Important News

On Monday, October 12, a short survey was distributed centrally to all HCPSS families to gather data on whether families intend to send their student(s) back to school or continue fully virtual learning through the end of the current school year. No decision has been made regarding the learning format for the second semester. The data from this survey will…

October is Bully Prevention Month and Wednesday, October 21 is Unity Day. Unity Day is a day to make it orange and make it end! We want to color the nation with a message of hope and support to end bullying. During this pandemic, we may not see bullying face to face, but students can still be victims to cyberbullying…

We are so excited about starting book circulation from our Media Center. Please review the process for contactless book checkout at SFES in this attached document. In addition, Ms. Burnstein is holding optional office hours for students and families to learn more about this process. See dates and times below for both intermediate and primary students. Optional Office Hours 3-5…

Stevens Forest will be handing out free earbuds to ALL students! Please stop by SFES any day THIS week (10/12-10/16) between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. to pick up earbuds for your child. Masks must be worn at all times and all social-distancing rules will remain in place. Thank you to Ms. Lakey, Ms. Petersen, the SFES PTA & Oakland…

Beginning today, 10/12/20, HCPSS Food and Nutrition Services will enhance meal offerings with the addition of snacks, dinner and weekend meals, to provide additional nutritional meals to all children. Additionally, HCPSS will adjust the pre-order process to enable multi-day pickup on Mondays and Thursdays only, which will allow HCPSS to improve the efficiency of meal services. Read more: https://news.hcpss.org/news-posts/2020/10/hcpss-marks-national-school-lunch-week-with-meal-additions-and-distribution-revisions/

Hosed By The Council of Elders of Howard County Save the Date: The Council of Elders of Howard County is hosting Community Academies for Parents. The first meeting will be held on October 17 and the topic is ‘Effective Home and School Communication’. Please see the flyer at this link for additional details.

We are so excited about starting book circulation from our Media Center. We will begin the week of October 12th. Students in grades K-2 will request books using a choice board. Mrs. Burnstein will share more information about this with parents. Students in grades 3-5 during your synchronous lessons, Mrs. Walker will show you how to navigate the Public Access…

The HCPSS 2020-2021 calendar includes four scheduled 3-hour early dismissal days: Friday, October 16, 2020 Friday, November 6, 2020 Monday, November 23, 2020 Tuesday, November 24, 2020 The virtual schedules have been adjusted for these scheduled early dismissal days to provide students with synchronous learning for each class. Additionally, both full- and half-day PreK classes will meet on these days…

We are excited to announce that Tune in Tuesday IS BACK! Every other Tuesday, at 6:30 pm, there will be a LIVE reading from a SFES staff member starting October 13th! Each Tune in Tuesday will be geared toward Primary, or Intermediate students; however, we welcome all Bobcats to join each reading! Remember, families will enter using their child's HCPSS…

On Wednesday October 7 and 14, students in 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade will take the Measured Academic Progress (MAP) assessment. The MAP assessment is an online tool that will help teachers gauge where your child is starting the year academically. The assessment is designed to adjust the difficulty of the questions based on student response. It may appear…