Dear Belmont Station Families:

Welcome to the 2017-2018 school year! As we begin another school year, we welcome our new and returning families. This year we will continue to celebrate our successes and gear up to make this an even better school year for our students, staff and community. Mentioning successes, we proudly share Belmont Station’s recognition as one of ten elementary schools in LCPS to receive an Excellence Award from the Virginia Board of Education. Additionally, we were named as one of the top 100 schools in the state by the Niche organization. Our commitment to excellence will continue to be our cornerstone as we work to strengthen our collaborative relationship to make a difference for our students.

This coming school year will be very exciting as we welcome many new and some familiar faces to our staff. We are thrilled to welcome the following teachers to our BeST staff:

KDG: Kelly Egnotovich

First Grade: Jordan Small, Melissa Lyons (Resource)

Second Grade: Tyler Unikewicz (Resource)

Third Grade: Raj Venkatesan (Long Term Substitute), Christy Lisciandro (Long Term Substitute; Resource)

Fourth: Susan Cowan, Jennifer DiMasi, Ann Rhodia

Itinerant Specialists: Carolee Botts (Reading), Keri Chavers (Music), Abby Luchenbaugh (Art)

Support Staff: Nicole Ibarra-Vogel, Lisa Thomas, Maria Kyriacou

We look forward to seeing the excitement on the faces of our students during Open House, and hope to see many of you at our parent only Kindergarten Orientation and Back to School Night sessions. Our teachers will have an opportunity to share classroom routines, procedures and expectations for what is sure to be, the very BeST school year! Please check the Belmont Station website and calendar for important calendar dates and times.

Please remember to exercise patience in the car line during arrival and dismissal. Safety is always a priority so please make sure students are ready to exit their vehicles along the curb. Additional help will be available the first week to remind everyone of the procedures and expectations.

Finally, I would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to our fantastic PTA for organizing our Back to School supply order, hosting our Welcome Back staff luncheon, planning the afterschool programs, stuffing first day packets, and filling the calendar with many exciting events for our students. Our PTA does so much for our school; we can’t say thank you enough for the many things they do to support our students and school. We hope you will plan to join the PTA for the upcoming school year.

We are more than ready to get started on the way to an awesome 2017-2018 school year! Remember to follow us on Twitter @BSTelementary.

All the BeST,

Lori