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April 15, 2016
STEM Night at Elkridge Elementary
We hope you can join us the evening of May 3rd from 6:00 P.M.-7:30 P.M. for a special EES S.T.E.M. Night. The theme of the event is A Night at the Fair! and should prove to be some good, clean fun exploring the world of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. You will have the opportunity to work together and participate with your family in two exciting engineering challenges in a comfortable and relaxed atmosphere.
If your family is planning on coming, please sign up for S.T.E.M. Night by filling out the flier that was sent home last Friday in your childs’ Friday Folder or by filling out the following sign up online by April 15th. Here is the link: http://goo.gl/forms/NXDel94vjp. The sign up is to ensure adequate materials for everyone in attendance. Thanks for helping us make this night a success!
-The E.E.S. S.T.E.M. Team
GT NEWS
The GT Enrichment Fair is going to be on May 19th. The event takes place for the students all day and for the students AND their parents, family and friends in the evening from 6:30 to 7:30. Please mark your calendar with this important date. T-shirts will be going on sale soon. Our theme this year is EES MIND-CRAFTERS.
Endangered Species Fund Raiser
Three 4th grade boys are participating in a GT Type III project. They all have love for animals and want to help endangered animals and need your help! Starting on Monday, April 18 through April 29 they would love for you to donate your spare change. Located in each team area will be a box. The box is labeled with the words, “Help Endangered Animals.” All the money collected will be donated to the World Wildlife Fund. With the money collected an animal will be adopted. The team that donates the most money will get to pick the animal that we adopt. Each Tuesday and Thursday we will announce the totals collect for each grade. We have placed posters around the school to help remind you to donate your spare change. Thank you so much!
Vision and Hearing Screening
Vision and Hearing testing is scheduled for Tuesday, April 19th with a re-screening on Tuesday, May 3th. The Health Department will screen all pre-K, kindergarten, 1st Grade and any students (2-5) that are new to the state of Maryland school system. Permission slips have already been distributed to parents. There is no need to send in to the health room unless you choose not to have your child screened.
April Counselors Corner
What do you call sharing, taking turns, and compromising? COOPERATION. Our Character Education focus this month is on modeling good cooperation skills for our students. You can help reinforce this trait at home by playing family board games, making sure even the youngest family member has a chore that benefits the whole household (like setting the table, or emptying the bathroom trash), and coaching siblings on how to use compromise to solve a conflict (for example, split the last cookie on the cookie jar in half). Using the vocabulary word of COOPERATION at home is good way to trigger your child's memory of what is expected when playing with neighborhood friends, cousins, and siblings.
The Character Ed Kids and I would like to extend a warm thank you to all of the families who contributed to the Elkridge Food Pantry food drive the week before Spring Break. In just four days, our school donated about 400 pantry items!! We were able to move Elkster on the school track to work towards another school-wide PBIS celebration.
Also, we want to congratulate the FIFTH GRADE for donating the most items, and the FOURTH GRADE for runner ups! I've ask that Mrs. Sloat and Mrs. Law to move Elkster on both fourth and fifth grade's tracks. Additionally, fifth grade also earned EXTRA recess!!
Thank you EES for showing compassion to hungry families in our community!
IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER
Tuesday, April 19
Hearing & Vision Screening
PTA Family Fit Night
Thursday, April 21
Kindergarten Field Trip to Clark’s Elioak Farm
PARCC Testing (Language Arts) – AM/4th Grade
Friday, April 22
PARCC Testing (Language Arts) – AM/5th Grade
Monday, April 25
PARCC Testing (Language Arts) – AM/5th Grade
Tuesday, April 26
Election Day, No School
Wednesday, April 27
PARCC Testing (Language Arts) – AM/5th Grade
Thursday, April 28
PARCC Testing (Language Arts) AM/4th Grade (Tiralla only)
Friday, April 29
2nd Grade Field Trip to Howard Co Conservancy
4th Grade Field Trip Art Museum DC
Saturday, April 30
Elkster 5K
Monday, May 2
PARCC Testing (Language Arts) – AM/4th Grade (except Tiralla)
Tuesday, May 3
EES STEM Night 6:00 – 7:30 pm
PARCC Testing (Language Arts) – AM/All 4th Grade
May 4 – May 6
PARCC Testing (Math) – AM/5th Grade
Monday, May 9
PARCC Testing (Math) – AM/5th Grade
Tuesday, May 10
PARCC Testing (Language Arts) – AM/3rd Grade
Wednesday, May 11
4th Grade Field Trip SERC (Law, Bradbury, & Auxt)
PARCC Testing (Language Arts) – AM/3rd Grade
Thursday, May 12
4th Grade Field Trip SERC (Tiralla, House & Fastman)
PARCC Testing (Language Arts) – AM/3rd Grade
Friday, May 13
5th Grade Field Trip Philadelphia
PARCC Testing (Math) – AM/All 4th Grade
May 16 – May 18
PARCC Testing (Math) – AM/All 4th Grade
Thursday, May 19
Enrichment Fair 6:30 – 7:30
Friday, May 20
No school for students/Professional Learning/Articulation Day
Saturday, May 21
PTA Spring Fling
May 23 – May 26
PARCC Testing (Math) – AM/3rd Grade
Friday, May 27
5th Grade Simulated Congressional Hearings
Monday, May 30
No School Memorial Day
Friday, June 3
Field Day
Monday, June 6
(Rain Date) Field Day
PTA News
Family Fit Night
It’s time to register for a FREE family Elkridge wellness event is scheduled for Tuesday, April 19 from 6:00 – 8:00pm. Wellness stations include: Kid Friendly Boot Camp, Karate, Zumba, Yoga, Dance Party Finale, and Parent Nutritional Workshop. A parent or guardian must accompany children to the event. Please come dressed to exercise together! Registration is from April 5th through April 18th. To register for this event, go to www.fit2order.com, hover on programs for drop down menu and select registration. Next, click on the FIT Family tab at the top and scroll down to Elkridge. On the registration form, please click to add registrant to include all family members. For more information, please contact Terri Marcus at terri.marcus@yahoo.com.
