News from the
Administration
September 2015
Beverly Farms Elementary School, 8501 Postoak Road, Potomac, MD 20854 301.469.1050
Welcome Back!
Thank you for helping to make our school opening a success. We appreciate
you working collaboratively with us to model our school guidelines to ensure
that our children are safe. We are off to a great start and look forward to
working with you for another successful year.
Arrival and Dismissal
The safety of our children is our first priority, and most important during
arrival and dismissal. Thank you for following the direction of staff and
patrols during these busy times. Please use sidewalks and crosswalks at all
times. If there is a change in dismissal plans for your child, please notify the
office as soon as possible. The first day of school we received nearly 50 calls
just prior and during dismissal. We do not have the capacity to respond to
this volume of calls at the end of the day. Thank you for calling earlier in the
day to ensure the message is conveyed in a timely manner to your child’s
teacher.
Back to School Night (BTSN)
During the second week in September, we look forward to seeing you at our
Back to School Night(s). Back to School Night provides parents of children in
kindergarten through fifth grade with an overview of their child’s grade level
educational program. We are fortunate that our school events are well
attended. Given that, some of our popular events still present challenges
with parking. Please be sure to take note of the parking signs and be
respectful of our neighbors. In order to accommodate parents with several
children in multiple grades, we have scheduled two nights instead of one.
We hope that this better meets your needs. Please note if a parent(s) can
only attend one night, please contact your child’s teacher so that they can
send home materials which were distributed during the missed session.
Grading and Reporting
Teachers will communicate regularly with you throughout the school year
about your child’s educational performance. If at any time you have a
question, please do not hesitate to contact your child’s teacher. In addition,
parents of children in grades one through five receive a report card at the
end of each of four marking periods. Students in kindergarten receive a
report card at the end of marking period 2 and 4. During Back to School
Night parents will get information from the teachers about our November
parent conference days. As many of you know, MCPS designates two days at
the end of the first marking period, as early release days, so teachers can
meet with parents. This year the half-days are November 11th and 12th.
Important Dates
Tuesday, September 1
o 7:00 p.m. PTA Meeting
Media Center
Wednesday, September 3
o 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Back to School Picnic
Monday, September 7
o No School
Labor Day
Wednesday, September 9
o 6:00-7:35 p.m.
Back to School Night
Grades: K, 1 and 2
Thursday, September 10
o 6:00-7:35 p.m.
Back to School Night
Grades 3, 4 and 5
Monday, September 14
o No School
Rosh Hashanah
Wednesday, September 23
o No School
Eid al-Adha
Yom Kippur
Plan Ahead
Friday, October 2
o 12:55 p.m. Early Dismissal
Teacher Planning Day
(Children eat lunch earlier)
Monday, October 12
MCPS Schools Open House
o Beverly Farms ES Open House.
9:30-10:45
Friday, October 16
No School for Students and Staff
o Maryland State Education
Association conferences
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Parents of Children in Third Grade
MCPS will mail you information about the Highly Gifted
Center programs in mid-September. Applying for this 4th
and 5th program, located at Cold Spring Elementary
School, Potomac, MD is optional. The packet will include
dates, times
and locations for parent information sessions,
Medication
an application and directions for completing it. Each
school will compile information requested by the MCPS
Division of Consortia Choice and Application Program
Services (i.e. second grade report card and first quarter of
third grade report card). The MCPS website provides an
overview of the program at the following link:
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/speci
alprograms/elementary/highly-gifted-centers.aspx
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Parents of Children in Grades 1-12
Saturday School offers tutoring and
mentoring in reading/language arts,
mathematics, and test-taking skills for
students in grades 1-12. It takes place
Saturday mornings from 8:30 to 11 a.m. at
12 high school centers.
Questions?
Call 301-649-8078
The George B. Thomas, Sr. Learning Academy, Inc. is
a tutoring and mentoring program and has been in
operation since 1986. It has enhanced the academic
achievement of thousands of children in
Montgomery County, Maryland.
Weather Related Schedule Changes
There are times when weather conditions warrant the cancellation of school, an early dismissal or a delay of
the school start time for students. Individual schools wait for MCPS central office staff to declare if there will
be any changes. You can find out about MCPS decisions in different ways. You can sign up to get text or
email alerts. If you have a Twitter account you can follow an MCPS Twitter feed. You can tune in to a cable
channel, radio station or call a phone number with provides an automated message. The following link will
take you to the emergency information portion of the MCPS website:
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/emergency/sources.aspx
Connect-Ed Messages
As many of you know, individual schools can send Connect-Ed messages to communicate with the parent
community. Connect-Ed enables a school to send a short voicemail or email message. The information you
provide the school on the Student Information Form (when enrolling) is what is accessed by the Connect-Ed
software. Contact the main office staff directly if you need to update contact information. Connect-Ed
messages from the school usually contain information about upcoming events.
Parent -Child Reunification (PCR)
There may be a situation that may arise when a school must plan for a parent(s) or an authorized individual to come to
the school and sign out a child (ren). Perhaps the weather or other emergency conditions warrant holding students
instead of allowing them to walk home or board school buses. If you get a message about a PCR please remember
that the intent is to conduct a safe and orderly dismissal of each child. We are not trying to evacuate an area during a
PCR or expedite the dismissal for hundreds of children. We can proceed more efficiently if the MCPS PCR form and
Student Information Sheet is up to date and if parents and other authorized adults can present identification (i.e.
driver’s license). Contact the main office to update information. For PCR information:
http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/emergency/preparedness/CrisisPreparedness.pdf
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