Sandalwood Elementary Newsletter
February 2023
From the Admin Team
We hope that your new year is off to a positive start. As we enter the second semester, we are looking forward to raising the rigor, improving student attendance, and celebrating all of our successes! Sandalwood is an amazing elementary school thanks to our staff, students, and families. We look forward to our continued partnership to ensure we provide a safe and secure learning environment.
Please remember students should not be on school grounds until 8:30 am when staff are on duty. We dismiss at 3:30pm through our classroom doors. We ask that you limit the number of early dismissals as it disrupts the children's classrooms. We will not allow early dismissals after 3:10pm for the safety of students. Thank you for helping to keep Sandalwood a safe place focused on student learning.
Mrs. Lingenfelder, Principal
Mrs. Alexander, Assistant Principal
Mrs. Ament, Community School Facilitator
February 2023 Calendar
January 30: The BCPS Stakeholder Survey Opens
February 2: Monthly Food Bank/Thrift Store/Resource Fair
February 3: SNAP Outreach- all appointment slots filled
February 8: Parenting Support Classes with the topic "What Makes a Healthy Family?" In person at 9:00 a.m. in our cafeteria, virtually at 7:00 p.m. on google meets (see flyer below for more information)
February 8: 100th Day of School Celebration and Spirit Day (see flyer below for more information)
February 9: Janice the Griot Assembly (see https://www.janicethegriot.com/ for more information about this storytelling experience)
February 16: SNAP Outreach- limited appointment slots left at https://forms.gle/9MvsS3qSa5cG4vyN6
February 16: Around the World Night (see flyer below for more information)
February 20: Schools Closed, President's Day
February 22: The Colgate Smiles Program visits Sandalwood (see flyer below for more information)
BCPS Stakeholder Survey
https://survey.k12insight.com/survey1.aspx?k=RRsTUYQXsRXYsPsPsP&lang=0
Community School Facilitator Mrs. Ament will also be providing a paper survey to all families. Thank you in advance for your participation!
Our FIRST Around the World Night
We will be celebrating our cultures by completing a schoolwide, optional project titled “All About My Culture.” To participate in this exciting project, please have your child complete the project pages that will be sent home this week and return to school by February 15, 2023. All projects will be displayed proudly at our Around the World Night event on February 16, 2023.
In addition to our culture displays, we are looking for families that would be willing to share their culture at our Around the World Night with a “Cultural Touch Table.” This table could include the project you completed as a family, as well as photographs, artifacts, examples of clothing, food samples, and anything else school appropriate that would share your culture with the rest of your Sandalwood family. A slip indicating you are interested in participating will be coming home this week, along with the project information.
For examples of cultural touch tables, please see:
https://kidworldcitizen.org/interactive-country-tables-for-international-night/
We look forward to celebrating the many cultures at Sandalwood in a meaningful way!
The Colgate Bright Smiles, Bright Futures Truck is Coming to Sandalwood!
https://www.colgate.com/en-us/oral-health-education/mobile-dental-van
Community School Resource Corner
-MD SPCA (They will be providing our community with pet food)
-Baltimore County Department of Health- Chronic Diseases
-Baltimore County Department of Health- Prevention Services
-Baltimore County Department of Health- Tobacco Prevention
-Baltimore County Department of Health- Mental Health Services
-WIC
Judy Center Monthly Update
We celebrated our first prenatal massage session in January! Prenatal massage sessions are available to those living in the Sandalwood area that are at least 13 weeks pregnant. Please contact the Judy Center at 443-809-3336, kfoulke2@bcps.org, or eromano@bcps.org to schedule or get more information.
We had a wonderful morning at our first Bilingual Story Time with Birth to 5 services! In February, we will be reading Snowy Day and doing snow-related activities. Follow us on Facebook to stay up to date with upcoming Judy Center events.
January 2023 in Pictures
Perfect Attendance for January 2023
About Sandalwood
Email: scarr2@bcps.org
Website: https://sandalwoodes.bcps.org/
Location: 900 South Marlyn Avenue, Essex, MD, USA
Phone: 4438090174
Facebook: facebook.com/sandalwoodes
Twitter: @Sandalwood_BCPS