EMS Weekly Update

Monday, April 29th will be a B day.

St. Mary’s County Public Schools, in collaboration with Healthy St. Mary’s Partnership, is hosting a Surf the Mental Health & Wellness Wave: A Resource & Education Fair on May 18, 2024, from 10 AM-3 PM, at the James A. Forrest Career & Technology Center. Come interact with and gather information from over 35 Mental Health & Wellness vendors. There will be numerous guest speakers and presentations on several different mental health and wellness topics. Use the QR code in the health fair flyer to view the schedule of events. In addition, there will be food trucks, door prizes, and lots of fun! Please join us!!

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

Please make sure you mark your calendars for the testing dates below. Please ensure all students bring their laptops updated and charged for each day of testing. Students also need to be on time (7:05 a.m.) for school. Students will be able to earn Loot for being ontime and completing their testing. Cellphones, smartwatches, and Bluetooth earbuds are not permitted to be on during testing, as this is a state regulation. Teachers will be checking to ensure students do not have Bluetooth earbuds in their ears and that all devices are off and in student bookbags.

• ELA MCAP (Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program) - All Grades

• 4/23/24

• 4/24/24

• 4/25/24

• 4/29/24

• Social Studies MCAP (Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program) - 8th grade only
  

• 5/6/24

• 5/7/24

• 5/8/24

• 5/9/24

• Math MCAP (Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program) - All Grades
  

• 5/15/24

• 5/16/24

Applications for AVPA, GIS, STEM 9, STEM 8, and STEM 7 will open on Tuesday, April 2nd, and close on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. No late applications will be accepted. The online application will be found on the Academies page of the SMCPS website. The annual Academy Open House will be held virtually on Wednesday, April 10th starting at 5:30 pm. More information is available via the Academy Open House Google Site.

Tuesday - Track and Field Intramural

Wednesday - Symphonic Band and Floor Hockey Intramural

Thursday - Track and Field Intramural, Symphonic Band, and Civil Air Patrol

Friday - None

** Please note - due to kickball being canceled this week, we have added a makeup session for Monday, May 20th.

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.

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.

Website: https://schools.smcps.org/ems/
Location: 22790 Maple Road, Lexington Park, MD, USA
Phone: 301(863)4016
Twitter: @ems_smcps