HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Many thanks to the PTO & all of you for making our 2023 Santa's Workshop such a wonderfully magical night all of our students! Smiles, laughter, & good cheer was EVERYWHERE and approximately 250 students and their families has a delightful time. What a fabulous way to jump start the last week before Holiday Break! Cheers & thanks to all!🐼🎅❤
Be sure to read everything in this week's Panda Nation News so you don't miss out on anything going on!! Especially on Friday, December 15th! Join us for our annual Holiday Sing-a-long at 2:15!
Don't forget! Our Wellness Theme for December is "Family". Connecting, celebrating with and supporting family is ALWAYS crucial to our wellbeing, but it is especially important this month. All of the holiday's celebrated in December-Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa have at their core family celebration & love.
Our Panda Nation family will connect, celebrate & support each other thoughtout this month of joy & light. Please join us every chance you can!
Panda Love to all!🐼❤
Mrs. Schou, Principal
Mr. Engel-Cope, Assistant Principal
Mrs. Melissa Bean, Academic Dean
Evening Counseling: SMCPS is once again offering School-Based Counseling Support in the evening for SMCPS students. Counseling support focuses on the following areas: Healthy Relationships, Social Skills, Self-Esteem, Stress Management, Worry, Sadness, and Emotional Regulation. Services will be located at Margaret Brent Middle School and Greenview Knolls Elementary School on Tuesday evenings from 4-7:30 p.m. Please complete the Parent Contact Form for Evening Counseling to request services.
Upcoming Important Dates
- Holiday Spirit Calendar
- Dec. 15: 2:15: Panda Round-up & Holiday Sing-along
- Dec. 18 - Jan. 1: Holiday/Winter Break-All schools & offices are closed
- Jan. 2: School resumes
- Jan. 15: Martin Luther King Jr. Day-All Schools are closed
- Jan. 26: No school for students=Prefessional Development for staff
Acceptable Use Form
Complete the AUP Form. All students are REQUIRED to have an acceptable use policy agreement (AUP) on file. PARENTs/GUARDIANs of each student must complete this form by October 1st.
Bus Info in Real Time
Here Comes the Bus App
Select this link to learn how to view the real-time location of your child's bus.
Lexington Park Elementary School
To help you navigate all the new elements of the school year and keep you informed about upcoming programs & events, we will communicate information frequently and in several ways. They are listed below for your reference.
- Weekly Phone/Email & Schoology Message: At 6:00 on Sunday you will receive a phone message & email from us sharing information about the upcoming week.
- Class DoJo: Very soon your child’s teacher will invite you to join Class DoJo. We use this platform because it is secure/members only and allows us to share a wide variety of information with you. Please join our DoJo family!
- Our LPES Website and Twitter feed: The LPES website has a wide variety of information for you and is updated regularly. We love to share all the wonderful things our students & teachers are doing, so we tweet just about every day. Follow us on Twitter @lpes_smcps
- Technology Needs: if you are new to the school or need a device from SMCPS please complete the survey here.
Email: raschou@smcps.org
Website: https://schools.smcps.org/lpes/
Phone: (301)863-4085
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/smcps.org/posts/971720426301468
Twitter: @lpes_smcps