Elkster is hitting the streets!
The Elkster 5K and 1 Mile Fun Run is Saturday April 30th. This year's course includes ELMS/EES campus as well as some of the surrounding streets and neighborhoods. Online registration is open now until the 27th. Visit eespta.com/elkster-5k.html for more information or to register online. Paper registration forms have gone home. Please register by Monday April 18th to guarantee your shirt size.
We need race day volunteers! Check out our Sign Up Genius to see how you can help. Volunteers will get breakfast and a special volunteer shirt. http://www.signupgenius.com/go/60b0849afab2fa46-6thannual/2306863
Upcoming PTA Events:
• Family Fit Night, Tuesday, April 19 from 6-8 pm
• Elkster 5K & 1 Mile Fun Run, Saturday, April 30
• 2nd Annual Spring Fling, Saturday, May 21 from 11-3 pm
Community Notices
The following announcements have been approved by the Public Information Office for school notices and distribution. Please feel free to contact the Public Information Office at 410-313-6682 if you have any questions. These events are neither sponsored nor endorsed by the Howard County Public School System.
NAMI
NAMI’s Family-to-Family Education/Support course begins its spring session, Thurs., Apr. 21, 7 p.m. Meeting on twelve consecutive Thurs. in Columbia. Contact Leslie Kain for more information and to register: 410-772-9300, lkain.namihc@gmail.com.
Cedar Lane School
Walk for Our Stars, Sat. Apr. 23, 10 a.m., Come join us for this fun, non-competitive walk. All money raised will be used to support our students with significant special needs and our staff. Please support The Walk and help those who can't walk, learn to stand on their own and those who can't speak, find their voice. For further information please contact Cedar Lane School at 410-888-8800 or karioreilly@verizon.net.
MakingChange
Money Matters Fair, Sun., Apr. 24, 11 a.m. -2 p.m. Wilde Lake High School This event is FREE. For more information, visit http://www.eventbrite.com/e/money-matters-fair-free-financial-education-activities-for-the-whole-family-tickets-23111168126
Ellicott City Soccer Club
Spring soccer programs, FREE Special Needs Program, and FREE 'Birth Year' Soccer Clinic, Apr. 26, (no school): We will offer a FREE clinic 9 a.m.-12 p.m., at Rockburn Park for players born in the years 2005-2009. Contact operations@ellicottcitysc.org with questions. Space is limited. Go to www.ellicottcitysc.org.
Columbia Gym
KidSpace Adventure Days, Grades K-6, Apr. 26, Full Day 7 a.m.-6 p.m. $50 per child, half-day, 7 a.m.-1 p.m. $25 per child. Register online, over the phone 410-531-8984 or in person at the Columbia Gym KidSpace.
Howard County Poetry and Literature Society
Blackbird Poetry Festival, Apr. 28, Howard Community College. The Sunbird poetry reading will start at 2:30 p.m. The Nightbird Poetry Reading, will start at 7:30 p.m. in the Smith Theatre of the Horowitz Center for Visual.
Howard County Government
Womenfest, a FREE Health & Wellness Event for Women, Sat., Apr. 30, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.,
Gary J. Arthur Community Center at Glenwood, Cooksville. For more information about visit the event’s website at www.howardcountymd.gov/WomenFest or call 410-313-5440.
