Seahawk News
January 6, 2024
Sunderland Promotes Integrity, Responsibility, Independence & Trust
New This Week- Need to Know
Welcome back! It was a great start to 2024! As the new year and mid school year is approaching, it's a good time to review expectations with your child and discuss the goals you and they have for their school year. Our teachers discuss goal setting with the students so ask your child about their goals for school. In a world of instant gratification, the idea of working towards something has been lost, at times. Productive struggle is necessary to help students learn persistence and perseverance. We see students who display behaviors when things are not instantly easy. Here's an article that might be useful to help set a goal for home. Six Parent Tips on Setting Goals with Your Child | Edmentum
If your child does not have responsibilities with any chores at home, now is a great opportunity to consider adding some. Young children can be taught a chore, so please do not think your child is too young. If you need a thought partner in establishing some chores to develop responsibility with your child, please do not hesitate to reach out to our counselors or administrators. We are happy to engage in the discussion. Responsibility is the character trait of January!
We are thrilled to announce the SES Teacher of the Year and the SES Educational Support Person of the Year! The teacher is Meagan Jeffries- 3rd grade! The support staff is our secretary April Corey! Please take a moment to congratulate them when you see them. They were nominated and voted for this honor by our staff. We are so proud of them!~Pam Kasulke
- Volunteers Needed: The PBIS team is looking for parent volunteers to help with our Splash Cash turn in days! Please sign up here to help with our splash cash cart - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0F48ACAF2CAAF85-splash
- Calvert SECAC and CCPS Dept of Special Education are excited to announce that they are accepting nominations for the 2024 Staff Appreciation Awards. Please check out this link to nominate the teacher who has made an impact for your special education student: https://forms.office.com/r/tRRfpCPmPYPlease
- Dr. Anderson, Director of Special Education is also hosting a virtual book study over 4 Saturdays. Please let her know that you will be joining her for this book study by filling out this form: https://forms.office.com/r/w8U0VmmaeH . She also has books available if you need one, or you may purchase one on your own.
PBIS at SES
See the calendar for the Splash Cash Cart days and Celebrations!
♥️Volunteers♥️
EVERYONE must reapply for being a volunteer. The system was cleaned out and you must reapply. Remember, if you want to be a chaperone or work events, you must be approved. If you are an employee of CCPS, you still need to complete the volunteer process for participation in events at school.
Even if you are not sure if you will be able to attend anything, please sign up early. Here’s the CCPS link of info:
Become a Volunteer - Calvert County Public School District (calvertnet.k12.md.us)
General Information about Sunderland Elementary School
· Instructional School Day - 9:25AM – 4:05PM
- Arrival window for cars and bus: 9:15AM-9:25AM
- Dismissal window for Daily Car Riders- 3:50PM-4:05PM
- Dismissal window for bus: 4:10PM-4:20PM
· School Colors - Blue and White – Friday Spirit Days- Classes are assigned a Flock color as well. More to come on that!
· School Mascot/Motto -“SPIRIT” the Seahawk -Sunderland Promotes Independence Responsibility Integrity and Trust
See the attached information regarding meals and more!
Counselor's Corner
From Ms. Hilton and Ms. Shade: January 6, 2024
• Our Character Trait of the Month of January is RESPONSIBILITY! We will continue to teach, emphasize, and reinforce the importance of being responsible throughout the month!
• Our classroom counseling lessons will involve career exploration! Students will have opportunities to discover, investigate, and research different career fields!
• Stepping Stones will be starting their Grief Support groups on January 9th at 4559 Sixes Road, Prince Frederick. Please note, the brochure states the cost is $60 however, the cost is actually $40. Please see flyer attached.
• Upcoming Event! Please join us for a Mental Health Awareness Workshop for Parents hosted by Janet Parks and Dr. Amy Mace at NHS on January 16th from 6pm-7pm. Please see flyer attached.
• Upcoming Event! Do you need support with helping your child manage big emotions? Join CCPS in collaboration with Calvert Library for their “Zones of Regulation” workshop on January 17th from 5:30-7:30pm at the Calvert Library. Please see flyer attached.
• SES has joined with Friendship Community Baptist Church for our HeartFELT (Filling Empty Little Tummies) program. The HeartFELT program provides qualifying students with meals and snacks each weekend. If you would like more information or would like your child to participate in the HeartFELT program, please contact your student’s school counselor to sign up.
• Should your family need assistance with school supplies (now or during the school year), please contact your child's classroom teacher or counselor.
Michele Shade, School Counselor, Last Names A-K, shadem@calvertnet.k12.md.us 443-550-9474
Danielle Hilton, School Counselor, Last Names L-Z, hiltond@calvertnet.k12.md.us 443-550-9387
Calendar of Events
Please note that new items are added to the calendar as they are planned. It includes updated field trips and other events. Please note the change of the FSO mtg to Nov 14th.
Attendance Notes
- When a student is absent, doctor notes should be sent within 3 days of the absence. If you need to email the note, please send attendance notes to sesattendance@calvertnet.k12.md.us This email will be monitored by Ms. Bozman. Please let us know if you have any questions.
Community Resources and Fliers
The following link includes events, activities, and opportunities for young people offered by organizations in the community.
These events and activities are not sponsored by the Calvert County Board of Education or Calvert County Public Schools. We provide equal opportunities to outside agencies to distribute materials that offer opportunities to students and/or their parents, but that permission should not be considered a recommendation or endorsement by the school district.
Repeated from Last Week
- It was a great VOCABULARY Parade this week! We hope that the activity promoted some discussion at the dinner table about different words and synonyms for words. The students did a great job with choosing words and representing them!
- Thank you to Ms. Knudson and Ms. Gross for the wonderful winter concert! The performers were well prepared and energetic thanks to the efforts of both amazing musicians!
- We have been busy during the month of December with many activities that also allowed students to support others. We hope the students have enjoyed the special activities and recognize how they can make our community a better place.
- There will not be a newsletter next week. The parent calendar has been updated to the end of January. See it below in the calendar. We hope everyone has a wonderful holiday break!