ASFS Open House 2025: Grades 1-5
2025-08-21 15:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York)

School Board Meeting
2025-08-21 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-09-04 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-09-18 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-10-09 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-10-23 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-11-13 19:00 - 22:00, 2025-12-18 19:00 - 22:00, 2026-01-22 19:00 - 22:00 and 9 more dates
School Board meetings are broadcast live below and live feed is available on Comcast Cable Channel 70 and Verizon FIOS Channel 41. The meetings are re-broadcast on Fridays at 9 p.m. and Mondays at 7:30 p.m. immediately following the meeting.
Please click on this link to watch live-stream: https://www.apsva.us/arlington-school-board/school-board-meetings/watch-school-board-meetings/.
Agendas and background information are posted one week prior to the Board Meeting on BoardDocs.

First Day of School K-12
2025-08-25

First Day of School PreK and VPI
2025-08-26

Holiday: Labor Day
2025-08-29 - 2025-09-01

First PTA Membership Meeting (2025-26)
2025-09-03

Elementary School Back-to-School Night
2025-09-11

ASFS Back-to-School Night 2025
2025-09-11 18:30 - 20:00 | Arlington Science Focus School, 1501 N Lincoln St., Arlington, VA, 22201, United States
The opening address will take place in the Multi-purpose Room (MPR) with two sessions to meet with your student’s teachers directly following.

ASFS Dine Out Night (Silver Diner)
2025-09-15 17:00 - 20:00 | Silver Diner, 4400 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, 22203, United States

Holiday: Rosh Hashanah
2025-09-23

ASFS Fall Fest/30th Anniversary Celebration
2025-09-28 16:00 - 18:00 | Arlington Science Focus School, 1501 N Lincoln St., Arlington, VA, 22201, United States

Work Sessions
2025-09-30 09:00 - 16:00
9:00 – 10:30 a.m. – Work Session on Planning Factors – Planning for Phase 2 Implementation
10:45 – 12:15 p.m. – Work Session on the Human Resources Audit Report – Update on Implementation
1:00 – 2:30 p.m. – Work Session on the Feasibility Studies
2:45 – 4:00 p.m. – Work Session on FY 2027-36 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) Direction
Work Sessions are live-streamed and can be viewed any time after the meeting by visiting the School Board Work Sessions webpage. Agendas and background information are posted one week prior to the Board Meeting on BoardDocs.

Holiday: Yom Kippur
2025-10-02

Walk/Bike/Roll to School Day 2025
2025-10-08

AI in APS: Virtual Community Town Hall
2025-10-08 19:00 - 20:00
As part of our Year of Empowered AI Learning in APS, we are excited to invite you to a virtual Community Town Hall on Artificial Intelligence on Wed, Oct. 8, at 7 p.m.

At this session, you can learn more about our adopted instructional platform, SchoolAI, and have an opportunity to ask questions. Learn more.
Spanish, Mongolian, Amharic and Arabic interpretation is available.
If you have questions that you would like to have addressed during the live event, please add them here: Community Pre-event Questions for APS AI Town Hall

PTA Meeting
2025-10-08 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-11-12 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-01-07 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-02-04 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-03-04 19:00 - 20:30, 2026-05-13 08:00 - 17:00, 2026-06-10 19:00 - 20:30 | Arlington Science Focus School, 1501 N Lincoln St., Arlington, VA, 22201, United States

Elementary/Middle Early Release for Parent-Teacher Conferences
2025-10-10, 2026-03-12

ASFS Special Education Family Picnic
2025-10-12 15:00 - 17:00

No School for Students
2025-10-13
Elementary/Middle Parent Teacher Conferences; Professional Learning for HS staff

ASFS Family Movie Night
2025-10-18 18:00 - 20:30 | Arlington Science Focus School, 1501 N Lincoln St., Arlington, VA, 22201, United States

Holiday: Diwali
2025-10-20

ASFS Picture Day 2025
2025-10-27 09:15 - 15:30
School Individual Portraits & Class Groups

ASFS Dine Out Night (Rocklands)
2025-10-28 | Rocklands Barbeque & Grilling Company, 471 Washington Blvd., Arlington, VA, 22201, United States

Early Release for All Students
2025-10-29, 2026-01-14
Countywide professional learning for staff

ASFS Halloween Parade 2025 & Class Parties
2025-10-31
In keeping with tradition, ASFS will host our Halloween Parade, followed by class parties. If you are a parent/guardian and would like to participate in the classroom parties, make sure you are up-to-date on your volunteer training and stay tuned for details from your student’s teacher and/or room parent(s).

