This week is Read Across America Week. Check out this flyer to celebrate with us!

Check out the Baker Elementary School Virtual Library Learning Commons for more activities!  Click on the library link under Site Links.

Stop by the bus loop any day, any time to pick up some supplemental practice work for your student!

We had so much fun falling in love with reading in February, we decided to keep it going, but this month, we’ve added a twist! If we get 150 checkouts between March 1 and March 25, students will get to vote on wild & wacky outfits for admin to wear at our April 1st Curbside Papa John’s Pizza Pick-Up! Save the date for this event and Happy Reading!

Distribution at 12 schools will be consolidated with nearby sites

Henrico, Va. Dec. 16, 2020 — Henrico County Public Schools will consolidate curbside meals distribution at 12 schools with lower participation rates and merge service at those facilities with nearby schools, effective Monday, Jan. 4.

Each of the discontinued sites is three miles or less from an alternate site with curbside meal service. Families aren’t limited by these sites, however, and can choose to pick up school meals at any other HCPS school. The last day for curbside pickup service at the 12 sites will be Thursday, Dec. 17. Neighborhood meals distribution at bus-stop sites will continue unchanged. A list of alternative sites is below:

HCPS’ School Nutrition Services Department has answered the challenge of a highly unusual school year by distributing free breakfasts and lunches to students using a two-pronged system — free curbside pick-up service at HCPS schools, and teaming with HCPS Pupil Transportation Services to distribute free meals directly to 61 stops in Henrico County neighborhoods, using school buses. See an online map of school and bus stop distribution sites by going to https://tinyurl.com/HCPSMealsSites. For more information, go to our Mission Forward page at https://henricoschools.us/returntoschool/ and click on “Free School Meals.”

Three HCPS middle schools offer the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Program, which includes a comprehensive curriculum for students who are highly motivated and who have demonstrated the ability to achieve academically.

Application are now being accepted and are available in all elementary and middle school counseling departments. *Private school applicants must contact the IB Programs Office at Tuckahoe MS for an application.

Public Info Session/Virtual Open House Schedule 

Thursday, October 15, 2020 – Fairfield MS 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, October 20, 2020 – George H. Moody MS 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, October 21, 2020 -Tuckahoe MS 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Click here to view application timeline

Please return any library books to our book bins.  There will be a book bin in the bus loop every day and a book bin in the car loop on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  We have books still checked out from last Spring, and we are hoping to get them back on the shelves before the end of the school year.  We appreciate your help! 

Kindergarten and new student registration are now open!  Go to https://henricoschools.us/registration/ for more information.

Applications for preschool for the 2020-2021 school year are back on track!  For details, go to henricoschools.us/preschool/. For questions, email preschool@henrico.k12.va.us or call 804-328-8104.  Children are not admitted on a first-come, first-served basis, and are not guaranteed acceptance into the program.

HCPS TV stopped by Missy Moore’s 4th Grade class at Baker Elementary School recently as they learned about how to craft stronger conversations.