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- Mon. Dec. 4 Level IV AAP
Parent Information Meeting, Primary Rm 248
- Wed. Dec. 7 Domino's Spirit
Night (Use code: DN5 at checkout)
- Mon. Dec. 11 9:45 AM PTO
Meeting, Upper School
- Mon. Dec 11 6 PM Parent
Mindfulness Workshop
- Mon. Dec.18-Mon. Jan. 1
Winter Break - No School
- Tuesday, Dec 19 All day Chic-Fil-A
Spirit Event
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A message from Principal Padgett |
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It is with a heavy heart to share the news that our
wonderful art teacher, Ms. Meghan Shelton, will be leaving us at the end of
November. She will be traveling home to New York to spend more time with
her family. Our children have been made aware of her leaving for a couple
of weeks and have had time to wish her well on her next journey. Ms.
Shelton played a big role in picking out her successor, Viviana Sanchez.
Throughout this week Ms. Sanchez has taken the time to shadow Ms. Shelton in
order to take over on Friday, December 1st.
Advanced
Academic Program Info Night
Primary Building Rm 248
This information session is for parents who are interested in
having their child screened for Level IV services this Spring. We will discuss
what goes into a level IV screening file and what types of work samples are
helpful to the central selection committee. We will also review the timeline
for the Level IV screening process.
For more information on the level IV referral process, click here.
This event is for families with students in grades 2-6 who are
planning to refer their child for screening for level IV AAP Services.
The deadline for referrals is 1/12/18.
- Ms. Williams and Ms. Moreno-Dunk, AARTs
Parent Mindfulness Workshop
Invitations will be in today's Thursday Folder
Please see information below
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Join us
on Monday, December 11th at 6 p.m. for a night of education on mindfulness with Dr. Jane O'Hara and Lindsay Karr. This strategy is used in our school allowing
students the opportunity to ground themselves and de-stress before beginning
the school day.
Drawing on the latest
research in the field, parents will be provided with simple yet powerful strategies
for raising emotionally healthy children. During this workshop, parents will
learn about mindfulness and how it can create a more calm and connected family
dynamic.
Jane A. O’Hara, Ed. D., has been an administrator in Fairfax
County for 10 years and 13 years teaching in public and private schools. She
holds a Bachelor’s in English, Masters in English as a Second Language, and a
Doctorate on Administration in Statistics and Social Foundations.
She has been practicing and teaching Mindfulness for the
past three and a half years. Her certification is in Mindfulness Fundatmentals
and Essentials. As a Mindfulness for Educators practitioner, she has been
presenting Mindfulness for professional education associations across Virginia.
She produces a Mindfulness televised program each morning and beginning in
December, will also practice mid-afternoon sessions for students, staff, and
faculty each day at Fort Belvoir Upper. As a member of the Fairfax County
School Board for Military Connected Youth, she supports programming to benefit
you and your children at Fort Belvoir Schools and across FCPS. Her practices
have demonstrated significant improvements in behavioral incidences to increase
valued instructional time for improving students’ learning. She is
married with three children, two grandchildren, two cats, and two Toto pups.
Mindfulness enriches her educational and personal life through her connections
with her students, their families, and her family.
Ms. Karr has been teaching in Fairfax County for 12 years. She received her
undergraduate degree in English Education from Boston University and Master's
degree in Educational Psychology from the University of Virginia.
She completed
Mindfulness for Educators training with Mindful Schools. She is the founder and
president of Mindful Beginnings, an organization that brings mindfulness
programs to students, teachers, and parents throughout the country. As a
mother, wife, teacher, and friend, Lindsay invokes mindfulness in various
environments and enjoys sharing the practice with others.
Please RSVP to: ladenise@fcps.edu
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Outstanding Employee Nominations:
Nominations are now
open! To submit a nomination for a Fort Belvoir Upper School Outstanding
Employee, please complete the nomination through this Google form link here: Note: The
deadline to submit a nomination is TOMORROW, December 1st.
If you have any
questions, please contact Jessica Ross at jross@fcps.edu
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Forget to fill out your Impact Aid form?
Help our school raise money!
Your response matters!
A Student/Parent Federal Survey form was sent home on 11/2.
It said “Student-Parent Survey” at the top. Please check backpacks!
A note from Nancy Rowland, the grants coordinator for
Fort Belvoir Elementary School Campus with some important information about the
Impact Aid form:
Currently our schools have over $2 million in federal funding from
DoDEA for enrichment programs like STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering,
Arts and Mathematics). This includes
programming during the school day, after-school, as well as during the
summer. Additionally we are able to
provide “Do the Math,” remediation programs to help our students succeed! These programs come to our families at
no-cost thanks to these very generous grants from DoDEA.
Our eligibility for these grants depends on how many children we
serve that are military-connected.
Impact Aid form provides this data to DoDEA. The more military families we
serve, the more money we are eligible to receive!
Please take a few minutes and complete the form and return it to
school ASAP – our programming depends on it!
Thank you for your time.
School House News!
For more information about what's happening at Ft. Belvoir Upper, read our monthly newsletter on our website and linked here!
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Check our Lost and Found!
We are overflowing with hats, jackets, sweatshirts,
lunchboxes, shoes and all sorts of gear. Please take a look in the Lost and
Found! We will be donating all items left during winter break.
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Musical Instruments
Parents, please remind your children to bring their instruments home with them.
We have an abundance of instruments left in the building on a regular basis,
and just two weeks ago a trumpet went missing. Please encourage your students to practice!
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