Please make sure the office is your FIRST stop when you come to Beall Elementary School. Ms. Astrid Paz, Attendance Secretary, and Mrs. Gina Gill, Administrative Secretary, would like to help make your visit a productive experience and will be able to assist in answering many of your questions. Due to the need to maintain a safe environment, please do not be surprised if you are asked to show identification when coming into the building.
All parents, visitors, and volunteers must first stop in the main office. Visitors are not allowed in the classroom unless a visit has been pre-arranged with the teacher. We respectfully request that you make an appointment in advance if you would like to speak with a teacher, administrator or other staff member. We want to be responsive to your needs, and we must be respectful of instructional time. All parents, visitors and volunteers must wear nametags or visitor stickers. This is for the safety of all of our children! Volunteer information will come home during the first week of school. In order to volunteer, MCPS requires individuals to complete their mandatory volunteer training. NOTE: We typically do not have visitors over the first several weeks of school to establish routines, procedures, and relationships. We appreciate your patience.
Observing in Classrooms: Often, we receive requests for parents, special education advocates, and
outside service providers to observe a child in the classroom. We are usually able to accommodate these
requests, but we ask that they are handled through the school administration. Observation requests must be made through the principal’s office and not through individual teachers or staff members. When an observation is arranged, Beall ES provides staff to accompany the observer and a time prior to the observation or directly following the observation to discuss and debrief. We take these steps to ensure that the observation is effective and efficient for the observer and so that school operations are not disrupted for staff and students. Observations are scheduled for a period of 30 minutes, and may be followed by a debrief with the staff member who accompanied the observer. Please contact the principal to arrange such an observation with at least 24-hours advanced notice. Observations are only scheduled at a time and in a manner that is not disruptive to the operations of the building, or the instruction of students, and when staff is available to accommodate the request. Requests for regularly-scheduled, frequent or immediate observations may be refused at the discretion of the principal. For more information on observations and visits in MCPS schools, please see MCPS Board of Education policy ABA-RB, School Visitors at
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/policy/pdf/abarb.pdf
Emergency Information
Visitors and Volunteers
Medication and Health Room
Cell Phones, Tablets, Apple Watches, and e-Readers
Birthday Celebrations
Breakfast and Lunch