Monday, September 9th
Wednesday, September 11th
Workout Wednesday: Students/Staff are wearing school appropriate athletic gear as we focus on the importance of living a healthy lifestyle while taking a mid-week motor break to focus!
Snack Bar Open for Students!
9:30am - 10:00am 5th Grade Counseling Lesson: Mrs. Vanderwest's Homeroom
Friday, September 13th
In addition to our monthly character trait and mindset, our RES students, families and staff will continue to practice acts of kindness all year long. Click here to view and print the kindness calendar for September. Paper copies of the kindness calendar have been sent home.
Students: For every kindness task our students complete, they will check it off their calendars. Students may return their calendar to their homeroom teacher, or to Mrs. Britt, on Tuesday, October 2nd.
Students with 20 or more completed tasks will join Mrs. Britt at lunch to paint kindness rocks for our RES Rock Gardens in the front of the school!
Deep Breathing Exercises
Deep breathing be very helpful when it comes to having feelings of anxiety or frustration.
- Taking deep breaths allow your body to fully exchange incoming oxygen with outgoing carbon dioxide.
- Deep breathing has also been shown to slow the heartbeat, lower or stabilize blood pressure and lower stress.
There are many different ways we can take deep breaths.
One way is "Leaf Breathing":
- Place your finger at the stem of the leaf.
- Trace up to the first point of the leaf while you take a deep breath in.
- Hold your breath at the tip of the leaf.
- Trace down the next side of the leaf and take a slow exhale out.
- Do this as many times as you want as your body begins to feel calmer and more relaxed.
St. Mary’s County Public School System Staff, to include our School Nurses, are prohibited from providing or administering medication to any student attending St. Mary’s County Public Schools except in accordance with the Maryland State School Health Services Guidelines and the School Health Services Manual.
St. Mary’s County Public School System encourages the administration of medication at home.
- Timing of medication doses should be adjusted to occur either before or after school hours if medically appropriate.
- When there is medical necessity for a student to receive medication in school, safe and proper administration is essential.
Medication (to include OTC), with the exception of stock naloxone and auto-injector epinephrine, will not be kept or administered by school health services personnel without the receipt of a St. Mary’s County Public School’s Prescriber’s Medication Order Form or a Maryland State School Medication Administration Authorization Form (collectively referred to as Medication Order Form through this regulation).
- The form must be completed and signed by an authorized prescriber, as well as a parent/legal guardian, without deletion or alteration and must accompany medication to be administered.
- A stamp with the prescriber's signature is permitted; a printed name stamp alone is not acceptable.
- Please be sure to have a completed medication form and the prescribed medication in the original pharmacy packing to be delivered to the school by an adult.
For the full policy see
Board Docs JHCD-R Administration of Medication to Students, Revised August 6, 2024
Mrs. Batelka has met with all students to discuss the SMCPS Student Handbook and Code of Conduct.
A major focus of the presentation and discussion was that everyone has a "job" in our school. We discussed that our students' job is to "learn," and what it looks like when our students do their job.
- Students need to be responsible and attend school.
- Students need to be responsible and keep cell phones "off and away" in their backpacks.
- Students need to be responsible and help keep our school safe.
- Students need to be respectful and wear clothing and shoes that are not distracting and are safe.
- Students need to be respectful and follow our school-wide routines.
- Students need to be ready to learn when it's time to work.
Families are encouraged to review and discuss the presentation with their child(ren).
In order to participate in after-school activities or events a student must be in attendance for a half day of school.
A student is considered truant if a student is unlawfully absent from school for more than:
- 8 days in any marking period
- 15 days in any semester
- 20 days in a school year
A FULL DAY of attendance is defined as present for at least four hours of the school day whether it be a full day, an early dismissal day, or a late arrival day.
A HALF DAY of attendance is defined as present for at least two hours of the school day, but less than four hours.
Click here for our SMCPS Attendance Brochure!
Volunteers must apply annually for approval.
- Applications are accepted only until May 1st.
- There is no application fee.
- Vetting of applications can take several weeks.
- Field trip chaperones and classroom volunteers must have successfully completed the volunteer application process before they can be considered.
Apply to be a volunteer!
PLEASE NOTE: The Raptor Volunteer Application Portal has been down. Please continue to check back periodically to register as a volunteer until the system is fully back on-line. Thank you for your patience and our apologies for any inconvenience.
