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Please Complete Early Release Mondays Survey

Haycock Hello2 months 4 weeks ago

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Early Release Monday Form to be Completed by all Families for Each Student

As we approach our first 3-hour early release on Monday, September 23, we expect students to follow their regular routes home. To ensure their safety, please complete the Early Release Monday Form to confirm your plans. The form needs to be completed for each student at Haycock. If you have more than one child at Haycock, you will complete the form more than once.

During the early release Monday time, our instructional staff will be involved in professional development, so it's crucial that we have an accurate count of families needing supervision for their child due to hardship to plan accordingly.

What will afterschool supervision look like?

Students requiring adult supervision due to hardship will be overseen by instructional assistants, school monitors, school staff, central office personnel, and/or volunteers. Your child will not be with their teacher due to the required professional development. This time will be allocated for students to complete homework, STMath, Lexia, MyOn, independent reading, and other similar supervised tasks.

Thank you in advance for completing this important survey.

6616 Haycock Road Falls Church, VA 22043 | Main Office: 703-531-4000

Family Liaison Newsletter 2nd Edition 2024

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What is a family liaison?

A family liaison is a school support staff that connects parents to resources needed between home and school to further students' academic and social success. This position plays a vital role to further increase parental involvement within the school and it's community. Parents can also connect with their family liaison to obtain guidance regarding community events and school activities.

Who is your family liaison?

Welcome to Haycock Elementary School. I wanted to introduce myself—my name is Paulette Farmakides and I am your family liaison. I am fortunate to live in the Haycock neighborhood as well as having two daughters graduate from Haycock Elementary, Longfellow Middle, and McLean High Schools. I currently have a son enrolled in third grade here at Haycock. As family liaison, I will serve as the bridge between our school, the community and your home. I work as part of the Haycock team to ensure your child’s academic success. I have enjoyed meeting many families and want to take this opportunity to welcome our new Haycock families.

This year, we have over 100 of these new families joining our wonderful school! Over the next few weeks, I will be reaching out to our new families. Parent involvement is needed at any school and at any level for our students to be successful—the goal for our students here is to obtain a higher level of education. Parents who are involved have children who achieve! I will be a resource for you. If you have any questions or need anything, please don’t hesitate to contact me; new families or existing. This is going to be a great year! My direct line is 703-531-4001 and email is [email protected]

"Students experience greater success in school when the adults who care for them and help them learn and grow have a collaborative relationship that allows them to welcome and value one another's questions, ideas, and thoughts." --Jane Cofie, Strengthening the Parent-Teacher Partnership

Paulette Farmakides; Haycock Elementary Family Liaison

6616 Haycock Road Falls Church, VA 22043 | Main Office: 703-531-4000

Haycock Hello 8.19.24

Haycock Hello3 months ago

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Dear Haycock Families,

It was wonderful to welcome our students back into the halls of Haycock for a great first day of the 2024-25 school year.❤️ We have a great year ahead of us learning, growing, and making an impact together.

If you have not done so already, please take a minute and complete the Early Release Monday form. If you have multiple students at Haycock, you will need to complete the short form for each of them. This important data is being collected by FCPS and will assist us with planning for the early release Mondays. We need 100% response rate, so please complete the form today!

We hope to see all of you at our Back to School Night this Thursday, August 22 from 6:00 to 7:30. See details below. This is an excellent opportunity to for you to see what your student will be learning about this year, how they will be supported in the classroom, and how and when you will receive communication from your child's teacher. It's also a chance to get to know and partner with your child's teacher this year!

With appreciation for your partnership,

Liz Beaty, Principal [email protected]

Heather Boyd, AP [email protected]

Krystal Styles, AP [email protected]

Important Upcoming Dates

Thursday, August 22- Back to School Night (6:00-7:30 pm)

Thursday, August 29- Celebrate McLean- 4:00-6:30 at McLean HS

Friday, August 30 and Monday, September 2- Labor Day Holidays/no school

Friday, September 13- Cougar Connections and Conversations Parent Coffee

September 16-20- Bus Driver Appreciation Week

FCPS School Calendar 2024-25

Back to School Night- Thursday, August 22

6:00 to 7:30 p.m.

Session 1- 6:00-6:40

Transition- 6:40-6:50

Session 2- 6:50-7:30

All classroom teachers will make the same presentation in Session 1 and Session 2. Specialists will be in the hallways if you would like to meet them.

