Important News

Parent Teacher Conferences Parent conferences will be held during the afternoons of Wednesday, 2/10 and Thursday, 2/11. Some teachers will host evening hours. Synergy is now closed for parent scheduling. Please email your child’s math teacher if you need to schedule or reschedule a conference. Logging into Google Meet for your Conference You will use your child’s HCPSS credentials to…

Greetings SJLES Families, Thank you for your time and consideration in completing the In-Person Commitment form for each of your students. We currently have commitments for 546 of our 671 Jaguars. If you have not already done so, please complete the two-question commitment form by 5 p.m. on Wednesday, 2/10. This extended deadline gives families additional time to review the…

SJLES Families, please keep the responses coming! We have approximately 60% of the responses we need. Thank you for your time and attention to this important survey! The Howard County Public School System requests that parents/guardians complete a commitment form to assist with preparations to begin a phased-in transition to a hybrid instructional model beginning March 1. Parents/guardians must complete…

Greetings SJLES Families, Recently, HCPSS announced that on March 1, 2021, the school system will begin the first phase of a transition to a hybrid instructional model, which provides the opportunity for students to attend school in-person for part of each week and receive virtual instruction for the remainder of the week. We’re excited at the prospect of welcoming your…

Greetings SJLES Families, HCPSS will begin a phased-in transition to a hybrid instructional model beginning March 1st. By Friday, February 5th, families must make a decision to send their child to school for 1-2 days per week and receive virtual instruction the remainder of the week, or to have their child remain fully virtual for the remainder of the school…

Greetings SJLES Families, The end of the first semester and winter parent teacher conferences are approaching. Please review the important information below regarding conferences and end of quarter grading and reporting details. Additionally, we are in the process of ensuring that all our students have a complete and updated Family FIle. Thank you for taking time to follow the steps…

Greetings SJLES Families, I hope this communication finds you all well! Today we have just a few updates to share as we approach the weekend. Thanks for your patience and understanding with last week’s SJLES Update. We learned that one little smiley face emoji caused a lot of problems. Lesson learned and I promise to be on the lookout for…

The SJLES News Update for 1/15/2021 is available here.

Greetings SJLES Families, We hope you all had a wonderful winter break and holiday season! As we re-engage with learning after a long winter break, I wanted to share how proud I am of our students’ engagement in this virtual setting thus far. Our Jaguars are keeping their camera on during learning, participating in and enriching discussions, asking thoughtful questions…

Greetings SJLES Families, Thanks to a donation from the Simon family our students, families, and visitors will see our Jaguar Pride on full display when they enter our building for years to come. The piece below created by artist Jack Pabis is simply gorgeous and is a very welcomed addition to our storied building. As I walk around our school…