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2024-2025 Preschool Calendar
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We follow the Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) school year calendar with the exception of beginning and end dates. We also follow FCPS for inclement weather delays and closings.
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Aug. 27 - Rabbits Parent Meeting (Mandatory) 7:30pm (adults only)
Aug. 29 - Koalas Parent Meeting (Mandatory) 7:30pm (adults only)
Sep. 3 - Move into Glade Room
Sep. 5 - Orientation (Option 1) – 1:00pm (adults only)
Sep. 6 - Orientation (Option 2) – 10:00am (adults only)

Sep. 10 - Koalas First Day of School for 1/2 of class
Sep. 10 - Rabbits First Day of School for ½ of class
Sep. 11 - Koalas First Day of School for second 1/2 of class

Sep. 11 - Rabbits First Day of School for second ½ of class
Sep. 12 - Koalas First Day of School for full class

Sep. 13 - Rabbits First Day of School for full class
Oct. 3 - No School (Rosh Hashanah)
Oct. 4 - No Rabbits Class ( FCPS Teacher Work Day)

Oct. 24 - Fall Parent Education Night 7:30pm (Glade Room)
Oct. 31 - No Rabbits Class ( FCPS 2 Hour Early Release)

Nov. 1 - No School (FCPS Early Release)
Nov. 4 - 5 - No School (FCPS Student Holiday + Election Day)

Nov. 27 - 29 - No School (Thanksgiving Holiday)
Dec. 23 - Jan. 3 - No School (Winter Break)
Jan. 20 - No School (Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday)
Jan. 29 - No School (FCPS Student Holiday) 
Mar. 6 - Spring Parent Education Night – 7:30pm (MANDATORY - adults only)

Mar. 31 - April 1 - No School (Eid-Al-Fitr+Teacher Work Day)
April 10 - 11 - No School - Teachers Attending PCPI Conference in Vancouver, BC
April 14 - 18 - No School (FCPS Spring Break)
May 22 - Last Day of School for Koalas
May 23 -
Last Day of School for Rabbits
May 27 - Move Out of Glade Room
May 28 - End of Year Picnic - 11am (Location TBD)

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Resources

This is an ever growing and changing list of things that might be interesting or helpful for parents of preschoolers. If you find something that we should add to the list, please let us know!

Child Development

  • CDC's Developmental Milestones
  • Family Compass offers parenting guidance, early intervention, and individual and group therapy for children.
  • FCPS Child Find provides early identification and intervention services as well as community education on child development ​

Books We Recommend

  • ​Balanced and Barefoot: How Unrestricted Outdoor Play Makes for Strong, Confident, and Capable Children by Angela Hanscom
  • The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative by Florence Williams
  • Coyote's Guide to Connecting with Nature by Jon Young
  • Outdoor Kids in an Inside World: Getting Your Family Out of the House and Radically Engaged with Nature By Steven Rinella
  • Anything by David Sobel

Children's Book Lists

  • Picture books about nature 
  • ​25 Books that teach kids about the environment
  • 100+ Enchanting Nature Books for Kids

Videos

  • TED: Nature is Everywhere - We Just Need to Learn to See It​
  • Dressing in Cold Weather
  • ​Dressing Kids for Cold and Rainy Weather
  • ​ The REAL Reason Children Fidget - and What We Can Do About It
  • ​How Every Child Can Thrive by Five

Websites

  • Dressing Kids for Rainy Weather
  • ​Natural Start Alliance
For more information or to schedule a tour, call 703.951.3985 ​or ‬571.350.9499 or email [email protected].
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Nondiscrimination Policy:  Hunters Woods Preschool admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship program, and other school-administered programs. ​