Combined Open House and Back to School Night - Thursday, August 22 at 9:00 a.m.
A Combined Open House/Back to School Night is Thursday, August 22 at 9:00 a.m. You are encouraged to bring your child’s school supplies to open house on Thursday. Parents and students are invited to visit the school, meet their classroom teachers, listen to the teacher presentation, bring school supplies, get information about bus times, and get a Kiss and Ride number. School supplies ordered online through the PTA will be delivered to your child’s classroom.
Combined Open House/Back to School Night Schedule – Thursday August 22, 9:00 a.m.
9:00 – 9:20 – School is open and information tables on front lawn
9:20 - 9:50 – Back to School Teacher Presentations (in your child’s homeroom class)
9:50-10:00 - Transition
10:00-10:25 - Teacher Presentation 2 (teachers will repeat their presentation)
10:25-11:00 - Goodbye and popsicles on the front lawn
Student Class Assignments
You will receive a letter during the week of August 19 with your child’s teacher and room assignment. Bring this letter to open house and the first day of school to locate your child’s teacher and room number.
School Supply Lists
School Supply lists are posted on our website https://baileyses.fcps.edu/node/3688
Bailey's Elementary Bell Schedule
The first day of school is Tuesday, August 26, 2019 and our school hours for students are 8:50 a.m. until 3:45 p.m.
Bell Schedule
- 8:50 a.m. - Doors open for students.
- 8:50 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. – Student Arrival
- 9:00 a.m. - Late/Tardy Bell (all students need to be in their classrooms by 9:00 a.m.)
- 3:45 p.m. - Dismissal
Breakfast and Lunch
All students at Bailey’s receive a free breakfast and free lunch. All students receive a free breakfast in the classroom. Students can bring lunch from home. Soft drinks and fast food are not allowed in school. Breakfast and lunch menus are available online. http://www.fcps.edu/fs/food/food_at_school/
Free and Reduced Price Status – Applications will be mailed home and are available online and in our front office. Families with students eligible for free or reduced priced meals are encouraged to complete the application to access other benefits.
Home and School Communication
We have a variety of methods for communication. First and foremost, a weekly News You Choose email will be sent to you each Friday. Keep in Touch will be used for any emergency or timely messages. It will be very important for each family to enroll in SIS Parent Account online tool. We also send home communication folders on Thursdays. News and events will be posted on our school website.
https://www.fcps.edu/resources/technology/student-information-system-sis-fcps/sis-parent-account-registration
Emergency Care Cards
The emergency care card will be mailed to your home with the class placement letter during the week of August 19. Please return the form at Open House/Back to School on Thursday, August 22 or the first day of school. Returning FCPS students will receive a pre-printed form. Please update any information by crossing out incorrect information and replacing it with the correct information. If no information has changed, just sign and return the form. All forms must be returned by August 27.
Attendance
Call the Attendance Line at 703-575-6845 by 9:15 a.m. when your child is absent from school. The Commonwealth of Virginia mandatory school attendance laws will be strictly enforced. Parents will be held accountable for students who do not attend school regularly and on time. Please note: extended family vacations are not excused absences.
Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
We greatly appreciate the support we receive from our PTA. All parents are encouraged to volunteer and attend events and meetings sponsored by our PTA. Because of our PTA we can purchase books, technology, and supplies for our students; students can go on field trips; and fun events are planned for our families!
Birthday Celebrations and Party Invitations
Students are only allowed to bring in a healthy snack (fruit snacks, pretzels, raisins, granola bars) or a small token (pencils, erasers) for each student in celebration of their birthday. Cupcakes, birthday cakes, ice cream, and balloons are not allowed to be brought in and passed out at school in celebration of student’s birthdays. All birthday treats will be distributed during lunch in the cafeteria. Party invitations to the entire class may be distributed during the school day. Invitations to select students must be delivered outside of school.
Family Life Education
Family Life Education Instructional Program Information Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) provides a comprehensive, sequential Family Life Education (FLE) program for students in grades kindergarten through grade twelve. Instruction is seen as a partnership among parents and guardians, the school, and the community in supporting the learning essential to the development of strong families, positive relationships, and a healthy community.
Parents/guardians may choose to opt their child out of all or part of the Family Life Education program. Students who are opted out are provided with age-appropriate, nonpunitive alternative health instruction, and every effort is made to foster respect for family choices. If you wish to opt your child out of all or part of FLE for this school year, opt out forms will be included in your child’s back-toschool/orientation packets and are available online for Elementary (K6) https://www.fcps.edu/academics/elementary-school-academics k-6/elementary-family-life-education.
Please fill in the opt-out form and return it to your child’s school prior to Family Life Education instruction. Detailed grade-level program descriptions are available online at Elementary (K-6) , Middle School (7- 8) , and High School (9-12). FLE grade level-specific lessons and media that FCPS has streaming rights for are available for parents online in FCPS 24-7 (Blackboard) Parent View https://fcps.blackboard.com/. Account information is available at your local school or online at http://www.fcps.edu/is/instructionaltechnology/247help/parents.shtml.
Grade level-specific lessons are also available at the Fairfax County Regional Library in the City of Fairfax (this location does not have media). Grade level-specific lessons and media that is not streamed online are available for review at your child’s school library. Due to copyright permissions, we are unable to stream all media online. Program questions may be addressed at your child’s school or by contacting Instructional Services at 571-423-4550 or by contacting Elizabeth Payne, Health and Physical Education Coordinator at etpayne@fcps.edu.
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