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Dear Bailey's Families,
This week we completed the 4th week of school! It’s hard to believe how quickly time has flown by. This week our counselors met with classes to introduce and model how to use the new playground equipment. It’s been wonderful to see students playing with the new equipment. Thank you to Sara Crummett and Nicole Wilkins for their hard work!
We are looking forward to seeing everyone at Back to School Night next week! Please plan to join us! This will be a wonderful opportunity for you to meet your child’s teacher and learn more about the grade-level curriculum.
As always thank you for your support of our school! The weather is going to be amazing this weekend! We hope you can enjoy the weather and have some special family time.
Satonya Dews, Principal
Jillian Bell, Assistant Principal
Mirna Galeano, Assistant Principal
Back to School Night
Please remember to join us for Back-to-School Night on Wednesday, September 21, 2022, from 6:00-7:30 p.m. This event will take place in person and is for parents/guardians only. There will be no child care provided at this event. If you have more than one student at Bailey’s, we are offering two sessions for parents and guardians to attend.
- Session 1: 6:00 – 6:40 p.m.
- Session 2: 6:50 – 7:30 p.m.
Sessions will begin promptly at the designated times. Travel time between sessions has been built into the schedule. We look forward to seeing you on the 21st!
Title I Meeting
The Title I Office will host a virtual What is Title I? Town Hall for all Title I schools so parents and guardians can learn more about Title I and how Title I funding is used to support schools. The Town Hall will be held virtually on Tuesday, September 20th from 7:00-8:15 p.m. Use this link to join the meeting: https://myfcpsk12.zoom.us/s/92517569120
FCPS Special Education Handbook for Families
The Special Education Handbook for Parents includes details of the special education process. This process occurs sequentially, over a period of time, with each step building upon the previous step(s).
It is important for families to understand how the special education process works, so they can effectively participate and collaborate with school staff members in making appropriate decisions regarding their child’s educational needs. Families are an integral part of the decision-making team.
The Special Education Handbook for Parents is available in Arabic, English, Korean, Spanish and Vietnamese. Contact the Parent Resource Center (PRC) at 703-204-3941 or prc@fcps.edu with any questions.
How to Receive FCPS Messages in Other Languages
You may wish to read FCPS messages in a language other than English. There are several ways you can receive or view our communications in a different language.
FCPS This Week is distributed in other languages to parents/caregivers who have filled out the Home Language Survey form and selected a language supported by FCPS as their preferred language for communication. Home Language Survey forms are available in the following languages: Amharic | Arabic (العربية) | Chinese (中文) | Farsi (فارسی) | Korean (한국어) | Spanish (español) | Urdu (اردو) | Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt).
Learn more about receiving other FCPS communications in other languages.
BELL SCHEDULE 22-23 Grades K-2nd
Arrival - Doors open at 8:50 am for students to enter
All students must be in the classroom at 9am. Student arriving after 9am must be accompanied by an adult to check in at Door #1
Dismissal - Dismissal starts at 3:40 pm
There is no parent parking in the school’s parking lot during arrival 8:30-9am and dismissal 3-3:50pm. We encourage you to walk, use K&R or have your child ride the school bus if available. For safety reasons, parking and walking students in or picking up at the school’s parking lots is strongly discourage. The congestion this causes presents a safety hazard for students, staff, and vehicles.
Kiss and Ride
For parents who will be driving their children to school, staff members will greet students in the “Kiss and Ride” line starting at 8:50 a.m. and ending at 9:00 a.m. Please have your child sitting on the right hand passenger side and ALWAYS exit on the right. Please practice this routine with your child. After 9:00 a.m., parents must park and walk students inside to the office for a late pass. Kiss and Ride pick up is from 3:35 p.m. to 3:55 p.m. Any adult picking up a student at 3:55 p.m. or after will need to park and enter Door 1 (main entrance) to pick up their student. They will also need to be listed on the emergency care card and have a valid ID.
Parents need to stay in their cars during arrival and dismissal. There will be plenty of adults available to help children get in and out of cars.
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Helpful Information from our Mental Health Team
Learning to wait for a turn can be a skill you practice at home. Work with your child on how to count breaths when having to wait for something. There are various times when students must wait and the time can go by faster with children better equipped to manage the frustration of waiting if they are given a task. For school, students might have to wait in line for the bus, wait in line to enter the school building, lining up for recess, waiting for others to finish their work, wait in the lunch line, etc. Practicing at home or in the community when you have to wait (the light to change to green, in line at the grocery store, for an advertisement to be over/being able to hit the “skip” button) can be working with your child to count breaths, count when their belly goes in or out with a breathe can give your child some control which can help to diffuse feelings of frustration and teach your child a life skill of having to wait.
Learn more about our School Counselors, School Psychologist and School Social Worker through the Bailey’s Student Services course in Schoology. If you need to join the course use access code BN8J-TTFF-92K7S
Please see the schedule below for the Fall 2022 Family Literacy Program
Save the Date
September
21 - K - 2nd Grade Back to School Night 6:00 - 7:30pm
26 - Teacher Workday – No Classes
October
5 - No School – Holiday (Yom Kippur)
10 - Teacher Workday – No Classes
24 - No School – Holiday (Diwali)
28 - End of the 1st Quarter – Early Release 1:40pm
31 - Teacher Workday – No Classes
November
8 - Election Day Holiday
11 -Teacher Workday-No classes
23-25 - Thanksgiving Holiday
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