Cell Phone and Apple Watch Guidance for Parents

This is a reminder that if your student has a cell phone, the phone needs to remain in their backpack during the school day. This is FCPS policy which allows students to be present and available for instruction during the day.

If your student has an Apple Watch, the watch should be set on Schooltime. Students should not be able to make or receive phone calls during the school day. Here is additional information on smart device policy.

Congratulations to Jill Shull, 6th grade teacher!

She was the region finalist as the FCPS Cares staff member. The FCPS CARES Program allows parents, staff, and community members to recognize FCPS employees who go above and beyond to help others and show they care about their students, colleagues, and the community.

Take a look at Ms. Shull featured on the FCPS Cares site.

New this Year! Cougar Connections and Conversations

Join us for monthly opportunities to talk, connect with other parents, and ask questions. Our first Cougar Connections and Conversations will be on Friday, September 13 at 9:30 in the library.

FCPS Cares

The FCPS CARES Program allows parents, staff, and community members to recognize FCPS employees who go above and beyond to help others and show they care about their students, colleagues, and the community. We invite you to submit a story below to acknowledge the great work of an FCPS employee or group of employees who should receive FCPS CARES recognition.

6616 Haycock Road Falls Church, VA 22043 | Main Office: 703-531-4000

Haycock First Day Information and Reminders

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Dear Haycock Families,

We are ready and excited to welcome our students tomorrow morning!

Here are a few reminders to make our first day go smoothly-

Arrival:

Our bell schedule is 9:20 to 4:05. We welcome students into the building at 9:05.

Walkers enter door 12 or door 1 (whichever is closer to your walking route)

Bus riders come in door 1

Kiss and Riders come in door 10

If you are dropping your student off via Kiss and Ride, please do not park your car. Simply drop your student off in the Kiss and Ride line. There will be plenty of staff members available to assist students get to their classroom.

Plan where and how you will say good bye to your student. Except for the parents of our Kindergarten students on the first day, parents will not accompany their children into the building at arrival.

Dismissal:

Students will come out the door they entered in the morning except for Kindergarten students who will come out door 11 (around the side of Haycock where the Kiss and Ride line is).

Be patient with bus transportation the first few weeks of school. As the drivers get to learn their routes and their riders, the morning and afternoon arrival times will normalize and be on time.

See everyone tomorrow morning!

With appreciation for your partnership,

Liz Beaty, Principal [email protected]

Heather Boyd, Assistant Principal [email protected]

Krystal Styles, Assistant Principal [email protected]

Brief Parent Surveys to Complete

Afterschool Form for Early Release Mondays

Back to School Information, Room Parent Volunteer/Communication Form

Sign Up for SIS ParentVUE

Access your student’s attendance records, grades, and assignments at any time with SIS ParentVUE. Parents/caregivers should have received an activation code when they register their child. Contact the school registrar Yujin Choi, 703-531-4002, if you need a code.

Update Your Contact Information

To be sure you receive important information from your schools, update your phone numbers and/or email addresses in the Parent/Guardian section of SIS ParentVUE.

Prepare for Meals at School

Parents/caregivers need to provide their students with money to purchase meals at school, send them with a packed lunch, or apply (and be approved) for free and reduced-price meals benefits. School breakfast for students costs $1.75. Lunch is $3.25 for elementary students and $3.50 for middle, secondary, and high school students.

The best way to purchase meals and additional food items is to use MySchoolBucks. If you have not already,set up your student’s MySchoolBucks account today.

MySchoolBucks accounts can be set up to add money to the account automatically as needed, and families with multiple children can use the same MySchoolBucks account.

Apply for Free and Reduced-Priced Meals

The application for free and reduced-priced meals is now available for the 2024-25 school year. Students who were approved for free and reduced-price lunch last year are eligible for the first 30 days of school this year (or until a new application is processed). Families should re-apply as soon as possible, so eligible students continue to receive meals at no cost.

Save the Date: Back-to-School Night

Thursday, August 22, 2024- 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.

6616 Haycock Road Falls Church, VA 22043 | Main Office: 703-531-4000

Family Liaison Newsletter

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7 Simple Strategies for Sibling Support

Siblings of children with disabilities play essential roles in their families and often experience similar concerns and opportunities as parents.

