Important News

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…

We continue to be impressed with our students for their attendance and engagement during this virtual start to the school year. Staff appreciates all that our families are doing to support their children at home. The administrative team wants to acknowledge and be available for possible questions, concerns, or celebrations you may have about the school year. We have scheduled…

SFES is home to many talented artists! Create your best Bobby the Bobcat for us and share via email ( sfesbobcatspta@gmail.com) or posting on our SFES PTA page. Entries due by noon on Friday, 10/9. The top three most creative entries will receive a Bobby the Bobcat beanie baby, delivered by our very own Bobby the Bobcat! ¡SFES es el…