Important News

Thursday, April 25th is designated as National Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day. If your child would like to participate, please provide a note stating that they will be absent for Take Your Child to Work Day. The student will not be marked absent as it will be considered a Field Trip (Code: FTD). Send all notes to…

Elections matter and the SFES PTA needs YOU! Your PTA Elections for the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school years will take place in May. This is an incredible opportunity to get involved and to make a difference in your child’s school and the broader community. All PTA positions are open for nominations. We are in need of creative, energetic and dedicated…

Please find the UPDATED band and strings schedules below. Band & Strings Schedule Ms. Dumm.xlsx Band & Strings Schedule Ms. Kearns.xlsx Changes made were to Ms. Kearns' schedule: 3rd Beginning Violin 1 from Thursday at 10 AM to Friday at 9:00 AM 3rd Beginning Cello/ Bass from Thursday at 10:30 AM to Friday at 9:30 AM. There were no changes…

Interested in having your child create a project to include in the upcoming STEM night at SFES? Come to SFES today at 3:30 PM for the PTA sponsored prep session. You can work with your child and brainstorm and develop ideas in the areas of science, technology, engineering and/or math (STEM). This is the first of three sessions. We hope…

A reminder that schools close 3 hours early tomorrow, Friday 4/5/19. SFES will dismiss students at 12:30 p.m. Please make arrangements to have your child picked up at this time. Thank you.

The Howard County Health Department, in partnership with the Howard County Public School System, has been operating a school-based telemedicine center at Stevens Forest Elementary School since January 2015. Unfortunately, due to low utilization, the School-Based Wellness Centers Telemedicine Program will be leaving the school on April 3, 2019. If your child is enrolled in the school-based telemedicine program and…

The twelfth annual World Autism Awareness Day is April 2, 2019 and Stevens Forest Elementary School is going BLUE. Please have your child wear as much BLUE clothing as possible to bring awareness to autism. Joined by the international community, hundreds of thousands of landmarks, buildings, homes and communities around the world, light blue in recognition of people living with…

Students in grades 1st through 5th grade will be bringing home their individual MAP reports today. The Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) assessment is designed to measure a student’s academic achievement and growth over time in reading and mathematics. Together with other classroom-based information, MAP results can help teachers make instructional decisions that match the needs of each child. MAP…

April is almost here and that month is used to celebrate math and to increase public understanding and appreciation of math. Stevens Forest will be hosting a “Spring Into Math Challenge”. Information will go home in your child's Friday folder today, Friday March 29. Each grade's challenge has 9 problems inside flowers. Students may show their work on the back…

As the weather gets warmer, more students are opting to ride their bikes to school. With the increased pedestrian traffic, we are sending several reminders about traffic safety on the Stevens Forest campus. It goes without saying that our buses and cars are carrying our most precious cargo--our kids--so it is each and every driver's responsibility to maintain safety while…