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 1st grade students demonstrate understanding of vocabulary through creative movement.
A Note from the Bailey's Administration Team
Dear Bailey’s Families,
It was so wonderful to welcome our students back to school after last week’s closures due to winter weather and the staff development/teacher workday. Teachers and students jumped right back into learning, and it has been great to have our Tigers back in the building.
This past week was National School Counseling Week, which highlights the tremendous impact school counselors have in supporting students’ academic success and future planning. Our school counselors, Ms. Crummett and Ms. McKinney, work with students in many ways—through classroom lessons, small groups, and individual counseling—and we are so grateful for all they do for our students and families.
They have also planned a special Kindness Spirit Week for next week. Be sure to check out the theme for each day below in this newsletter. On Wednesday, the theme is “Say Cheese”—students should wear their smiles to school, as we will also be having class pictures that day.
We are hopeful that next week brings full days of school. Have a wonderful weekend!
Satonya Dews, Principal
Tracey Brown Rice, Assistant Principal
Keith Downing, Assistant Principal
Christie Fuller, Assistant Principal
Calendar Reminders
Presidents Day
All schools and offices will be closed on Monday, February 16, for the Presidents Day holiday
Teacher Workday
Tuesday, February 17, is a teacher work day and there will be no school for students.
Ash Wednesday/First Full Day of Ramadan
Wednesday, February 18, is Ash Wednesday and the first full day of Ramadan. FCPS has designated this day as a religious and cultural observance day. There is school on these days, however specific events that cannot be made up will not be held on these observance days. See the complete school year calendar.Throughout the year, as we celebrate and recognize various cultural holidays and observances, families are encouraged to contact their child’s principal regarding accommodations, including but not limited to those around lunch, prayer/meditation and silent reflection spaces and times, and instruction.
3-Hour Early Release
Elementary school students in the Justice pyramid will have a 3-hour early release on Wednesday, February 25th to allow for teacher planning and training.
See the complete school year calendar.
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Kindness Week is coming 2/09- 2/13
What is Virginia Kindness Week?
The purpose of Kindness Week is to recognize that simple day-to-day acts of kindness enable our schools, communities, and state to be a kinder, safer, healthier and more inclusive place to live, work, learn and play.
This is a schoolwide and community celebration. At Bailey’s we will have a Spirt Week to celebrate kindness (paper copies will be sent home in Thursday folders on 2/5) with each day having an action item to go along with the theme. Classrooms will have discussions on why kindness is important and how to show kindness to all (self, peers, adults, environment).
Lastly, as a family you can use the Kindness Idea Bank document to think about different ways to show kindness at home, school, and in the community.
Warm Up FCPS – Divisionwide Spirit Day
Tired of all the cold weather? Let’s warm up with a little school spirit across the division!
Superintendent Dr. Michelle Reid is encouraging all FCPS students, teachers, and staff to shake the wrinkles out of their brightest outfits and tropical wear to help brighten everyone’s moods on Thursday, February 19.
You’re invited to see the Arts in Action
Friday, February 27, 2026
- 9:20: Join us in the cafeteria
- Welcome and overview of Changing Education through the Arts (CETA) in our school
- 2nd graders share an arts strategy integrating science and creative movement
- 9:40: Transition to classrooms
- 9:45-10:00 Classroom Visits
- 10:00 Reflection and Goodbye
Download the flyer with all the details!
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