Important News

SFES will host our annual costume parade, followed by class activities/parties, on Thursday, October 31st. If your child will not be participating in these events due to your personal beliefs, please inform your child’s teacher and we will provide an alternative activity in the afternoon. Students taking part in the parade should be guided in the selection of their costumes…

Saturday, October 12, 9:00am-11:15am HCPSS/The Council of Elders Academy Parent Workshop Series: This workshop session will be on Saturday, October 12 from 9:00-11:15 a.m. at Oakland Mills Middle School. Attendees will learn more about effectively maintaining communication with their child’s school. HCPSS teachers will be on hand to show parents how to monitor students’ performance by utilizing school system online…

This Saturday:10/5/19 from 11am-4pm Hello Stevens Forest Families, The 2019 Oakland Mills Fall Festival is on October 5, 2019 from 11 am to 4 pm. This free event will have live music, activities for children, and local vendors. Our PTA will also be selling hot dogs to support our Books for Bobcats program, which gives one free book to each…

Students and staff have been working as a classroom community to develop norms around behaviors that show a student is ready to learn. There will be a continued focus on instruction that provides students with an understanding about what it looks like, feels like, and sounds like to be respectful, responsible, and ready. Based on results from student, staff, and…

Mark Your Calendar: 10/4/19 Students at Stevens Forest Elementary will have their individual school pictures taken on Friday, October 4th. Please check your child's Friday Folder tonight for order forms. Families can also order online www.strawbridge.net Click on red button (order pictures and yearbooks) Enter the SFES online code: FM314108 Follow prompts

Please mark your calendar for these dates: This is a reminder that schools and offices are closed on Monday, September 30 for the Rosh Hashanah holiday and Wednesday, October 9 for the Yom Kippur holiday. There is no school for students on Friday, October 18 due to a scheduled professional work day.

HCPSS uses Family File for parents/guardians to complete emergency information. Parents/guardians must verify and/or update information for each child each year. Please log in through www.hcpss.org/connect/ Username: Your email address (if you do not remember the email address used at registration please call SFES) Once Logged in: Click on Family File (on the left hand side) Click ⭆Family File Click…

The MAP (Measures of Academic Progress) assessment window for Grade 1 opens September 23rd and for Grades 1-5 on October 1st. The window closes October 29th. The Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) assessments are computer adaptive achievement assessments in reading and math. As a student responds to questions, the test responds to the student, adjusting up or down the difficulty…

Girls will be introduced to computer science concepts. Topics that will be covered include binary, repeats/loops, algorithms, conditionals, patterns, debugging, and more, all in a fun, hands-on learning environment. There will also be special guest speakers throughout the program. Classes take place on Tuesday afternoons from 3:35 – 5:05 PM - October 8 - December 10. (No class on October…

(PBIS) is a proactive approach to establishing the behavioral supports and social culture needed for all students in a school to achieve social, emotional and academic expected social skills across settings and individuals. The multi-tiered “continuum” is comprised of carefully selected, evidence-based practices at three different levels of support intensity. Tier 1: Universal practices are experienced by all students and…