The Dolphin Whistle

Mrs. Cynthia Alvarado, Registrar

Cynthia_Alvarado@mcpsmd.org

Mrs. Evelyn Campos

Evelyn_R_Campos@mcpsmd.org

Mrs. M. Deneise Hammond, Principal

MDeneise_Hammond@mcpsmd.org

(240) 753-9472 work cell

Mr. David Kim, Assistant School Administrator

David_K_Kim@mcpsmd.org

Mrs. L. Orinda Nelson, Assistant Principal

L.Orinda_Nelson@mcpsmd.org,

Mrs. Padma Radhakrishnan, Administrative Secretary

Padma_Radhakrishnan@mcpsmd.org

The Germantown Children's Business Fair held last Saturday was a success! We more than doubled our student business owner participation from last year! We are so proud of our WLES business owners, Ariella Barnes, Lyric Steed, and Taylor (assisted by Skye Whitaker) who participated. A special "Thank you" goes out to Taylor and Mrs. Tate-Pimentel who initiated the event last year as a partnership with WLES, as well as to Mr. Pimentel who made sure everything was ready to go for the student entrepreneurs.

Our Hispanic Heritage Event Tuesday evening was fun and delicious! There was a fashion show and dancing. Thank you very much to Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Ramos and Ms. Quinn who led the planning committee for the event, as well as all of the current WLES students (Jesse Ramos, Edward Quinn) and families, former WLES students, staff and businesses that were present.

The Chat & Chew with the Principal has been rescheduled for Tuesday, November 4, 2025 from 6:15-7:00pm, followed by the POD/PTA meeting from 7:00-7:30pm. The topics for the Chat & Chew are Benefits of Community Schools and Title I, School Improvement Plan Goals and Feedback from Families. The meeting will be hybrid. A link will be forthcoming.

Please remind your children to visit the Lost & Found to check for missing items. Our Lost & Found is humungous! It is located in the All Purpose Room in the front corner.

We appreciate all of our Parent volunteers at the Landing! Please sign up to volunteer at lunch and/or recess by clicking here. Here is the Waters Landing Elementary School Volunteer Handbook. Please review it prior to volunteering at the Landing. Make sure you have done all that is outlined on the MCPS website prior to coming to school to volunteer. Always bring your state identification when you come to volunteer at school. You will not be allowed to volunteer without it.

Mother FIgure Monday (MFM) and Father Figure Friday (FFF) are days that moms, dads, grandparents, aunts, uncles or any significant figure in a student's life can come experience school with their student. This is an opportunity to see what your child does in school. You can come at any time and stay as long as your schedule allows. Please bring a state-issued photo ID in order to sign in. You will not be allowed to go into the classrooms if you do not have an ID. Please sign up by clicking one of the links below. Please only sign up for October now, although all of the dates are listed in the form.

• October Mother Figure Monday Sign-up (10/13/25)
• October Father Figure Friday Sign-up (10/10/25)

Providing high quality math instruction for our students is important for all of our Waters Landing Elementary students. We want each student to be given what they need to grow as a math student. As a result, some students may be provided with small group instruction outside of the grade level math block to ensure we are meeting each of their needs. These blocks will be around 15-20 minutes. These groups will be flexible and can change based on needs. Please reach out to your child’s math teacher or Kevin Sandell with any questions.

The tutoring sessions are available to students in K–12 in math and English/Language Arts and have in-person and virtual options. Click here for additional information.

Join the POD by clicking here.

Click here for the Back to School version of the PODcast.