A Message from the Mayfield Administration Team
Dear Mayfield Community and Families,
Happy New Year, Mayfield Intermediate School community. I'm so excited to return for a happy and healthy 2025. I want to thank our incredible staff for their support during my extended leave from surgery. Amy Jordan did an outstanding job filling in as the substitute principal in my absence, and Mr. Moore and Mrs. Milhoan continued to provide the same high-quality support that we have grown accustomed to at Mayfield Intermediate School. On top of that, this just reiterates the outstanding staff we have in our school in all aspects. We have the best licensed and support staff around, and they ensure that Mayfield continues to thrive! Finally, I'm happy to report that I'm beginning 2025 cancer-free and full of energy. Again, I can't express enough how thankful I am to be the principal of Mayfield Intermediate School.
Thankful,
Donnie Frischkorn, Principal
Sarah Milhoan, 6th Grade Assistant Principal
Brian Moore, 5th Grade Assistant Principal
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day: January 20th
Upcoming Unit for English and Language Arts
Grade 5 Unit of Study for Benchmark
Dear Family Member,
Welcome to our next unit of study, “Technology’s Impact on Society.”
As we begin our fifth unit in the Benchmark Advance program, we
are approaching the halfway mark! As with the previous units, I am
providing suggested activities you and your child can do together at
home to build on the work we’re doing in class.
The selections in this unit will get us thinking about the role that
technology has played in people’s lives. The focus will be on the
Industrial Revolution and how it changed the way people lived and
worked. The selections include a variety of genres, such as poetry,
informational texts, historical fiction, and biography.
This thought-provoking unit will allow you and your child to think
about how technology has impacted you, your family, and the society
you live in.
As always, should you have any questions about our reading
program or about your child’s progress, please don’t hesitate to
your child's reading teacher.
Grade 6 Unit of Study for Benchmark
Welcome to our next unit of study, “Technology in the 21st Century.”
As we begin our fifth unit in the Benchmark Advance program, we
are approaching the halfway mark! As with the previous units, I am
providing suggested activities you and your child can do together at
home to build on the work we’re doing in class.
The selections in our fifth unit of study, “Technology in the 21st
Century,” will get us thinking about the role that technology plays
in people’s lives. The focus will be on how technology can change
our future. The selections include a variety of genres, such as
informational texts, science fiction, and biography.
This thought-provoking unit will allow you and your child to think
about how technology is changing the way we live and helping us
learn new things about our world.
As always, should you have any questions about our reading
program or about your child’s progress, please don’t hesitate to
your child's reading teacher.
Family Life Education Classes at Mayfield
Dear Parent/Guardian:
In response to the Code of Virginia, instruction in Manassas City Public Schools includes a
comprehensive, sequential Family Life Education (FLE) program for Grade 4 through grade 10.
The FLE program is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills to make
informed, responsible decisions related to growth and development; communication and
relationships; and emotional and social health.
Although the FLE program is highly compatible with existing curricula and serves to enrich the
educational experiences of students, FLE content may be considered sensitive. Therefore,
parents/guardians may choose to opt their child out of all or any part of FLE instruction.
Students who are opted out will be provided with non-punitive health lesson during FLE
instruction.
Parents/guardians should review the FLE objectives pertaining to their child’s grade or course
before making opt out decisions. Detailed grade level and course-related objectives are located
on the MCPS webpage https://www.mcpsva.org .
If you determine your child should not be included in FLE this school year, indicate the
objectives on the form that accompanies this letter and return the form to your child’s PE
teacher prior to FLE instruction. Unless you indicate otherwise, your child will be included in
FLE. You do not need to return the form if you wish for your child to participate in FLE
instruction. Parents/guardians transferring students to schools within MCPS are responsible for
informing the new school of opt-out decisions.
While parents/guardians may opt their child out of formal FLE instruction, teachers cannot be
held responsible for spontaneous questions from students that may pertain to subjects
previously discussed. Neither can a teacher be held accountable for discussions of sensitive
topics that occur among students outside class. It is recognized that some families prefer that
FLE instruction be provided in the home or church, or by the family physician. Every effort will
be made to ensure that students understand and respect family choices in this matter to avoid
undue peer pressure.
For more information about the MCPS Family Life Education program, please contact your
child’s Health and Physical Education teacher. If you have questions about the timeline for FLE
instruction in your child’s school, please contact your child’s teacher or administrator.
Scripps National Spelling Bee
Mayfield will take part in the Scripps National Spelling Bee program this year! The Spelling Bee will take place in the Mayfield Library on Tuesday, February 11th at 9 am.
