PES September Family Newsletter

September 1st: PreK Orientation 2PM

September 1st: BOE Meeting 6PM

September 2nd: First Day of School for PreK

September 7th: Labor Day - Schools& Office Closed

September 18th: Fall Picture Day

September 24th: Back To School Night 5:30-6:30PM; Stakeholder Meeting 5PM in the Cafeteria

Now that all of our Panthers are back in the building, including our Pre-K 3 & 4 students, we wanted to share a quick reminder about our arrival and dismissal procedures.

Please take a moment to review the map below and make sure your child is arriving and dismissing from the correct location. Using our designated bus rider loop, car rider loop, walker door, and main entrance helps us keep nearly 400 Panthers safe and makes arrival and dismissal run as smoothly as possible.

Thank you for your patience, cooperation, and for helping us keep all of our Panthers safe each day!

Our annual Student Information Update Form is officially open! This form allows parents and guardians to review and update their student’s information to ensure that we have the most accurate and up-to-date records.

The form must be completed through the Parent Portal using a web browser at carolinecps.powerschool.com.

This must be completed by September 30th. Please contact our office if you have any questions.

The Student Benefits Form (Household Income Data Collection) information is used to help

provide school meals at no charge to all students, along with other districtwide services. It also

provides individual benefits to students and families such as:

● discounts for summer and recreational programs

● Discount internet access

● Discounted fees for SAT and AP testing and college applications

● Increased scholarship opportunities

● eligibility for Maryland Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)]

● Increased funding to the school system to support instruction, technology, student

services, and programs like Community Schools, tutoring and

Welcome back! We’re so glad to have your children with us for the 2026-2027 school year!

To keep you informed and involved, we’re continuing to use Rooms, our two-way communication tool that helps you stay connected with your child’s teachers and school staff.

→ Click here to learn how to set your notification preferences.

• SMS Text Notifications
  You’ll now receive text message notifications whenever a new message or announcement is sent in Rooms. Each text includes a direct link to view the content in your mobile browser or in the app.
  

• One Messaging Inbox
  Our school app has been updated to give you one, single place to see all of your messages across all children. From this inbox, you can read, reply, or start new messages. This feature is available through the CCPS App, available in the App Store and Google Play.
  
  

• Upgraded Messaging Features
  Our messaging experience now lets you react to messages with emojis, respond in threads, send photos and videos, mute group messages, and more!

Check out this overview of the new experience, or watch this short video (video in Spanish or click on Haitian Creole) to learn more about what’s new for this year.

We’re here to help make communication simpler, more consistent, and easier to manage this year! Please let us know if you have any questions.

Hours of Operation:

Monday-Friday

8:15AM-4:15PM

225 Main Street

Preston, MD 21655

Phone: 410-479-2897

Fax: 410-673-7301

Parents Right to Know: The Federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) contains several provisions that promote a parent/school partnership through communication. One such provision gives parents the right to ask for and receive information about the professional qualifications of their child’s classroom teachers. A parent may request the following information: Any college or university degree, major or certification held by the teacher

• Whether the teacher is certified by the State of Maryland to teach a particular grade level or subject area

• Whether the teacher holds a conditional teaching certificate

• The qualifications of the paraprofessionals serving the student

If you would like to request the professional qualifications of your child’s classroom teachers or paraprofessionals, please submit a written request to the principal. The principal will provide the information to you within 30 business days of the date of your request.