, child, parent using a beebot, child building marshmallow towers, two students coding for an ozobot, a girl watching her ozobot follow a code, mom and child building a catapult, teacher and students building cup towers.)

Culpeper County Schools Presents the 21st Annual Art Show! 🎨 📢 Attention students, families, and art lovers! Get ready for a spectacular showcase of creativity! The Culpeper County Schools Visual Arts Program proudly presents the 21st Annual Art Show, featuring incredible artwork created by students from across the district. 🖼️ When & Where? 📅 Saturday, March 15 | ⏰ 3-6 p.m. 📅 Sunday, March 16 ⏰ 11 am- 2 pm 📍 The event will be held at the Germanna Community College – Daniel Technology Center Come celebrate the hard work and imagination of our talented student artists! From colorful paintings to amazing drawings, there will be artwork from all grade levels on display. This is a free, family-friendly event, so bring your friends and support our young artists! Don’t miss this chance to experience the creativity and talent of Culpeper County’s students. We’ll see you there! 🎨✨

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The Culpeper County Schools Visual Arts Program proudly presents the 21st Annual ART SHOW Gallery Viewing: Saturday, March 15 3-6 p.m. Sunday, March 16 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. On display at Germanna Community College Daniel Technology Center 18121 Technology Drive Culpeper, VA 22701 Contact Kathy Dwyer, kdwyer@ccpsweb.org Image contains 5 pieces of student created artwork.

UPDATE: Culpeper County Schools will be closed today, Thursday, February 20, 2025 due to inclement weather. Essential personnel and custodians report at 12:00 pm. All other employees do not report.

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Culpeper County Schools will open 2 hours late tomorrow, Thursday, February 20, 2025. Essential personnel and custodians report on time. All other personnel report 2 hours late.

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All CCPS after-school and evening activities are canceled for today, Wednesday, February 19, 2025.

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📸Yearbooks On Sale! This year only comes once! Order forms are being sent home to order your yearbook today. $15 **5th Grade Families- Please see the note sent home with your student.** 👉🏼Order online at barksdalephoto.com -access Code: 0037044YB 👉🏼Return payment with completed order form Deadline to return order is March 20, 2025

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Yearbooks Capture the Memories! Order your yearbook today. Access Code 00744YB Visit www.barksdalephoto.com and order your yearbook now!

📸Spring Picture Day!🌷 Spring Portraits and Class Photos will be taken on Friday, March 7, 2025. Order today online www.barksdalephoto.com School Code: 0037044SG

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🦸‍♂️Who doesn’t love a good mystery?! Back by popular demand is a new Kids Heart Challenge mystery gift! Students earn one for every $50 donation collected (up to 20) & love to trade with friends. Sign up and take the challenge at www.heart.org/khc or using the AHA Schools app!

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American Heart Association Kids Heart Challenge Let the Games Begin 2 Easy Ways to Register: Download the app or visit our website Image contains cartoon rubber ducks dressed as superheroes