Aviator Updates
SY24 CWFDES Family Issue #33
B WEEK: May 6-10
Greetings Aviator Families,
There is still time to Nominate a staff member for an Awesome Aviator Recognition! Teachers and staff will receive their recognition this week. Your kind words mean the world to them.
Many thanks for your support of our students, school, and staff!
Kindly,
Katie Kortokrax, Principal
Zach Adams, Assistant Principal
- Mon, May 6 - Pre-K Parent and Family Engagement Event (see below)
- May 6-10 - Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week (Nominate a staff member for an Awesome Aviator Recognition)
- Fri, May 10- Two-Hour Early Release Day
- Tues, May 14- Primary Election Day; No School for Students
- Wed, May 29 - Spring Concert Performance
- Wed, June 5 - Field Day
Mark Your Calendars for these Spring Testing Dates!
4th Grade
MCAP Math: May 7, 9
5th Grade
MCAP Math: May 7, 9
Upcoming Events
May is Mental Health Awareness Month!
Duke Students Took 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place at the Battle of the Books Competition
The Book Bears - 1st Place
The Reading Dragons - 2nd Place
Snow Much Reading - 3rd Place
5-Day Summer Meals Pickup
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 and we are offering two pickup times for your convenience. 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.
Contact the Food Services Office with any questions at foodservice@smcps.org or 301-475-4256 x5
Attendance - Every Day Counts!
Duke Elementary - Where Children SOAR!
Congratulations to Our INTERMEDIATE Fridge of Fame Recipients!
News from our PTA
Duke PTA Staff Appreciation Week (May 6-10)
Thank you to EVERYONE who donated (time/money/talents) to help make this Teacher Appreciation Week possible! I can't wait to see the absolute JOY the staff always exudes on this particular week every year. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
Ready for Field Day?
The Duke PTA is selling Field Day T-Shirts! Shirts will come in the color assigned to each grade level. A sample of the shirt is shown in the order form and in the image on the right (red shirt). Shirts are $10 each. Orders must be in by this Friday 5/10 at 5pm. Link to order form: https://forms.gle/axBFPXENyrftKsmo6
The Duke PTA is also selling special shirts for 5th Grade Students! Shirts will come in blue, the 5th grade color for field day. A sample of the shirt is shown in the order form and in the image on the right (blue shirt). 5th grade shirts are $20 each. Orders must be in by this Friday 5/10 at 5pm.
Link to order form: https://forms.gle/4bNDaW3F51BETt6o6
Cafeteria Info (& Menu Changes)
Click here for the Menu. Due to supply chain issues, menu changes occur. We recognize that the decision to bring lunch from home or purchase lunch from school is often dependent on the menu.
Last Week's Episodes of the Duke Morning News
Community Gathering
Helpful Resources & Info Worth Repeating
Upcoming Events
Surf the Mental Health & Wellness Wave: A Resource & Education Fair
Above Par Golf and Entertainment
Above Par Golf and Entertainment wants our kids to SOAR and they want to reward them for doing so! Your family can trade in SOAR tickets for FREE time on their virtual simulators. For every 10 SOAR tickets your child collects, Above Par will give your family 30 minutes of free simulator rental time. They've asked they we limit each visit to a max of 20 SOAR tickets per family, but that's a whole hour of fun for the family, just for your kid SOAR'ing high! Above Par offers much more than golf and they are located right here in Leonardtown. Check their website (www.abovepar.golf) to plan your visit!"
Summer Sports Academies
Captain Walter Francis Duke Elementary
We welcome your questions and inquiries. Please call 240-309-4658, refer to the SMCPS Back to School website, or our CWFDES website for additional information.
Katie Kortokrax, Principal
Zach Adams, Assistant Principal
Email: klkortokrax@smcps.org
Website: https://cwfdes.smcps.org/
Location: 23595 Hayden Farm Lane, Leonardtown, MD 20650
Phone: (240) 309-4658
Twitter: @CWFDES_SMCPS