Mustang Message
September 1, 2024
Magnificent Mustangs
Important Upcoming Dates
September
September 2 - Labor Day - All Schools and Offices Closed
September 9 @ 4PM - PTO General Membership Meeting in the Media Center (All members welcome)
September 13 - Mustang Gallop Kickoff
September 18 - Fall Picture Day
September 19 - Two Hour Early Dismissal
September 20 - Professional Day - No School for Students
September 27 - Mustang Gallop
Looking Ahead to October
October 7 @ 6PM - PTO General Membership Meeting in the Media Center (All members welcome)
October 9 - PTO - Walk to School Day
October 14 - 2-Hour Early Dismissal, Parent Conference Day
October 15 - 5th Grade Historic Sotterley Field Trip (click the link for details)
Oct 18 - PTO Boo Bash! & Fall Book Fair & 2-Hour Early Dismissal
Technology Care and Responsibility
Student Resource Accountability: Students are responsible for the care and upkeep of all of their SMCPS assigned resources: print and technology. This document outlines all of the policies and procedures in addition to pricing for lost or damaged devices. The student accountability document is also linked in this SMORE.
A student can submit their own HELPDESK ticket. A parent/guardian can also help their student submit the ticket but the student needs to be logged into their Google account.
This link outlines the costs of repair and replacement. Welcome Back! SMCPS Laptops and Chargers
This Slidedeck is reviewed with students in order to remind them of proper care and their responsibility for the SMCPS laptops.
Kids & Teens Grief Support Group
Student Handbook & Code of Conduct
The SMCPS Student Handbook, Code of Conduct, and presentations can be found here. The handbook presentations will are available to students through a Schoology course, which will be located on each student's dashboard on the first day of school. Teachers review the presentation and videos as a class and have the students take the self-graded quizzes. In younger grades, the quiz is reviewed as a class.
School Meals
Weekly Menu Sept 2-6
Menus, Meal Accounts, & Benefit Forms
Menus for School Meals are visible through Nutrislice.
If you want to view your child's meal purchases and add funds, use the My School Bucks link.
Free Breakfast and Lunch Requires an Application
Online applications are encouraged as they are processed more quickly.
School Meal Benefit Forms: School Year Meal Benefit forms for SY 24-25 are now available online! Easily fill out your new meal benefit form by visiting https://www.myschoolapps.com/Application on the www.smcps.org website. Families can request more information by contacting the SMCPS Food and Nutrition Services Office at 301.475.4256, Option 5, or via email at foodservice@smcps.org.
Volunteer Applications are Open
Regular volunteers are required to complete an application every school year.
For more information and to access the application follow this link.
These are not required for individuals volunteering/visiting one day (such as for a Career Day or a Field Trip) that do not intend to regularly enter volunteer. Our visitor login system is a sufficient screening for those events.
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progress updates, joining our PTO, picking your child up, and much more.