GWC EAGLES' NEST
October 27 - 31, 2025
Hello Carver Families,
This week is American Education Week, a time to celebrate our students, teachers, and staff. We will take time to recognize all the hard work that goes into helping our children learn and grow. Families are an important part of our school community, and we appreciate your partnership. Thank you for supporting our students each day.
Great job showing your Eagle Pride! Our school-wide attendance once again beat the State requirement! Every grade level met or passed the 94% goal, and a huge shout-out goes to our Fourth Graders for soaring to an incredible 98% attendance rate! Thank you to our students for showing up, our families for getting everyone to school on time, and our staff for inspiring our young learners—I'm so proud of our entire Eagle community!
For our families who RSVP’d, get ready for an out-of-this-world Literacy Night this Wednesday, November 19, 2025! Join us to learn simple ways to help your child build reading automaticity, make and take a fun literacy game to take home and enjoy a meal together as a family. We can’t wait to see you there!
Scroll down in the Smore to learn more about our exciting December Judy Center Winter Wonderland event!
Warmly,
Ms. Morgan, Principal
B WEEK
America Education Week
Monday, November 17th
- Regular school day 8:00 am - 2:45 pm
Tuesday, November 18th
- Regular school day 8:00 am - 2:45 pm
Wednesday, November 19th
- Regular school day 8:00 am - 2:45 pm
- Education Support Professionals Day
Thursday, November 20th
- Regular school day 8:00 am - 2:45 pm
Friday, November 21st
- Regular school day 8:00 am - 2:45 pm
- Substitute Educators Day
Facility Utilization and School Boundary Study
Updated November 3, 2025
St. Mary’s County Public Schools has launched a comprehensive Facility Utilization and School Boundary Study initiative to guide how our schools serve students and families in the years ahead. Your input matters. Whether you join a meeting, offer feedback, or follow along with updates, your voice will help shape the future of education in St. Mary’s County.
For UPDATED information please click on the link below.
A new community survey will be available Monday, November 17, 2025 in the link above. Please provide your feedback as moving school lines may impact your family.
Our school has a parent representative and staff representative on the district-wide Community Engagement Redistricting Team. The representatives will help ensure communication of the work, timeline, and community engagement opportunities by sharing information on surveys and community engagement events through school, community, and social media resources. You can reach out to them for additional information or to share your perspective.
- Brittany Atkins (bgatkins@smcps.org) - Parent Representative
- Jennifer Knight (jaknight@smcps.org) - Staff Representative
Questions
If you have questions and comments please submit them via email to: redistricting@smcps.org.
Parents who are in need of their HAC login information should email Ms. Smith at rsmith@smcps.org or Ms. Flippin at lmflippin@smcps.org. They will retrieve the information at their earliest convenience and will email the information to you.
We respect the many different ways that families like to recognize their child’s birthday. In addition to class recognitions of birthdays, we recognize birthdays during our weekly Community Gathering.
Although we have accepted edible treats in years past, we can no longer accept food items for birthday celebrations. We have an increased number of students with food sensitivities and schools have been encouraged to limit celebrations that involve food during the school day. Additionally, we cannot accept balloons due to latex allergies.
Some families choose to provide a small trinket or non-food based treat to mark their child’s birthday. If you are planning on providing something for the class on your child’s birthday, we ask that you follow these guidelines:
Inform your child’s teacher at least 3 days prior if you intend to provide something for the class on your child’s birthday.
- Trinkets/non-food items will be passed out by the child and his/her teacher near the end of the school day. This helps to minimize distractions to instruction and ensure that items are not lost or broken during the course of the school day.
[Optional] Student Accident Insurance
Recognizing that accidents do occur and understanding that each family's insurance situation may be different, St. Mary's County Public Schools has arranged with Bob McCloskey Insurance to offer student accident insurance.
Please click on the following documents for additional information:
Bus Routes are now available through the SMCPS online look-up feature. These routes and stops will be constantly updated between now and the start of school.
Select this link to learn how to view the real-time location of your child's bus. We highly recommend signing up for this helpful app!
HOME OF THE EAGLES!!!
Academic Dean - Cortney Dvorak
Assistant Principal - LaToya Fox
George Washington Carver Elementary School
A Title I, Comprehensive Support and Improvement, Judy Center and Community School
Website: https://gwces.smcps.org/
Location: 46155 Carver School Boulevard, Lexington Park, MD, USA
Phone: 301-863-4076
Twitter: @gwces_smcps