This Summer Newsletter will give you information about:

• Our Summer Reading Program
• SMCPS Employment Opportunities
• Summer Learning Opportunities
• Important Dates
• 2022-2023 School Supply List
• Free & Reduced Meal Benefits (SY23)
• Lunch, Learn and Grow Program
• Pre-K Applications
• Kindergarten Registration

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• All students will log in through CLEVER for all Summer 2022 Extended Learning Opportunities.
• The Imagine Learning platforms are available for all students in Grades K - 5. This platform is curriculum aligned and adapts based on student input.
• 5th-grade students may preview Edgenuity course options for both MATH and ELA.

St. Mary’s County Public Schools’ Judy Center Early Learning Hub and Food and Nutrition Services is pleased to announce its free summer meals program in partnership with the St. Mary’s County Library and a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture. Meals are for children 18 and under free of charge.

All meals will be served from the St. Mary’s County Library’s Lexington Park Branch beginning

June 21st through Friday, August 19th. Meals will be offered five days per week from 12:00-

1:00, with the exception of July 4, 2022, in observance of the Independence Day holiday. Meals will be served by the SMC Library staff, the Judy Center Early Learning Hub Staff, and trained volunteers from the SMC Library. Training on meal service is being provided by the SMCPS Food and Nutrition Office. The cost of meals for adults accompanying their children will be covered by the St. Mary’s County Department of Social Services.

The Judy Center Staff will be on-site during the month of July to offer families engaging learning activities that they may do at home.

For additional information regarding lunch please contact Food and Nutrition Services at

foodservice@smcps.org.

Update 6/2/2022 Press Release

St. Mary’s County Public Schools (SMCPS) will offer full-day Pre-Kindergarten for four-year-old students in elementary schools for the upcoming 2022-2023 school year for eligible students. There will be no half-day spaces in Pre-Kindergarten 4.

To enter a 4-year-old class for the 2022-2023 school year, a child must have a birthdate on or before September 1, 2022.

Please review the 2022 Federal Poverty Level (FPL) Table. Students will be admitted in rank order beginning with those children whose families are at or below 185% and eligible for Free and Reduced Meals. After those students have been placed, full-day Pre-Kindergarten 4 spaces will be offered to students whose families’ incomes are up to 300% until spaces are filled.

Families exceeding an income of 300% of the FPL will not be offered a space in Pre-Kindergarten 4 for the 2022-2023 school year. If you need assistance locating childcare, please visit the child finder link from MSDE at https://www.checkccmd.org/ for assistance.

For more information about the full-day Pre-Kindergarten 4 program, visit www.smcps.org/ssp/early-childhood-education. Questions may also be submitted to Pre-K Questions or call (301) 475-5511, ext. 32136.