End of 1st Quarter
2025-11-03

No School for Students (Grade Preparation Day)
2025-11-04, 2026-01-30, 2026-04-13

Holiday: Veteran's Day
2025-11-11

ASFS Dine Out Night (Lebanese Taverna)
2025-11-17
Dine at Lebanese Taverna on November 17, 2025 (Monday) to support ASFS!
Options:

5900 Washington Blvd.
4400 Langston Blvd.

In-person or through delivery (excluding DoorDash)

Outside the Box Day 2025
2025-11-17 | Arlington Science Focus School, 1501 N Lincoln St., Arlington, VA, 22201, United States
An entire day dedicated to STEM activities and engineering design challenges where students are given a challenge and a list of recyclable materials that must be used to solve their challenges. Each grade level will have their own specific challenge, their own specific list of materials, and their own special time of the day dedicated to Outside the Box Day (OTB Day).

Here’s a couple ways that we can come together as a community:
1. Parents and family members can join your student’s classroom to participate in Outside the Box Day!
Each grade level will include their OTB Day time frame of when they will be participating in their OTB Day activities in their Grade Level Newsletters.
**Make sure your volunteer application is up to date and you are cleared to join us in the classrooms.**
A short video briefing/pep talk will be available for parent volunteers upon arrival at the school on Monday, November 17, 2025. All volunteers are required to watch the short video before participating in OTB Day. Thank you.

2. Parents and families can help to supply our classrooms with recyclable materials! Here’s a breakdown of the needs per grade level:
– Kindergarten:
-cardboard boxes
-egg cartons
-plastic containers
-styrofoam trays
-toilet paper/paper towel tubes
– First Grade:
-cardboard boxes
-toilet paper/paper towel tubes
-plastic containers
-plastic bottle caps
-egg cartons
-styrofoam trays (ie: meat tray from grocery store)
– Second Grade:
-shoe box lids (1 per student)
-bottle caps
-egg cartons
-thin cardboard boxes (CEREAL boxes are preferable)
-toilet paper rolls
– Third Grade:
– paper towel rolls
-toilet paper rolls
-cardboard
-cans
-bottle caps
– Fourth Grade:
– plastic bottles
– juice jugs
– egg cartons
– styrofoam
– plastic containers
– cardboard milk boxes
– yogurt containers
– cereal boxes
– take out containers
– Fifth Grade:
– air pockets
– styrofoam trays
– packaging peanuts

**Please address the materials you bring in to Mr. Villacrusis (formerly “Mr. V.”) and note which teacher/grade level you would like to donate your materials to. **

3. Continue the conversation at home!
Encourage more creative ways to “upcycle” recyclable materials around the home and find new ways to use household items to make everyday life more efficient, or maybe even easier! When there’s dialogue around a design challenge or experiment, who knows what new learning and new thinking may STEM from these types of conversations at home!

Thank you so much for your support and enthusiasm in making Outside the Box Day a great success!

School Board Work Sessions
2025-11-18 09:00 - 16:30
Subject:
9:00 a.m. – Advisory Committee Working Group
10:45 a.m. – Non-Traditional Secondary Program
1:00 p.m. – Grace Hopper Center Site Programming
2:45 p.m. – High School Schedules
Work Sessions are live-streamed and can be viewed any time after the meeting by visiting the School Board Work Sessions webpage. Agendas and background information are posted one week prior to the Board Meeting on BoardDocs.

Thanksgiving Break
2025-11-26 - 2025-11-28

KidsGiving "Giving Tuesday"
2025-12-02 | Arlington Science Focus School, 1501 N Lincoln St., Arlington, VA, 22201, United States

R.E.A.D. Book Fair 2025
2025-12-08 - 2025-12-12 | Arlington Science Focus School, 1501 N Lincoln St., Arlington, VA, 22201, United States

Picture Day (Make-ups)
2025-12-08 09:00 - 12:00
For students/staff who need to make up their individual portraits.

R.E.A.D. Book Fair - Family Night 2025
2025-12-09 18:00 - 20:00 | Arlington Science Focus School, 1501 N Lincoln St., Arlington, VA, 22201, United States

Early Release for All Students
2025-12-10, 2026-02-11
School-based professional learning for staff

ASFS Winter Concert 2025 (Grades 4 & 5) @ W-L High School
2025-12-16 19:00 - 20:00 | W-L Auditorium, 1301 N Stafford St., Arlington, VA, 22201, United States
To accommodate for our audience of parents, guardians, and family members, the concert will take place in the Washington-Liberty High School Auditorium.

