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News from Bailey's
Happy Friday Bailey's Families!
With the two-hour early release today, Spring Break begins. We hope you take time for some well-deserved rest and relaxation! If you make plans to travel, please consider the following information:
- The Virginia Department of Health urges all Virginians to avoid non-essential travel, especially if you are at higher risk of serious COVID-19 or if you will be visiting someone at higher risk of serious COVID-19. This recommendation applies to everyone, even if you have been vaccinated against COVID-19 or have fully recovered from COVID-19.
- FCPS does not currently have travel restrictions. Students are not required to quarantine or provide COVID 19 test results for either domestic or international travel. Parents may opt to keep their students at home for 14 days after they return from travel, however, it is not required.
- Upon returning, any student, staff member, or visitor demonstrating symptoms of illness is asked to stay home to help “Stop the Spread” of COVID-19.
Please remember that April 5th is a teacher workday and student holiday. We look forward to seeing our virtual and in-person learners when they return on April 6th!
Satonya, Mirna and Jillian
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Important Dates:
March 29th- April 2nd: Spring Break, No school
April 5th- Student Holiday/Teacher Work Day. Teachers will not be available for office hours and students are not expected to complete asynchronous assignments.
See the complete 2020-21 school year calendar.
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Meal Distribution Update for
March 29th - April 7th
- Monday, March 29th: Friday, April 2nd: Spring Break, No meal services
- Monday, April 5th: Student Holiday/Teacher Workday- No meal services
- Tuesday, April 6th: Grab & Go locations will not provide meal services
- Wednesday, April 7th:Grab & Go locations resume normal meal services
Virtual Kindergarten Orientation
Attention parents of rising kindergarten students. You are invited to attend our Virtual Kindergarten Orientation on Monday, April 12, 2021, from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. A link for the orientation will be provided at a later date.
If you would like to begin the registration process now, please contact our student registrar, Sofia Arias, at 703-575-6800 or SEArias@fcps.edu
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Library Book Information
Hello, Families!
When students return to school, please have them bring in school library books that are in your homes. Virtual students can return books at the meal pickup area Wednesday-Friday 9:30-3:00. We will be happy to see them returned to the library! Thank you!
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Elementary Magnet Schools Applications Accepted March 2 - April 6
Fairfax County Public Schools will be accepting applications for its elementary magnet school programs beginning Tuesday, March 2. Bailey’s Primary School for the Arts and Sciences will accept lottery applications for students who will be in grades K-2 during the 2020-21 school year; Bailey’s Upper School for the Arts and Sciences will accept applications for students in grades 3 and 4. Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences will accept lottery applications for students who will enter grades K-6 during the 2019-20 school year.
Selection for available magnet school spaces is based on a lottery. Registration for the elementary magnet school lottery closes on Tuesday, April 6, at 4 p.m.
Parents are strongly encouraged to attend virtual school-based information nights on Tuesday, February 16, for Bailey’s Elementary; Wednesday, February 17, for Bailey’s Upper; and Thursday, February 18, for Hunters Woods. These information nights will provide the opportunity to learn about individual school programs, student eligibility, the lottery process, and available transportation.
Get more information about parent information nights and the magnet school lottery.
Attendance Matters!
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Parent/Student Tech Support!
Check out our Bailey’s Technology Support Page: The Bailey’s tech team has created videos and resources to help you with troubleshooting at home.
Proactive Troubleshooting
We’ve been working hard in our distance learning environment for over 10 months now. Very few problems are new; now it’s just a matter of diagnosing the issue and finding the last message we sent with the solution. The three most useful things that you can do to prevent or troubleshoot issues are as follows:
- Restart the computer daily.
This simple maintenance task can keep your school laptop performing throughout the school year. It ends processes running in the background and installs available updates. In regular school years, we can easily do this on a regular basis; it’s not as easy when all of our computers are being used remotely this year! Video Directions | Written Directions
- Clear your browser cache.
The majority of sites that we’re using this year perform best in Chrome. Some will work in other modern browsers like Edge or Safari, but the default on our devices is set to be Chrome. Clearing your browser cache can solve a lot of problems, especially login issues. You can see how to do it here: Clearing the Cache in Chrome.
- Sign in at school.
Some login problems simply can’t be fixed or prevented by the two steps above. Because our devices now live off of our network for months at a time, the only remedy to sync the computer is to log in at an FCPS school with the device. Bring the computer up to Bailey’s (or whichever FCPS school is closest to your house) at any time. You can stay in your car or simply stand outside the building. No need to schedule an appointment--our wifi is always on!
When you arrive, sign in on your child’s computer with your child’s credentials, wait a few minutes, and restart the computer. Repeat that cycle two or three times, and head home. If you or your child change a password at any point this year, you will also need to come up to school with the device to sign in so that all passwords sync correctly.
More help for troubleshooting other issues you may experience can be found on FCPS’s website: Tech Support for Families OR our Bailey’s Tech Help Website. Bookmark this site, as it can help solve many common problems.
If all else fails, please Call the Parent Technology Help Desk at 833-921-3277 (833-921-FCPS). This 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. You can also submit a request online: IT Support Help Desk. We do our best to resolve them as quickly as possible.
Parental Consent for Digital Resources
Some digital resources like Flipgrid, Padlet & Kahoot require parental consent.
If you have not already done so, please visit this link to give your child permission to use certain tools : Application Permission Form
For directions on how to fill out this form you can reference these Directions for Filling Out Application Permission Form
Description of applications requiring consent can be found on our Bailey's Public Website
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 Use this link to register: https://bit.ly/3hahky7
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