In this interactive, virtual session learn some common issues that siblings experience and seven simple ways parents and caregivers can help minimize sibling concerns and maximize opportunities to build close bonds with siblings.

Join Emily Holl, Director of The Sibling Support Project at Kindering for this exciting online webinar.

September 6, 2024 10-11:30 a.m.

5 Ways to Help Your Kids Have a Healthy School Year

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Back-to-School Tips for Families

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Setting Limits and Dealing With Dramatic Resistance

It's important to set limits, but sometimes when we try to set them, our kids don't follow them or it takes a tremendous amount of energy to enforce them.

In this webinar, you'll learn:

How to set effective limits to reduce the likelihood of resistance
How to deal with dramatic reactions that do occur -- in a way that boosts your influence and your child's resilience

Join Rachel Bailey, parenting expert and coach for this important webinar.

September 20, 2024, 10-11:30 a.m.

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Haycock Hello 8.12.24

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It was pure joy to welcome our teachers back this morning!

Dear Haycock Families,

We were so excited to welcome our staff back this morning! They are rejuvenated and ready to make this a great year for every Haycock student.

We hope that you will be able to join us for Open House this Thursday, August 15 from 1:00 to 3:00. Take this opportunity to practice having your child walk to their classroom from where they will enter the building on the first day.

Walkers enter door 12 or door 1 (whichever is closer to your walking route)

Bus riders come in door 1

Kiss and Riders come in door 10

Parents will not accompany their students into the building on the first day of school (except for Kindergarten parents on the first day). Talk with you child about where and how you will say goodbye on the first day. We will take good care of all students once they enter the building and make sure they make it to their classroom (and have a great first day 😊).

Together, we are going to Learn, Grow, and Make an Impact this school year!

With appreciation for your partnership,

Liz Beaty, Principal [email protected]

Heather Boyd, Assistant Principal [email protected]

Krystal Styles, Assistant Principal [email protected]

Important Upcoming Dates

Wednesday, August 14- Teacher/class assignments will be emailed to all families by the end of the day

Thursday, August 15- Open House (1:00-3:00 pm) details below

Saturday, August 17- Rising Kindergarten playdate

Monday, August 19- First day of school (Bell Schedule 9:20 am-4:05 pm- students are welcomed into the building at 9:05 am)

Thursday, August 22- Back to School Night (6:00-7:30 pm)

Thursday, August 29- Celebrate McLean- 4:00-6:30 at McLean HS

Friday, August 30 and Monday, September 2- Labor Day Holidays/no school

FCPS School Calendar 2024-25

SIS ParentVUE Account and Bus Information

Please make sure that you have a ParentVue account. You need to request bus transportation for your student there, and information about bus routes, stops and times has been posted there. Here is the link to access your SIS ParentVUE account.

If you have not set up a ParentVUE account, you should have received an activation code when you registered your child. If you need an activation code to set up your account, please contact our school registrar, Yujin Choi, at 703-571-4002.

Here is a video that will talk you through the steps of setting up an account. Please also take a few minutes to update your information for this year using the online verification/update packet.

Early Release Mondays Parent Form Important information we need from every family

To help plan for our school’s childcare needs during the early release Mondays, please complete this form: https://forms.gle/UsVdFGgt5NmwderTA for each of your children who are enrolled at Haycock Elementary. If you have multiple children, you will need to submit multiple forms.

We are asking that all parents complete this form as soon as possible and no later than August 19, 2024.

Thank you to our 6th grade Student Ambassadors who showed everyone around for the New Family Tours. They did a fantastic job, and we are so proud of them. ❤️

Georgetown Pike Traffic Notice (August 23-26)

Please see information here about the upcoming Georgetown Pike weekend shutdown.

Haycock Open House- Thursday, August 15

1:00 to 3:00 p.m.

Please join us to meet your child's teacher, drop off school supplies, and walk the route to your child's classroom with them on Thursday, August 15. To space people out and keep our hallways from becoming overcrowded, we invite families to join us for these time slots, alphabetical by last name:

1:00-1:30- Last names beginning A-F

1:30-2:00- Last names beginning G-L

2:00-2:30- Last names beginning M-R

2:30-3:00- Last names beginning S-Z

Back to School Night- Thursday, August 22

6:00 to 7:30 p.m.

