At of the end of each school year, families and students complete an end of the year survey sharing their experiences about being a member of the Wolf PAC. The feedback provided is used to make positive changes in our school for students and families. We learned only 36% of the students surveyed last year felt students were friendly, caring and respectful to one another. Based upon the feedback from our students, we felt it was very important to focus on student-to-student relationships and kindness this school in addition to our academic focuses.

This week, our students will participate in an assembly called "Link Up." Link Up promotes a positive message of kindness and compassion encouraging students to start a chain reaction of acts of kindness. According to the U.S. Center of Disease Control, students who feel CONNECTED are significantly less likely to hurt others and are more likely to achieve academically and socially. Please take time this week to talk with your student about kindness and ask them about the Link Up presentation that will occur on Thursday, September 19, 2024.

• Please consider putting a change of clothes for your child in their backpack. Spilled drinks, mud from the playground as well as other circumstances needed a new pants, undergarments and shirts. We appreciate your help.

• It's that time of year again! Lice is most prevalent in the late summer and early fall.
• You can prevent a lice infestation by frequently washing items like coats, hats, bookbags, blankets, and stuffed animals in HOT water and talking to your child about not sharing those items with friends.

• If you do find that your child has lice, please notify the nurse.

• Find more information about how to identify and treat lice here:

Lice Fact Sheet Jul10.doc

The links below are for the flu clinics being held on October 2nd at PAC.

9am at Patuxent building:

https://calvertcounty.as.me/slvfluclinicsPES

1pm at Appeal building:

https://calvertcounty.as.me/SLVFluClinicsAES

Only one consent is needed, either paper or electronic using the links.

In honor of Veteran's day, we are partnering with DAV's Field of Flags. Our students will plant flags on the field between the buildings on Friday, November 8th.

Please consider donating to an organization that is committed to providing life changing services to our veterans in need, as well as their families. Every donation counts!

Click here to learn more and donate:

Patuxent-Appeal Elementary - Fundraising For Disabled American Veterans (dav.org)

Please review the PAC Family Handbook and complete the brief survey indicating you have read the handbook.

• You will need to log in to your Home Access Center (HAC) account to complete the Annual Student Update form electronically for each child who lives with you by Tuesday, September 24, 2024. This process replaces the emergency form and several other permission forms and acknowledgments that are required each school year. Only one guardian needs to complete this process, which is critical to school operations. Once each child’s form is submitted, it will be marked complete in eSchoolPlus, our student information system.
• As a reminder, please be sure to have the forms completed by Tuesday, September 24, 2024. If you have any questions or concerns about HAC or the Annual Student Update form, please contact your child’s school.

• September 19, Link Up Assemblies for K-5.
• September 24- Fall pictures
• September 24- Annual Student Update Completed in HAC.
• September 25- PAC Community Fair- * New event this year. More information to follow.
• September 27- Schools Closed for students and staff
• September 30- 2-hour late arrival for students

• School hours are 9:25 a.m. to 4:10 p.m. Doors open at 9:00 a.m. Kiss and Go line will close at 9:20 a.m. Morning openings begin promptly at 9:25 a.m. Students are expected to be in class and ready to go by 9:25 a.m.
• Dismissal begins promptly at 4:05 p.m. We ask if you are arriving early to sign your child out before the end of the school day, you must arrive prior to 3:50 p.m. In order to minimize disruptions during the end of the school day, students will not be called for an early dismissal after 3:50 p.m.
• If your student is being picked up early, please send in a note or an email to PACAttendance@calvertnet.k12.md.us letting the office know about the early departure. If someone other than the parent/guardian is picking up a student, written permission is required.

We are happy to tell you that Patuxent-Appeal Elementary School is a part of a program called:

Heart F.E.L.T. (Feeding Empty Little Tummies)

This program is offered through some of our local churches. Your child is eligible to receive a small bag of food for the weekend every Friday. The food is provided to you at NO cost. Contents will include small meals/supplemental items and snacks for the weekend.

If you have any questions about this program, please feel free to contact a member of the Behavioral Health Team, Mrs. Repass at 443-550-9721 or Mrs. McDermott at 443-550-9682.

• Households are encouraged to submit a meal benefit application each year to see if they qualify for free or reduced-price meal benefits. Both free and reduced-price meal benefits provide meals at no cost to families. Click on the button above to apply.

PTO Meeting, October 14, 2024, 5:30 p.m.