Important News

Greetings SJLES Families, During its Feb. 23 meeting, the Howard County Board of Education adjusted the start times of schools for the 2023-2024 school year. There is no impact to the current school year. All changes will take effect in August. The exact start time for each school will be determined this spring and shared with the community as transportation…

Greetings SJLES Families, It has been a great week celebrating our friendships and connecting with our cross grade-level Jaguar Buddies on Tuesday and celebrating our families’ cultures last night at Multicultural Night. Our evening events this year have been so very well attended and it is wonderful seeing our families and community come together, connect, and make memories. Thanks to…

Greetings SJLES Families, I hope this chilly Friday finds you well and warm! Just a reminder that the parent teacher conference scheduling window closes TODAY​​​​​​​ at 4:00 PM. Conferences can be scheduled with your child’s math teacher. Families of fifth grade GT Math students can sign up for a conference with Mrs. Cintron or Mrs. Miles. Families wishing to conference…

Greetings SJLES Families, It definitely feels like the midpoint of the school year here at The Lane. There is a chill in the air, our teachers are finalizing 2nd quarter report cards, winter parent teacher conferences are upon us with all the details you need to know listed in NEW NEWS, we are actively monitoring our students academic growth and…

Greetings SJLES Families, This Friday we will wrap up the second quarter of the school year. We are incredibly proud of our Jaguars’ Kind, Engaged, Responsible, & Resilient behaviors at this midpoint of the school year. Our grade level teams have scheduled their quarterly Jaguar Huddles which kickoff tomorrow morning with our kindergarten team. As a reminder, the goals of…

NEW NEWS Family Feedback Update Due to limited RSVPs we are going to cancel Friday’s in-person option of Coffee and Conversation with Administration where we planned to present and discuss the Family Feedback Survey Results. We invite all interested families to join us at this Wednesday’s PTA Zoom meeting at 8:00 PM where we will present and discuss the survey…

Greetings SJLES Families, On behalf of Ms. Coleman and our entire SJLES Staff, we hope that every SJLES family had a wonderful winter break and we wish you and your family health and happiness in 2023! It has been a great first week of school in 2023 here at The Lane. Our Jaguars have picked up right where they left…

Greetings SJLES Families, As you know, last night HCPSS made the decision to close schools today which got our winter break off to an early start. Although we ended a day early we had a great week of learning and fun at The Lane. I posted some photos to Twitter yesterday if you are interested in checking them out. If…

Greetings SJLES Families, We are excited to kick-off “Concert Season” here at The Lane in just about an hour with our Annual Winter Band Concert starting at 7:00 PM. We look forward to a packed house for each concert performance and thanks to our outstanding teachers for providing the gift of music to our Jaguars. Good luck to all our…

NEW NEWS Original Works Coming Home TODAY! Thank you for supporting SJLES through your love for Original Works! Your treasures have arrived at school and will be delivered to classrooms on Wednesday, Dec 7! We will ask teachers to send them home today! Please check your Jaguars’ backpack today so the treasures don't stay in there longer than necessary! Thank…