News-to-Know

Email: nadam@ccboe.com
Website: https://ryon.ccboe.com/
Location: 12140 Vivian Adams Dr, Waldorf, MD 20601
Phone: 301-645-3090
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JPRyonES/
Twitter: @JPRyonES

Thank you to our parents and guests who came out to read and help us celebrate Read Across JP Ryon Day! The students had a blast hearing our special readers throughout the day! Shout out to Ms. Elliot, our Reading Resource Teacher, for planning a fun event! Thank you, Ms. Rosa, our Parent Liaison for helping us connect with so many readers! Check out the picture below of the College of Southern Maryland mascot who came out to visit our classrooms. We appreciate the support we receive from our community coordinator, Wanda Proctor, for always connecting resources for our Cardinals!

Our school Read-A-Thon began on Monday March 4, 2024 and it is becoming a fun and exciting event.

We understand that your time is valuable. We also know that providing the best education for your child is important. That's why we are encouraging everyone to activate their student's Read-A-Thon account as soon as possible. The instructions are straightforward, making it quick and hassle-free, and it should take less than 5 minutes of your time.

Watch a short video to see how to signup your reader:
https://youtu.be/12tmuXH8zCg

This account will serve as a hub for recording and monitoring your child's progress as a Reader in the event, and for you to share their Read-A-Thon message with friends and family. Use the link below to activate your student's Reader account:
https://www.read-a-thon.com/readers/r/313137303334/1

Thank you so much for your participation and support. Together, we can make this Read-A-Thon an amazing experience for our young readers! Thank you,

Interested in being on the PTO board next school year? Need more information? Please reach out, we would love to talk. It is that time of the year when we accept nominations for next year's executive board. PTO positions include President, Vice-President, Treasurer, and Secretary.

March 20th, 2024 is our Spring into Storytime Event! (More information below)

• Come out for a night of reading & fun!
• Ms. Elliot will present on games to play at home to support reading skills and interactive read alouds!
• Interpretation services are available upon request.
• RSVP is required to receive dinner: https://bit.ly/ReadingRyon
• Please see the flyer below for more information.

Open the attachment below for more information!

Yearbooks are currently on sale for $20. There is a limited number being printed, so be sure to pre-order yours today! The deadline to pre-order is April 12th. There is no guarantee that there will be yearbooks available when they are shipped in May, so be sure to get yours today! ybpay.lifetouch.com and our school code is 15217424. You also can pay with cash by sending in funds with your child. A receipt will be sent home the same day if you pay by cash.

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.

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

Reminder: Wednesday, March 13 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.

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.

March

• March 10: Daylights Savings Time (turn clocks forward 1 hour)
• March 12: CCPS BOE meeting
• March 13: 2-hr early dismissal
• March 16: Destination Imagination Team competes in State Tournament
  
• March 16: CCPS Elementary Math Challenge
• March 18-22: Spring Book Fair!
• March 19: First day of spring!
• March 20: Spring into Storytime event!
• March 25-29: Spring break week!

April

• April 27: JP Ryon Community Resource Day!

We appreciate families who notify the school of student absences due to illness or family commitments. Please note that make-up work will be provided to students upon their return to school. During an absence, students are always encouraged to complete DreamBox and MyPath lessons, read and practice math facts.

Medication at School

Students may not transport medication to and from school; parents/guardians can drop off medication during school hours. Additionally, a completed and signed medical authorization form must be on file for medication to be dispensed. Please contact Nurse Harty, school nurse, charty@ccboe.com with any questions or additional information.

Student Illness

According to the CCPS Endemic SOP, revised August 17, 2022, “students who are sick or sent home from school must remain out the day of illness plus at least 24 hours. The student should be symptom-free without using symptom-treating medication for at least 24 hours.” If you have student-specific questions, Please contact Nurse Harty, school nurse, charty@ccboe.com if you have questions.

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.

Use this Link to Access the Title 1 Parent Resource Center

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

• 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.

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).