Mayfield's doors open at 7:00 AM to let students into the building. We let students off busses at 7:00 AM as well. Our students can enter the building, pick up their breakfast and get to their homeroom class by 7:15 AM. We start announcements at 7:15 AM. Students that arrive after 7:15 AM are considered tardy. It is vital to the success of our students that they arrive at school safely and on time.

We have a couple of suggestions that will support our arrival process:

1. Have your child ride the bus if possible. We have a terrific transportation department with the best bus drivers in Virginia. Our busses are consistent and guarantee that our students will arrive at school on time.
2. If your child is a car rider in the morning, you can have had your child wait on the sidewalk in front of the school. We have several picnic tables in front of the school where students can sit and wait till the school doors open.
3. We ask that you pull your call all the way up to the staff member at the end of the sidewalk to have as many students as possible exit their cars. Don't stop your car directly in front of the school if there is room for you to pull up further.

Keeping students safe while at school is our top priority. The first weeks of school are all about setting expectations, teaching routines, and practicing safety procedures that we will utilize in an emergency. Additionally, we have two super staff members responsible for supporting students' safety throughout the school year. Mrs. Dove, our school safety officer, has been at Mayfield Intermediate since the school opened in 2006. She knows our Manassas families, and she is always here to support our students. Officer Lawler, our school resource officer (SRO), is the perfect example of what a school resource officer should be. He is a great presence during the school day and works extremely hard at building positive relationships with our students and staff. He helps our students understand how the Manassas City Police Department is here to serve and support our community.

Safety procedures that we will practice this year include:

• Fire Drills
• Lockdown Drills
• Bus Evacuation Drills
• Tornado Drills
• Earthquake Drills

Today, we held our first fire drill of the year, and it went extremely well. Our staff could lead our students out of the building safely in 2 minutes, 58 seconds. All students were accounted for and returned to their classrooms in less than 10 minutes. Again, I was just amazed at how well our students performed. It was another wonderful Mayfield moment that should make our community proud of our school. We hold weekly fire drills for the first 4 weeks of school. We will hold a lockdown drill in August.

Establishing positive relationships and building high-performing teams is the key to any successful school. All our Mayfield Bobcats will be participating in the process of building a Social Contract with their classmates. A Social Contract is simply an agreement of behavior. The Social Contracts will serve as the foundation for a classroom's positive culture and climate. Students will be active participants in the Social Contract process, and they follow up with the contract throughout the school year.

The foundation for the Social Contract is built around four questions:

1. How do you want to be treated by me (leader)?
2. How do you want to be treated by each other?
3. How do you think I (leader) want to be treated by you?
4. How do we want to treat each other when there is conflict?

6th graders can try out for sports at Metz. Tryouts for Girls Track, Volleyball, Cheerleading, Boys Soccer, and Football will begin on Tuesday, August 25, from 2:45-5 p.m. The athlete must have a completed VHSL physical on file to begin tryouts. Parents can find the physical form on the Metz website under athletics. All prospective athletes will also need the concussion form signed by the parents.

Sports physical exam information

https://www.mcpsva.org/Page/333

Concussion information

https://www.mcpsva.org/Page/1328

Throughout the year, we will focus on highlighting the amazing learning opportunities that our teachers and staff are creating for our students. Please take a moment to look at these great learning environments, and be sure to follow us on Facebook as we continue to celebrate our exceptional learning community.

• September 3 and September 6, 2021: Labor Day Weekend-School Division Closed
• September 14, 2021: 1st Quarter Interim Reports
• October 14, 2021: End of the 1st Quarter
• October 15, 2021: Early Release: Teacher Workday
• October 21, 2021: Early Release: Parent-Teacher Conferences
• October 22, 2021: Student Holiday: Parent-Teacher Conferences