Important News

Anyone volunteering at school in any capacity and parents joining their children for lunch must complete volunteer training before their first visit. Please visit this HCPSS site for more information. Thank you in advance for your gifts of service and time! As a reminder from last school year, the Office of School Safety and Security and Risk Management, in collaboration…

Thank you for your flexibility and patience this first week of school as we work through our dismissal procedures. Each day has improved, and we appreciate your partnership to ensure a safe and efficient process. Please review the quick updates below to help us speed up dismissal: Please Walk Most students live within easy walking distance of the school; please…

Girls on the Run will be taking place this fall for girls in grades 3-5 starting Monday, September 18 th and ending Monday, December 4 th. Girls on the Run is a 10-week program focused on building girls’ confidence, developing positive relationship skills, and learning more about physical and emotional health. Each session involves both a lesson and exercise to…

SFES is fortunate to receive Title I funding. Title I is a federally funded program designed to close the achievement gap and ensure all children have an opportunity to access a high-quality education. Title I federal funding supports and enhances the school program and provides additional academic support such as staffing. Completing the FARMS application directly impacts our status as…

SFES Administration and Staff are excited to get started with the 2023-2024 school year! We are anxious to see all our smiling Bobcats come through the front doors on Monday, August 28th (PreK August31). Please plan accordingly for the upcoming events. Remember to complete your Family File and FARMs application at this link as soon as possible. Events This Week…

Safety Reminders We strive to make arrival and dismissal as efficient as possible. Please review the procedures below to help ensure the safety of our students, staff, & families. Parents and students, please remember: If a parent/guardian walks child(ren) to school please stop at the indicated spaces on the map shown below (gray boxes labeled drop off/pick up). The green…

New School Meals & Payment Info for Families HCPSS no longer will use Nutrislice for school menus or MySchoolBucks for meal payments. LINQ Connect is a secure, online portal that allows families to view breakfast and lunch menus, make online meal payments, monitor their child’s account, schedule automatic recurring payments, set up low balance alerts, submit a Free and Reduced…

Stevens Forest Elementary School is currently hiring Lunch & Recess Monitors for the 2023-2024 school year! Lunch/Recess Monitor Position Description: These individuals supervise students at lunch and/or recess under the supervision of school staff. Start Date: 8/28/23 through the duration of the school year. Hours: 10:45AM - 2:15PM Hourly Pay Rate: $15.00 /hr. To apply for this position, click this…

As the 2023-2024 school year quickly approaches, we have several informational items and changes related to transportation to and from school. Many changes have been made to school start times and transportation across the Howard County Public School System. This school year, our doors will open at 9:00 am for students to have breakfast. Students may not arrive at SFES…

It is time to update your child's Family File information in HCPSS Connect! Family File provides emergency contact and other important information for students within the Howard County Public School System. Completing Family File also ensures you are receiving importation information and updates for HCPSS and Stevens Forest Elementary. This information must be updated EACH school year for EACH child…