Closing Dates

All school buildings will be closed beginning at 6 p.m., Friday, March 13 and will remain closed from March 16-27.

Pick up Desk Belongings for Absent Students

If your student is absent today and you would like to pick up their desk belongings, please come to SFES by 3 pm today to pick them up.

Access to Instructional Resources

On Friday, March 13, we will provide students with information and instructional resources that can be used optionally while at home. A paper version of these documents will be sent home with all students according to their grade. These resources will not be collected or graded.

In addition, students may continue to work on classroom assignments provided by teachers prior to school closures. There are no expectations that assignments be turned in during the closure.  

Oakland Mills High School Food Pantry Open Today

The OMHS Food Pantry will be open TODAY starting around 2:30 or 3:00 and distributing until the building is closed at 6:00 p.m. Please stop by if you need food assistance.

Food Distribution

Beginning Tuesday, March 17, we will be providing free "Grab-N-Go" nutritious meals to anyone age 18 and under at four school sites and five mobile sites. Meals will be available from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., weekdays, Tuesday, March 17 through Friday, March 27.

School Sites

• Howard High School, 8700 Old Annapolis Road, Ellicott City
• Oakland Mills Middle School, 9540 Kilimanjaro Road, Columbia
• Swansfield Elementary School, 5610 Cedar Lane, Columbia
• Cradlerock Elementary School/Lake Elkhorn Middle School, 6680 Cradlerock Way, Columbia

Mobile Sites:

• Laurel Woods Elementary School Parking Lot, 9250 North Laurel Road, Laurel
• Ducketts Lane Elementary School Parking Lot, 6501 Ducketts Lane, Elkridge
• Bushy Park Elementary School Parking Lot, 14601 Carrs Mill Road, Glenwood
• Monarch Mills Apartments, 7600 Monarch Mills Way, Columbia
• Forest Ridge Apartments, 5890 Stevens Forest Rd, Columbia

Medicine and Health Supplies Pick-Up

Nurses and health assistants will be contacting impacted families to ask them to pick up medication and health supplies by the end of the school day on Friday, March 13. Parents/guardians need to pick up the medications; however medical supplies may be sent home with students. If a parent does not need to pick up the supplies or medication since they have enough medication and/or supplies, those items will be locked in the health rooms while schools are closed.
Information Shared with Students

Understanding that students may be upset by what they are hearing related to Coronavirus and that schools will be closed, age-appropriate information will be shared with them today in classrooms and they are able to ask questions of a teacher. Any students who appear upset will be supported by a Student Services team member and parents will be contacted.