As we start the third quarter marking period of the school year, students will continue to engage in MCPS MAP testing and WIDA testing. We look forward to another great quarter of student growth and learning. Many of our students have made a tremendous amount of progress so far this year and we continue to be so proud of their hard work!

We hit the ground running with our 5th grade Chorus Concert and our Advanced Instrumental Showcase. Thank you Ms. Sugar and Mr. Poet for all your work. Our students performed beautifully and we were happy to fill our All Purpose Room with families.

We also held our first Lunar New Year Assembly. Our gratitude to Ms. Sugar for organizing this school wide event in which our own students performed. We are proud to celebrate the rich school culture at Cold Spring and this was a true example of just that. We look forward to making this an annual assembly for our students.

Soon we look forward to celebrating friendship with our traditional Valentine's Day classroom parties. Please make sure to review communication from your class room parents as they are working alongside our teachers to plan some fun for our students.

Please remember that school begins at 9:00am. Our first bell rings at 8:53am for students to enter the building and prepare for their day. The colder temperatures bring an increase in car riders so please plan accordingly and help your child get to school on time.

Yearbook Photo Submissions

The yearbook committee is looking for photos from the first day of school and field trips. Please follow this link to submit your pics and follow the instructions to complete your upload. Select the appropriate folder in the left column and choose "candid photos" when prompted. While it would be helpful to know who's in the photos (our goal is equal representation among all students), that info isn't necessary to complete the upload.

We will try to include as many photos as possible, but we are somewhat limited by the size and design of the yearbook. If you have any questions, please reach out to us at pjfeinstein@gmail.com and garber.paola@gmail.com

All MCPS Schools received information about expectations to communicate to families with proactively preparing schools and students with necessary technology in case of an emergency closure. While MCPS is preparing as a district, please note that this is NOT a shift to virtual instruction on inclement weather days at this time.

Devices will be prepared centrally and will be delivered to schools checked out to the scholars through ServiceNow. Once received, and checked out devices will go home in the scholar's backpack.

• At Home Request for Chromebook Flyer (English)

• At Home Request for Chromebook Flyer (Spanish)

• Chromebook Form for Families

Additionally, if any family is in need of a MiFi device please complete the Student MiFi Request Collection Form on behalf of the family.

Again, we thank you for following up proactively as needed.

Montgomery County Public Schools requires school volunteers and partnership agencies to complete

certain compliance measures in order to volunteer within our school district.

● Online Recognizing Child Abuse and Neglect Training via their myMCPS Classroom/Canvas

account

● Background check (dependent upon the type of volunteer service, per the Volunteers regulation

and FAQ)

● COVID-19 Vaccination Attestation - Beginning September 20, 2021, volunteers will be required to

upload their Certificate of COVID-19 Vaccination to remain on the volunteer roster.

Please review the Volunteer/Contractor Vaccination Attestation Update for details on this process.

Building entrance is not allowed unless your name is listed on the MCPS approved Volunteer List.

Please do not bring your documents to the main office and ask for entrance. These documents are to be

uploaded for MCPS to approve and update the Volunteer list daily.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/student-leadership/volunteer.aspx

Each month we will spotlight members of our stellar Cold Spring Staff. Enjoy reading about each of them and get to know them a little bit better!

Mint Green

What is your favorite food?

Cheeseburger & French Fries
What do you love most about Cold Spring?

I love that the students at Cold Spring love to read and get excited about the books in our library. I enjoy getting to know the students through their interests & book choices. I also appreciate all the support from our parent community to help encourage reading through fun events like the Book Fair, Storybook Pumpkins and our recent Book Swap.
What is one interesting fact about you?

I am a graduate of MCPS and actually got my first teaching job at the elementary school I attended. I got to teach 3rd grade with some of my old teachers who were still teaching there. (Brown Station ES)