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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

Greetings SJLES Community, I am writing to you again today to follow up in more detail on the statement issued by Dr. Martirano last night, following the press conference by the Governor and State Superintendent. I want to assure you that, as previously announced, Howard County public schools will hold a virtual first semester. Careful plans are in place to…

Greetings SJLES Families! As always, I hope this communication finds you and your family well. Mrs. Redd and I were thrilled to welcome back our amazing staff to officially kick off the 2020-2021 school year yesterday! We missed them and it was great to reconnect throughout the day. They are engaged, energized, ready to get to work, and miss our…

Big hello to all the SJLES families out there! We hope you’ve been able to overcome some of the challenges that COVID-19 has thrown up and enjoyed the summer nonetheless. It's with some trepidation that we approach the new school year in its changed format, but we know that the SJLES community is going to meet the challenge of virtual…