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Dear Families,

Happy Mother's Day to all of our Cardinal Families, Mom's and those who fill this vital role! You are amazing and the entire JP Ryon staff celebrates how awesome you are!

We are looking forward to a great week. As a reminder there is NO SCHOOL on Tuesday, May 14 for Election Day. We also have a 2-Hour Early Dismissal on Thursday, May 16th.

May

• May12: Mother's Day! Thank you to all of our awesome mommas! 🌼
• May 14: Primary election day - No school! ✅
• May 16: 2-Hr Early Dismissal! Dismissal @ 1:30 PM 🕐
• May 16: PTO sponsors Pastries with Parents event @ 8:00 AM
• May 16: KinderCAMP!
• May 17: National Speech Language Pathologist Day! Ms. Milstead & Ms. Whitlock are awesome! 👍🌟
• May 21: BOE meeting
• May 23: Orchestra concert at John Hanson Middle School - 6:30 PM - Please come support!
• May 27: Memorial Day! No School!
• May 29: Spring Concert: JP Ryon pairs up with Malcolm elementary for an awesome night! 🎵
• May 30: Title 1 annual backpack night!

June:

• June 7: Two-hour early dismissal for students.
• June 10: Two-hour early dismissal for students, last day of school for students.
• June 17: Report Cards sent via ParentVue.

Reminder: Thursday, May 16, 2024, is a 2-hour early dismissal day! The dismissal time for this day is 1:30 PM. Any changes in your child's default method of transportation home, must be made by 11:00 AM. As a reminder, please send these changes to both secretaries, Mrs. Claassen at dclaassen@ccboe.com and Mrs. Walthour at ywalthour@ccboe.com, and your child's homeroom teacher.

The CCPS Department of Student Services is hosting a Community Day event on Thursday, May 16, from 3 to 6 p.m. at St. Charles High School in Waldorf. Participants will learn about resources such as family support services, personal hygiene services/resources, and housing and utility financial support. Participants can also join on-site behavioral health workshops. Learn more about the workshops here. Entertainment for children, food and supplies will also be available. Attached is a flyer with more details.

The last day of school for students for the 2023-2024 school year is Monday, June 10. The last day of school for teachers is Tuesday, June 11.

These dates are final, barring any unforeseen inclement weather as CCPS still has two inclement weather days left for use if needed. Four inclement weather days were built into the CCPS 2023-2024 calendar, and only two have been used.

The following is the end-of-year schedule for students and teachers.

• Friday, June 7: Two-hour early dismissal for students.
• Monday, June 10: Two-hour early dismissal for students, last day of school for students.
• Tuesday, June 11: Last day of school for teachers.
• The last two days of school – June 7 and 10 – are early dismissal days for students to allow for report card preparation.

Report cards for students will be posted online in ParentVue and StudentVue by Monday, June 17.

Use this Link to Access the Title 1 Parent Resource Center

https://sway.office.com/dwgPfzmnLJNSI6na?ref=email

A Family Recipe, by Maryland SNAP-Ed, encourages families to explore activities that support lifelong health, as told through a story highlighting diverse traditions and cultures. The resources within the book and on the Family Recipe webpage can increase awareness of community. CLICK HERE!

Due to allergies, students and their parents/guardians are not allowed to bring to school and distribute any outside food products unless the products are commercially manufactured, individually wrapped in single serving sizes and marked with the ingredients and the nutritional facts label. Parents/guardians must obtain permission from their child's teacher or school administrator prior to bringing outside food for distribution so that the teacher/administrator can review the timing and impact on the school day, the benefit and fairness to students, and other considerations. For more information about this policy please review page 22 on the CCPS School Calendar. To request approval to bring commercially manufactured, individually wrapped in single serving sizes and marked with the ingredients and the nutritional facts label - please contact your child’s Assistant Principal:

• Ms. Jen Toone – Assistant Principal for grades Pre-K through 2nd: jtoone@ccboe.com
• Ms. Kayla Hawkins Assistant Principal for grades 3rd through 5th: khawkins@ccboe.com

• CLICK HERE to access the 2023-2024 School Supplies list for J. P. Ryon Elementary School.
• CLICK HERE to access the CCPS Parent Handbook/Calendar on the CCPS website.
• CLICK HERE to access the CCPS Cell Phone Policy and additional resources for parents.
• CLICK HERE to access the Student Code of Conduct.

