Route 40 Elementary School
Jacqueline Hawkins, Principal
January 10, 2025
Parent/Teacher Conferences
Parent/Teacher conferences will be held on Thursday, January 30, 2025.
Please use the form below to set up your conference time. Please keep in mind that we try our best to accommodate everyone's time preferences, times are based on your timestamp answer. If you have any questions, please call the school.
Benefit Dinner for Mrs. Shannon Miller
Mrs. Miller retired from Route 40 last year, she had 30 years with GCPS. Mrs. Miller taught PK at RT 40 and touched many young lives. She was recently diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, Cardiac Amyloidosis. Our school Parent Involvemnt Team (PIT) is holding a Benefit Dinner on January 26th, 12:00pm-4:00pm. We are collecting items for a raffle, if you want donate please drop the items off to the school by Friday, January 24th. We hope that you will come out and show Mrs. Miller all the love and support she deserves.
Changes to Transportation
Please remember that if there are ANY changes to your students transportation, you must send a note in with your child or call the school at 301-689-6132, please make sure that you speak to someone, do not leave a message. If the phones are down, the messages don't always come through until later. We ask that you please DO NOT email Mrs. Bolden or your child’s teacher with the change, we may not see the email in time. If you have questions please contact Mrs. Bolden.
Absences
The GCPS handbook states that if your child is absent for any reason, a note explaining the absence should be sent in within three (3) days of the absence.Their attendance will be coded accordingly.
Parent Volunteers Needed
Parent volunteers are a vital part of our school routine. We host a regular work session to help prepare supplies on Thursday afternoons from 1:00 – 3:00. If Thursdays don’t align to your schedule, please feel free to call and set up another time to join us. We value the assistance volunteers can provide to our educational program.
Recess
As a reminder we still try to take the students out for some fresh air during the winter months. If the temperatures are above 32 degrees we will attempt to out. Please have your students wear a jacket and maybe gloves and hats.
Box Tops
Please consider using the Box Tops app to scan in your receipts and help earn our school extra funds.
🥛🧇Weekly Breakfast & Lunch Menu 🍔🍟
JANUARY HAPPENINGS:
January 8th - Grades 4 & 5 to Hickory
January 17th - 12:15 Dismissal - Staff Development
January 20th - ** Schools Closed - Martin Luther King Jr. Day **
January 30th - Parent/Teacher Conferences 11:00am-6:30pm
January 31st - End of Term 2
FEBRUARY HAPPENINGS:
February 2nd: PTO Meeting 3:00pm
February 3rd: 91st Day 12:15 dismissal (floating day) * this date has changed!
February 4th: PBIS Assembly 2:30pm
February 7th: PTO Family Movie Night, 7:00pm
February 14th: 12:15 dismissal, Staff Development
February 17th: ** Schools Closed, President's Day **