The Cougar Connection
Principal News & Notes September Issue 2021
Happening This Month
- September 6th - 7th, No School
- September 8th - Instrumental Music Information Session Virtual Event, 6:00-7:00pm
- September 9th - Instrumental Music Information Session Virtual Event, 6:00-7:00pm
- September 9th - PTA Sponsored Back to School Social, 5:30-7:30pm
- September 13th - Individual Student Portrait Day, FREED Photography
- September 16th - No School
- September 17th - Principal Coffee Virtual Event K-2 Parents/Guardians, 9:30-10:15am
- September 21st - Virtual PTA Meeting, 7:00pm
- September 24th - Principal Coffee Virtual Event, 3-5 Parents/Guardians, 9:30-10:15am
Welcoming Our Cougars Back
Our school is sparkling and our classrooms are done
Our Cougars are happy and ready for fun
This year is the mark of one, unlike any other
Let's partner, have patience, and lean on one another
Whatever should happen, know we will be ready
Our community is strong, we can handle the heavy
And so with these words, I welcome you back
We are here to serve you and ensure we are all on the right track
PAWS and stay PAWSitive and show cougar pride
Get ready, buckle up, it's gonna be a wonderful ride!
THANK YOU Cold Spring PTA & Community for Our Staff Lounge Renovation
Curriculum Corner: The Leader In Me
Cold Spring teachers will teach this curriculum during community meetings to start the day or finish the day depending on the grade level schedule. All students have received a workbook that reinforces all lesson concepts. As we become accustomed to our school routines, ask your child what habits they have learned and how they are demonstrating those habits throughout the day.
Please watch the video below for a brief overview of The Leader In Me.
Important Information Regarding Our Student & Community Health
As we return to school, we continue to rely on our families and each individual to screen themselves daily for symptoms. To help us avoid quarantine, we are asking that you please continue to screen your children at home and if they have even one symptom of COVID-19, or are awaiting COVID test results, please do not send them to school.
This is particularly important as if your child has any of the following single symptoms they will be sent home and not be able to return to school until they have a negative test, alternate diagnosis, or complete a full 10-day quarantine. During that period of time, all other students who have been in their close contact will have to be in a temporary quarantine while the other families wait on the outcome of that testing for your child. This could be potentially disruptive to your children and families moving in and out of quarantine and to avoid it takes all of us working together. It is a collective responsibility that we exercise extreme caution and be conservative in our approach.
The single symptoms that the health room staff screen for and will result in quarantine are cough, difficulty breathing, new loss of taste or smell, fever ≥100.4°, sore throat, severe headache, diarrhea or vomiting. Please do not send your children to school with any of these symptoms. This is essential for us to continue to remain in school without quarantine.
Outdoor Lunch for EVERYONE!
We will also be partnering with our fantastic PTA to bring in structures that will provide shade for students. If you would like to support this effort, please reach out to our PTA President, Ms. Norean Qadir at noreanqadir@gmail.com
Important Reminders
Thank you for your patience as we have worked to ensure a smooth arrival and dismissal process for Cold Spring Elementary.
Arrival:
- Please do not get out of your vehicle and drive all the way to the stop sign before dropping your student off
- Please make sure students exit your car directly to the sidewalk side
- Work with your student to unbuckle themselves and have all their belongings ready
The below timeline will be implemented daily. If you are a car rider, it is imperative your child and yourself know your assigned number. If you are a walker, it is imperative your child knows your meet up location. All bus riders will head to the All Purpose Room to wait for their bus to arrive. We thank you for your support!
3:20 p.m. Patrols dismissed to assigned post
3:23 p.m. Walkers dismissed to meet up location and/or walk home
3:25 p.m. Car riders dismissed to front of school to wait for their car number to be called
Bus Riders dismissed to All Purpose Room
Please also note, during arrival and dismissal time, there are no left turns into the school from northbound Falls Chapel Way.
Cold Spring Elementary School
Email: Natalie_M_Hambrecht@mcpsmd.org
Website: https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/schools/coldspringes/
Location: 9201 Falls Chapel Way, Potomac, MD, USA
Phone: 240-740-4390
Twitter: @NHambrecht