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 Our fourth graders enjoyed their trip to Jamestown and Yorktown.
FCPS Calendar for the 2023-24 School Year
March 19 School Picture Day
March 20 BMP Coffee & Conversation, 9:30 a.m.
March 25 - April 2 NO SCHOOL: Spring Break & School Planning Days
April 11 Orientation for Rising Kindergarten, 5:00 p.m.
June 12 Last Day of School, School Ends at 2:00 p.m.
The Bren Mar Park front office will be closed to the public during Spring Break, from March 25 - April 2. The front office will be open again to the public from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 3, 2024.
Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) has updated Covid-19 policies following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) update from March 1, 2024. There is no longer a recommended isolation period of 5 days.
Students who have symptoms of, tested positive for, or have been diagnosed with, a respiratory virus e.g., COVID-19, influenza, RSV may return to school when:
- Student is fever-free for 24 hours without fever reducing medication; AND
- Student’s symptoms have improved or resolved
- Follow any additional precautions as outlined per the CDC upon resumption of normal activities
Please visit the FCPS Health and Safety Guidance Document for more information.
Picture Day:
If you have some free time on Tuesday, March 19th between 9:30 a.m.- 2 p.m., it's BMP Spring Picture Day we could use some volunteers!
Volunteers assist with collecting forms and lining up students for their class and individual photos. If you are interested in volunteering, please email, Sandra Chetelat at sfchetelat@fcps.edu
Career Day:
BMP is hosting a Career Day on June 6th from 2:15 - 3:30 and we are looking for presenters! On Career Day, presenters will share information with our grades 3-5 students about their careers. Our goal is to have a variety of fields represented in order to give students an opportunity to envision themselves in different professions.
Presenters will share in three, 20-minute rotations:
- training requirements of their occupation
- satisfactions and dissatisfactions of their job
- school skills used in their job
- what a typical day might include
- related jobs to their career field
- anything else that they feel students might be interested in!
If you are interested in presenting, please fill out this google form or email Kristin Feathers at kmfeathers@fcps.edu.
If you haven’t already, please take FCPS’ Family Engagement Survey today! Survey results will help us to better recognize, understand, respect, and address family strengths and needs in our school community. Survey topics include:
- Welcoming environment
- Communication
- Student success
- Advocacy
- Family and school partnerships
- Community partnerships
The survey is available in 10 languages. Please check your email for a message from FCPS partner, K12 Insight, with a link to the survey or access the survey now. Your voice matters!
Naglieri Nonverbal Ability Test (NNAT3)
Students in grades 1 - 5 might participate in this assessment. The NNAT3 measures student abilities for learning. Students take the 30 minute, timed assessment online. Grade 1 students take this assessment between April 4 - 12. Notifications go home in a letter to families prior to testing. Score reports go home to families approximately one month after the assessment has been completed.
For more information, visit the Abilities Test Information HERE.
Standards of Learning (SOL)
Students in grades 3, 4 and 5 participate in this assessment. The SOL measures student achievement based on expected learning for their grade. Students take the assessment online using the TestNav system, and the test adapts to easy or harder questions based upon previous student answers. Students will take these assessments between May 6 - 24. Notifications go home in a letter to families prior to testing. Score reports go home to families within 2-4 weeks of the close of the SOL window.
Assessments: Grade 3 Reading and Math
Grade 4 Reading and Math
Grade 5 Reading, Math and Science
For more information, visit the Standards of Learning Information HERE.
We are branching out in our critical and creative thinking lessons focus on Plus, Minus, Interesting. The PMI strategy encourages students to think about many possibilities, and to explore the positive and negative aspects of ideas or activities. PMI encourages students to develop the habit of looking beyond the polarity of “yes or no,” “wrong or right,” “my answer or your answer.” The goal of PMI is to develop independent thinkers who consider a range of ideas and/or possibilities and see beyond the obvious. The “interesting” category can also include questions.
At Home Connection: This strategy works well when discussing books, events, family trips, musical instruments or any other ideas that can be considered through the lens of pluses, minuses, and interesting aspects. For example, your child is trying to decide which musical instrument to play. Together you make a chart of the plus, minus, and interesting aspects of each instrument that they are considering. Often the interesting column leads to insights that will help them make a decision. Have students read and record their thinking using this strategy. After completing this task snare a picture and share it with me at yfwilliams@fcps.e
yfwilliams@fcps.edu
I can’t wait to see your creations!
Michelle Domingo, Physical Education
This is my 14th year teaching PE at BMP. I’m originally from upstate New York where I spent my early childhood years before moving to Mechanicsville, Virginia. I graduated from George Mason University which is where I met my husband. We have a 6 year old daughter and a 3 year old son. My daughter will be a 1st grader at BMP this school year. 😊
In my free time I enjoy hanging out with my family, finding new sports/activities to try out, swimming, traveling, holiday baking, and making costumes for my kids.
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