Dear Beech Tree Families,
I hope you are enjoying the chill in the air that lets us know that the Shenandoah will soon be a parade of colors! I want to be sure to remind you that tomorrow Band & Strings Instrument Pick-Up will be available at our Kiss & Ride Loop from 4:30-6pm. Please drive up, stay in the car, and show a large piece of paper with your child’s first and last name, grade level and teacher name. Ms. Bowen and Ms. Susens will bring the instrument to your car window.
Last Thursday, Superintendent Brabrand presented a Return To School Update during the School Board Work Session. The tentative phase in plans for Beech Tree are as follows:
- Week of October 26th: Enhanced Autism Program and select students from our Noncategorical Classroom
- Week of November 16th: Preschool & Kindergarten
- Week of November 30th: 1st & 2nd Grade
- Week of January 4th: 3rd through 5th Grade
Regulation 2109: Face Masks are required for all students who are two years of age and older
- Temporary exceptions, such as while eating, drinking or exercising, will be under the direction and supervision of a school official(s)
- Exemptions due to a medical condition-Parent must provide a written statement from physician
- Any student not wearing a face mask for any reason, upon arrival to school will receive daily temperature check(s).
Daily Temperature Checks will be conducted, as follows:
- Bus Stop: Temperatures will be taken at bus stops.
- Parents/guardians will be required to accompany their child at the bus stop
- Students with temperature greater than or equal to 100.4° Fahrenheit will not be able to board the bus and will be sent home.
- School Arrival/Entry: Temperatures will be taken for all students entering the building.
- Students arriving late to school
- Students taking off their face mask during the day and not putting it back on
- Students with temperature greater than or equal to 100.4° Fahrenheit will be taken to the isolation room for further screening
Parents, I have two big favors to ask of you. Please complete the two consent forms below:
1) Every parent must be made aware of Student Rights and Responsibilities and related resources at www.fcps.edu/srr. After reviewing the information, please complete the SR&R Parent Acknowledgement Form using this link we have provided https://forms.gle/4VCeDgMCzRKWy79X6 . This form must be filled out for each child enrolled at Beech Tree. Thank you for your help with this expectation.
2)Additionally, if you have not yet completed our consent form for your child to use the FCPS-approved online tools listed on the school website as part of the instructional program at https://www.fcps.edu/node/41989, please do so now. This allows teachers to continue seeking additional methods of virtual engagement.
We are excited to announce that we will begin distributing FREE Fairfax Meal Kits containing seven days of breakfast and lunches at our Kiss & Ride on Wednesday, October 21st.
The kits will be available for pick up from 8:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. or until they run out. Meal kits will be available to ALL FCPS students and children 18 years of age and under at no cost. Each meal kit will contain breakfast and lunch for one person for a week. Parents and caregivers may pick up one meal kit for each child. Adults may purchase meal kits for $28. Instructions on how to store the food and prepare it will be provided. Initially, meal kits will be distributed every Wednesday. The goal of FCPS is to provide every FCPS student daily access to a healthy breakfast and lunch.
Friday, October 30 is the end of the first marking period. It is also listed on the FCPS calendar as a two hour Early Release Day. If we were in the building, our dismissal would be at 1:25. With our current schedule, students do not return after lunch, which is 12:30-1:15. Monday, November 2 and Tuesday, November 3 are student holidays There will be no synchronous or asynchronous instruction for students on these days. The school planning day and teacher work day are being used for teacher teams to prepare for our Return to School, plan collaboratively for quarter two, and complete progress reports.
Please note that our PTA #BeechTreeFamily Meeting has been post-poned until Tuesday, October 27th at 6:30pm. I will send you an email and subject line to email questions to in my Principal Message next week. I will also send you our PTA’s zoom link the morning of the 27th.
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As always, thank you for your trust and your support. Please reach out if you ever have any questions or concerns.