Session 1- 6:00-6:40

Transition- 6:40-6:50

Session 2- 6:50-7:30

All classroom teachers will make the same presentation in Session 1 and Session 2. Specialists will be in the hallways if you would like to meet them.

Meet our New and Returning Staff Members

Ms. Crystal Giddens- Kindergarten teacher

Ms. Alexis Sawaya- Kindergarten Instructional Assistant

Ms. Jennifer Monken- 5th Grade teacher (returning)

Ms. Emma Cavil- 5th Grade teacher

Ms. Mandy Stafford- 6th Grade teacher

Mr. Noah Hartman-Mitchell- 6th Grade teacher

Ms. Doralys Martinez- FLES Spanish teacher

Ms. Olivia Johnson- Music teacher

Ms. Siobhan O'Hair- Advanced Academics Resource teacher (AART)

Ms. Loren Brower- Math Resource teacher (returning)

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Haycock Hello 8.5.24

Haycock Hello3 months 2 weeks ago

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❤️Heartfelt thanks to our custodial team- Vilma, Miriam, Rafael, Yancy, and Tom- for their incredibly hard work this summer getting Haycock cleaned from top to bottom and looking sparkling and beautiful. We're ready!

Dear Haycock Families,

We are looking forward to seeing you at Open House on Thursday, August 15. Please see specific details below about this fun event.

If you haven't checked out the Features section on our website highlighting some of our wonderful staff members, please check it out here. We are beyond fortunate to have such an amazing Haycock staff.

Follow us on social media to learn about all the wonderful things that happen at Haycock every single day. Check out the QR codes below.

We will send out class/teacher assignment emails by the end of the day on Wednesday, August 14. We take many things into consideration, including parent input, and spend a lot of time on these decisions to set all of our students up for a successful upcoming school year.

In next Monday's Haycock Hello, we'll introduce you to our new staff members. Stay tuned!

With appreciation for your partnership,

Liz Beaty, Principal [email protected]

Heather Boyd, Assistant Principal [email protected]

Krystal Styles, Assistant Principal [email protected]

Dates for your Calendar

Thursday, August 8- New Family Tours (5:30-6:30 pm)

Wednesday, August 14- Teacher/class assignments will be emailed to all families by the end of the day

Thursday, August 15- Open House (1:00-3:00 pm) specific details to come

Saturday, August 17- Rising Kindergarten playdate

Monday, August 19- First day of school (Bell Schedule 9:20 am-4:05 pm)

Thursday, August 22- Back to School Night (6:00-7:30 pm)

Friday, August 30 and Monday, September 2- Labor Day Holidays/no school

FCPS School Calendar 2024-25

Haycock Open House- Thursday, August 15

1:00-1:30- Last names beginning A-F

1:30-2:00- Last names beginning G-L

2:00-2:30- Last names beginning M-R

2:30-3:00- Last names beginning S-Z

Celebrate McLean Thursday– August 29 – 4:00-6:30

We are excited to announce our annual Celebrate McLean festival on Thursday, August 29, from 4-6:30pm at McLean High School. This vibrant community event is filled with fun for all ages. Enjoy a lively atmosphere with a live DJ, delicious food trucks, engaging games including a moon bounce obstacle course, and much more.

Celebrate McLean also serves as a great opportunity for future and existing Highlanders to learn more about student clubs, activities, and our athletic teams. It’s a perfect way to kick off the evening before heading to support our McLean Varsity football team as they take on Meridian at 7pm right after the festival. Join us and celebrate our community and cheer on our team for an unforgettable night! Admission is free to Celebrate McLean.

Elementary Early Release Mondays Information

To meet the requirements of the Virginia Literacy Act passed by the General Assembly, all FCPS elementary schools will have seven 3 hour early release Mondays. This time will be utilized for teachers to complete required professional development for the new Virginia Literacy Act, as well as plan instruction using the new reading and math state standards. Additional information can be found on the FCPS Early Release Mondays webpage.

We wanted to provide a reminder, following up from the communication from FCPS that was sent in June. Haycock Elementary will dismiss at 1:05 pm on the dates below. These early dismissal Mondays provide opportunities for you to schedule medical appointments without having students miss school.

September 23
October 28
November 25
February 24
March 17
April 28
May 19

If you have immediate questions, please email [email protected].

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