Dear Parents,
Fall is in the air! We hope you and your family are getting out to enjoy the seasonal activities. Dr. Beaty’s first official day is September 28th, but she is already preparing for her arrival and taking over the mantle of the principal. The staff is excited to welcome her to the Haycock family.
As you know, we have an extremely talented and dedicated staff who work earnestly to provide your children with an appropriately challenging and motivating school experience. Meeting the students’ needs is central to everything they do. The amount of time that they take in planning their virtual and synchronous lessons, responding to parents’ questions, providing support and enrichment activities for students, and creating a positive learning climate for the school is unlike anything we have witnessed. There positive can-do attitude is contagious. Please take time to recognize their efforts for all that they do in order to educate your children.
The article this week focuses on looking at the glass half full in education in leaning in a virtual environment. We often focus on all of the negatives but the article tweaks out some of the positive outcomes for our children and teachers.
Augie Heather Dana
A Silver Lining to the Year’s Disruptions?
In this Education Week article, Sarah Sparks reports on ideas for moving beyond the current crisis and innovating for long-term improvement and equity. She quotes Linda Darling-Hammond (Stanford University), who believes that today’s massive disruption in K-12 schools could create something of an education renaissance. “We’re in a moment in our country right now where the most important modus operandi is inventing and sharing,” she says. “You know people have to invent ways to do things they haven’t done before, and then they need to share those things with others and they need to be able to access what others are sharing about their inventions.” Some avenues for long-term improvement:
- Close the digital divide.
- Strengthen distance and blended learning.
- Address homelessness, housing instability, and food insecurity.
- Leverage more-adequate and equitable school funding.
- Establish community schools and wraparound supports.
- Provide expanded learning time.
- Redesign schools for stronger relationships.
- Assess students’ academic and social-emotional needs.
- Ensure supports for social and emotional learning, including mental health needs.
- Emphasize authentic, culturally responsive learning.
- Prepare educators for reinventing school.
“What Do Schools Need to Be Better After Coronavirus?” by Sarah Sparks in Education Week, September 2, 2020
Haycock Spirit Days
September 22-25
Show your Haycock Pride and join us next week in our Spirit Days!
Student Rights and Responsibilities
Parents and guardians, please review the Student Rights and Responsibilities and related resources at www.fcps.edu/srr. After reviewing the information, fill out the SR&R Parent Acknowledgement Form using this link:
https://forms.gle/Y41Kwgjmjv2mtQtSA
The form must be filled out one time per student each year.
Back to School Forms
Required Forms - click on links to access forms
Emergency Care- This form can be completed and submitted electronically. To complete this form, log onto FCPS 24-7 and click the ‘Enter weCare@school’ link.
You must have a ParentVUE (SIS) account to access this site. If you need help with your login, please contact clavallee@fcps.edu. Click here for instructions about how to enter information once you are logged into the weCare@school system.
Health Information- This form only needs to be completed if you have changes or updates. If you complete this form, please email it to Christine LaVallee at: clavallee@fcps.edu
If you would like paper copies of these forms mailed home, please email: mtsmith2@fcps.edu
Optional Forms
Family Life Education: Here is a letter to parents regarding Family Life Education Parent FLE Letter. The following forms only need to be completed if you wish to opt your child out Family Life Education. Each form contains links that explain the FLE curriculum. Email completed forms to: clavallee@fcps.edu
Kindergarten Opt-Out Form
First Grade Opt-Out Form
Second Grade Opt-Out Form
Third Grade Opt-Out Form
Fourth Grade Opt-Out Form
Fifth Grade Opt-Out Form
Sixth Grade Opt-Out Form
Military Connected Students: Please complete the Identification of Military Connected Students form if your family is connected to the military. Email completed forms to: clavallee@fcps.edu
Scoliosis Fact Sheet: This information is for parents of 5th and 6th grade students. Please follow this link: https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/forms/ScoliosisFactSheet.pdf
Haycock PTA: We highly encourage you to join the Haycock PTA. Please click here to read about the PTA and to join this wonderful group.
Health Coverage: Health insurance for children is available through Cover Virginia. Follow this link for more details: https://coverva.org
Annual Notice of Survey, Records, Curriculum, Privacy, and Related Rights and Opt-Out Forms: https://www.fcps.edu/registration/opt-out-forms
Homeless Student Referral Form: https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/forms/se299.pdf
Digital Resources at Haycock Elementary School
This year, our teachers will use a variety of digital resources to support student learning and promote communication and collaboration with students and families. Some of the digital resources your child may use this year will require your consent before they can be used. You can find our school’s list of the resources that require parental consent here: Adopted Digital Resources.
Included on this page is also a link to a form where the enrolling parent or guardian will need to indicate whether or not their student is allowed to use the list of digital resources this year. This page also provides more information about how FCPS carefully reviews digital resources for approval and why we must request your consent before using certain tools. We encourage you to complete the parental consent for digital resources form as soon as possible, as your child will not be able to use the digital resources until we have received your permission. Please reach out to your child’s teacher if you have questions or concerns about the digital resources we’ve chosen to use this year in each grade level.
To provide your parental consent for each student in your family, please follow this link and follow the provided directions. Provide consent.
Band/Strings Sign-Up
The deadline for 4th-6th grade Music Selection is TODAY, Friday, September 18. All 4th-6th grade families should complete the form below, even if your child does not want to participate in Band or Strings.
https://forms.gle/FXcAYxmiiaVU8sJF7
We all need a little support from our friends! This week, our staff is celebrating the extra love and we get from our pets, many of whom have made guest appearances during instruction!
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