Route 40 Elementary School

Jacqueline Hawkins, Principal

November 1, 2024

"Welcome November, a time to gather and be grateful." — Unknown

Coins For Caring

Our Coins for Caring Drive will kick off Monday, November 4th and will run through Friday, December 6, 2024. We are asking that you send in your extra change to help needy families in our community. The money raised will be used to support as many families as possible at Christmas. This has been a very successful drive and we are hoping for the same success this year! So gather up your extra change and send it in with your child. The class collecting the most change will win a Pajama Day.

Veterans Day Breakfast

There will be a Veteran's Day Breakfast held in the school cafeteria to Thank our Veterans on Friday, November 8th at 9am. A RSVP letter went out last week and was due back November 1.

Changes to Transportation

Please remember that if there are ANY changes to your students transportation, you must send a note in with your child or call the school at 301-689-6132, please make sure that you speak to someone, do not leave a message. If the phones are down, the messages don't always come through until later. We ask that you please DO NOT email Mrs. Bolden or your child’s teacher with the change, we may not see the email in time. If you have questions please contact Mrs. Bolden.

Absences

The GCPS handbook states that if your child is absent for any reason, a note explaining the absence should be sent in within three (3) days of the absence.Their attendance will be coded accordingly.

PowerSchool

As Winter approaches, please remember to set up your parent portal for powerschool. Follow the steps to set up School Messenger. School Messenger is a communications tool that is used by the Garrett County Public Schools. The school system uses School Messenger to communicate a number of items ranging from school cancellations, major system wide events, to other various announcements by way of phone call, email, and/or text. Report cards are also sent by school messenger. To utilize School Messenger, a parent needs to log into his/her PowerSchool Parent Portal account. The Access ID and Password were handed out at back to school or sent home with your child. If you did not receive one or need assistance setting up your account please contact the school.

PowerSchool Parent Portal Setup and School Messenger Setup

Parent Volunteers Needed

Parent volunteers are a vital part of our school routine. We host a regular work session to help prepare supplies on Thursday afternoons from 1:00 – 3:00. If Thursdays don’t align to your schedule, please feel free to call and set up another time to join us. We value the assistance volunteers can provide to our educational program.

Recess

As a reminder we still try to take the students out for some fresh air during the winter months. If the temperatures are above 32 degrees we will attempt to out. Please have your students wear a jacket and maybe gloves and hats.

🥛🧇Weekly Breakfast & Lunch Menu 🍔🍟

A note from Ms. Linares

Our Winter Performance is scheduled for Wednesday, December 11th. There will be two showing, 9:30am and 1:45pm. All Route 40 students will participate in this performance and students in 1st-5th grade are able to practice from home by visiting the Music Website. There you will find links to the song each grade level will sing and a Google Slides Presentation with the lyrics. Ms. Linares will send home more information regarding the Performance as the date gets closer, but students can begin practicing now!

NOVEMBER HAPPENINGS:

November 1st - Classroom party/Custome Parade 2:30pm

November 4th - PBIS Assembly 2:30

November 5th - Schools Closed - Election Day

November 6th - Grades K and 1st to Hickory

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November 8th - Veterans Day Breakfast 9am

November 11th - 12:15 Dismissal - Staff Development

Veterans Day

November 13th - Report Cards to Parents

November 20th & 22nd - Book Fair, held during Media time

November 27th - 12:15pm Dismissal

November 28th - 29th - Schools Closed - Thanksgiving Break