From the Administration
Dear Belvedere Family:
The second Family Engagement Survey in the 2021-22 school year is now open and will close on April 3. Family engagement is a shared responsibility between home and school, and FCPS’s goal with the survey is to recognize, understand, respect, and address family strengths and needs in our school communities. Results will be used to develop a plan to improve family and school partnerships throughout the division.
The survey addresses the following topics:
- Welcoming environment
- Communication
- Student success
- Advocacy
- Family and school partnerships
- Collaboration with the community to see if FCPS is meeting its goals at the school, region, and division levels
We know that when schools build strong partnerships with families, respond to their concerns, and honor their contributions, students can experience a range of benefits including improved school readiness, higher student achievement, better social skills and behavior, and increased likelihood of high school graduation.
You can access the survey in various languages at this link. The survey will take about 10-15 minutes to complete.
We highly encourage you to complete the survey so that you make your voice heard around important topics impacting your child’s success. Please note that all responses will be confidential.
Best regards,
Cecilia Vanderhye, Principal and Kelly Cabezas, Assistant Principal
COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic at Belvedere Friday, March 18 and Thursday, April 14
The COVID-19 vaccination clinic for current Belvedere students age 5-11 will be held on Friday, March 18 and Thursday, April 14.
The first dose will be administered on Friday, March 18 and the second dose will be administered on Thursday, April 14. If your child has received their first dose and is need of a second dose, they can bring their consent form and their CDC Vaccination card on the day of the clinic.
Please contact Jen Buchanan at jkbuchanan@fcps.edu or call the Belvedere office at 703-916-6800 to sign up or if you have any questions.
Belvedere PTA Online Auction NOW Until March 20!
The PTA's annual auction fundraiser will be held online between March 14 and March 20 this year! Auction items include:
- Room baskets and amazing teacher experiences including principal for the day
- Capitals hockey tickets
- Small group swim lesson at Kids Swim
- Passes to Bonds Escape Room
- A weeks Vacation in Pawley’s Island
- $250 in gift cards donated from Virginia Orthodontic Partners
- Nationals tickets and a baseball autographed by Nats pitcher Stephen Strasburg
- Botox and Facials from Alexandria Associates of Dermatology
- Born to Dance and Goldfish Swim classes
- Kids Dream Room Design and proposal
- Congressional summer camp gift card
- D1 training package
- Mathnasium assessment and tutoring
- And much more!
Click here for more information. Thank you for supporting the Belvedere PTA!
3rd Grade Seed Sale March 29 and 30!
Third grade will be holding a Seed Sale on Tuesday, March 29 from 9:20 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., and Wednesday, March 30 from 9:20 a.m. to 12:40 p.m. The public is welcome to attend!
Pre-order forms will be circulated in Wednesday folders next week.
For more information, check out the flyer here, or visit the Seed Sale website (created by Mr. LeLoup's class!) here!
PTA Yearbook Sales Have Begun!
For $18 you can have a wonderful keepsake book of photographs from the 2021-2022 school year, including portraits of every child at Belvedere, candid photos of the kids at work and play, and pictures of Belvedere teachers and staff.
Go to www.strawbridge.net, click Order Pictures/Yearbooks and enter the code YB115015
If your family is eligible for free or reduced lunch, use the code BES8OFF to order at the discounted rate of $10.
Sales end April 1 – so be sure to buy your yearbook soon!
From Our Counselors
Please click here for the latest Counselors' Corner newsletter from our wonderful school counselors, Ms. Simpson and Ms. Ballard!
Register Now for the FCPS Virtual Special Education Conference on March 26
FCPS’s 17th Annual Special Education Conference will be held virtually on Saturday, March 26, with a combination of synchronous (live) and asynchronous (recorded) sessions supporting the conference's theme: Bringing our Inclusive Community Together: Affirming, Assessing, Advancing. Welcoming ceremonies, guest speakers, FCPS presentations, and an exhibit hall are included. Registration for this free conference is now open online.
- Parents and community members will be able to register online.
- Individuals needing foreign language interpretation (Spanish, Amharic, Arabic, and Korean), American Sign Language (ASL), or Cued Language Transliterator (CLT) interpreters for the live sessions may request this on the registration form.
For questions please contact specialedconf@fcps.edu.
Visit the Special Education Conference webpage for more information and to register.
Register for Kindergarten Now!
Registration for the 2022-2023 school year is underway. If you have a child who will be 5 years old by September 30, 2022, they will be eligible for Kindergarten this fall! Please contact the Belvedere office (703-916-6800) or visit our website here for additional information on registering your incoming Kindergarten student.
Continue to Shop the Book Fair Online
The library's Bookworm Book Fair ended on December 10, but you can still shop online using the Online Book Fair link here. The shopping link will be open for the rest of the school year!
Summer STEAM Camps through CTE
FCPS's Career and Technical Education office will be offering a Tech Adventure Camp for students in grades 2-6. Students will explore STEAM, culinary, health, trades, and computer science topics by rotating through daily classes. For additional details, click on this link to see the flyer, or click on this link for more details and registration links.
Free and Reduced-Price Meals Application
Although this school year breakfast and lunch meals are free to all students, we encourage families who believe their children might qualify for free and reduced-priced meals to apply for this program. Qualifying for free and reduced-priced meals has many added benefits, beyond the free meals. For elementary students, these include:
- Reduced or waived musical instrument rental fee
- Information about holiday assistance
- Information about non-FCPS scholarships, classes and other non-FCPS educational related services
- Pupil placement fees
There are also many other benefits and fee waivers that apply to students in middle school and high school (see this earlier letter from Dr. Brabrand).
Belvedere is a Title I school. A school’s Title I status is calculated based on the percentage of students who qualify for free and reduced-price meals. As a Title I school, Belvedere benefits from grant funds that support many school programs.
To apply for free and reduced-price meals, please go to this website.
We are here to support you. If you need help completing this application, please call the school. We can help you over the phone or schedule a time for you to come to school and complete the application.
Thank you for considering this important matter.
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Support the Belvedere PTA
Our PTA supports Belvedere in myriad ways: organizing school events, enrichment and outreach activities; providing funding for field trips, library books, and technology in the classroom; and building a school community outside the classroom.
There are several ways to support the PTA:
Upcoming Dates
- Monday, March 14 to Sunday, March 20: Belvedere PTA Online Auction
- Friday, March 18 and Thursday, April 24: COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic for Belvedere students
- Tuesday, March 29 and Wednesday, March 30: Third Grade Seed Sale
- Thursday, March 31: 2-hour early release
- Friday, April 1: Student Holiday (Teacher Workday)
- Monday, April 4 to Friday, April 8: Spring Break
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