CCPS requires all visitors to provide a government-issued ID prior before entering any school. All schools are equipped with a video and camera system to monitor all visitors arriving at schools. Any visitor must press a doorbell and show photo identification to enter any school or CCPS buildings. Visitors must sign in at the main office using the visitor management computer system, which scans photo identification. The system also compares visitor information against the National Sex Offender Registry.

Recently, there has been some confusion about who can pick up a student from school. As published in the 2023-2024 Parent Handbook/Calendar, "listing an emergency contact (on a student's emergency card) does not allow the individual to pick up a student at any given time in a non-emergency situation without prior written authorization from the parent/guardian. Parents/guardians should notify the school promptly with any contact information changes.

Office staff can only release a student to his parent/guardian unless prior written permission is provided by his parent/guardian. Emergency situations will be handled on a case-by-case basis.

All changes to a student's regular dismissal arrangements must be made in writing and submitted to the main office. Please note the following:

1. Only a student's legal parent or guardian may pick-up a student from school.
2. Anyone other than a student's legal parent or guardian must have written permission from the student's legal parent or guardian in order to pick-up the student.
3. Being listed as an emergency contact on the student's emergency care card only authorizes the school to contact the listed persons in the event of an emergency and the student's legal parent or guardian can't be reached.
4. Anyone picking up a student (other than as a daily car rider with a car rider tag), must present photo identification. School staff can't accept a photo of a driver's license.
5. Please send both Ms. Claassen (dclaassen@ccboe.com) and Ms. Walthour (ywalthour@ccboe.com) any transportation changes by 1:00 pm. Please also include your student's classroom teacher as a courtesy on the email.
   

Students will not be called for early dismissal after 2:30 PM. (12:30 PM on Early Dismissal days). If possible, try to schedule appointments during the morning, as this does not impact the regular dismissal process. Parents needing to pick up students for medical appointments or other reasons must show a state issued ID before entering the school building and report to the main office and present identification to office staff.

Charles County Public Schools is committed to providing all individuals an educational environment that is free from sexual discrimination. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 states that no person in the United States shall, on the basis of gender, be excluded from participating in, be denied the benefit of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity that receives federal financial assistance. Sexual discrimination includes sexual harassment, sexual assault and sexual violence and is characterized as unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature that interferes with an individual’s ability to learn, study, work, achieve or participate in school activities. If any individual wishes to file a complaint of sexual discrimination, they should contact the school’s Title IX Coordinator, Assistant Principal Hawkins or Assistant Principal Toone, at (301) 645-3090 or speak to any school-based administrator. All complaints may be resolved either informally or through a formal investigation process set out in Superintendent’s Rule 5116, found here: Title IX - Charles County Public Schools (ccboe.com). The Rule also outlines supportive measures available to the parties through the Title IX Coordinator or school-based administrator, including counseling, mental health services referral, extensions of deadlines or other course-related adjustments, modifications of work or class schedules, escort services, mutual restrictions on contact between the parties, changes in work locations, leaves of absence, increased security and monitoring, and other similar measures determined by school officials to be legally permissible and necessary to protect the safety or educational or employment activities of a party.

The Charles County public school system does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or disability in its programs, activities, or employment practices. For inquiries, please contact Kathy Kiessling, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 Coordinator (students) or Nikial Majors, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 coordinator (employees/ adults), at Charles County Public Schools, Jesse L. Starkey Administration Building, P.O. Box 2770, La Plata, MD 20646; 301-932-6610/301-870-3814. For special accommodations, call 301-934-7230 or TDD 1-800-735-2258 two weeks prior to the event. CCPS provides nondiscriminatory equal access to school facilities in accordance with its Use of Facilities rules to designated youth groups (including, but not limited to, the Boy Scouts).