Lisbon Elementary

Mrs. Debra Anoff, Principal
Mr. Bradley Scobie, Assistant Principal

15901 Frederick Road
Woodbine, MD 21797

(410) 313-5506
(410) 313-5508 - Fax

les.hcpss.org

The Howard County Public School System released the annual report highlighting Educational Partnerships throughout the county and here at Lisbon.

We are extremely fortunate to have educational partnerships at Lisbon Elementary School. Business partnerships benefit our school in many ways. Whether the business partnerships provide financial assistance, help enhance the curriculum, or allow students to learn basic life skills, everyone benefits from these collaborations.

In addition to the wide range of At-Large partners, our school benefits directly from a group of businesses and organizations. Please support the organizations that partner with our school.

We would like to thank the following businesses and organizations for their commitment to our school and students:

• A-OK Mentoring-Tutoring
• Howard County Public Library (Glenwood Branch)
  
• Howard County Local Children's Board
• Howard County Office of Community Sustainability
• Lisbon United Methodist Church
• RE/MAX Realty Plus
• Sandy Spring Band (Lisbon Branch)
• The Grill At Lisbon
  

If you have any business or organization that would be a great partner with us, please reach out to me.

Mrs. Anoff

For a complete list of dates and events visit les.hcpss.org/calendar

October

• 3 - Joe Corbi's Fundraiser Begins
  

• 4 - PTA General Meeting (7:00 p.m. Virtually)
• 9 - Professional Learning Day - Schools closed for students
• 10 - PTA Give Back Night at Manor Hill Tavern (11:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.)
  
• 11 - Fall Pictures (Individual)
  
• 20 - Professional Work Day - Schools closed for students
• 27 - PTA Fall Festival
  

• Fall Festival Sensory Friendly Hour 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.
• Fall Festival Parade 5:30 p.m.
• Fall Festival General Admission 6:00 p.m.
  

• 31 - End of Quarter 1 Marking Period
  
• 31 - Schools close 3 hours early (12:45 p.m.)

November

• 1 - PTA General Meeting (7:00 p.m. Virtually)
• 1 - PTA Giveback Night at E.W. Beck's (11:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.)
  
• 8 - Report Cards Available
• 17 - Fall Picture Re-Takes
• 17 - PTA Community Night (6:30 p.m.)
  
• 20 - Parent/Teacher Conferences - Schools close 3 hours early (12:45 p.m.)
• 21 - Parent/Teacher Conferences - Schools close 3 hours early (12:45 p.m.)
• 22 - Parent/Teacher Conferences - Schools closed for students
• 23 - Thanksgiving Holiday - Schools and Offices closed
• 24 - Thanksgiving Holiday - Schools and Offices closed
  

There will be no printed 2021-2022 calendars. Staff, students, and families may add our online calendar to their own mobile/online calendar by

1. Going to https://www.hcpss.org/calendar/
2. Scrolling down to Subscribing to a Calendar
3. Right-clicking on the calendar you wish to subscribe to
4. Selecting Copy Link Location/Address/Shortcut
5. Adding to your calendar of choice (See your calendar for specifics on adding a new calendar)

You also may view and/or download printable PDFs of the full calendar and/or important dates only. Updates to the PDFs will be noted on the HCPSS calendar page.

PLEASE NOTE! The calendar is subject to change. The online calendar reflects the most recent version.

Calendars in Spanish, Chinese, and Korean

Calendario en español

西班牙语日历

스페인어로 된 달력

4th and 5th grade students who participated in the 2023 Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program (MCAP) for grades 3-5 in the 2022-2023 school year will be hand carrying individual score reports home TODAY. For additional information on how to interpret the reports, please visit https://support.mdassessments.com/reporting/ and click on the Parent Score Interpretation Guide menu.

October is National Bullying Prevention Month. We will have Bullying Prevention Week at LES October 16-19 to promote bullying awareness, including learning how to spot bullying, how to stop bullying, and how we can be more inclusive. Students and staff can participate in a spirit week along with engaging SEL lessons. In addition, LES school counselor, Mrs. Taylor, will be focusing her October lessons on bullying prevention. Our Spirit Week activities to promote Bullying Prevention Week are:

• Monday, October 16 - Be YOUnique: Wear your favorite outfit.
• Tuesday, October 17 - You Are Not Alone; Wear matching clothes with a friend or group of friends.
• Wednesday, October 18 - Unity Day: Wear orange to send a visible message that no child should be bullied.
• Thursday, October 19 - Put Bullying to Rest: PJ Day! (no slippers please)

Free Parenting Classes - We are well aware of the ever-increasing pressures placed on students. The academic demands, social challenges, and rapidly changing world can be overwhelming. Guiding Good Choices parenting classes can equip parents and/or grandparents with the knowledge and skills to reduce the risk that their children will use drugs and alcohol or engage in other dangerous behaviors. These classes are for families with children 9 - 14 yrs. old and held over Zoom.

Medication and Sharps Disposal Take Back Day - October 28 in the Wilde Lake Village Center Parking Lot from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Safely dispose of prescription medication, over-the-counter meds, sharps, vitamins, pet meds, vape devices, inhalers, and more! Also, 100 medication lockboxes purchased by HCPSS will be given away for FREE!

As part of our school system’s commitment to equity and inclusion, we continue to focus on building community and creating welcoming environments for all students.

Last year, Halloween celebrations were only held in two HCPSS elementary schools. While we recognize that Halloween activities held during the school day have been a long-standing tradition in many Howard County schools, including Lisbon Elementary, the decision has been made to not hold Halloween-specific activities during the instructional day. While Halloween is not part of the Howard County Public School System’s curriculum, the greater concern was the growing number of Lisbon students who have been choosing to opt-out of Halloween celebrations in recent years.