AFS
Host Families Sought for AFS Exchange Students: Next school year almost 20 exchange students will come from around the world to experience a life-changing year or cross-cultural sharing here in Howard County. If you are interested in more information, please contact Christina McGarvey at ckmcgarvey@yahoo.com or 410.997.7087.
Howard County Police Department
FREE overnight Youth Police Academy, July 24-29, Public Safety Training Center. It is for students between the ages of 15-18 years old who are interested in a law enforcement career. For more information, contact your School Resource Officer or check out the Howard County Police Department website at www.hcpd.org under Youth Programs.
Starthmore’s Summer Intensive
Apply now for a select spot in Strathmore’s Summer Intensive—part of our Institute for Artistic and Professional Development. This program will take place July 11-15 and is designed to provide in-depth experience to outstanding high school instrumentalists as they consider a performing arts career. For more information https://www.strathmore.org/education/artistic-development/summer-intensive
AFS
Columbia Association is seeking host families for high school students from Columbia's new Sister City, Tema in Ghana (West Africa) from July 15 to 31, 2016. For a host family application and more information, please contact Laura Smit, Program Manager for International Exchange & Multicultural Programs at Laura.Smit@ColumbiaAssociation.org or 410-715-3162.
CAMPS
Soccer Association of Columbia
SAC Training Academy Summer Camps scheduled throughout the summer. Players of all abilities, ages 5 to 14. Both full and half days sessions are offered. SAC also offers extended care from 4-6 p.m., for an additional fee. Go to www.sackick.com For more information, contact asksac@sac-hc.org.
CrossLife Church
Track and Field Camp, June 20-June 24, 9 a.m.-12 p.m. Long Reach High School, 6101 Old Dobbin Ln, Columbia, MD. http://crosslifeevents.org/.
University of Maryland
SPICE Camp – Students with Potential and Interest, Considering Engineering, June 27-July 1.
SPICE Camp is a week-long commuter program for young women who will be entering the 9th and 10th grade next fall and would like to learn more about engineering University of Maryland, College Park. Space is limited. The application deadline is March 31st. Scholarship opportunities will be made available once admittance decisions have been made. Bria Barry, 301-405-3283, bmcelroy@umd.edu, http://wie.umd.edu/k12/spice-camp
Bethany United Methodist Church
Surf Shack Vacation Bible School (VBS), June 27-July 1, 9 a.m.-12 p.m., Bethany United Methodist Church, 2875 Bethany Lane, Ellicott City.
For more information or to register, please visit: http://cokesburyvbs.com/bethanyum
Howard County Conservancy
Full-day nature camps, June 27-Aug. 19, camps are located in Woodstock on our 232-acre nature center and at the Belmont in Elkridge www.hcconservancy.org/camp.html
University of Maryland
TerpsTalk, a new National Foreign Language Center Spanish and French Language summer camp for middle school students- at the University of Maryland. The Camp will take place July 11- July 22, 9 a.m. -3:30 p.m. http://nflc.umd.edu/camps
Center for Disease Control
The National Center for Health Statistics is excited to announce the 2016 Data Detectives Summer Camp, Aug. 15-19, 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. Contact us at datadetective@cdc.gov.
University of Maryland
Stepping Stones to Your Future (SSTYF) summer camp. This week-long coed commuter camp is for rising 7th & 8th graders who are interested in learning more about engineering. Each day is filled with a variety of fun hands-on activities and engineering challenges. There are two weeks to choose from: Session 1 July 18-22 or Session 2 July 25-29. To apply, we require an online form and a teacher recommendation from a current math or science teacher. For more information and to fill out the application, visit our website at http://wie.umd.edu/k12/sstyf. If you have any questions, contact Dawn Ginnetti at dginnett@umd.edu. 301-405-0315. July 18-22, (Session I) or July 25-29, 2016 (Session II)
SPORTS
Ellicott City Soccer Club
Spring soccer program FREE Special Needs Program, and FREE 'Birth Year' Soccer Clinic, Apr. 26, (no school): We will offer a FREE clinic 9 a.m.-12 p.m., at Rockburn Park for players born in the years 2005-2009. Contact operations@ellicottcitysc.org with questions. Space is limited. Go to www.ellicottcitysc.org.
The Howard County Recreation and Parks
Volleyball classes and leagues for all ages and skill levels, for questions, please contact Carson Nickell at cjnickell@howardcountymd.gov or 410-313-4720. To register, call 410-313-7275. Sign up now to reserve your space.
Howard County Striders
Bullseye Running/HO CO Striders is now taking registration
for two training programs Youth Track Team (competitive) and
Youth Fitness Spring Training (non-competitive) http://www.bullseyerunning.com/youth/
SuperSquads
It's not too late for after school cheerleading with SuperSquads. Team practice is once a week and ends late April in 11 county schools. Please contact supersquadsinfo@verizon.net or 410-796-2244.
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