Important News

Halloween Updates

Greetings SJLES Families, As part of our school system’s commitment to equity and inclusion, we continue to focus on building community and creating welcoming environments for all students. While we recognize that Halloween activities held during the school day have been a long standing tradition at many HCPSS schools, including SJLES, a decision has been made to not offer Halloween…

Coffee & Conversation @ 4 PM TODAY!

Coffee & Conversation @ 4 PM TODAY! SJLES Families, please join Mr. Notari, Mrs. Redd, our PTA President Mrs. Choi, and several SJLES special guests at 4:00 PM today for our first Virtual Coffee & Conversation with Administration of the school year. During this time our families can ask questions and gain insights from Mr. Notari, Mrs. Redd, and guests…

SJLES Updates 9/25/2020

Greetings SJLES Families, Our staff, Mrs. Redd, and I are very grateful to each of our families who attended our Virtual Back to School Nights this week. It was wonderful seeing such great turnouts at each event and we hope you found the evenings to be time well spent. If you missed our Back to School Night presentations or would…

SJLES Updates 9/18/2020

Greetings SJLES Families, I hope this communication finds you well on this Fall-ish Friday afternoon. As we approach the end of this second week of virtual learning, I wanted to extend my gratitude to our staff and our families for their collaboration and support of our students and each other thus far. Our students are off to an outstanding start…

SJLES Updates 9/11/2020

Greetings SJLES Families, Congratulations to each and every member of our learning community on a successful and unprecedented first week of school! We partnered to learn new technology devices and digital tools, started building new relationships, and established new school day routines at home. Our entire staff is thankful to our families for their support, encouragement, and partnership as we…

SJLES Updates - First Day 20-21!

Greetings SJLES Families, We did it! The first day is in the books! Thank you all for your support on this unique first day of school. We worked to troubleshoot various small issues throughout the day, but as the day progressed we all seemed to settle into the learning platform and the afternoon went much smoother. Even smoother days are…

SJLES Updates 9/7/2020

Happy Labor Day, SJLES Families! We hope the long weekend is treating you all well and that you are enjoying the beautiful weather. Believe it or not, the BIG DAY is fianlly here! We wanted to connect with you today to ensure you had everything you needed for the first day of school tomorrow. Enjoy the day and here's to…

SJLES PTA Meeting 9/3 @ 6:30

The first PTA meeting general meeting will be held on Thursday, September 3rd at 6:30 in the parking lot of SJLES and will last approximately 30 minutes. Please RSVP to sjlesptamail@gmail.com as soon as you can so that we can ensure we have enough attendees to vote on the board nominations and approve the 2020-2021 PTA budget. We must have…

SJLES Updates 9/1/2020

Greetings SJLES Families! We can feel the anticipation building and can’t wait to get this school year underway! Our teachers and staff are doing an outstanding job preparing for virtual learning and the return of our Jaguars. They are engaged in very thoughtful and thorough professional learning, coming together nicely as new teams, and preparing for our outreach efforts to…

SJLES Updates 8/28/2020

SJLES Updates 8/28/2020 Greetings SJLES Families! There are a few new updates to share and several important repeated news items I want to ensure you are aware of as we approach our Virtual Orientations and the first day of school. I also wanted to uplift Dr. Martirano's message from last night regarding Gov. Hogan's press conference yesterday afternoon. Here is…