EMS Weekly Update

May 20, 2024

Important Information

Monday, May 20th will be a B day.

Remind students to participate in the End of Testing Spirit Week this week!

Monday - College Day

Tuesday - Twin Day

Wednesday - Neon Day

Thursday - Jersey Day

Friday - Red, White, and Blue Day

For select students, the NJHS induction ceremony will take place on Thursday, May 23rd at 6:00 pm in the EMS Cafeteria.

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

8th Grade Parents -

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 301-863-4016 with any questions.

After-school Activities

Monday - Floor Hockey Intramural, Kickball Intramural, and NJHS

Tuesday -Track and Field Intramural and Kickball Intramural

Wednesday - Floor Hockey Intramural

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

Friday - None

Upcoming Events

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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.

EMS Events Calendar

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.

SMCPS Resource & Tech Accountability

SMCPS Mental Health & Wellness for Parents & Guardians