December 9, 2020
The Falls Church School Board voted unanimously on December 8 to rename Thomas Jefferson Elementary School and George Mason High School.
The vote follows a six-month-long pro...
November 25, 2020
Dear FCCPS Families & Staff Members,
This is not the letter I wanted to send to our community the afternoon before Thanksgiving. This morning we received updates from the...
November 16, 2020
Dear FCCPS Families,
As we have stated all along, we have and will continue to review data and make decisions based on what we see with respect to health, operational, and inst...
November 12, 2020
As reported in The Tiger Times published on November 10, 2020... In preparation for our Hybrid opening, we need to adjust the way we are currently utilizing Schoology with par...
November 7, 2020
Students often report that their computer is "glitching." That could mean so many things!
We have found that Clearing Browser Cache fixes most problems in this case. We...
October 26, 2020
TJ’s annual Pumpkin Decorating Contest is on. TJ students should share a photo by Wednesday, October 28th of their ghoulish gourd via google drive or email here ! A video or sli...
October 21, 2020
Dr. Warren Pace passed away on Sunday, October 18 (1928-2020). He served as FCCPS Superintendent for 20 years, from 1971 to 1991. He is pictured above with former superintenden...
October 16, 2020
The 2020-2021 TJ Yearbook needs your help capturing images of students and learning.
You can download the Balfour Image Share app from your mobile device's app store. Create...
September 25, 2020
Dear FCCPS Families,
I hope you all are doing well and staying healthy. Last week I sent you a very long email updating where we are with respect to reopening plans for our sch...
September 18, 2020
Dear FCCPS Families,
It has been a couple of weeks since you have heard directly from me, and I feel like the time is right to update you on some of the many things that are ha...
August 31, 2020
The FCCPS Parent University is a great resource for our parents. https://bit.ly/2QB8Vsq If you are looking for an online tutorial about Schoology from a parent's perspective, y...
August 26, 2020
FCCPS Transportation is preparing for that time when students return to school. The staff has been participating in training, cleaning buses, and addressing minor maintenance is...
August 22, 2020
At TJ, your student MUST log into Schoology at the following UR L: fccps.schoology.com Your student is assigned a Google Account Name which is their computer network name P...
August 10, 2020
Falls Church City Public Schools is thrilled to welcome 28 new professional staff members to #TeamFCCPS this week.
The annual new teacher and professional orientation began th...
July 22, 2020
FCCPS Community,
As Virginia continues to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic, and with the health and safety of our students, families, staff, and community foremost in mind...
July 2, 2020
The Falls Church School Board is beginning a process to consider whether to rename two of the division's schools; George Mason High and Thomas Jefferson Elementary schools.
Dur...
May 6, 2020
Falls Church City Public Schools (FCCPS) is proud to recognize Thomas Jefferson Elementary fifth-grade teacher Layton McCann as the Falls Church Education Foundation 2020 Teacher ...
April 29, 2020
The Word Masters Challenge continues: during the first couple of weeks of QuaranTeaching, Ms. Lang introduced vocabulary words to participating students. Last week, they put their...
April 1, 2020
With the cancelation of Standards of Learning tests this year, modifications made to the upcoming International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement assessments, and the need to p...
March 23, 2020
Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced this afternoon, at his press conference, all public schools in the Commonwealth will remain closed for the remainder of the school year. ...