SJLES Update 10/13/22

Thu, 10/13/2022 - 10:52am

Greetings SJLES Families,

 

Thanks to our PTA for a wonderful Walk, Bike, Roll to School Day yesterday. We had a great turnout at that event and another strong turnout at last night’s Virtual PTA Meeting. Our PTA Directors and HCPSS Board of Education Member Dr. Wu shared important information that impacts our school community, in addition to several updates regarding our PTA’s service to our school. I encourage each of our families to attend at least one PTA meeting this year and check out their website. Our PTA is doing great work on behalf of our students, families, and staff and we appreciate their efforts and continued support! Have a great day and good luck staying dry on this rainy Thursday, SJLES! 

 

Sincerely,

Dan Notari

SJLES Principal

 

NEW NEWS

Fall Picture Day is TOMORROW, Friday 10/14!

Photographers from Strawbridge will be at SJLES on Friday,10/14, to take individual portraits of students.  All students will be photographed for the yearbook.  If you would like to purchase a photography package, please review the information in the attachment below  You can preorder a package online using the code on the flier.

Just a reminder that these portraits are not only a great keepsake for your family but an important fundraiser for our school!

Please click here to sign up to receive updates via email regarding their child's school portraits. As a subscriber, you will receive emails letting you know when your pictures are ready to order as well as promotional deals and discounts on your child's pictures. If you have any questions, please contact Strawbridge at cservice@strawbridge.net.

Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School Poster Contest!

You’re invited to participate in the annual MLK Elementary School Poster Contest. This year’s theme is “Promoting Peace: Within Yourself, Your Community and the World.” Although Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. left us too soon, his powerful legacy and universal message of peace lives on today. See the image below for information on contest participation requirements. All poster submissions are due by October 31, 2022. Please let Natalie Blake know if you have any questions! Natalie_Blake@hcpss.org

The Council of Elders Parent Workshops

The Council of Elders and the Howard County Public School System have partnered to sponsor the following 2022–23 parent workshop series:

  • October 15: Navigating the Howard County Public School System

  • December 10: Social and Emotional Well-Being

  • January 28: Healthy/Unhealthy Relationships: Managing Peer Conflict

  • March 11: Substance Abuse Prevention

All sessions will be held virtually from 9–10:30 a.m. Additional details regarding each session are forthcoming.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR 

  • Click here to access/subscribe to our SJLES Public Calendar 

  • Click here to access/subscribe to the updated HCPSS Calendar

  • Click here to access the HCPSS Related Arts Color Day Schedule

  • 10/14  - Picture Day! No Spirit Day Theme 

  • 10/17 - Original Works packets start coming home 

  • 10/19 - UNITY Day - Wear orange to show we are united for kindness, acceptance & inclusion

  • 10/21 - Professional Learning Day - HCPSS Schools Closed for Students

  • 10/24 -  Professional Work Day - HCPSS Schools Closed for Students

  • 10/27  - MHHS Orchestra performs for Intermediate Grades

  • 10/28 - Celebrate our SJLES Pride and wear your Spirit Wear or school colors 

  • 10/28 - Cultural Arts Assemblies: HCC Miss Electricity

  • 10/29 @ 3:00 - PTA Trunk or Treat

  • 10/30 @ 3:00 - PTA Trunk or Treat RAIN DATE

  • 10/31 - 11/4 - PBIS Quarterly Celebrations & Jaguar Huddles

  • 11/1 - Deadline for Original Works orders to come back to school 

  • 11/2 - End of 1st Marking Period

  • 11/2 -  Schools Close 3 Hours Early / SJLES Dismisses at 12:20

  • 11/4 - When I Grow Up Day: Dress up as an occupation you would like to be when you grow up

  • 11/6 - Daylight Saving Time ends

  • 11/8 - Election Day / HCPSS Schools & Offices Closed

  • 11/9  @ 8:00 PM - Virtual PTA Meeting

  • 11/11 - Students can bring in a stuffed animal that fits in your backpack

  • 11/13 @ 10:00  - PTA Turkey Trot at Mount Hebron HS

  • 11/14 - 11/18 - American Education Week

  • 11/18 - Celebrate our SJLES Pride and wear your Spirit Wear or school colors

  • 11/21 - Parent Teacher Conferences / Schools Close 3 Hours Early

  • 11/22 - Parent Teacher Conferences / Schools Close 3 Hours Early

  • 11/23  - Parent Teacher Conferences / Schools Closed for Students

  • 11/24 & 11/25 - HCPSS Schools & Offices Closed

REPEATED NEWS

You’re Invited to the 1st SJLES PTA Trunk-or-Treat!

SJLES PTA announces our FREE Trunk-or-Treat coming up on Saturday, October 29! Come in costume if you’d like, and enjoy festively decorated cars and lots of treats! This event is FREE but your RSVP is requested to help us prepare. Flyers will be coming home soon. Here’s how you can get involved…

  • Wanted: Your Trunk! Click the link to enter the trunk decorating contest. Space is limited to 25 cars, and registration closes on 10/22. Popular vote will determine the top 3 winners. Each will receive a $25 gift card to Glory Days! Contest rules available here.

  • Candy needed! Check out the Amazon wish list to donate a bag of treats! Candy and allergy-safe options are both included. When checking out, be sure to select the registry for Vanessa Zawodny. Your donation will be sent directly to SJLES PTA.

  • Please RSVP here! Not required, but it will help us plan for your ghosts and goblins. Suggested RSVP by 10/25.

Young Authors' Contest 2022-2023

The YAC for 2022-23 is underway. All students grades 1-5 may submit 1 poem and/or story.  All information and cover sheets for submissions will be posted on the grade level Canvas page once teachers have shared the information with students. All entries are due to Mrs. Taylor, elizabeth_taylor@hcpss.org by Dec. 2, 2022. Entries must be in 12 point Times Roman font and saved as a WORD document.  No names should be on the poem or story, only on the cover sheet. No late entries will be accepted.

Help Us Celebrate UNITY Day on October 19th

We are excited to join other HCPSS schools, students and staff in celebrating UNITY Day on Wednesday, October 19th.  To support Bullying Prevention Month, we invite everyone to wear orange to show we are united for kindness, acceptance and inclusion.  Please see the Unity Day 2022 Flier for additional information. We will encourage our Jaguars and staff to spend the day taking part in random acts of kindness. 

HCPSS Schools are Closed on 10/21 & 10/24

Please ensure you mark your calendars! Please note that schools are also closed on Friday, 10/21, and Monday, 10/24. 

Free Clothing Giveaways

  • Please click here to learn more about this event located at 9411 Whiskey Bottom Rd. in Laurel on Saturday October 22 from 10am-12noon

  • Fall Clothes Giveaway at Long Reach HS - November 5th from 9:00-11:00 am

COMMUNITY NEWS & PROGRAMS

Please click here to visit the Community News and Programs page for announcements of upcoming events and programs sponsored by non-profit organizations.