Originally delivered on 8/22/2024 9:06 am

SUBJECT: SCES PTA Post August 22, 2024

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Week of August 22-30, 2024

Important Upcoming Dates:

August 23Orientation for Kindergarten and New Families 2:00-2:30pm - Sligo Creek Cafeteria
August 23
Sneak Peak Open House- 2:30-3:15pm
August 24MCPS Back-to-School Fair at Westfield Wheaton (10:00a-1:00pm)
August 25Chalk the Walk(way)- 4pm
August 26First Day of School!
September 2Labor Day Holiday - No School
September 3First PTA Meeting (7:00pm) - Media Center
September 19Back to School Night, 6:30-8:00pm
September 27Early Release, 1:20pm
October 3No School
October 4Back to School Social (5:30-7:30pm)
Be on the look out:Order Your T-Shirt and...NEW this year - a Sligo Creek Sweatshirt! Order Details and QR code coming soon!

 

This is the FIRST e-newsletter compiled by the Sligo Creek Elementary School (SCES) PTA of the school year. To ensure that you receive the PTA Post, please subscribe directly under your profile on the PTA website. We encourage all SCES families to sign up. Previous issues of the newsletter are available on the PTA website here: https://scespta.membershiptoolkit.com/pta-post-newsletter..

We encourage all Sligo community members, including parents, guardians, teachers, staff, and family members, to join the PTA. You can join the PTA via the PTA website at https://scespta.membershiptoolkit.com/ 

If you know community members who would be interested in but did not receive this newsletter, please forward!

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Minutes from PTA Meetings are posted online here:

https://scespta.membershiptoolkit.com/PTA_Meetings

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Getting Ready for School!

It is the most wonderful time of the year - back to school! 

We hope everyone had a wonderful summer and we are getting excited for the 2024-2025 school year. Though it is exciting, back to school can also be overwhelming, especially for those new to the Sligo community. Here are a few notes we hope you find helpful.

School Supplies

The official Sligo Creek ES school supply list, broken down by grade, can be found here:

School Supplies List

MCPS Back-to-School Fair at Wheaton Westfield Mall: Saturday 8/24 from 10-1:00 pm

The event is a wonderful opportunity for families to learn about the school system, and county programs and services. Enjoy family activities, music, entertainment and giveaways. There will also be an immunization clinic. Free bus shuttle transportation will be provided. More information at:

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/community-engagement/fair/

Orientation for K and New Families: Friday, August 23,2:00-2:30 

Sligo Creek Cafeteria, please enter through the cafeteria door.

Sneak Peak Open House: Friday 8/23 from 2:30-3:15

SCES is hosting a sneak peek of Sligo Creek. Students and parents are welcome to visit their classroom and become reacquainted or acquainted with the school.  

Buses

Typically routes are run in reverse in the afternoon.

SCES Listserv

SCES PTA has a listserv for parents, caregivers and teachers of SCES students.  If you would like to join, please visit https://groups.io/g/sligocreek

Major platforms you need an account for with MCPS for elementary school

1. ParentVUE: how to access grades and a route for emailing teachers.  It is also vital that you have the correct email address with ParentVUE so the school can reach you with communications, which come from NoReply Synergy or Blackboard.   

2. Canvas/MyMCPSClassroom — separate from ParentVUE, but you must access it through your ParentVUE account. It gives alerts about assignments and grades — and you can see a bit more into what’s due in each classroom. This is for those who want a deeper dive into what is going on for their students and perhaps an earlier heads up about how things are going in the classroom.  

3.AlertMCPS: https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/emergency/alertmcps.aspx  This provides information about school closures or other emergencies.  

4. School Cash Online: https://www.schoolcashonline.com — all school financial obligations outside of cafeteria meals.

5. My School Bucks — https://www.myschoolbucks.com/ver2/getmain?requestAction=home  This year, meals (lunch and breakfast) will not be universally free.  If you are not a FARMS family (free or reduced price meals based on economic circumstances), and your student wants to buy lunch in school, they will need a mybucks account with money in it. 

Upcoming School Events

Chalk the Walk(way) 

It is SCES tradition to welcome students, teachers, and staff back to each new school year with fun and encouraging chalk messages and drawings. Come out as a family on Sunday, August 25 at 4pm. to help make Sligo Creek explode in colors to welcome everyone back.

