Back to School Update
August 10th, 2026
Please note, in order to volunteer in our school or chaperone a field trip at Sandy Plains this year, you must attend one of our volunteer orientation meetings AND complete the BCPS online volunteer training.
We will be hosting monthly, virtual Volunteer Orientations, as needed via Google Meet to ensure everyone has access to the meetings. Our November orientation will be held on Thursday, November 5th at 9am and 6pm. A Google Meet link will be shared 10 minutes prior to each meeting. Reminders will be sent.
Our attendance continues to show dedication to school!
We are off to a great start of attendance for the 2026-2027 school year! We have had over 94% attendance school-wide most days since school began! Our current attendance rate is 95.18%, which is slightly less than last week.
As a reminder, we have many attendance initiatives running to support positive attendance:
- Each day we have 94% attendance or above as a school, we add a letter to our SOARING board. When we will the board, we will earn a school-wide celebration. We are only ONE letter away from our next prize!
- Students are working to fill individual SOAR HIGHER charts. After 10 days present, students will be able to turn their charts into the office for a prize.
- Students with 2 or less absences in the month of October will be invited to watch and be included in the raffle to play in our Students vs. Soccer Kickball Games- we will also have some very special guests to play with us!
TalkingPoints
At SPES, TalkingPoints is our most-used form of communication with families. Please download the TalkingPoints Family App.
Our virtue of the month for October is RESPONSIBILITY. Students will participate in a variety of activities throughout the month that teach them the virtue and how to use it.
