Route 40 Elementary School

"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.” — Anne Bradstreet

Parent/Teacher conferences will be held on Thursday, January 30, 2025.

Schools are closed for students. Conferences are 11:00-6:30.

Please look for a pink sheet of paper confiming your time. These were sent home this week. If you do not recieve one, please call the school.

Mrs. Miller retired from Route 40 last year, she had 30 years with GCPS. Mrs. Miller taught PK at RT 40 and touched many young lives. She was recently diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, Cardiac Amyloidosis. Our school Parent Involvemnt Team (PIT) is holding a Benefit Dinner on January 26th, 12:00pm-4:00pm. We hope that you will come out and show Mrs. Miller all the love and support she deserves.

Please take note of the GCPS Calendar dates below that have been adjusted due to five inclement weather/school closure days that have occurred so far this year:

• The end of the second grading period is now Monday, February 3, 2025.*
• The 91st Day/Professional Day, a three-hour early student dismissal, is now scheduled for Tuesday, February 4, 2025.*
  *Additional school closure days before the end of the second grading period and the 91st day will affect these dates.

Full details on the calendar may be found on our website at https://www.gcps.net/Page/2658.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Please consider using the Box Tops app to scan in your receipts and help earn our school extra funds.

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