Takoma Park Elementary School
Newsletter
March 20, 2022
Summer School
TPES will offer summer school to students this summer and it will be housed at Takoma Park Middle School. Students will be invited to summer school but no student will be turned away. The summer school dates are July 6th-July 29th. The summer school day will begin at 9:30 a.m. and end at 2:00 p.m. Registration will begin soon. Stay tuned!
Outdoor Lunch Volunteers
THANK YOU to our outdoor lunch volunteers! Over 30 volunteers showed up for our community in ways that kept our kids safe and gave them some extra sunshine (sometimes wind, mud, and cold) and freedom to move during the day between November and March. Thank you for coming together to provide the extra hands the school needed during this tremendous school year.
No More Outdoor Lunch Option
We no longer have a parent coordinator for organizing parent volunteers for outdoor lunch. Unfortunately, there will not be a sign up for having students opt in to outdoor lunch from this point on unless we have a parent to organize parent volunteers. Students will be given outdoor lunch as much as possible but it will dependent on having staff available and the weather.
Kindergarten Registration
Kindergarten registration will begin on March 28, 2022. Please use the flyer attached to begin the registration process.
Pre Kindergarten at TPES
Takoma Park Elementary School will have 2 pre kindergarten classes next school year. If your child is going to be 4 years old by September 1, 2022, please consider enrolling your child in our pre kindergarten program. The program is available to families based on the total household income for the family. There will be a sign up at New Hampshire Estates Elementary School until March 30, 2022. They will receive enrollments Monday through Thursday from 12:30 p.m until 4:00 p.m.
Peek at the Week, Newsletter & Lunch
Second Grade Families
Don't forget to fill out the Parent Input Form for the gifted and talented screening process by March 26! You can find the instructions here: https://bit.ly/3JiaXaN. If you have any questions, contact Jessica Blacksten, the TPES GT Liaison, at jessica_r_blacksten@mcpsmd.org.
Read-a-Thon
2022 Read-a-thon Reminder
We are two weeks into the 2022 TPES Read-a-thon! Read-a-thon is our school's largest fundraising event and it gets the children excited to read! Please encourage your child to record the number of minutes they read each day on their Read-a-thon calendar. To learn more, please check out the TPES PTA Read-a-thon website.