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Many of our families and employees have questions about how the Governor’s Executive Order regarding masking will impact FCPS. Please join us on Zoom for a virtual town hall on Monday, January 24, from 7-8 p.m., for a conversation on this important topic. Superintendent Scott Brabrand; Michelle Boyd, assistant superintendent, Special Services; and a guest from the medical community will answer questions and share information. The event will also be streamed on Facebook Live. Language interpretation services will be available in Arabic, Korean, Spanish, and American Sign Language. Please register to attend and know that FCPS remains committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for all of our students and staff.
Students may obtain COVID-19 diagnostic testing at six drive-through sites in Fairfax County. Diagnostic testing is provided for anyone who has symptoms or is identified as a close contact of someone who has been diagnosed with COVID-19.
COVID-19 testing helps us reduce the virus’ spread and keep our schools safe places for all students to learn. I encourage you to utilize our new diagnostic testing services as needed.
Appointments are not required for diagnostic testing but families must register in the secure online portal. When you register and provide consent for your child to be tested, they will also be added to Bailey's Upper Elementary School's screening testing pool. If you do not wish for them to be part of the weekly screening testing pool, simply log back into the online portal after your child’s test is complete and withdraw consent.
More information about diagnostic and screening testing, including site locations and schedules, is available on our website.
You may wish to voluntarily share your child’s COVID-19 vaccination information. However, we do not require your child’s vaccination information and no school employee will ask for your child’s vaccination status. The only exception is student-athletes, who are required to share their vaccination status to participate in their sport or activity.
If you would like to provide us with your child’s vaccination status, please bring your child’s COVID-19 vaccination card or a photocopy of the card to Ingrid Hernandez, our student registrar in the main office. COVID-19 vaccination documentation contains Protected Health Information and should not be emailed.
As always, you are welcome to contact us if you have any questions.
Many families are finding it stressful and overwhelming to receive a new COVID notification email every time there is a positive case in their child’s school. FCPS has updated our process to provide families some relief.
Once a week, either on Friday or the last day of school for the week, school leadership will share an update if there were any COVID-19 positive cases confirmed in the school that week. The FCPS COVID-19 Health Metrics webpage will still be updated daily for families who wish to know about cases in real time.
There were 5 confirmed case of Covid-19 this week at Bailey’s Upper.
Students and Families: Please Join Us Virtually On Monday, January 24th for Literacy Night
Please join us for an enjoyable evening of listening to reading and discussion! We will share a beloved read-aloud and engage in a great discussion about the book. We will provide you with thought-provoking questions that you can use when you read any book with your child. Also, we will share other great books to read with your child and where to get them.
(Spanish translator will be available*) We look forward to “seeing” you for our Parent Night!!
Zoom in to Join the Family Fun! Click on the following link from your phone or child’s computer: https://myfcpsk12.zoom.us/j/94475696304
Would you like more information or have any questions? Please contact the Bailey’s Upper ESSER III Leads:
Maya Lidell - mlidell@fcps.edu
Nicole Scher - nscher@fcps.edu
Weekly Parent Conversations will occur virtually on Mondays, 7:00pm – 8:00pm. The themes will cover wellness, math, and language arts. Specific topics will be announced the Friday before in News You Choose.
See below for upcoming dates and themes:
January
January 24, 2022: Literacy at 7pm
January 31, 2022: Math at 7pm
February
February 7, 2022: Wellness, All About Emotions at 7pm
February 28, 2022: Math and Literacy-Pick One! at 7pm
March
March 7, 2022: Wellness, Being Mindful at 7pm
March 14, 2022: Reading at 7pm
March 21, 2022: Math at 7pm
Putting books on hold in our library using Destiny Discover
Students can access our library catalog through the Library Schoology course. Once in the course, click on the top link for “Destiny Discover, your library catalog”. In Destiny, students can search to see what books we have available in the library. They can also log in to see what books are checked out to them or to put books on hold. This video shows step by step how to put books on hold. Putting books on hold is the best way to ensure that they are able to have a book saved for them if it is not available when they go to the library.
To log in, choose the log in link in the upper right corner. This is next to the search icon. |
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(Click on the blue circle to search the catalog for books.) Students now log in through their FCPS Google account. They will use their FCPS Google log in to access their personal FCPS library account.
Questions? Feel free to contact Linda Lindgren, librarian, at LCLindgren@fcps.edu.
Please stay in touch with us throughout the year by:
Friendly Reminders
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January 24: Student Holiday (Staff Development)
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January 24: BUpper Weekly Parent Conversations - Literacy at 7PM
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January 24: Community Town Hall at 7PM
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January 31: BUpper Weekly Parent Conversations - Math at 7PM
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February 7: BUpper Weekly Parent Conversations - Wellness: All About Emotions at 7PM
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February 17: PTA Meeting at 6:30pm
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February 21: Student Holiday (President's Day)
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February 28: BUpper Weekly Parent Conversations - Math & Literacy at 7PM
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March 7: BUpper Weekly Parent Conversations - Wellness: Being Mindful at 7PM
Kiss and Ride Drop Off/Pick Up Schedule For BUpper
8:25-8:35 a.m. and 3:20-3:30 p.m.
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