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Karim Daugherty
Principal
Beech Tree ES
703-531-2600
https://twitter.com/BeechTreeElem
https://beechtreees.fcps.edu/
“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” – Colin Powell
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Beech Tree Office Contacts
Spanish Speaking Parent Liaison: Stella O’Brien at msobrien@fcps.edu
School-Based Technology Specialist (logging on/using programs): Mike Meyer at mkmeyer@fcps.edu
Technology Specialist (laptop issues): Tom Kindregan at tpkindregan@fcps.edu
Registrar: Susan Do at sndo@fcps.edu
Attendance Secretary: Sheila Hudson at skhudson@fcps.edu
Principal’s Secretary: Esther Baca at ebaca@fcps.edu
Assistant Principal: Maureen Lopez at MMLopez1@fcps.edu
Advanced Academics Resource Teacher: Patty Settel at pasettel@fcps.edu
Beech Tree Specialists Contacts
Kiri Cooper, Music Teacher at kncooper@fcps.edu
Meriem Bacha, Arabic Teacher at MBacha@fcps.edu
Greg Skrtic, Art Teacher at GGSkrtic@fcps.edu
Yolanda Adams, Guidance Counselor at yeadams@fcps.edu
Mike Jenkins, PE Teacher at MWJenkins@fcps.edu
Tina Britton, Librarian at clbritton@fcps.edu
Miller Susens, Strings Teacher (4th & 5th) at msusens@fpcs.edu
Lindsay Bowen, Band Teacher (5th) at ldbowen@fcps.edu
Kristen Hollen, STEM Teacher at kmhollen@fcps.edu
Bilingual Community Liaisons
Bilingual community liaisons support student registrars by providing families with information about school and community services offered in Fairfax County. Community liaisons also help parents fill out forms and complete applications:
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English and Korean: 703‐204‐4317
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English and Spanish: 703‐204‐4316
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English, Arabic, and French: 703‐204‐4315
Library Curbside Pickup
Available on Mondays from 1-3pm and Wednesdays from 4-6pm. Students need to place their holds in our catalog by the end of the day on Fridays. Students can place up to 5 holds. Here is a link to our catalog. . Please remember that you must log in using your username and password. This is the same information you use for logging onto your computer. Once a hold is placed, I will check out the items and send an email about when you can pick up your items. Emails will be sent to the Students’ school email account for grades 3-5 and parents email for K-2. If you would like the email sent to a different account, please contact our Librarian, Tina Britton at clbritton@fcps.edu. Books will be placed in a large manilla envelope with the student’s name on it. The envelopes will be placed on a table outside the front door. Students will pick up their envelope and be on their way. Ms. Britton will be sitting in the lobby monitoring the pickup. Please place books you are returning in the box. Put your envelope in the other container. Books will be quarantined for one week before they are checked in. If you have any questions, please email Ms. Tina Britton at clbritton@fcps.edu with any questions or concerns.
Beech Tree Digital Resources
Parent Resources for Distance Learning: https://beechtreees.fcps.edu/resources/parent-student-distance-learning-resources
Video Tutorials for Distance Learning: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSz76NCRDYQHSc6ySaw5Nq-We-fzPsQ_i
Grab & Go Food
Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) will continue to provide “Grab-and-Go” meals during the upcoming school year. Our goal is to provide every student in FCPS daily access to a healthy breakfast and lunch during this pandemic:https://www.fcps.edu/news/coronavirus-update-food-resources
Internet Access
If you still need internet access and would like to borrow a MiFi device from Fairfax County Public Schools, please complete this form: https://forms.gle/CiEvUmnQqPGUczmo9
If you participate in, or are financially eligible for one of these government subsidies programs: The National School Lunch Program (Free and Reduced Lunch), Head Start, SNAP, TANF, WIC, LIHEAP or Public Housing, you may complete this form for internet service assistance: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IDnBPwLC5VhECPBrXVi__o5gMBisj_oI/view
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
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