|
Bailey’s Upper Families,
Our teachers and students have just completed the first quarter of the 24-25 school year! We are so proud of all the work they have done this year. We also appreciate the high-quality instruction our teachers have been delivering every day. You will receive your child’s progress report next week. This report will provide insight into your child’s academic and social-emotional development.
As was shared at the PTA meeting, our teachers have been hard at work teaching with the new Language Arts curriculum, and we are excited to help all of our students become strong readers and writers! This year we also have new assessments, which is how we check if your student needs extra help with reading and writing, and new Standards of Learning (SOLs).
Because of these changes, we are now teaching all of the Language Arts skills your child needs to know (and checking if they need extra help) throughout the whole school year, instead of different skills each quarter. While these skills will be new to your child at the beginning of the year, the goal is for your child to grow strong in all of their new skills by the end of the year.
This means that when you get your child’s progress report next week, it might look different. Hopefully, at this point, you have already had your parent/teacher conference but if you haven’t please reach out to your child’s teacher so that they can give you more information about the progress report and how we’re making sure your child is getting any extra help they might need. You can also find more information on FCPS’ Grading and Reporting webpage.
Veteran’s Day is a day for us to honor and express our deepest gratitude to all our veterans who have bravely served our country. As a reminder, Monday, November 11th is Veteran’s Day and schools are closed for staff and students.
Bailey's Upper Administrative Team
🐯Holly Dowling
🧡Tricia Wayland
💙Christie Fuller
-
November 8th- Family Workshop: Setting Up Your Child for Success (Executive Function) (Zoom: 7:00pm)
-
November 11th- Student Holiday- No School
-
November 12th- Family Workshop: Understanding Your Child’s Report Card (In-Person: 9:15am & Zoom: 7:00pm)
-
November 16th- 5th Grade Club-Science Olympiad Competition
-
November 18th- 3 hour early release 3- hour Early Release (starting at 12:25 p.m.)
-
November 21st- Family Workshop: Tools for Communication (Attendance, Thursday Folders, Talking Points, ParentVue, etc (In-Person: 9:15am & Zoom: 7:00pm)
-
November 24th- Girls on the Run Club- 5K Race
-
November 26th- Move with Compassion
-
November 27th-29th- Student Holiday- No School
-
Attendance Line: Phone: 703-503-2727 or email: baileysupperelem@fcps.edu
- Kiss and Ride Drop Off/Pick Up Schedule For Upper 8:25-8:35 a.m. and 3:25-3:35 p.m.
There are no upcoming county wide assessments planned for November.
If you have any questions regarding past, current, or upcoming assessments, please contact Nicole Cassidy or Mary Iannicola our School Testing Coordinators at 703-503-2700
Please join us either in-person at Bailey’s Primary Cafeteria or via Zoom on Friday, Nov. 8th to learning foundational steps you can take to help your child succeed from a young age. We will cover life skills as well as executive function capabilities and the portrait of a graduate skill set. Workshops will be presented in both English and Spanish. Please use links below for evening workshops:
Zoom Link (English): https://myfcpsk12.zoom.us/j/92315065858
Zoom Link (Spanish): https://myfcpsk12.zoom.us/j/95863502262
 |
 |
Justice Girls Lacrosse is hosting a Fall Clinic, which is a fantastic opportunity for both beginner and experienced players. Targeting girls in 5th – 8th grade in the Justice Pyramid, this clinic will feature our dedicated coaching staff and Varsity players, all focused on growing the sport of lacrosse in our community. Over three days, players will learn essential passing and catching fundamentals, offensive and defensive strategies, and wrap up each session with small-sided competitive scrimmages. The cost is $50 and includes a t-shirt! Lacrosse is a growing sport in the U.S. and will be featured in the 2028 Summer Olympics! We hope to continue expanding the sport in our community and grow our Justice GLAX program. We finished our season as National District Champions and advanced to the Occoquan Region Semi-finals for the second year in a row! We also celebrated Coach of the Year and had the Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year in the National District. To say we are proud is an understatement! Our goal is to continue this success and make history each year, and we want you to be a part of it!
If you are interested in registering, please complete the form HERE.
Return Your Federal Impact Aid Survey
FCPS is asking all families to fill out a Federal Impact Aid Survey. The form is available online in SIS ParentVUE. If you have not already filled out the form online, we will provide paper forms in November. Please be sure to return them by Friday, November 17.
Completing this form for each school-aged child in every household is important, because information from this survey resulted in more than $4 million in funding last year from the U.S. Department of Education. These funds are used to support all Fairfax County public schools and centers.
Please watch this video and visit the Federal Impact Aid Survey page for more information.
Need to Register for ParentVUE?
Learn how to activate your SIS ParentVUE account, so you can easily submit your survey.
Technical support for using ParentVUE or completing the survey online is available by submitting a Parent Support Request ticket. Select SISParent in the Application dropdown menu and type Federal Impact Aid Survey under Issue Description. Or, call the Parent Technology Help Desk at 833-921-3277 (833-921-FCPS).
Is your family looking for resources to help support your child’s academic success? FCPS’ Family Resource Center (FRC) maintains a list of district employees who hold a valid Virginia teaching credential and who are available to be hired as a tutor by parents. FRC maintains this list, but families are responsible for contacting and working directly with tutors. This list is not “approved” by FCPS and is only meant as a resource.
FCPS also partners with Varsity Tutors to provide students and families with extra resources for learning. Every student can take advantage of Varsity Tutors' services at no cost, including weekly live online classes, on demand 24/7 chat tutoring, essay editing, study resources such as recorded content, practice problems, and diagnostic tests.
Students with sensory disabilities require specialized services and support to access instruction that is typically presented visually and auditorily (by means of hearing). FCPS provides educational services to students who are deaf, hearing-impaired, or visually impaired. They are supported in various settings, including at their school or through itinerant specialists who travel to different schools to work with students, rather than being based in a single school. Learn more about Services for Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing and Services for Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired.
Visit the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) website for Resources for Serving Students with Sensory Disabilities.
|
