Dear Haycock Families,
We are excited to learn that FCPS Transportation has consolidated some bus runs such that Haycock buses 01, 02, 04 and 07 will consistently be at school by 9:20 a.m. in the mornings. We anticipate these needed changes will go into effect on Wednesday, September 27.
FCPS is holding another Community Meeting regarding the Kent Gardens boundary changes on Wednesday, September 27 at Longfellow, 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. We encourage you to look over the five possible scenarios on the Kent Gardens Capacity Challenges website. Four of the scenarios impact our Haycock boundary and all five scenarios impact our AAP boundary.
We had over 40 parents join us for two parent coffees this past week on the topic of Pathways to Sucess and Building Resilient Students presented by our school counselors, Ms. Veronique Lilienthal and Ms. Teresa Padgett. Here is a link to the information they presented at both the evening virtual coffee and the in-person coffee on Friday morning. Many thanks to both of them for this helpful information.
May all in our Jewish community observing Yom Kippur have an easy and meaningful fast.
With appreciation for your partnership,
Liz Beaty, Principal embeaty@fcps.edu
Heather Boyd, Assistant Principal HABoyd@fcps.edu
Jody Delaney, Assistant Principal jmdelaney@fcps.edu
Upcoming Important Dates
Sept 25-Sept 29 - Blue Star Family Welcome week for military families
Monday, September 25- Holiday - No School - (Yom Kippur)
Tuesday, September 26- AAP General Information Night 6:00-7:00 p.m. in the cafeteria
Wednesday, September 27- Kent Gardents Boundary Study Community meeting (changed to in person at Longfellow MS) 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Friday, September 29- School Picture Day- NEW DATE!
Friday, September 29- by this date acknowledge Student Rights and Responsibilities review in SIS ParentVUE
Friday, September 29- PTA Movie Night on the Haycock field
Sunday, October 1- McLean Project for the Arts Artfest/Artwalk 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday, October 4- Walk, Bike, and Roll to School Day
Monday, October 9- Student Holiday/Teacher Workday
2023-24 School Year Calendar
 All FCPS schools and offices will be closed on Monday, September 25, for Yom Kippur, the holiest day in Judaism. Learn more about Yom Kippur on Brittanica.com.
Advanced Academics General Information Night for Parents- 9/26 at 6:00 p.m.
Our Advanced Academics Resource Teacher (AART), Laura Chami, will provide an overview of the Advanced Academics program and services within FCPS. Pelase join us in the cafeteria on Tuesday evening at 6:00. Here is a link to the 2023 AAP Fall Newsletter.
School Picture Day – September 29
School picture day is September 29. Order forms will be coming home soon. If you would like to order pictures, please send the form to school with your student on picture day. If you do not receive the form, you can order online. Place your orders online before September 29 at barksdalestorefront.com/. Our school's order code is 0037336IN. Please see the attached order form for more information.
Parent volunteers needed for Picture Day – Friday, September 29
$25 photo gift cards provided for compensation.
We need 4 volunteers (one per camera). We need 4 volunteers (one per camera) -- 9:15-1:00
Please contact Debbie Felix in the front office to sign-up -- dsfelix@fcps.edu
Blue Star Family Welcome Week- Sept. 23-Oct. 1
Every year, approximately 600,000 military-connected families relocate. Most of these families move to new duty stations, while some transition out of the military and others transition in. Most of these moves take place over the summer, and Fairfax County Public Schools is committed to ensuring our military families feel welcomed and a sense of belonging to their local community.
Blue Star Welcome Week is an opportunity for our community to welcome our military-connected families and show them our appreciation for their service and sacrifices. Throughout the week, FCPS will help ease their transition through events, messages, actions of welcome, and opportunities to make meaningful connections. Please help us welcome our military families during Blue Star Welcome Week, September 23 - October 1, 2023, and throughout the year! #BlueStarWelcomeWeekFCPS
Blue Star Family Welcome Week at Haycock
At Haycock, we will welcome our students from military families with messages and features on the morning news and provide popsicles for them on Thursday, 9/28.
Thank you to our military families and students for their sacrifices and service to our country.
PTA FLex Academy Afterschool Program Registration
Registration is now open for our afterschool program with Flex Academy. We have a variety of wonderful classes to choose from. Classes fill up quickly, so make sure to register soon! If you have any questions, please email nathaniajacobs@gmail.com
Here is the Flex Academy information and registration link.
PTA Reflections Contest
Calling all student artists! Reflections is a National PTA arts contest open to students in grades pre-K through 12th grade. Participate in the PTA Reflections program by submitting your completed works of art in one or all available art categories: Dance Choreography, Film Production, Literature, Music Composition, Photography, and Visual Arts. Students may submit in as many arts categories as they would like, but just one piece per category.
The entry form and more details on how to enter are here: tinyurl.com/haycockpta
Printed materials will also be available in the Haycock library.
To qualify, each original work of art must be accompanied by a completed entry form. An artist statement, explaining how the artwork relates to this year's theme, is highly encouraged. Submissions are due to the Haycock front office or haycockreflections@gmail.com by Thursday, November 2.
At Haycock, we are celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month by sharing information on the news about important people in history, learning about Hispanic food and music, putting on a virtual Hispanic music concert, engaging in know the flag competitions, and playing Hispanic trivia games. Thank you to Ms. Borges and Ms. Munoz, our Spanish FLES teachers, who are helping us celebrate our Hispanic heritage this month.
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