Bell Schedule

Arrival

  • Students may be dropped off or arrive to campus beginning at 8:20am when supervision begins. There is no staff supervision before 8:20am. Please plan accordingly. 
  • Doors open at 8:25am. Grades 3-6 enter at the Main Lobby Door #1. Grades 1 & 2 enter at the Garden Door #3. All PreK & Kindergarten students enter at Door #6 at the end of the sidewalk past the garden.

School hours for Grades PreK - 6

  • Monday - Friday: 8:45 am - 3:30 pm 
  • Students who arrive to their classroom after the 8:45am bell are considered tardy.

Breakfast

  • Breakfast is available to all students who arrive to their classroom between 8:25-8:45am.

Office Hours

  • Monday - Friday: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm

SACC Hours

  • Monday - Friday: 7:00 am -  6:15 pm

Emergency School Closing, Delayed Opening or Early Dismissal

In  the  event  of  an  emergency,  such  as extreme  heat,  cold  or  snow,  the  Division Superintendent may decide to:

  • Close schools for the day.
  • Open schools two hours late
  • Close schools two hours early.

All emergency closings and delayed openings shall be announced in the following ways:

  • Posted on the FCPS Twitter account:  @FCPSNews
  • Listed on the Fairfax County Public Schools website: www.fcps.edu.
  • Sent by electronic mail (e-mail).
  • Carried on the division’s public access channel, Cox Cable Channel 21.
  • Closings and delayed openings are provided to local radio and television stations no later than 5:30 am.
  • Early closings are provided to local stations no later than 10:30 am.

All-Day Closing

  • All schools shall be closed for the day.
  • Extracurricular activities, interscholastic contests, team practices, field trips, adult and community education classes, and recreation programs in school and on school grounds are canceled.
  • All offices are open unless the closing of offices is specified.

Two-Hour Delayed Opening Schedule

  • Students in grades PreK-6 shall report two hours later than their regular schedule. At Mount Eagle, students may arrive or be dropped off beginning at 10:20am. 
  • Morning field trips are canceled.
  • All offices are open unless the closing of offices is specified.

With any delayed opening, the buses will arrive to pick up the students two hours later than the regularly scheduled time.

Two-Hour Early Dismissal
All students shall be dismissed two hours early. At Mount Eagle, this would be at 1:30pm.

  • Students in grades PreK-6 will be dismissed two hours early.
  • Field trips are canceled.