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EMS Weekly Update

May 6, 2024

EMS WeeklyUpdateMay 6, 2024

Celebrations

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April Staff Member of the Month

Congratulations to Nurse Krum, the April Staff Member of the Month. One of her nominations from a parent said, "Nurse Krum took phenomenal care of my son when he visited the nurse's office. She went out of her way to stay in touch with me via email while my son was treated. She showed compassion and concern even after my son was out of her care."

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April Students of the Month 🎉

6th grade

Gia D.

Noah D.

Grant E.

SJ G.

Colette I.

Kendal P.

Alexis W.


7th grade

Jolene C.

Genesis H.

Nathaniel J.

Serenity R.

Troy U.

Cooper W.


8th grade

Julianna C.

Jakob D.

Alex E.

Denairo "DJ" G.

Jackson K.

Isadora "Izzy" P.

Zariah W.

Important Information

Monday, May 6th will be an A day.


Friday, May 10th will be a two-hour early dismissal for students.


St. Mary’s County Public Schools, in collaboration with Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership, is hosting a Surf the Mental Health & Wellness Wave: A Resource & Education Fair on May 18, 2024, from 10 AM-3 PM, at the James A. Forrest Career & Technology Center. Come interact with and gather information from over 35 Mental Health & Wellness vendors. There will be numerous guest speakers and presentations on several different mental health and wellness topics. Use the QR code in the health fair flyer to view the schedule of events. In addition, there will be food trucks, door prizes, and lots of fun! Please join us!! There will be free transportation to the Mental Health Fair. This Transportation Flyer provides information on bus routes. Minors must be accompanied by an adult.


Every child is eligible for free meals this summer! The SMCPS Food & Nutrition Services Department will be providing a 5-day pickup for summer meals. These meal bags will include five breakfasts, five lunches, a half-gallon of white milk, and two cartons of chocolate milk for each child.


Meal pickups will be on Mondays from 11 am - 1pm or 4pm - 6pm. The schools offering pickup are:


  • Chopticon HS
  • Leonardtown HS
  • Oakville ES
  • Spring Ridge MS


Parents/Caregivers must either have signed up ahead of time using this form with their children's information or have the children in-person for meal pickup.


Please signup here -Summer Meals/Parent Signup. Contact the Food Services Office with any questions at foodservice@smcps.org or 301-475-4256 x5

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Our Spring Concerts start this week! All of the concerts will be in the EMS Cafeteria and start at 6:00 p.m. Band is on Tuesday, May 7th. Orchestra is on Thursday, May 9th. Chorus is on Thursday, May 16th.

State Testing

Please make sure you mark your calendars for the testing dates below. Please ensure all students bring their laptops updated and charged for each day of testing. Students also need to be on time (7:05 a.m.) for school. Students will be able to earn Loot for being ontime and completing their testing. Cellphones, smartwatches, and Bluetooth earbuds are not permitted to be on during testing, as this is a state regulation. Teachers will be checking to ensure students do not have Bluetooth earbuds in their ears and that all devices are off and in student bookbags.

  • Social Studies MCAP (Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program) - 8th grade only

    • 5/6/24

    • 5/7/24

    • 5/8/24

    • 5/9/24

  • Math MCAP (Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program) - All Grades

    • 5/15/24

    • 5/16/24

8th Grade Parents -

Ms. Abney has met with all the 8th-grade students and completed their high school course requests for 9th-grade. Each student received a copy of their course requests to bring home to review with parents/guardians. Please call or email Ms. Abney with any questions.


SMCPS Athletics Seasonal Tryout Information SY2024: - Please see the SMCPS Athletics Seasonal Tryout Information One Pager for HS tryout information.


SMCPS students can sign up for the following Summer Courses for original credit: Health 2, Foundations of Computer Science, Geometry, Spanish 1, and Spanish 2. This FLYER includes all of the details on how to register and course dates and times. Any questions can be directed to Heather Wysokinski at hmwysokinski@smcps.org.


As part of Maryland Blueprint Pillar 3, College and Career Readiness, all eighth-grade students have been invited on a field trip to The James A. Forrest Career and Technology Center. During the visit, students will have an introduction to what the Tech Center has to offer. This will include an information session, small group tours of programs of interest, and a Q&A to help them begin to think about preparing for the future or planning to apply to programs as freshmen or sophomores in high school. This field trip is designed to be an opportunity for students to understand what CTE–Career and Technology Education programs are, along with the introduction to real-world and authentic work experiences.


On Tuesday, May 21st, the Math and Social Studies homerooms will go on the field trip, and on Wednesday, May 22nd, the ELA and Science homerooms will go on the field trip. We will leave Esperanza Middle School at 9:45 a.m. and return by 12:30 p.m. in time for each lunch. Please call the school at 301-862-4016 with any questions.


The permission slip below is due to your child’s homeroom teacher by Wednesday, May 15th. Failure to turn in the signed permission slip will exclude your child from participating in the field trip.

After-school Activities

Monday - Symphonic Band and Floor Hockey Intramural

Tuesday - Kickball Intramural and Track and Field Intramural

Wednesday - Floor Hockey Intramural

Thursday - Track and Field Intramural, Kickball Intramural, and Civil Air Patrol

Friday - None

Upcoming Events

There will be no school for students on Tuesday, May 14th due to the primary election.

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6th and 7th grade field day will take place on Tuesday, June 4th. More information to come from homeroom teachers when the time is closer.

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Gym Floor Updates

The gym floors at EMS will be refurbished starting on Tuesday, May 28th. All PE classes will be outdoors. If it rains, we will develop a plan to use the Aux Gym, Exercise Room, Health Room, and Media Center. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your child's PE teacher and/or grade-level administrator.

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Important Information - Final Report Cards for SY24

Final report cards will be available in HAC starting on June 13th and will no longer be online after 5:00 pm on June 25th to prepare for the 2025 rollover. Please view and/or download report cards by 5:00 pm on June 25th. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

EMS Staff Member of the Month Nomination Form

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Link your Harris Teeter VIC Card!

If you shop at Harris Teeter, please link your VIC card online or tell your cashier during your checkout that you want to link to the Esperanza Middle School account. The account number is 4621. Once the account number is linked, every time you shop 5% of your Harris Teeter brand purchases will be contributed by Harris Teeter to the Esperanza account. It is that easy!

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SMCPS Student Mental Health & Wellness

Use this link to visit the SMCPS Student Mental Health & Wellness resource page.
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Student Lunch Accounts

Use this link to put money on your child's lunch account.
EMS Fundraisers SY24
As stated in our back-to-school letter, fundraisers throughout the school year will always be publicized in the SMORE before they occur. Please click the link above for the most up-to-date EMS Fundraiser information.
My School Bucks and the EMS Library in SMCPS
New for 2022, families have the option to pay for lost or damaged resources in My School Bucks. Resources include library books, laptops, chargers, textbooks, consumables, etc.
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