Upcoming Dates
Monday, January 25th - School Planning Day, No School for Students
Tuesday, January 26th - Parent Coffee 10AM or 6PM - see link below
Saturday, January 30th - Quarter 2 Progress Reports available through ParentVue
Tuesday, February 2nd - FCPS School Board meeting (Return to School Updates)
Wednesday, February 8th - Makeup Picture Day- Sign Up Genius Coming Soon
A Message from the Principal
This week we came to the end of 2nd quarter and our first semester, a semester of virtual learning unlike any other in history. Truly this week has been like no other as we celebrated the life of Martin Luther King Jr and watched as our 46th President took office while this pandemic continues to have such an impact on our daily lives and our children's education and social-emotional development. It is hard to believe that this time last year we were just beginning to hear about Covid and the possibility of this virus reaching the United States. As vaccines begin to roll out and we continue our work to get our students back into their classroom with their teacher, I remain optimistic that better days are ahead. I can't thank you enough for your unwavering support and dedication to being collaborative partners alongside our teachers.
This past week, our FCPS leadership team and School Board developed and approved a new return to school timeline. We have some important steps to complete prior to returning our students and will communicate with you along the way. I will be working on finalizing class lists with teachers to balance students across the Tuesday/Wednesday and Thursday/Friday attendance. There are a couple of upper grade classes where balance could be better and we hope to work with families to improve loads. Our goal is that each section can be as small as possible. If you have changed your mind and wish for your child to stay virtual instead of returning face to face, please email me to share your decision. Any requests from virtual to return hybrid to the building will be added to a wait list and we will consider each and every one, but please understand this may not be possible.
The updated dates of return to the building are as follows:
Kindergarten - February 23rd
1st and 2nd grade - March 9th
3rd - 6th grade - March 16th
On Tuesday, I will hold two Principal Coffees to share information on return to the school building. I welcome your feedback on this year as well as questions we can address during our parent coffee. Feel free to complete this form at your earliest convenience.
I look forward to seeing many of you at our Tuesday Principal's Coffee and remain a collaborative partner in supporting your child(ren) in their education and social development.
Most Sincerely,
Stacy Kirkpatrick
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Reminder ~ Please Join Mrs. Kirkpatrick and Mrs. Thomas as the upcoming Principal Coffee
Parent Coffee Return to School Chesterbrook Planning Update and Q&A Session
Tuesday, January 26th 10 AM or 6 PM Session will be recorded and shared
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ParentVue - Progress Report View - Go Paperless
SIS ParentVUE (PVUE) is an essential tool for parents/guardians to keep up with their student’s attendance, progress report cards, and more.
In order to view your child's progress report, you should use this option in order to download a pdf version of the progress report.
After logging into ParentVue, go to My Account and check the "Go Paperless" option.
Here are directions to download your child's progress report from the past quarter and to save for the next quarter.
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Playground Update
The new playground is installation is ready for play! You are encouraged to socially distance and wear masks when playing with friends to comply with CDC guidelines. Parents are encouraged to bring hand sanitizer to clean hands after play.
There are a few items that will need further work as the weather warms up, which includes a top coat on the wheelchair accessible area. When this work is completed it will be fenced off to protect the area and ensure the coating is cured before play and new handicapped accessible swings will be installed. We will notify you of this work completion.
With our community, all things are possible! Thank you for your support of the PTA so things like this are possible for our children. You can join the PTA or donate to our Chipmunk fund at anytime to support wonderful projects like this.
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Parent Resource Center
Reminder that the FCPS Parent Resource Center has a series of supportive webinars that are available to our community. You are encouraged to read more about sessions offered and register through this link.
A few upcoming webinars include:
January 25th - SIBSHOPS: An Exciting, Virtual Workshop for Brothers and Sisters of Children with Special Needs
February 5 -Teen Depression: A Webinar for Families
February 8 - Teaching your Children to Follow Directions
February 17 or February 19- Strategies to Support Social Emotional Learning at Home: A Webinar for Families
February 26- Is it Over Yet? How to Help your Child Cope with the Pandemic and the Eventual Return to Normalcy: A Webinar for Families
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