We want to take a moment to congratulate Laura Wagner for being selected as one of the ten educators in VA to win the Cox Education Heroes Award!
Ms. Wagner was given $1000 to use towards her classroom. Congratulations, Laura! Thanks for being a member of Team BUpper!
According to a recent study of elementary and middle schools, there is a 5.8% difference between April and June attendance rates. Let's work together to end the school year successfully! Visit FCPS’ website for attendance resources.
In an effort to support improved attendance, we will be offering an incentive starting next week for our BUpper students. If a student attends school each day of the week, they will receive a prize on Friday! This will occur weekly until the end of the school year. Thank you for supporting our students’ attendance and commitment to learning. Of course if a child has a fever or ongoing vomiting, they are required to stay home.
We will celebrate Crazy Hair Day on Friday, May 26th. Students may participate by showing their favorite crazy hair style. Participation is optional.
On June 19th Bailey's Upper would like to recognize the 2023 senior class by inviting our former students to walk the halls once more. The high school seniors will be visiting from 8:45am-10:10am:
Students are invited to make signs for the HS Seniors! We look forward celebrating and congratulating our BUpper Alumni during our Senior Walk.
Families: Please Join Us Virtually on May 8th for Literacy Night
Come join us to learn about summer reading! Our librarian will be there to share the best book to read for the summer. You can find out about community library programs with incentives for reading. We want to make reading fun during the summer!
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.
(Spanish interpreter will be available*)
See below for upcoming dates and themes:
May:
5/15 – Academic - Literacy: Summer Reading
Would you like more information or have any questions? Please contact the Bailey’s Upper ESSER III Leads:
Maya Lidell - mlidell@fcps.edu
Denise Cash-Pinckney - dcashpinckne@fcps.edu
The spring Standards of Learning (SOL) Remaining Assessments are listed below:
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Monday, May 15th - 5th grade Math and Advanced Math
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Tuesday, May 16th – 3rd grade Math
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Wednesday, May 17th- Friday, May 19th - All Grades - Math Make-Ups
Please reach out to our School Testing Coordinator Nicole Cassidy (nlcassidy@fcps.edu) with any questions.
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Thursday May 25th - last day for students to have their school issued laptops and charger at home
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Friday May 26th - All student tech should stay at school
- If your child was issued a MiFi device that will need returned to school on Friday, May 26th
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Friday May 26th - Week of June 5th - Students will continue to use school issued laptops in school with in school collection beginning Monday June 5th
If you do not already have a ParentVUE SIS account, sign up now to monitor and support your child’s academic success! Through ParentVUE, you are able to monitor your student’s attendance, grades, and assignments at any time. You can also access special reports for your student like progress reports and assessments score reports.
Once you have activated a ParentVUE account for an FCPS student, you will keep the same account until the student graduates. Information about students in the same family can be accessed through the same ParentVUE account. SIS ParentVUE can be accessed using an app on your iPhone, iPad, or Android devices.
Need help creating a SIS ParentVUE account?
This video walks you through the steps on how to do so. You can also find out more about SIS ParentVUE on our website.
Update Contact Information in weCare@School
Within SIS ParentVUE, Fairfax County Public Schools provides weCare@school (weCare), an emergency care information system. weCare helps manage contact and emergency medical information by allowing parents/caregivers to enter and update their children’s data online.
That contact information automatically enrolls parents/caregivers to receive critical updates from the district and their child’s school through the eNotify system. FCPS uses eNotify to communicate emergency, transportation, attendance, weather closing and delay, and essential outreach messages. Messages are sent by email, text, and occasionally by phone. Learn more about updating your emergency care information.
If you are interested in volunteering at Bailey's Upper please call the front office at (703) 503-2700 or email our Family Liaison Marian Perez at mperez3@fcps.edu.
Friendly Reminders
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May 15: Parent Conversations - Literacy Night
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May 22: PTA Meeting
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May 29: Holiday - Memorial Day
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May 26: Crazy Hair Day
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May 30: Woodrow Wilson Public Library Book Talk
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May 31: Rising 3rd Grader's Visit
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June 2: Rising 3rd Grader's Visit
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June 5: Rising 3rd Grader's Visit
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June 7: Rising 3rd Grader's Visit
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June 8: Rising 3rd Parent Coffee, 9am (In-Person)
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June 9: Senior Walk
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June 13: 5th Grade Promotion, 9:30am-11am
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June 13: 5th Grade Dance, 1pm-3pmM
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June 14: Bailey’s Fun Fitness Day
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June 16: Last Day of School - Early Release*
Kiss and Ride Drop Off/Pick Up Schedule For Upper
8:25-8:35 a.m. and 3:25-3:35 p.m.
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