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Greetings Dolphin Families,

There is still time to nominate a teacher or staff member for the Dedicated Dolphin Award! Teachers and staff will receive their recognition this week. Your kind words mean the world to our staff!

We hope to see everyone at this Friday's PTA Spring Fling!

Many thanks for your support of our students, school, and staff!

#dolphinpride

Kindly,

Mrs. Lindsay G. Brenfleck, Principal

Mr. Joseph D. Farrell, Assistant Principal

Nominate an LMDES staff member!

• Dedicated Dolphin Award
  
• Notable Dates
• PTA Spring Fling
• May is Mental Health Awareness Month!
• Volunteers Needed: Field Day & Vehicle Day
• GMHS Comic Con
• Summer Meals Parent/Guardian Sign-Up
• School Lunch Highlights
• Photos from our week!

• Helpful Resources & Info Worth Repeating

• Spring MCAP Testing Dates

• SY25 Learning Environment Preference Input
  

• Upcoming & End-Of-Year Events

• Spring Testing Dates: Grades 3-5

• May 6-10- Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week
• Tues, May 7- Talent Show Rehearsal
  
• Fri, May 10- Optional SY25 Learning Environment Input Due
• Fri, May 10- Two Hour Early Release
• Fri, May 10- PTA Spring Fling
• May 13-17- Mental Health Awareness Spirit Week
• Tues, May 14- Primary Election Day; No School for Students

Save the Dates!

• Wed, May 22- Spring Band, Strings, Chorus Concert
• Wed, May 29- Talent Show
• Thurs, May 30- Field Day
• Fri, May 31- Vehicle Day (Career Week)
• Mon, June 3- Last PTA Meeting of the Year

Congratulations to our fifth grade students on an incredible wax museum! Our students brought history to life! Special thanks to Mrs. Amato, Mrs. Hughes, Mrs. Warder, and our 5th grade families for guiding and supporting our students through this project. Kudos to all!

3rd grade Dolphins study the life cycle and adaptations of the butterfly over the course of several weeks. Ms. Jilek's class released their butterflies last Thursday afternoon!

Great Mills High School is excited to announce the first Comic Con. They will have vendors, artists, film screenings, panels, concessions, cosplay games and more!

Tickets are on sale now through gofan.com for $5. Price at the door will increase to $10.

Congratulations to our 5th grade students who competed in last Thursday's SMCPS Battle of the Books at Duke Elementary: Annie Cannon, Olivia Wilson, Layla Richards, Aubrey Bevard-Crooks, Braelynn Thomas, Sapphire Schulz, Lily Oakley, Brayden Wright, James Short, and Kolby Tweten!

Special thanks to Ms. Wathen for coaching the team! Thank you, Ms. Taylor, for volunteering for the event!

In-School Menus Link

Nutrition is closely linked to overall physical health and is a correlate of academic performance. Meeting both nutritional and physical activity recommendations together is associated with higher academic performance.

MyPlate (https://www.myplate.gov/life-stages/kids) has a variety of helpful resources, games, and activities to get kids started on a healthy eating adventure!

Resource: Start Simple with MyPlate

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 and we are offering two pickup times for your convenience. 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.

Contact the Food Services Office with any questions at foodservice@smcps.org or 301-475-4256 x5

Select your child's grade level photo below to view their testing dates. If your child is not able to attend school on their assigned testing days/time, your child will be removed from class for a "make-up" session. Please make sure your child brings their charged laptop to school, as this is how they access the tests.

Encourage your child to do their very best on the assessments.

Ensure they get a good night's sleep and plan to either have breakfast at home or breakfast at school.

Our students make us proud!

We appreciate all that our families do at home to reinforce the importance of being Respectful, Responsible, and Ready to Learn.

• https://www.stmaryscountymd.gov/recreate/camps
• https://www.stmaryscountymd.gov/docs/thescoop.pdf

The Board of Education approved the school year calendars for 2024-2025 and 2025-2026.

View the calendars at http://smcps.org/calendar. Watch the BOE presentation here.

Select the link to join the LMDES PTA: 23/24 PTA Fam Membership Form - Google Forms.

Why join the PTA? With your help, we will make a big impact this year by advocating for our students, teachers/staff, and school! Your membership helps support a variety of school activities and programs while creating a fun, engaging, and positive community.

MEMBERSHIP DUES: $7.00 Single Person Membership // $12.00 Family Membership

By becoming a member, there is no obligation to volunteer but if you would like to do so, please be sure to check "YES" & complete the volunteer registration at the link provided.

Download the Box Tops for Education app, scan your receipts, and earn cash for our school!

For over 25 years, Box Tops for Education has given families an easy way to earn for schools with products they already buy. Today, you can find thousands of participating products throughout the store — and all you need is the Box Tops app.

Thank you for your support!

All SMCPS laptops come with the same responsibility of care and upkeep as any other loaned resources. Textbooks, novels, laptops and chargers can incur a debt if lost or damaged. Please refer to the student accountability newsletter that will be included in each weekly school newsletter.

Schoology is the SMCPS Learning Management System (LMS).

SMCPS Schoology Google Site

Schoology has a Mobile App!

Directions to Log Into the Schoology Mobile App.

New families that did not receive the notification about their Schoology Parent Account should email schoology@smcps.org to inquire about their account.

Mrs. Lindsay G. Brenfleck, Principal

Mr. Joseph D. Farrell, Assistant Principal

We welcome your questions and inquiries. Please call 301-472-4500, refer to the SMCPS Website, or our LMDES website for additional information.

Website: https://lmdes.smcps.org/

Twitter: @lmdes_smcps

Phone: 301-472-4500