MYES Family Newsletter
Week of 12.13.21
Myersville Elementary School
Email: dana.austin@fcps.org
Website: https://education.fcps.org/myes/
Location: 429 Main Street, Myersville, MD, USA
Phone: 240-236-1900
Twitter: @MYESFCPS
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Important Dates
Thursday, December 16-Friday, December 17: PTA Holiday Shop
Monday, December 20: Fifth Grade Band and Orchestra Concert will be at MHS at 7 pm
Thursday, December 23- Friday, December 31: Schools Closed for Winter Break
Tuesday, January 11: Picture Retake Day
Thursday, January 13: End of Term 2
Friday, January 14: Schools Closed for Students (Teacher Work Day)
Monday, January 17: Schools Closed
Thursday, January 27: Report Cards sent home
PTA News
THE HOLIDAY SHOP
During the shopping days, Thursday, December 16 and Friday, December 17, classes will take turns visiting the shop and students will have the opportunity to purchase inexpensive, but meaningful items for their loved ones.
Students received instructions in their folders noting how to prepare for and participate in the shop. Parents will send cash with their student on their child's shopping day in the provided envelope that denotes who their child is shopping for and a price limit per person. Students will shop and presents will be wrapped and labeled to take home that day.
We look forward to sharing the gift of giving with your children and seeing what they choose!
Happy Holidays!
The Myersville PTA
2021-2022 School Calendar Additions
The Board of Education of Frederick County has approved three additional early dismissals that were not on the original 2021-22 school calendar. These early dismissals are designed to give staff additional work time.
The 2-hour early dismissal times will be on the following dates:
- Friday, February 4
- Friday, March 18
- Friday, May 20
Weather Days
Frederick County Public Schools has three inclement weather days remaining built into the 2021-22 school year. If inclement weather prompts FCPS to close, it will be a traditional snow day and a virtual option will not be used.
While FCPS utilized virtual learning during the early stages of the global health crisis, this year we will work toward instituting systemwide virtual learning and evaluate the viability of a virtual option for inclement weather days if all available inclement weather days are used.
How can the community find out about inclement weather decisions?
The FCPS Office of Public Affairs swiftly communicates inclement weather decisions as soon as they are made using a variety of communications tools:
- FCPS social media (Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram)
- FCPS.org
- FCPS Find Out First text messages and emails
- FCPS Cable Channel 18
Local and regional media are also alerted.
What are the fastest ways to find out about inclement weather closures?
Our FCPS Maryland social media channels are usually the first to have updates about closures and delays. FCPS.org and FCPS Cable Channel 18 are also quickly updated. It can take up to 30 minutes for FCPS to alert our media partners and for a FindOutFirst message to get published.
We encourage families to sign up for text message alerts via Find Out First. Text messages are only sent in case of an emergency or in case of inclement weather closure or delay notifications. To sign up for text messages, visit www.fcps.org/fof, log in, and add a cell phone number in the profile. Text messages are distributed faster than email messages.
Yearbook Sales
We are happy to say that we will have a yearbook this year! The yearbook committee is working hard to make a wonderful book full of memories for your student. Order your yearbook today:
https://ybpay.lifetouch.com/Order/ with Yearbook ID: 14461222.
The price will increase on January 1, 2022.
To reduce the number of close contacts and potential exposure, parents will not be allowed to visit in the lunchroom. We will monitor health metrics and school data and share when this restriction can be lifted.
Bus Delay Information
MYES Vision Statement
Myersville Elementary is a place where students and staff are engaged learners. They feel safe to take risks and all contributions are valued. Here we have fun while we learn in our school community.
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