The Greencastle Gazette
Dear Greencastle Families,
Congratulations to all the Green and Gold winners this past week! Our students are doing amazing things and we are so proud! Two grade levels went on field trips this week and the students came back so excited about their visits to Imagination Stage and the Baltimore Aquarium. Great things are happening at the Castle and we are looking forward to what the next few weeks have in store.
I hope each family enjoys President's Day as a time to rest and rejuvenate. This is the last holiday for a while. The next school closing is March 31, 2025 for grading and planning, but there is an early dismissal on February 28th for interims. Have a great weekend!
Respectfully,
Ronnie Mathewson, Acting Principal
Come out and join us for a Positive Parenting Training on Wednesday, February 18th from 6:30pm-8:00pm. This training will be in the Multipurpose room and on Zoom. We hope to see you there!
Zoom link:
https://mcpsmd.zoom.us/j/85269439343?pwd=JJyuenzloiLpS5dMwQE93upamGyUTO.1
Greencastle will be hosting an all day STEAM day on Thursday, March 20th. Students will engage in a day of activities including community speakers and visitors, STEAM activities, class and student project sharing, books, videos, makerspace activities, art projects, gallery walks, and so much more!
Families are invited back that evening to keep the STEAM energy moving full force with dinner, hands-on stations, engineering, robotics, microscopes, community visitors, class and individual projects, art projects, and gallery walks.
Do you work in the field of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, or Math and want to share your knowledge with the students at Greencastle? Please complete the form and submit it to Lyndsay Fetrow or Valerie Patel by Thursday, March 6th.
Amplify Core Knowledge Language Arts (CKLA) is a language arts program for Grades PreK–5 that combines a multi-sensory approach to phonics with rich texts carefully sequenced to build content knowledge—so that students learn to read and read to learn at the same time.
Every day in Grades PreK–2, students complete one full lesson that builds foundational reading skills, as well as one full lesson that builds background knowledge. In Grades 3–5, students start to master the skills of reading, further opening up their worlds.
MCPS Curriculum Overviews (Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 5)
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/english/es
Family Resources --> A Letter from Ms. Cofield, Greencastle ES Reading Specialist
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x0KZPFjwDUzczz_dSVqL4OPc3J_oxsLvTzzgFnyBkb8/edit?usp=sharing
Family Mathematics Support Center
MCPS schools and families building mathematics proficiency for all through:
- A better understanding of the curriculum.
- Building a deeper understanding of concepts, skills and practices.
- Providing additional support and practice opportunities for parents and students.
Elementary domains of mathematics learning include:
- Counting and Cardinality (PreKindergarten and Kindergarten only)
- Operations and Algebraic Thinking (PreK-5)
- Number and Operations in Base Ten (K-5)
- Number and Operations: Fractions (3-5)
- Geometry (PreK-5)
- Measurement and Data (PreK-5)
Visit this link for additional support for math help at home (Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 5)
https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/math-support/
Greencastle ES Breakfast and Lunch Monthly Menus: https://schools.mealviewer.com/school/GreencastleES
By the end of the 2024-2025 school year, the percentage of Greencastle students who are chronically absent will decrease from 32% to 27%.
We decreased 2% this week. Way to go, Knights! We want to continue to work to get this number to continue to decline so that it is closer to the average for MCPS which is 17.84%. We can do it, Greencastle! Help us to continue to meet and exceed our goal by decreasing the number of students chronically absent.
Click on the link below from Attendance Works that outlines the Health Guidance for Attending School when your student is not feeling well.
