On Thursday, December 10, 2020, the FCPS Superintendent’s Office provided the following updated message:
Thursday, December 10, 2020
Message from FCPS Superintendent’s Office
Dear Families of Students in Group 3,
We are writing to let you know that current health metrics in our region are trending in a direction where it may soon become necessary for your student to return to virtual instruction.
For Group 3, we use the metric of the percentage of positive COVID-19 tests over the last 14 days in Fairfax County. If that number exceeds 10% for seven consecutive days, Group 3 students return to virtual instruction. Today, we learned there was a backlog of data posted to the Virginia Department of Health website and that this metric exceeded 10% on Sunday, December 6. If this trend continues for the next two days, your student will return to virtual instruction beginning Monday, December 14. We will notify you of this change as soon as the data is available to us on Saturday, December 12.
We realize that this is not easy news to hear, but we hope that this letter of caution will give you time to prepare. Again, this is not an official notification that your student is returning to all virtual instruction. Should that become necessary, you will receive a separate notice from your school with specific details for your student.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says that schools can reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission if they strictly follow mitigation strategies. We are in the process of collecting data at our schools and determining the thresholds for this core indicator so that even if community transmission rates remain high, we will be able to return more students to in-person instruction.
To help keep you informed, this information is updated daily on our website. FCPS is also tweeting the daily numbers on our FCPS Twitter account.
The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) provides the new numbers before noon each day. Once the latest information is released, FCPS will move as quickly as possible to inform impacted families.
It is a challenging time and we understand this can be frustrating and difficult for families and staff. Thank you for your understanding.
Fairfax County Public Schools has proposed new bell schedule times for elementary schools. We anticipate a schedule change as we shift to in person instruction sometime in January/February 2021 due to social distancing constraints on the buses. We expect our revised bell schedule at Bailey's Upper to be 9:10-3:55pm. This schedule change will impact both in person and virtual students. We will share more specific information as it is available.
FCPS Food services will provide Bulk 14 Day Meal Kits during a bulk distribution on Tuesday, December 22nd from 8:00am to 12:30pm at Bailey's Upper Elementary School.
December 14 Update on FCPS Meals | Fairfax County Public Schools
Dear Parents and Caregivers,
Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) is committed to providing all students access to meals during the FCPS Winter Break. The following plan will be in place from Friday, December 18, 2020 through Wednesday, January 6, 2021.
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Friday, 12/18 -- Bus routes will offer 4 days of breakfast and lunch Grab & Go locations will offer 4 days of breakfast and lunch
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Monday, 12/21 -- Bus routes will offer 4 days of breakfast and lunch Grab & Go locations will not distribute any meals
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Tuesday, 12/22 -- Bus routes will offer 4 days of breakfast and lunch Grab & Go locations will offer 14-day meal kits Meal Kits sites will offer 14-day meal kits
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Wednesday, 12/23 through Friday, 01/01 -- No food service
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Monday, 01/04 -- Bus routes delivering breakfast and lunch will resume daily service
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Tuesday, 01/05 -- Grab & Go locations resume daily meal distribution
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Wednesday, 01/06 -- Sites that distribute 7-day meal kits resume
FCPS schools and centers will be hiring classroom monitors to provide in-person classroom assistance for students when a staff member remains virtual. If you would like more information about the position, please review the job description and qualifications online and apply if interested. Please feel free to share information about this opportunity with anyone else you think may be interested.
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!
We invite you to join us in a virtual spirit week next week as a fun way to show our school spirit as we head into Winter Break!
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Did you read a good book? Create a book review for BNN!
Is there a book you read that you really liked? Tell the school about it by creating a book review for BNN using Wixie!
Wixie is fun and easy to use. Students have an account that they log into through Clever.
These two short videos show how you can create your book review in Wixie. Creating Book Reviews in Wixie, Part 1 and Part 2
Give enough details to make it interesting – but don’t give away the ending!
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! This Monday, December 14th, our Conversation Topic will be about Holiday Stressors.
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*
The following are the slides and resources that we have been sharing in our Weekly Parent Conversations. We look forward to seeing many families at our upcoming session in December.
December 7, 2020
Specials Connections https://bit.ly/3qxtyqa
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 14: Weekly Parent Conversations at 7:00pm
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December 14-December 18: Bailey's PTA Virtual Spirit Week
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December 18: BUpper's 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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