PTA General Membership Meeting

The first PTA meeting of the school year will be on Tuesday, September 3rd at 7:00 p.m in the media center at SCES. PTA general membership meetings occur on the first Tuesday of each month, though occasionally they will shift due to holidays. Stay tuned for more important details on our upcoming meeting! 

Joining the PTA is a great way to get involved in our school community. Membership, while encouraged, is not required to attend meetings or events organized by the PTA.  JOIN THE PTA HERE!

Welcome Back Social on October 4th, 5:30-7:30

Another great SCES tradition is the Welcome Back Social! This PTA-hosted event will be on Friday, October 4th from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on the Sligo Creek playground. Teachers will also be celebrating the beginning of this school year with us.  Mark your calendars!

After-School Activities

Little Scholars and After-School Programs Info

Little Scholars will provide a selection of programs on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays, beginning the first week of October. More information on registration coming soon!

If you have any requests for after school programs, please contact PTA Co-Presidents, Christine Reklaitis, president@scespta.org.


Girls on the Run will take place on Tuesdays and Fridays after school. Email Pavy Bacon for more information: thebacons612@gmail.com.

Sligo Creek Strider Run Club- Fall season coaches needed!

We are gearing up for our fall session of Sligo Creek Striders run club. We had an amazing group of 80 kids join us last spring! We need your help to make it happen again!

We are currently recruiting coaches for grades 1-5. No running or coaching experience necessary!! 

Our 8 week session starts Monday September 9th and ends Monday October 28th with a run celebration. We meet every Monday from 3:50-5 pm at the SSIMS track.


The PTA-sponsored Sligo Creek Striders after-school run club: 

  • Introduces students to running as a lifelong form of exercise with a focus on participation and self improvement. 
  • Improves social emotional skills and provides opportunities to socialize and bond with other young runners.

The Sligo Creek Striders are gender and ability inclusive for grades 1-5. The kids run with friends every week and the season ends in a fun run celebration. 

We will send out a separate sign up for students to join the club in a couple of weeks but we need to make sure we have enough coaches. If you are interested or would like to know more, please email sligocreekstriders@gmail.com. Again no running or coaching experience necessary!

Stock the Staff Lounge

As you get ready for the first day of school next week, please consider taking a minute to help stock the staff lounge with snacks and drinks in the coming weeks. Many thanks to everyone who's already signed up and sent snacks to my house - it's much appreciated! 

We'll be doing a first stock of the lounge on the first day of school—Monday, August 26th—and generally every Monday after that. At the moment, we’re in pretty good shape for sweet snacks, oatmeal, tea and hot cocoa, but we’d very much appreciate more contributions of breakfast bars, savory snacks, coffee and paper cups. The easiest way to contribute is to order off our Amazon Wish List as items will be sent directly to my house. But if you don’t want to go the Amazon route, just reach out to me directly and we can figure out a time and place for you to drop off snacks.
Many thanks!

Claire Darby + Ashley Briefel co-chairs of the Staff Appreciation Committee

Please send us your First Day of School Pictures

We love sharing first-day-of-school pictures on our PTA website and social media.  If you would like to share a picture of your child and are alright with the PTA posting the picture on our SCES specific platforms as they head off to begin the new school year, please send photos to communications@scespta.org

Incoming 2024-2025 PTA Board Members

In addition to the executive board members listed below, we welcome new and returning PTA board members and other volunteer leaders in the following positions:

 
Salamander Stride Co-Chairs:

Laura Fruge and Katey Prudhomme


Staff Appreciation Committee Co-Chairs:

Ashley Briefel and Claire Darby


Wellness Committee Chair:

Jennifer Meyer


Antiracism Committee Coordinator:

Ellen Mowry and Charles Guedenet


MCCPTA Representatives:

Meridith Sloan


NAACP Representative: 

Gladys Chi


Afterschool Program Coordinator:

Christine Reklaitis


Outdoor Classroom Chair:

Shoshanna Sumka


Book Fair Chair:

Meghan Conaghan


Lost & Found Coordinators:

Elisabeth Oppenheimer and Bora Haik


Listserv Moderator:

Birgit Berg


Spiritwear and Yearbook Sales:
Tracy Reid 


Webmaster:

Jen Kidwell 


The PTA is powered by volunteers. If you have an interest (big or small) in supporting the PTA's work or new ideas you want to implement, we would love your support. If interested, please reach out to president@scespta.org or communications@scespta.org.

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