Important News

The Council of Elders Community Academy

Join HCPSS and the Council of Elders (TCOE) virtually on December 10th from 9:00-10:30 AM for an engaging session regarding student well-being. HCPSS staff will provide information about mental health resources within the school system, and representatives from the National Alliance on Mental Illness will share how to identify behaviors that affect your child’s social/emotional well-being and strategies to openly…

Federal Impact Aid Forms Due

Only a few days remain for eligible parents/guardians to complete the Impact Aid section of Family File. Parents/guardians who work on a federal property in Maryland and/or are a member of a uniformed service qualify HCPSS to receive additional federal funding. The Federal Impact Aid programs provide financial assistance to school districts that enroll federally connected children. In HCPSS, Impact…

December Inclement Weather Instructional Tasks

Attached below are each grade level's choice boards for all content areas, including Related Arts, in the event that we have an asychronous inclement weather day in November. If you need a paper copy, make sure you have filled out the Google Form from your child's homeroom teacher. If you filled out the form and haven't received a paper copy…

Hour of Code 2022

The week of December 5th - December 11th is National Computer Science Education Week. We are celebrating the Hour of Code along with more than 100 million learners in 180 countries! During this week, your child will be learning the basics of how to program a computer, a skill that is vital to our very digital world. Elkster is challenging…

Holiday Support for Families

Now that the holiday season is in full swing, we would lie to help support our EES families again this year by having a "Card-a-Palooza." Instead of purchasing gifts and wrapping them, we will be accepting Amazon gift cards. This will help ensure that families receive items that they need for the holiday season. The Student Support Team (SST) will…

Parent/Teacher Conference Survey

Thank you for attending your child's conference either in person or virtually. Please take a few moments to complete this feedback form to help us plan for future conferences. Please fill out a survey for each child you attended a conference for at EES.

Young Authors' Contest

Hey, young authors! Would you like to show off a short story or poem? Check out the Young Authors' contest information. Entries must be submitted electronically to Ms. Hill at Freya_Hill@hcpss.org by December 21, 2022. See the flyer for more details! Please make sure to complete the permission form below as well. If you need this printed out for your…