ASFS Global Celebration 2025
2025-12-19 | Arlington Science Focus School, 1501 N Lincoln St., Arlington, VA, 22201, United States

Winter Break
2025-12-22 - 2026-01-02

Holiday: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
2026-01-19

School Board Work Session #1 with ACTL
2026-01-20 18:30 - 20:30
Work Sessions are live-streamed and can be viewed any time after the meeting by visiting the School Board Work Sessions webpage. Agendas and background information are posted one week prior to the Board Meeting on BoardDocs.

ASFS Ice Skating Social 2026
2026-01-23 18:40 - 19:40 | Medstar Iceplex (Ballston), 627 N Glebe Rd #600, Arlington, VA, 22203, United States
Sponsored by the ASFS PTA

End of 2nd Quarter
2026-01-29

School Board Work Session #2 with ACTL
2026-02-10 18:30 - 20:30

Holiday: Presidents Day
2026-02-16

Picture Day: Club & Candid Photos
2026-02-25

Rising K Parent Information Session
2026-03-18 09:30 - 10:30 | Arlington Science Focus School, 1501 N Lincoln St., Arlington, VA, 22201, United States
If you are a parent/guardian of a rising kindergartener here at ASFS for the 2026-27 school year, please join us for information on what to expect for your student and how to best prepare for the start of their educational journey at Arlington Science Focus and Arlington Public Schools!

Holiday: Eid al-Fitr
2026-03-20

School Board Work Sessions
2026-03-24 09:00 - 16:00
Subject:
9:00 a.m. – Educational Technology – Focus on AI
10:45 a.m. – Inclusive Practices (Special Education)
1:00 p.m. – Budget Work Session #1
2:45 p.m. – Budget Work Session #2
Work Sessions are live-streamed and can be viewed any time after the meeting by visiting the School Board Work Sessions webpage. Agendas and background information are posted one week prior to the Board Meeting on BoardDocs.

Spring Break
2026-03-30 - 2026-04-03

End of 3rd Quarter
2026-04-10

School Board Work Sessions
2026-04-14 09:00 - 16:30
Subject:
9:00 – 10:30 a.m. – Budget Work Session #1
10:45 a.m. – Budget Work Session #2
1:00 p.m. – Budget Work Session #3
2:45 p.m. – Budget Work Session #4
Work Sessions are live-streamed and can be viewed any time after the meeting by visiting the School Board Work Sessions webpage. Agendas and background information are posted one week prior to the Board Meeting on BoardDocs.

ASFS Art Show 2026
2026-04-15 18:00 - 19:30 | Arlington Science Focus School, 1501 N Lincoln St., Arlington, VA, 22201, United States
ASFS invites its families to appreciate the talent and creativity of our students as we adorn the 1st floor hallways with their artwork.

ASFS PTA Auction 2026
2026-04-18

Habitat Week 2026
2026-04-20 - 2026-04-24

School Board Work Session with BAC
2026-04-21 18:30 - 20:30

Early Release for High School Students Only
2026-04-22
Full day for Elementary/Middle school students
Professional learning for high school staff

ASFS Spring Concert 2026 (Grades 4 & 5)
2026-04-23 19:00 - 20:00 | Arlington Science Focus School, 1501 N Lincoln St., Arlington, VA, 22201, United States
The rain date for this event is one week later (4/30/2026).

Teacher Appreciation Week 2026
2026-05-04 - 2026-05-08

Walk/Bike/Roll to School Day
2026-05-06

PTA Book Swap & Ice Cream Social
2026-05-19 18:00 - 19:30

School Board Work Session with Advisory Committees - End of Year Reports
2026-05-21 18:30 - 20:30

Holiday: Memorial Day
2026-05-25 - 2026-05-26

Holiday: Eid al-Adha
2026-05-27

School Board Work Sessions
2026-06-02 13:00 - 16:30
Subject:
1:00 p.m. – Early Childhood
2:45 p.m. – FY 2027-36 CIP
Work Sessions are live-streamed and can be viewed any time after the meeting by visiting the School Board Work Sessions webpage. Agendas and background information are posted one week prior to the Board Meeting on BoardDocs.

Elementary Early Release
2026-06-03, 2026-06-10

ASFS Kindergarten Spring Concert 2026
2026-06-09 18:30 - 20:00 | Arlington Science Focus School, 1501 N Lincoln St., Arlington, VA, 22201, United States

Last Day of School (Early Release)
2026-06-18

Holiday: Juneteenth
2026-06-19

Holiday: July 4 (Observed)
2026-07-03

First Day of Summer School
2026-07-06

Last Day of Summer School
2026-07-31