This year at Lisbon, we are excited to announce that we will celebrate Halloween with our awesome PTA at our 1st Annual PTA Community Parade! We will kick off this year's Fall Festival events with our Lisbon Community Parade at 5:30 p.m.

This year's Fall Festival is being held on Friday, October 27. See more in the PTA section about how you can get involved! Please note that we will not hold Halloween parties or a parade during the school day. Students should not bring or wear costumes to school.

Research is clear that showing up for school has a huge impact on a student’s academic and social success, starting from pre-kindergarten and continuing through high school.

• Missing 10% (or about 18 days of a school year or 2 a month) can drastically affect a student’s academic success at each grade level.
• By the 6th grade, absenteeism is one of three signs that can indicate if a student is at risk for dropping out of high school.
• In the 9th grade, regular and high levels of attendance is a better predictor of graduation rates than 8th grade test scores.

Please review Policy 9010: https://policy.hcpss.org/9000/9010/

If your student is absent or will be absent, please contact us at the following email address to explain the reason: lesabsence@hcpss.org. In the email please Include the following information:

• Student First and Last Name
• Grade
• Reason for absence (e.g., illness, bereavement, observance of a religious holiday, lack of transportation)

Discretionary Days

HCPSS students are granted 3 days a year to use at their discretion for family trips, civic engagement, and other special events.

• Such absences may not occur during exam or state-mandated testing periods unless authorized by the principal/designee.
• A written request for such absences to be lawful/excused should be submitted at least one week in advance to the principal/designee. Please download the PDF fillable Discretionary Absence Form and email it to: lesabsence@hcpss.org. The form is also available in Chinese, Korean, and Spanish
• If you are requesting a day for a religious holiday not identified by the Howard County Public School System school calendar, please download the PDF fillable Religious Obligation Form and email it to lesabsence@hcpss.org.

Thank you for your efforts!

You can locate all of our events on the Lisbon PTA Website . Please take a moment to join the Lisbon PTA, look at our calendar of events, and find ways you can volunteer.

October 4th - General Membership Meet, 7:00 p.m.

Agenda: September minutes, Budget, & Bylaws, which are posted at LisbonPTA.org

October 27th - Fall Festival (more information below)

November 1st - General Membership Meet, 7:00 p.m.

November 17th - Community Night-Thanksgiving Baskets, 6:30 p.m.

November 20th – Parent/Teacher Conference Staff Dinner

Are you ready to show your Lisbon Lion Pride? Join the PTA!

Benefits of Membership:

· $5 discount on Fall Festival and Snow Ball wristbands

· Supporting your ROARsome Lisbon teachers, staff, and students

· Allows your PTA to host fun family events and activities

· Voting is permitted by members on PTA business

· Discounts from National PTA from businesses and services

· Member of Howard County, Maryland (FreeState PTA), and National PTA

Volunteering is not a requirement with membership; however, we would love to have you!

Paying by credit card - https://lisbonpta.memberhub.com/store

Paying by cash or check - return the membership flier with payment (made out to Lisbon PTA) by mail (15901 Frederick Rd, Woodbine, MD 21797, Attn: PTA) or drop it off at Lisbon Elementary School.

Lisbon parents who are HCPSS employees regardless of work location - membership is $10.00

From the Fall Festival chair...

Lisbon Elementary School's Annual PTA Fall Festival will be held on October 27th from 5:00-8:00 p.m., with a special sensory hour from 5:00-6:00 p.m., and costume parade at

5:30 p.m.

General Admission Festival opens at 6:00 p.m.

Wristbands are $15.00 for PTA members or $20.00 for non-members.

Pre-sale information coming home soon.

We are looking for items to be donated to add to our kid friendly raffle baskets, parent themed basket and teacher themed basket.

Gift cards are also welcomed as an add on to a basket or if specified, so a PTA member may go purchase items for the baskets.

If anyone has beanie babies laying around and would like to donate, I will gladly accept those as well for prizes for the games.

Thank you for your support.

Our students have a blast at this event, but it takes a village to make it successful!

Elisabeth Dudley - edudley527@gmail.com

A few committees and events need members, LisbonPTA.org has time information and what each committee or event entails.

If you have any questions, please contact Cathy Datz at Cathydatz@yahoo.com or the Activity Chair.

Reflections – Jade Blevins, Chair

Snowball – Cathy Datz, Co-chair

Fundraising – Kate Weiss, Chair

Wizards Business Sponsors – Emily Metzler, Chair

Staff Appreciation – Caitie Miller, Chair

Nominating Committee – Needs 2 people.

Community Night – Elizabeth Dudley

Wizards Game – Elizabeth Hall/Cathy Datz, Co-chairs

School of Excellence – Jessica Jenkins, Chair

We need 2 PTACHC representatives. This position is Lisbon’s PTA representation at the Howard County PTA and is a parent advocate at the county level. Meetings are held once a month at Homewood Center in Columbia from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Only one

representative needs to attend, the representative will then report at our monthly meeting about PTACHC information. This is an elected executive position and attends Lisbon PTA's December and June executive meetings. Please Contact Cathy Datz if you would like to be the PTACHC representative to be nominated.

In alignment with Howard County Board of Education Policy 10010, Distribution and Display of Materials and Announcements, the following announcements have been approved by the Public Information Office for distribution. Please visit Distributing Community Information through the School System or contact the Public Information Office at 410-313-6682 if you have any questions.

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http://www.hcpss.org/community-news-and-programs/

HCPSS and The Council of Elders of the Black Community of Howard County (TCOE) have partnered to sponsor a virtual parent workshop series, taking place on Saturdays from 9-10:30 a.m. The first workshop will be October 14th and focus on effectively maintaining communication with your child’s school.