Help Needed
We will gather together with strollers, wagons, bikes and on-foot dressed in our Leonardtown blue-and-white. If we can find a sponsor to pull a trailer, we would love to be able to decorate with hay-bales and student artwork.
If you have access to a truck/trailer that you'd be willing to share for the event, please contact Mrs. Jameson at jpjameson@smcps.org
More information about parade participation will come. The event
LES Strings instruction begins in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades. String instrument choices are:
violin, viola, cello, or string bass.
LES Chorus (singing/voice) is open to all interested 4th and 5th grade students.
LES Band instruction begins in 4th and 5th grade. Band instrument choices are:
flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, baritone, or percussion/bells.
♪ Please Note ♪ Students may participate in either Band or Strings, but not both.
However, Band and Strings students can also participate in the LES Chorus program.
Enrollment Information is in the linked flyer.
There are also county-wide information nights for both Band and Strings programs. These events are being held at the Leonardtown High School Auditorium. The flyers below contain the details.
Your child's attendance is documented in his/her cumulative record. Frequent partial or full day absences can impact your child's ability to make sufficient progress. Please do not jeopardize academic growth for the convenience of picking up early or sleeping in. If your child is demonstrating school avoidance behaviors, please let the teacher know sooner than later. This is a behavior that needs to be remedied early to prevent the development of hard-to-break habits.
The Apple Tree Book Club is a program to encourage reading through in-school recognition. Here’s how it works:
Your Summer reading and school year reading count toward your total.
Give your Reading Log to your Teacher when you have read at least 10 books.
You MUST have your whole name (first & last) Teacher, grade, book title and number of pages for each book on your Reading Log.
Everyone who reads 10 books receives a pink blossom.
Pre-K and Kindergarten:
Parents may read to their children.
- 25 books=green apple
- 50 books=yellow apple
- 75 books=red apple
- 100 books=gold apple
1st and 2nd Graders:
Twenty-five pages of a chapter book or magazine are considered 1 book.
A 50 page book is considered 2 books.
- 25 books=green apple
- 50 books=yellow apple
- 75 books=red apple
- 100 books=gold apple
3rd, 4th, and 5th Graders:
Books or magazines should be at least 50 pages.
A 100 page chapter book will be considered 2 books.
- 25 books=green apple
- 50 books=yellow apple
- 75 books=red apple
- 100 books=gold apple
Every Gold Apple Reader gets ONE book donated to the school library in his/her name. A child receiving 2 or more Gold Apples will be acknowledged, but only 1 book is donated in their name per school year. You can watch our tree in the hallway grow and grow! You can also follow the progress of each class by looking at the branches outside each of the classroom doors.
MySchoolBucks will allow you to pay student fees and monitor cafeteria purchases from your computer or phone! You can monitor cafeteria purchases and submit funds electronically to your child's account.
We respect the many different ways that families like to recognize their child’s birthday. In addition to class recognitions of birthdays, our entire school community recognizes birthdays at our monthly Community Gatherings.
Some families choose to provide a small trinket to mark their child’s birthday. Edible treats are not distributed for student birthdays. If you are planning on providing something for the class on your child’s birthday, we ask that you follow these guidelines:
Inform your child’s teacher if you intend to provide something for the class.
Trinkets/non-food items will be passed out by the child and his/her teacher near the end of the school day. This helps to minimize distractions to instruction and ensure that items are not lost or broken during the course of the school day.
Flowers, balloons and other celebratory deliveries will not be taken to the classroom and cannot be sent home on buses.
Text Messenging
You can OPT IN to receive text messages from SMCPS and LES.
SchoolMessenger does not charge recipients for the text messages that they receive; however, wireless providers may charge for individual text messages depending on the plan associated with the wireless device.
Text “Y” or “Yes” to our school’s short code number, 67587.
After you text the key word, YES, to the short code (67587), the system will respond back:
Opt-in Response: You are now registered to receive approx 5 msgs/mo. Txt STOP to quit, HELP for help. Msg&data rates may apply. schoolmessenger.com/tm
If you do not receive this automated response, contact the school to make sure SMCPS has the correct number on file. If not, your child’s school will be able to change it. Once it’s changed, you can text YES to 67587 the next business day.