Important News

Free Summer Meals Program

The Howard County Public School System is pleased to announce its participation in the 2022 Summer Food Service Program. Summer meals will be provided to all children ages 18 years and under without charge. Parents or guardians do not need to apply to get free summer meals for their children. They can simply bring their child to the safe summer…

2022-23 Back to School: Important Dates

As we close out our current school year, we want to be sure that families have some important dates for the kickoff of our 2022-23 school year. Please mark your calendars! Please mark your calendars for important back to school dates to kick off the 22-23 school year! August 25: Pre-K and Kindergarten Student Orientation, 6:00 pm August 26: Open…

Q4 Report Cards are Available in Synergy

Parents/guardians now have access to view quarter four report cards. You may view/download report cards by taking the following steps: Log in to HCPSS Connect Synergy using parent/guardian credentials Select More Options from the left panel Select Report Cards from the middle Select the report card you wish to access Also, Understanding the Elementary Report Card please find this flyer…

School Messenger Info for Families

All parents/guardians are in our system to receive HCPSS and school emails/text messages. HCPSS systems will update in early August, at which point parents will automatically receive communication from your child’s 2022-2023 school. Prior to that rollover, you will continue to receive communication from your child’s 2021-2022 school. Please do not attempt to create a new account with your child’s…

Spring Fest

SFES Spring Concert & PTA Spring Fest is Monday, June 6th, 6-8:00pm (rain date: 6/9) Bring the family to enjoy an evening of music and fun! Remember your lawn chairs and blankets. All ages welcome. No RSVP needed. 6:00pm: Setup your chairs/blankets on the blacktop or lawn, purchase food from the PizzaMan table and grab your free desserts from the…

HCPSS Pride Week

HCPSS is proud to announce the upcoming HCPSS Pride Week, June 6-12, 2022. Throughout the week, there will be multiple activities and events for students, families and staff to show support for HCPSS Pride, including events at Busboys and Poets, book reading/discussion at Shake Shack, family hikes at Howard County Conservancy, Centennial Park clean-up, and a fundraiser at the Main…

Band and Strings Concert

Monday June 6th at SFES on the blacktop is the Spring Concert for ALL Band and Strings Students! 6pm PTA Spring Fest Events Begin 6:30pm 3rd, 4th, 5th Grade Beginning Strings perform 6:45pm 4th & 5th Grade String Orchestra/ Chamber Strings perform 7:00pm 4th & 5th Grade Band performs Student attire is “Dress for Success” or “Dress To Impress.” Bring…

End of Year Ceremonies

We are excited to celebrate our students and their accomplishments as we close out the 21/22 school year. Information regarding end of year celebrations will come home soon from each grade level team. The team announcement will share specific details and times; however dates are below for your calendar. Please reach out to your child’s teacher if you have additional…

Student Technology Incident Invoices

Soon families who have unpaid invoices for lost, stolen or damaged Chromebooks will receive reminder emails from MySchoolBucks [ do-not-reply@myschoolbucks.com ]. Families can pay electronically by logging in to their MySchoolBucks account or create an account by selecting Log in and then choosing Sign up today! Originally, families would have also received an email from [ hcpss_notifications@hcpss.org ] with additional…