

Cedar Grove Friday Flash
January 31, 2025
Dear Cedar Grove Families:
This past Monday our students enjoyed another PTA sponsored cultural arts assembly called “Get C.R.U.N.K.!” It utilized music, video, live performance, and audience engagement to show students how Hip Hop, theatre, parody, poetry, and comedy can be used to help express ideas, review unit concepts, prepare for tests, and have great creative fun. A wonderful time was had by all!
The 2025-2026 Change of School Assignment (COSA) transfer season opens on Monday, February 3, 2025. The COSA process allows families to submit a request for their children to transfer out of their assigned home school through the ParentVue portal in Synergy. All COSA request applications must be submitted no later than Tuesday, April 1, 2025. For detailed information, please click here.
Online registration for kindergarten for the 2025-2026 school year opens on Monday, February 3. Children who will be 5 years old by September 1, 2025 are eligible to register. Registration will be online through the ParentVUE portal. For more information about eligibility and the registration process, visit the MCPS Kindergarten Enrollment website or contact our school office.
Our school counselor, Mrs. Spoales, would like to pass along an upcoming VIRTUAL PARENTING WORKSHOP hosted by Goode Thoughts Therapy, focusing on managing and understanding children's intense emotions. This session will take place on Wednesday, February 12th at 5:00 p.m. For detailed information about the workshop content and objectives, please review the flyer: Parenting Workshop To participate in this valuable learning opportunity, please access the registration link below.
Link to register: https://forms.gle/HXsozb4nXL71U4kx7
Have a wonderful weekend!
Mr. Wynne and Mrs. German
To translate this newsletter, click here. Then click the "Websites" tab, choose the language desired, and copy and paste the Smore link into the box. Click on the blue arrow, and the newsletter will be translated in your chosen language.
Grade Level Newsletters
Parents, please click on your child's grade level to view class weekly newsletters. Any questions regarding the content of the newsletters should be directed to your child's teacher. Thank you.
From Mrs. Hirschhorn, Media Specialist
Here is the February Media Monthly — please bookmark it. Among other things, there are updates for the Daily News crew, 5th grade book club, the Music Cafe, as well as the lessons we are exploring in the media center. Very soon the March Book Madness folks will publish the bracket we will use for our March Book Madness competition, and that will be in the media monthly, too. Have a wonderful weekend!
Art, Music, and PE Newsletter
From Our PTA:
Cedar Grove Read-a-Thon
The Read-a-Thon was a success! The kids logged more than 90,000 reading minutes over 2 weeks!
Our K-2 Contest Winner is 1st Grade! Congratulations!
Our 3-5 Contest Winner is 3rd Grade! Woohoo!
Both grade levels will receive a pizza party and movie from the PTA! For those of you that participated in fundraising, your students can shop for prizes with their RAT dollars. You’ll see a “SHOP NOW” at the bottom of your dashboard.
Paint Night ***3 SEATS LEFT***
Please see the NEW FLIER WITH QR CODE HERE
When: February 7, 2025 @ 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Family Paint Night is back with our very own Mrs. Kim! Space is limited and tickets will NOT be sold at the door. To purchase tickets, click here.
We are looking for volunteers to help with this event. If you are interested, please sign up!
STEM NIGHT
When: March 21, 2025 @ 6:30pm
Information on how to participate has been sent home. Applications are due by February 5th.
Attention 5th Grade Parents
We are starting to collect baby photos for the yearbook. You can find the information needed here.
Next PTA General Membership Meeting
Tuesday, February 4th at 7pm - VIRTUAL
Join Zoom Meeting
https://mcpsmd.zoom.us/j/81213899154?pwd=UVFVYjhXaEdNd2g3a0ZmN1AxRGhMZz09
Meeting ID: 812 1389 9154 - Passcode: 030869
Got Pictures?
We are collecting pictures for the yearbook. Please add any pictures you have taken during school events here.
Visit https://cedargrovepta.org for more information on all PTA events!