Important News

It is nearing the end of the year and now is a great time to start searching for any misplaced books from the Media Center! Overdue notices have gone home to help you and your student locate the item(s). Thank you so much for your assistance with returning the Media Center books.

Dear Parents, As the school year draws to an end, our staff is busy making plans for the 2016-17 school year. If you wish to share any information with me about your child that is important to his/her class placement for next year, please send me an e-mail. Your perspective on how your child learns best in school is essential…

Help us complete our annual yearbook survey! This year we are doing it online and could use your help. We need your students to take 2 minutes from your crazy schedule and answer a few fun questions. You can find the survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JY6QMN2 . Answers will be published in the yearbook and the last PTA newsletter of the year…

PARCC Testing 2016: Our 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders will be taking the PARCC assessment in ELA and Math starting April 25th (testing starts at 9am). Please see the below schedules to know when your child will have testing. All students will take the assessment on-line during the testing window. A lot of coordination goes into scheduling these assessments for…

Jump into Spring with Kangaroo Kids. This sport quickly improves fitness levels, builds self-esteem, and – most importantly – demonstrates that exercise can be fun and enjoyable! Jumping rope is effective, easy to learn, inexpensive, portable, great for any age, and the most fun you can have on two feet. For information, contact Howard County Recreation and Parks on 410-313-7275…

Baltimore Museum of Industry Field Trip for 2nd grade.

Field Day will be on Friday June 3, 2016. If you are available to volunteer and help run a station please sign up using the link below. There are two shifts: 8:45am-11:30am and 11:30am-2:15pm. Please choose one option or sign up for both if you are available for a full day. If you are available on our Rain Date please…

From the Principal. . . Dear Parents, Spring is finally here! Please make note of the dates that are listed as we have many exciting events coming up! Your child brought home their Interim Progress Report last Friday for the third quarter. Please make note of their progress and contact your child’s teacher if you have questions or concerns. In…

From the Community GUMC FOOD PANTRY The Glenelg United Methodist Church (GUMC) Food Pantry is open every 3rd Saturday of the month, providing grocery assistance to those in need. This month the pantry is open on Saturday, September 17 th, from 9am-11am. As a partner of the Howard County Food Bank, we provide both county food as well as food/toiletries…

Training for Parent Volunteers In order to create a consistent process for training parent volunteers on issues of confidentiality, HCPSS has developed 2 brief training modules and certificate of completion. Both the modules and certificate are located at: http://www.hcpss.org/parent/volunteer-information www.hcpss.org/f/employees/childabuse_ppt.pdf www.hcpss.org/f/parents/parent-volunteer-confidentiality-certificate.pdf Once you have completed the training, please submit your certificate of completion to the front office before registering as…