Seahawk News
November 18, 2023
Sunderland Promotes Integrity, Responsibility, Independence & Trust
New This Week- Need to Know
- There will not be a newsletter next week. However, we will send the 15 Days of December calendar home after the holiday.
- Our FSO is sponsoring the annual Winter Wonderland event on December 9th! Click the link below to the interactive flier that includes links to register and volunteer. Here's the payment link: https://square.link/u/bbB6gzoI--
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If your child took CogAT this year, you will receive their reports before Thanksgiving. They will come home in their take home folders. Be on the lookout for them!
VIP Day is scheduled for Tuesday, November 21, 2023. We look forward to welcoming our special guests! There will be an area for our VIP guests to wait and enjoy refreshments. The SES FSO will provide the paper products and utensils. However, we need families to support this effort with donations of time and treats. Please check the link below to sign up and volunteer and/or contribute items to this special event. Thank you!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4BAEA822A7FFC61-46192652-vipdonationshelp
- We have 5 Teams of GATE students who are competing in Destination Imagination! Thank you to Meagan Jeffries for her leadership with the teams! This fundraiser will benefit any CCPS team that participates in the Global competition.
- American Education Week continues this week! See the attached flier!
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ANGEL TREE: Time to give to those within our school who need extra support. Please see the opportunities to purchase an item for the Angel Tree in the Counselor's Corner below.
- Just in time for some holiday gifts, our FSO is sponsoring a Yankee Candle fundraiser! Check out the flier below.
- REPEAT: VIP Day is coming up, along with American Education Week! The attached form (for release of a student) was sent on Monday. Guests are HIGHLY encouraged to pre register to avoid delays. An excerpt from the letter:
To help us prepare for the number of visitors we have, please complete the pre-registration form at https://forms.office.com/r/7qAinne7C3 AND complete the bottom portion of this letter and return to your child’s homeroom teacher by Monday, November 20th. The pre-registration allows us to manually enter visitors into the Raptor system prior to the day to ensure the safety of all students while at school. You will need the visitor’s Driver’s license number. We have near 700 students and this is one of our busiest days of the year. The pre-registration will help keeps lines at a minimal level so that no one misses the visiting window. We cannot guarantee that you will make the visitation if you do not pre-register. CCPS requires that all visitors are signed into Raptor to attend in school events. Again, you will receive a paper copy of Monday. We are looking forward to seeing you!
- Please note a clarification on non daily car riders or those being picked up for appointments:
- If your child needs to be picked up due to an appointment, please arrive at the front office before 3:45PM (1:45PM on Early Dismissal Days). Our office staff and duty staff start preparing for Daily Car Riders and bus dismissal at 3:55PM (1:55PM on Early Dismissal Days) With the change from a 30minute bus window to 10 minutes, we will need to keep our focus on the dismissal process.
- We are able to manage Non-Daily Car Riders but we are still not able to accommodate Drop in, Surprise Car Riders. For Non-Daily Car Riders, you MUST send a paper note, NOT AN EMAIL, with your child, EACH day that you plan for them to be a car rider. Please let your child know that they must dismiss with the Daily Car Riders at 4:05PM when announced. We will NOT call individual students down for dismissal. Please do not send a note saying “every Tuesday” instead, send a note every Tuesday. We can not expect teachers to keep up with all students’ special request schedules. We ask that you send a paper note each day because there could be a sub in the class instead of the teacher.
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: November 11, 2023
· Sunderland Elementary School and our community are helping families in need during this holiday season. If you would like assistance this holiday, and are NOT receiving help from another organization, please complete the Angel Tree form here – https://forms.office.com/r/1pZ1d5ps3u. Only current Sunderland students will be included. We have extended the Angel Tree form submission for 2 extra days! All forms MUST be submitted by November 18th.
· It’s time to select “angels” from our Angel Tree! We have a Sign-Up Genius available to select from the Angel Tree. All UNWRAPPED gifts must be dropped off at the front office no later than Wednesday, December 13th. Please contact Ms. Hilton (443-550-9387) or Ms. Shade (443-550-9474) with any questions.
o https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0A4EACAF23A5FE3-46130400-sesangel
· SES will continue celebrating American Education Week on November 20th & 21st! Please see the attached flier for spirit week fun and activities!
· Our Character Trait of the Month of November is ACCEPTANCE! We will continue to teach, emphasize, and reinforce the importance of accepting all students within our school community throughout the month!
o Our classroom counseling lessons will reinforce acceptance in our school community. Students is Pre-K to 2nd grade will read Acceptance is my Superpower by Alicia Ortego while students in 3rd to 5th grade will discuss the importance of accepting others, diversity, and inclusion in addition to a coloring activity that will be displayed in our main hallway!
· SES is officially a No Place for Hate school! No Place for Hate’s focus is to improve our school climate through anti-bias and bullying prevention education. Students will state and sign our pledge to commit to doing their part to make our school No Place for Hate.
· 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.
· Calvert County Child and Adolescent Supportive Behavioral Health Services resource guide - https://www.calverthealth.org/_pdf/lbha/resguide.pdf. This guide was designed to help parents and caregivers navigate and find information regarding the different behavioral health treatments and services available for children and adolescents residing in Calvert County, Maryland.
· 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
First meeting for Yearbook Volunteers - Saturday, November 18, 2023 - at 9am meeting at the Lobby Coffee Bar. All of the information is on the flyer including the email address to contact for questions.