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Hello Lees Corner families and friends!
We hope you are enjoying the last days of summer break before another great school year kicks off! It has been a busy, but mostly relaxing summer for me. I traveled to North Carolina, South Carolina, and California to visit and enjoy time with family. We were able to relax and enjoy amazing sites, the beach, shopping, and delicious seafood. I was also able to enjoy my precious godchildren, Preston and Peyton- who will be entering kindergarten this fall!!
Mrs. Tapper enjoyed spending time with her beloved husband, son and dog, Fergus. They “traveled the world” all while staying in Northern Virginia and taking advantage of the rich array of resources and cultures available to us here. Highlights include visiting a lavender farm, visiting a sunflower farm, having afternoon tea in Georgetown, eating authentic and delicious Italian, Vietnamese, and Japanese food, and going to an array of outdoor concerts.
We’re excited to welcome everyone back, and hopeful that each of you had time for summer fun, including precious time with family and friends.
We’ve been very busy here, preparing for the upcoming school year! One week ago, we were fully staffed within our general and special education classrooms. Given our growing enrollment, we were recently allocated 1 more general education staff position, to support our primary grades. We are working quickly to fill this 1 classroom vacancy before the start of the school year!
We are excited to welcome our newest staff members to the Lees Corner family! We’ve truly enjoyed connecting with them and can’t wait for you to meet them next week during Open House! Here is the list of new staff members and staff members returning to Lees Corner in different roles:
Lees Corner New Staff:
- Kindergarten Teacher: Miki Citron
- 5th Grade Teacher: Mirae Daly
- 5th Grade AAP Teacher: Jennifer Wagner
- Special Education Teacher: Hanah Nam
- Special Education Teacher: Lisa Lane
- Special Education Teacher: Denise Wilmot
- Social Worker: De’Stanye Swittenberg
- Speech & Language Pathologist: Jennifer Urban
- Speech & Language Pathologist: Lara Scoffone
Staff Returning to LCES:
- Special Education Department Chair: Briana Gilchrist
- Administrative Assistant/Finance Tech: Matt Miller
- Special Education Teacher: Claire Evangelista
- Special Education Instructional Assistant: Nandita Bose
We look forward to welcoming all of you to the start of the 2022-2023 school year! We extend a very warm welcome to all our new families!
Ms. Sloan and Mrs. Tapper
- Wednesday, August 17 - Teacher Assignment emails sent to families
- Thursday, August 18 - Open House & Popsicle Playdates for grades K-6
- Monday, August 22 - 1st Day of School for Students
- Friday, September 2 and Monday, September 5 - Labor Day Holiday, Schools Closed
- Thursday, September 8 - Virtual Back to School Night, more details to come
The Lees Corner office is open Monday - Friday from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM. Our phone number is 703-227-3500.
LCES’ school hours are Monday through Friday, 8:50 am to 3:35 pm.
We expect all bus riders, walkers, and Kiss & Ride students to be in the school building no later than 8:40 am so that instruction can begin promptly at 8:50 am.
Transportation will send bus schedules out to families on or about August 12th. Any updates after that date will be found in your ParentVue account.
Many families will use Kiss and Ride for both arrival and dismissal and the line can get long. Please be patient and kind with one another and our staff on duty! Here are a few more helpful tips:
- morning drop-off starts at 8:35 a.m.
- plan on being in line early
- drivers should remain in the car
- school staff will be on duty to assist students in unloading and loading
- children should unload from the car on the passenger side only
- cars should remain in a single file line. Passing other cars is NOT allowed in order to ensure the safety of all students.
- afternoon pick-up starts at 3:35 p.m.
- for afternoon pick-up, please display your assigned number in the right corner of your front windshield. Make sure your child knows what your number is (ie. 352). We will use the numbers to call the students out to your car.
- Kiss and Ride ends before 4:00 p.m. Any students who have not been picked up by that time will be taken to the office. Parents will be contacted and must come to the office to sign their child out.
Our LCES Open House & Popsicle Playdate events will take place on Thursday, August 18 following this schedule:
- 9:30 AM - Kindergarten students and parents visit classrooms
- 10:30 AM - *Popsicle Playdate on the Playground for K families
- 11:30 AM - Grades 1-3 students and parents visit classrooms
- 12:30 PM - *Popsicle Playdate on the Playground, grades 1-3
- 1:30 PM - Grades 4-6 students and parents visit classrooms
- 2:30 PM - *Popsicle Playdate on the Playground, grades 4-6
Parking at the school is limited and we encourage families to walk if they can do so. Drivers may park on the street or in the parking lot on the side of the school.
