We will be holding a Virtual Parent Viewing of FLE Materials on Tuesday, December 8th at 6:00pm.
Please join us on the following Blackboard Collaborate Ultra (BbCU) link:
https://us.bbcollab.com/guest/44e72c22e94545fa94af9dfe9d8301e0
FCPS Family Life Education (FLE)
Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) provides a comprehensive, sequential Family Life Education (FLE) program for kindergarten through grade twelve. The FLE program is designed to provide students with the knowledge, attitudes, and skills to make healthy, responsible, respectful, and life-enhancing decisions related to human growth and development, relationships, and emotional and social health. 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, non-punitive 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, please complete the form that accompanies this letter or access the opt out forms online.
Your child will be included in all Family Life Education instruction unless you request that he/she be opted out using the opt-out form. You do not need to return the form to the school if you wish for your child to participate in FLE instruction. If you return the opt-out form and later decide you want your child included in FLE instruction, you must notify the principal in writing.
Detailed grade-level program descriptions (lesson objectives and descriptive statements) are available for each grade level at Elementary (K-6) https://www.fcps.edu/academics/elementary-school-academics-k6/elementary-family-life-education.
In addition, grade level-specific curriculum lessons and media that FCPS has streaming rights for are available online in FCPS 24-7 Parent View https://fcps.blackboard.com/.
Due to copyright permissions, we are unable to stream all media titles online. Grade level-specific lessons and media are also available for review at your child’s school. Grade level-specific lessons are available at the Fairfax County Regional Library in the City of Fairfax (this location does not have media).
Fairfax County Public Schools is committed to providing age-appropriate instruction in the very important topics included in Family Life Education. For information about scheduling of FLE instruction, please contact your child’s teacher or school. For more information or questions regarding the FLE program, please contact Instructional Services at 571-423-4550 or email Carrie Reynolds at cfreynolds@fcps.edu
Students have been working hard to earn virtual Tiger Paws for their class by showing strong digital citizenship and participation in their online classes. This week at Bailey’s Upper we reached our next school wide goal of 60 Tiger Paws to earn our fourth spirit day of the year! We will celebrate Hat Day on Friday, December 18th. Students may participate by wearing their favorite hat as they learn. Students may also show their school spirit by wearing Bailey’s Upper gear!
Congratulations to our #BUpper Outstanding Nominees who will be submitted for the next steps in the FCPS awards process! Both of these candidates inspire, engage, and encourage our students here at #BUpper each and every day. We appreciate their passion and dedication to the profession.
Outstanding New Teacher: Alex Rotello, 3rd Grade Teacher
Outstanding Teacher: Linda Lindgren, Librarian
For Both Bailey's Primary and Bailey's Upper
Bailey’s Primary and Bailey’s Upper Social Workers, Counselors, Parent Liaisons, and PTA joined forces and have distributed coats to over 70 families! We will have our second Winter Coat Distribution scheduled tentatively for December 10th at Bailey's Primary.
If you have any questions, please contact our School Social Worker, Shayna Sargent, at sjsargent@fcps.edu or 703-503-2700.
MackinVIA ebooks for FCPS students
Go to Fairfax.mackinvia.com to log in.
Students use their FCPS log in.
Find the books for our school in Groups.
Click on the backpack at the top of the page
to see your checkouts in MackinVIA.
Questions? Email Bailey’s Upper librarian, Linda Lindgren, at LCLindgren@fcps.edu
Please join us virtually on Monday's from 7:00pm-8:00pm
Come join the School Counselors, Maya Lidell and Derek Ryan, and the School Based Instructional Technology Specialist, Nicole Cassidy, for Weekly Parent Conversations!
Weekly Parent Conversations will occur virtually on Mondays, 7:00pm – 8:00pm. Topics will be announced the Friday before in News You Choose and will include technology tips, organizing workspace, stress management and more! Sessions will include a short presentation, small group conversations, and time for parents to ask questions. Drop in anytime during the sessions with your child’s computer and your questions!
We look forward to “seeing” you at our next meeting!
BBCU Link to Join the Conversation
To join us, click on the link below from your phone or child’s computer.
http://bit.ly/BUpperTalks
*Translators for Arabic and Spanish will be available*
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The following are the slides and resources that have been shared in our Weekly Parent Conversations. We look forward to seeing many families at our upcoming sessions in December:
November 30, 2020
Reading Strategies https://bit.ly/RdgStrategies
November 23, 2020
Stress Management & Family/School Time Balance
https://bit.ly/stressmanagmentFamilyBalance
November 16, 2020
Digital Tools & Digital Citizenship https://bit.ly/DigCitTools
November 9, 2020
Student Workspaces https://bit.ly/studentWorkspace
November 2, 2020
Introduction to Conversations & BBCU https://bit.ly/IntroAndBBCUtips
The Parent Technology Help Desk can be reached at 833-921-3277 (833-921-FCPS) and will be answered by staff members between 7 a.m. and 11 p.m., seven days a week. Please specify if you need an interpreter when you call.
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Logging into my FCPS laptop:
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Connecting a Mifi Device to your FCPS Laptop:
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Logging into FCPS Google Apps and Getting to BbCU Emails:
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Joining the BbCU Class from FCPS Gmail:
Access/Consent Form
All parents will need to access this link and complete the information BEFORE you can use any of the digital resources (websites) listed here: Bailey’s Upper Public School Website. Please note some of these resources will be used often and others may be used from time to time.
To provide your parental consent for each student in your family, please follow this link and complete the provided directions.
Please stay in touch with us throughout the year by:
Friendly Reminders
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December 7: BUpper Virtual Parent Conversations at 7:00pm
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December 8: BUpper Virtual Parent Viewing of FLE Materials at 6:00pm
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December 9: Virtual PTA Meeting at 7:00pm
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December 10: Winter Coat Distribrution
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December 18: Spirit Day! (Hat Day)
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December 21 - January 1: Winter Break (School Resumes January 4)
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January 18: Dr. Martin Luther King Day (Holiday) No School
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January 20: Inauguration Day (Holiday) No School
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January 22: End of Quarter 2 (2 Hour Early Release)
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