Route 40 Elementary School

From small beginnings come great things.

GCPS has received approval to waive the students’ last day of school, which falls on Monday, June 10, 2024. Therefore, the last day for students will be June 7th. Both June 6th and 7th will be a three-hour early dismissal for students.

Registration for PreK and Kindergarten is now open. Please use this link or share if with someone that may need to register their child. https://www.gcps.net/enrollment

Our Bocce Ball Team is doing a fundraiser to offset costs. If we raise $350.00 or more Mrs. Hawkins and Mrs. Bolden have agreed to let four students slime them in front of the entire school. We will do the collection the same way we did coins for caring. The two classes that raise the most will have two students randomly chosen to dump the slime.

The fundraiser will run Monday, May 13th through Friday, May 24th. Due to a schedule conflict the slime day will now be Tuesday, May 28th and will be recorded and shared on our Facebook page.

MAY HAPPENINGS:

Changes in 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

If your child is absent for any reason, GCPS requires a note be sent within 3 days of returning to school. This way the absence can be coded appropriately. After the 3rd day the absence is unexcused. Please send a note in with your child to be turned in to their teacher or you can email Mrs. Bolden about the absence.

Advance Absence Approval

If your child will be absent for personal reasons(vacations) and you know in advance, there is a form that needs to be filled out and signed by the classroom teacher and Mrs. Hawkins. You can email Mrs. Bolden or send a note and request the form be sent home with your child a week prior to the absence. Any questions please feel free to contact the office.

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.

If your child needs to take medicine at school, we need to have the form below completed by the ordering physician. This includes prescription and over the counter medications. Please call the school and talk to the nurse for more information.

You can shop at the following link for a school spirit wear. Orders will be delivered to the school.

https://rt-40-23.spiritsale.com/