Important News

Parents are Invited… Great time and consideration are put into determining your child’s homeroom placement and each year our results show that the learning environments we design are well structured and support strong achievement for our students. As we begin taking steps toward next year’s instructional groupings, parents may wish to share what they feel is significant about their child’s…

Dear SJLES Families, Thank you for attending our Parent Curriculum Night! Please find the resources that were shared linked below. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact administration. We look forward to providing additional information sessions to help enhance parent knowledge and resources for assistance at home. Thank you for your continued support! Kindergarten Math Kindergarten Language…

New Kindergarten and First Grade Registration for 2015 - 16 March 2nd - 6th Enrollment Requirements Please note: Children must be 5 years old by September 1 in order to enroll in kindergarten. Every child who is 5 years old by September 1 must be enrolled in a kindergarten program this fall . Students must be registered by their custodial…

SMARTER Night is a family-friendly, fun, educational night on Tuesday, February 24. Doors open at 6:30 pm. Siblings 5 and over are welcome but they must be registered, too. Registration is now closed. Thank you!

The annual St. John’s Lane Spelling Bee is fast approaching. The date has been set for Wednesday, January 21st from 6:30-8:00 PM (snow date is Wednesday, January 28 th, from 6:30-8:00 PM). The Spelling Bee will take place in the cafeteria near the front of the school. Please feel free to join us as part of the audience on that…

Please be sure to send your child to school with a coat, hat, and gloves each day. If you clearly mark your child’s clothing items with your child’s name, it would greatly reduce the amount of items gathered in the Lost and Found.

All families who have provided an email address as part of the emergency card should have received an email alert about schools being cancelled and delayed over the past three days. If you opted into the text message option, you should have also received a text. If you have any questions visit http://www.hcpss.org/hcpss-news/. School closing information is also available through…

Students at SJLES will be participating in the world-wide Hour of Code the week of December 8-14. For more resources, go to our website.

Board of Education Policy 9090 – Wellness through Nutrition and Physical Activity The Board of Education adopted Policy 9090 on Wellness through Nutrition and Physical Activity in July. This policy has implications for classroom celebrations and instruction. The use of food as a classroom reward is prohibited and food choices for classroom celebrations are limited to healthier food items. The…

St. John's Lane ES and the Howard County Public School System have several social media sites. The sites include: St. John's Lane ES: Twitter - www.Twitter.com/HCPSS_SJLES HCPSS: HCPSS Facebook – www.Facebook.com/HoCoSchools HCPSS Twitter – www.Twitter.com/HCPSS Superintendent Twitter – www.Twitter.com/SuperHCPSS “The HCPSS is excited to become a part of the already active Howard County social media presence,” Superintendent Renee A. Foose…