Dear Beech Tree Families,
I hope you enjoyed this beautiful weekend and are staying healthy and safe!
Last week our Kindergarten, 2nd and 3rd grade teams were able to pack up student belongings and their classroom materials. As a reminder, tomorrow, Monday, June 1st, student belongings from Kindergarten, 2nd grade, Ms O’Connor’s and Ms Caradine-Taber’s 3rd grade classes will be available for pick up from 9:30am-12:30pm at the Kiss & Ride Loop. For our safety and yours, please remain in the car and hold up a sign to the window that has the following information: Grade, Teacher’s Last Name, Student First and Last Name. The bags will be labeled the same way and organized in the cafeteria. We will bring your students’ bags out to your car. We will have a box out front at the Bus Loop by the main entrance, for you to drop off library books, should you wish to return them prior to summer break.
On Tuesday, June 9thstudent belongings from Ms Rios’ 3rd grade class, our Enhanced Autism classes and 5th grade, will be available for pick up from 9:30am-12:30pm. We will follow the same procedures as stated above, however, ALL 5th graders’ instruments and library books will need to be returned through the Bus Loop at the entrance to the school lobby.
As always, thank you for your trust. Let me know if you ever have any questions or concerns.
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“Kindergarten Registration!”
Please let your neighbors know that Kindergarten Registration has continued, thanks to our incredible Mrs. Do! If they have a child who will be five on or before September 30, 2020, please have them contact Mrs. Susan Do, Beech Tree Registrar, at sndo@fcps.eduto make arrangements for specific enrollment information.
“Send a Note to Local Nursing Homes!”
This time of distancing has been very difficult for our senior who are not able to have visitors during these closures. Please encourage our children to write notes and send drawings to some of our local nursing homes:
The Kensington
700 West Broad Street
Falls Church, VA 22046
Powhatan Nursing Home
2100 Powhatan Street
Falls Church, VA 22043
Chesterbrook Residences
2030 Westmoreland St
Falls Church, VA 22043
Sunrise of Falls Church
330 North Washington St
Falls Church, VA 22046
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates:
Please continue to check updates through our Fairfax County Public School website. We hope that you and your family are staying safe, happy and healthy during these ever changing times.
To find the last updates from Fairfax county please go to https://www.fcps.edu/news/coronavirus-update
You can also find updates from The Center of Disease Control and Prevention at https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/index.html
Fairfax County Libraries: Curbside Services Fairfax County Public Library’s Curbside pickup of holds and grab bags begins Monday, June 1.Curbside pickup hours at all branches are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. To pick up your holds:
- Please park in the designated area of your library’s lot and call the branch phone number posted on the sign. Branch phone numbers can also be found online on individual branch webpages.
- Provide your library card number to staff on the phone and remain in your car until your holds have been deposited on the pickup table and library staff have returned to the building.
In addition to picking up holds, you may request a particular book or a staff-selected grab bag based on reading level and preferences by calling the branch. Contacting the library with requests ahead of time will provide a faster pickup experience. All returned library materials should be deposited in the library’s book drop. Do not return library materials to staff or the pickup tables. Please continue to keep your Inter-library Loan (ILL) materials; the ILL department will notify you when we are ready to accept them. FCPL’s curbside services are completely contactless — at no point will you physically interact with the library staff helping you. Other steps we are taking in our curbside pickup process for the safety of staff and patrons include:
- Library staff will wear cloth face masks, and we encourage you to do so, too.
- Books will be packaged in a plastic bag to streamline handling.
- The pickup table will be disinfected regularly.
Returns Fairfax County Public Library is ready to accept returns of borrowed materials beginning June 1! On or after June 1, please return borrowed FCPL materials to the book drop of any FCPL branch (except Lorton Library, which is closed for renovation). To help us accommodate the return of the 500,000 items currently on loan, returns will be accepted on a staggered basis according to the first letter of the borrower’s last name:
- On Mondays we will accept returns from borrowers with last names beginning with letters A-H (Anderson, Daqqa, Howard, etc.)
- On Wednesdays we will accept returns from borrowers with last names beginning with letters I-Q (Jefferson, Nguyen, Park, etc.), and
- On Fridays we will accept returns from borrowers with last names beginning with letters R-Z (Rodriquez, Shen, Williams, etc.).
Although book drops remain open 24/7, the library requests that you follow this staggered system to help us manage the volume of incoming materials. Alternatively, you may continue to keep borrowed items, as overdue fines are suspended and due dates for all physical materials will continue to be extended to ensure that no late fees accrue while FCPL branches are closed.
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