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It is time to update your child’s emergency contact information in HCPSS Connect! This is the most important step as we prepare for the start of the 2020-2021 school year. Your Family file needs to be updated every school year. 

Families that update and complete their Family File will be able to view teacher assignments for the upcoming school year beginning September 4, 2020. 

Having this information is critical to use for emergency information and early closings. Parents/guardians must verify and/or update information for each child, and can do so by logging in to HCPSS Connect and selecting the Family File tab and then clicking on Family File.

HCPSS uses Family File for parents/guardians to complete emergency information. Parents/guardians must verify and/or update information for each child. 

Here are directions for the updating the Family file: HCPSS Connect Parent Access.pdf 

Once logged in, parents/guardians will be asked to provide or update the following information:

• Student information
• Parent/guardian contact
• Emergency contacts
• Medical information
• Arrival/dismissal procedures
• Media release (photo approval)
• Data confidentiality
• PTA/PTSA directory

Changes of address may not be made through Family File. If you have recently moved, please contact CES Mattia_Lambiotte@hcpss.org OR Amy_Stevens@hcpss.org as soon as possible as we need to update your address in our files as well.

Parents who have forgotten their login credentials for Family File may click the “Forgot Password” link on the sign in page. Please complete the Family File through HCPSS Connect!

Dates with a “*” will be virtual and google/login codes will be sent separately. 

August: 26:
7 pm – Howard County Special Education Advisory Committee (SECAC) Parent Support Group. Click here to register.* 

September 2:
10 am: Kindergarten and New Student Orientation* 

2: Back to School Night for grades K through 2*
6:00 PM – Grade K 
6:30 PM – Grade 1 
7:00 PM – Grade 2 

3: Back to School Night for grades 3 through 5*
6:00 PM – Grade 3
6:30 PM – Grade 4
7:00 PM – Grade 5

 8: First day of school*
12:  7 pm – PTA meeting (tentative)
29: 7 pm – Virtual Trivia (tentative)*

October
27: Virtual Bingo (tentative)*

Our revised 2020-21 school supply list is completed…please click to the link here.  

The PTA has arranged from the School Tool Box to provide pre packaged “boxes” for each grade. These boxes are customizable (remove what you already have) and are offered at a discount.  They will also ship directly to your home.  

Simply go to: https://www.schooltoolbox.com/school-supplies/school/list-boxes/?schoolId=45165and customize/order your box. ​​​​​​​

Thank you to everyone who volunteered with the PTA this year. Our school is better because of YOU.

A very special thank you to our PTA volunteers who are moving on from CES. We thank you for your commitment and time over the years and we wish you the best of luck in middle school!

I was hoping to post a reminder about this, but in light of COVID-19, another event will be postponed until the dust settles, the kids go back to school, and another time can be arranged.

A reminder that PTA meeting minutes are posted here on the website. Just click the tab “About PTA” and they are all there.

https://cespta.net/about-the-pta/

Have you seen the new after-school programs or did you lose a registration form?

Click here for information and forms! The deadline is February 27th!

Join us for our PTA Meeting on Tuesday, February 11 at 7:00 in the Cafeteria (note the new location). 

Sezin Palmer, candidate for the Board of Education for District 4, will be in attendance to get a sense of the specific issues and needs of the CES community.  She will also be available to answer audience questions.  

Under PTA policy, we will provide an equal opportunity to District 4 and District 5 candidates for the Board of Education to attend future PTA meetings that are similar in time, venue and presentation format. Pursuant to PTA policy, this is not an endorsement of any particular candidate and we look forward to meeting other candidates for the Board of Education.

We have received the 2019-20 Howard County Reflections results and we would like to congratulate the following three CES students who have placed at the county level and have advanced to the Maryland State Reflections program. 

• Sanjana Chigurula  – 1st place in Primary Literature
• Vivian Lee  – 1st place in Primary Film Production
• Anthony Cao  – 2nd place in Intermediate Film Production   

We would also like to congratulate all the 14 students who were selected by our judges to represent CES in this year’s Howard County Reflections Program. They are:  

• Primary Visual Arts: Sophia Cao; James Pang; Ray Wang
• Intermediate Visual Arts: Daniel Ahn, Sarah-Jane Robbins
• Intermediate Music Composition: Violette Yang
  Primary Film Production: Vivian Lee
• Intermediate Film Production: Anthony Cao; Warren Lee
• Primary Literature: Sanjana Chigurula; Dougals Gartrell Jr.; Arjun Vijarnia 
• Intermediate Literature: Somya Pandove

This year’s theme is “Look Within”. We received wonderful artworks and our judges were very impressed with all the entries. We are proud of the accomplishments of all the other students who participated, including Nicholas Cao, Emily Oh, James Scherck and Aditi Vijarnia, .

We hope that our CES students choose to participate again next year. And best luck to Sanjana, Vivian, and Anthony as they represent CES at the state level. 

Meng Zhu & Jodie Wang
CES PTA Reflections Co-chairs