Students and families may enter the building through Door 1 which is the main entrance.
Staff members will be in the lobby to help students and parents find the correct classroom(s).
If you have purchased school supplies, you are welcome to bring them to school and take them to the classroom during Open House. This will make the first days of school easier for you and your child.
*Popsicle Playdate on the Playground is an opportunity for parents and children to spend time together eating popsicles, making new friends, and strengthening community relationships. Parents MUST attend with their children. This is not a drop off event, and school staff will not be available to supervise children. PTA members and staff specialists will be available to talk with parents and students to answer questions.
Dear Parents/Guardians,
The safety of your child/children is a priority for us. This school year, we are changing some medication protocols to help ensure the safety of our medication administration management in Fairfax County Public Schools. These changes include:
- Any time you drop off or pick up a medication in the health room, a Medication Delivery/Pick Up Form will be completed and signed by both the parent/guardian and the School Health Aide or FCPS staff member. This form will document that all required authorizations are complete, and the number of pills or amount of medication accepted/returned. A copy of the form will be given to the parent/guardian and school administrator.
- Medications received will be verified to ensure the description of the medication on the container/packaging matches the medication in the container.
- All medications must be in the original pharmacy container. Over the counter (OTC) medications must be in an unopened original container. It will no longer be acceptable for parents/guardians to bring in refills from home and place them into the container currently in the health room.
- Only a 30-day supply of medications should be brought to school. No more than 100 tablets or pills of OTC medication should be brought to school.
- The Health Room will be open to accept medications on the following dates:
Wednesday, August 17th from 9:00 AM- 1:00 PM & 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Thursday, August 18th from 9:00 AM- 3:30 PM
Friday, August 19th from 8:00 AM- 3:30 PM
All requirements outlined in FCPS Regulation 2102, First Aid, Emergency Treatment and Administration of Medication for Students, continue to apply.
We appreciate your support in implementing these new safety practices. Should you have any questions or concerns, please contact me at 571-567-1942 or the School Health Aide, Kathryn Mullins, at 703-227-3510.
Sincerely,
Kim
Jihyun Kim Lee, BSN, RN
Fairfax County Health Department, School Public Health Nurse
Email: jlee7@fcps.edu
Phone: 571-567-1942
School supply lists are available on our Lees Corner website. Click here to find and download the lists. These lists are accurate and up to date.
If your family needs financial assistance with school supplies, you may confidentially contact our school counselor, Jenny Spears, at jaspears@fcps.edu or call the school office at 703-227-3500 and speak with Jill Boddie, registrar.
For returning students and families - If you ordered the supplies online and the order was placed by June 15, 2022, the order will be sent directly to Lees Corner. The PTA will work to deliver the orders directly to students' classrooms before Open House on Thursday, August 18, 2022.
If you have any questions about your online order, please contact Elaine Chen at elaine.y.chen@gmail.com
For the past two years, student meals have been free to all students. That will not be the case this year.
Student lunches will cost $3.25. Breakfast will cost $1.75. Milk bought separately will cost $0.60. Menus are available online.
There are 3 options to pay for your child's lunch:
1. You can create a lunch account at https://www.myschoolbucks.com/ver2/getmain?requestAction=home and load money there.
2. You can send a check made out to Lees Corner ES Food Services or
3. You can send in cash.
For the past two years, the federal government has provided no-cost meals to all public school students without the need to complete the annual Free and Reduced-Price Meal application. The extension of the no-cost meals benefit to all students is expected to expire at the end of this school year, meaning families must submit an application and be approved to be eligible for free and reduced price meals for the 2022-23 school year.
Interested families are encouraged to submit the Free and Reduced-Price Meal application BEFORE the first day of the 22-23 school year which is Monday, August 22nd. The online application is now available via the FCPS homepage. Click here to fill out the online application.
Students approved for Free and Reduced-Price Meals may qualify for additional benefits such as waived or reduced fees for instruments, uniforms, field trips, FCPS class fees, and Parktakes classes.
All students are required to be immunized against certain communicable diseases to attend school in the state of Virginia. It is important for all students to receive the required immunizations.
Please talk with your family healthcare provider about whether or not your child/children are up to date on their vaccines before the new school year begins. Submit updated immunization records to our school as soon as possible.
More information on immunization requirements and the necessary documentation is available online
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