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Reduced visits to the Principal for recess behaviors over the past few weeks would suggest that we have seen an improvement in our recess and sports behaviors and students have followed the commitments we have made! Thank you parents for your support.

This week's school commitment will be focused on Ignoring Distractions and no Eruptions (during direct instruction).

Ms. Plotner will be sharing the commitment on Friday, October 25th.

As we finish the first quarter, we as a school are going to ensure that we revisit norms and expectations in the classroom. This go around we would like to commit to ignoring distractions and limiting eruptions during direct instruction.

Parents you can help:

Ask you children if they can explain an eruption, and what direct instruction is. Also ask them to explain why quiet is important for our brains.

For this commitment, Mr. Lynch's secret detectives will be coming into classrooms and seeing how often classrooms are adhering to these commitments. Ignoring distractions and the limiting eruptions during direct instruction will earn extra recess!

Link to SY 24-25 Calendar

November

November 3 - Daylight Savings Time ends. Clocks fall backwards 1 hour

November 5 - No School - Election Day

November 4-8 - National School Psychology Week

November 8 - 2-hour Early Dismissal & Veterans Day Celebration

November 11 - Veterans Day Holiday, All schools and offices closed

November 14 - Portrait Retakes

November 16 - PTO Turkey Trot

November 27 - Thanksgiving Break, No school for students & 10-11 Month Employees

Looking ahead to December

December 2 - PTO meeting @ 6 pm, Media Center
December 16 - Winter Vocal Ensembles Concert @ 7 pm, Gym
December 16-20 - PTO Penguin Shop
December 20 - PTO Fancy Lunch, 2-hr. Early Dismissal
December 23 - January 3 - Winter Break

Veteran’s Day Sign-Up Genius

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0E49ACA923A4FB6-52470660-veterans

Please help MES make this Veteran’s Day Celebration a wonderful one! We will celebrate on Friday, November 8th at 10am. If you can lend a hand with the set-up for this event, help us clean-up after the event or donate anything to help feed our Veterans- it would be GREATLY appreciated! Thank you in advance!

Haddie helps the cones down at the end of the day. It helps the car riders will know where they're supposed to sit.

Mariella is helpful with assisting students during independent reading time. It helps a classmate understand what to do next on an assignment. Today she helped a classmate find the letter B.

Ziggy is a new student at our school who strives for excellence in our classroom. She actively participates in class, works well with others in small groups, and completes assignments with motivation and effort. She is an amazing Mustang! Ziggy is an outstanding student role model who understands our school motto of respect, responsibility, and safety. She is a pleasure to have her in our classroom!

Penelope (not pictured) helps clean up in the room and cafeteria. It helps keep our room and classroom clean.

Presleigh always follows our classroom expectations and procedures. She is a positive example for all other students

Ella does a great job leading our morning meetings. She helps to start out our day as a positive community.

Effective communication is critical to the success of St. Mary’s County Public Schools (SMCPS). This will be crucial not only for emergencies but for our ability to communicate with families in general. Online Emergency Information Update Forms are now available through the student’s Home Access Center (HAC). Once logged in, directions to access the online form can be found HERE. A video with instructions is available HERE. It is vital that all information is updated in eSchool. The deadline for the online submission of Emergency Information Update forms is October 31st, 2024. Please click here for the Blank Emergency Form. If you have any questions, please contact your school.

PTO Board

Nicole Rumaker- President

Dawn Roach- Vice President

Jennifer Shaffer- Secretary

Maria Mosher- Treasurer

Nicole MacLean- Member At Large

Email: mes.pto@yahoo.com

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