Clearspring Howl

We had an amazing first week of school! The Husky Howl provides information for the upcoming week to help you feel organized and prepared to support your students. Have a great week!

• Please return your YELLOW EMERGENCY FORMS to school. Making sure these forms are up to date with the correct information assures that we can support your student during any emergency.

• If your student is going to be out for any kind of doctors appointment, the front office does need a DOCTOR'S NOTE for your student to receive an excused absence.

• We already have students missing personal belongings like lunch boxes and water bottles. Please make sure that these items are LABELED so we can get them back to your students. During the winter months, please also label coats and hats if possible.

• The best way to ensure your student is successful at school is to be at school everyday and on time. We understand there may be days that health and appointments cannot be avoided but when students are healthy we want them in our classes. Every morning students eat breakfast, hear the morning announcements and engage in community circles. Students who come in late miss this meaningful relationships building time. Please make sure that your students are at school on time each day.

• We start preparing students for dismissal at 3:20. Because of all the movement at students at the end of the day, we do not dismiss students for an early pick up in the office after 3:00pm. If you need to pick your student up early for any reason, it must be done before 3:00pm or you will need to wait for regular dismissal.

FREE AND REDUCED-PRICE MEALS SYSTEM (FARMS) APPLICATIONS Apply online NOW so students receive free meals on the first day of school! Households meeting identified federal income standards are eligible for free school meals. MCPS encourages all families who may be eligible, to apply. To receive this benefit, a new FARMS application must be completed every school year. Please submit the online FARMS application through www.MySchoolApps.com. Students not newly qualified for free meals will be charged the following meal prices. Only one application is needed for all students in a household.

Meal prices: Breakfast—$1.30; Lunch—$2.55 (Elementary), $2.80 (Middle and High) Students who qualify for reduced-price meals will receive meals at no charge!

Students use their MCPS ID number when receiving a meal, so confidentiality is maintained and no child is overtly identified as receiving free or reduced-price meals. Funds can continue to be added to student meal accounts at no charge by bringing cash or checks directly to the school cafeteria managers. There will be an increase in the transaction fee from $1.95 to $2.49 per transaction associated when adding funds to student meal accounts using the online My School Bucks software. For more information and How-To videos, visit the Division of Food and Nutrition Services (DFNS) website: https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/foodand-nutrition/meal-payments/#FARMS MORE INFO HOW TO VIDEOS

September - Spirit Wear Sale Begins

• 16- Jimmie Cone Spirit NIght
• 17- PTA Meeting (Hybrid) 7pm-8pm
• 25 - Spiritwear Sale ends

October

● 2- Urban Air Fundraiser 4-8pm

● 11-17- Book Fair

● 15- Book Fair Night Hours until 7 and Food Truck Spirit NIght

● 25- Talent Show

● 27- Trunk or Treat- 2pm -3pm

Don't forget to joing the PTA this year. We look foward to working together with our amazing PTA to continue to make memorable experience throughout the year. You can reach out to your PTA Board anytime with comments, questions, suggestions Clearspring.PTA@gmail.com

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