Ms. Mukai, principal, will be holding Principal Office Hours and invites all families to come share their experiences with school this year. There will not be a formal presentation, but a conversation to learn what is working well and what could make the learning experience even more valuable for students.

Principal Office Hours will be offered at this virtual meeting space for the next three weeks:

• Wednesday, September 23 7:30 a.m - 8:00 a.m.

• Wednesday, September 30 5:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

• Wednesday, October 7 3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Please come share your experience, offer ideas, and ask questions!

Curbside Library Book Pickup for Grades K – 3 will begin on Wednesday, September 23, between 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.!  Wear your mask and come to Brookfield’s Kiss n Ride Door to get library books for your children.  Cars and walkers are welcome.

Here’s how we’ll do it:

We’ll have books already checked out to your child and ready to go when you come to pick them up.

• You’ll also get a bookmark with your child’s name on it.
• The bookmark has a list of books we know the kids like.  Please check off anything your child might want next time.  You can write in a request too.
• Return the books and bookmark when you come to get your child's next set of books on Wednesday, October 7, between 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.

It’s important that you try to make it here on September 23.  We won’t be able to make individual appointments. 

We’ll do the same process for Grades 4 – 6 on Wednesday, September 30.

In the next few weeks your child will be taking a variety of assessments across content areas. The purpose of these assessments is to determine students’ areas of strength and growth. Teachers will then use the information to develop targeted lessons for your child. For this reason, it is imperative that students do this work on their own. Remind your student that the assessment is not graded and will be used by their teacher to help them learn this school year. It is okay if they do not know the answer to a question as it will tell the teacher that they need help to learn that concept.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Neighborhood and Community Services is offering two programs to support parents/guardians and students in distance learning.

NCS Connects: After School is a virtual platform providing programming for youth and teens during after-school hours, Monday through Friday, 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m., at bit.ly/ncsconnects. Virtual programs begin on September 21 and include academics (i.e., STEAM), family engagement, service learning, and youth leadership development.

Parent Connect

Provides in-person services for parents and guardians at a variety of community locations.  

In-person assistance for parents includes:

• Support related to digital literacy and Internet access
• Support related to language barriers

Connection to county Health & Human Services resources, service navigation, and referrals

These services are offered by appointment only Monday through Friday, 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. For days and hours of operation at each location, visit bit.ly/NCSparentconnect.

Brookfield will hold a session on technology topics for parents. Our first session will be September 23 at 3:00 p.m to 3:30 p.m. Here is the link for the session. We will have a Spanish Interpreter available.  

During that session, we will talk about two topics.

• 1. Troubleshooting the microphone
• 2. Using bookmarks to make your student's day easier

If you have any questions, please email Kevin Feighery (kbfeighery@fcps.edu)

FCPS created a series of help videos for families.

They created one called "Troubleshooting the Camera on your FCPS Laptop." If you are having trouble with your student's camera, this video can help.