Cedar Grove Friday Flash

Dear Cedar Grove Families:

As we wrap up our second week of school, it's been wonderful to see students settling into routines, making new friends, and engaging in learning!! This year, our Back to School Night for grades 1-5 will be held on Thursday, September 10, 2026, from 6:30-8:00 p.m. This year there will be one session in a resource fair type format, where you will have the opportunity to visit classroom teachers and engage in various activities. Back to School Night slides containing information about curriculum, homework, teacher contact information etc. will be sent out by homeroom teachers prior to Back to School Night. Additionally, we will have tables set-up in our cafeteria where you can learn more about our math curriculum and reading curriculum, Parent Vue, Parent Square, School Payments, Instrumental Music, Fourth and Fifth Grade Chorus, How to Check out a Home Device, School Counseling, and our PTA. We look forward to seeing you next Thursday. Parking will be available in our front parking lot as well as on our blacktop.

Saturday School begins September 26 at various locations, including Clarksburg High School! Students can explore exciting courses such as robotics, coding, or focus on strengthening their math and reading skills. It's a great opportunity for enrichment and academic support. See the flyer HERE for more information and registration details.

Fan Friday will start on Friday, September 11 and will last for 10 weeks, ending on November 20. Fan Friday is designed to bring everyone together as a team, to have fun, and to show good sportsmanship. Students can wear any kind of sports jersey every Friday (football, baseball, soccer, etc.). If students don't have a sports shirt, they may make one from an old T-shirt as long as they get permission from their parents. Please contact Mr. Jansson if you have any questions or need any more details.

As a reminder, there is no school on Monday due to the Labor Day holiday. Have a wonderful weekend.

Mr. Wynne and Mrs. Roberts

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Parents, please click on your child's grade level to view class weekly newsletters. Any questions regarding the content of the newsletters should be directed to your child's teacher. Thank you.

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First Grade

Second Grade

Third Grade

Fourth Grade

Fifth Grade

Please see weekly updates from MCPS HERE.

Girls on the Run is back this fall, and registration is now open to girls in 3rd, 4th and 5th grade. Meeting days will be on Mondays and Wednesdays from 4:00- 5:15 with the first practice starting September 27. If your child is interested in participating, please click HERE for registration and cost information.

Families new to MCPS are encouraged to sign up for a ParentVUE account. ParentVUE is the online parent portal that serves as the primary communication vehicle for schools to share information regarding grades, attendance, scheduling, access to myMCPS Classroom and more.

ParentVUE Quick Guides

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Schools provide directory information for public listings such as honor roll, awards, and other notices in the newspaper or on the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) website. A student’s name, address, and telephone number may also be released to organizations of any combination of parents, teachers, and students of a school. Unless you tell them not to, schools can release the information without your prior consent. Directory Information includes the following items: student’s and/or parent’s name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number; student’s date of birth; major field of study; grade level; participation in officially recognized activities and sports; degrees and awards received (including honor roll); most recent school attended; dates of attendance; photograph, or other likeness; the weight and height of members of athletic teams; and other similar information.

If you do not want the school to release your directory information, complete the information and return this notice to your child's homeroom teacher by September 12, 2024. Additional copies of this notice can be found on the MCPS website, and are available in Spanish, French, Vietnamese, Chinese, Korean, Amharic, and Portuguese. This form must be completed every year.

Here is your updated Media Monthly. We have started the media A/B week schedule and I'm thrilled that I can see grades K-5 once a week this year. I'll be able to fit in more digital literacy lessons, more lessons that align with the content your students are learning in your class, and more literature appreciation! This also means they get to check out books more often, so please help your students remember their media books every week! As a reminder, today is the last day I will accept 4th grade daily news applications. I have resent invitations to the Virtual Media Center for our Kindergartners and our new students. Please have them log into their student account and accept the invitation to be part of this site or, if your student did not receive an invitation, please contact me and I will send out the invitation for your student. Now that we're in full swing, we are actively looking for media volunteers. Please hit up our volunteer signup. Finally, I hope to see you all at Back to School Night! We're hosting a librarian from the Montgomery County Public Library to help you create library accounts for your students. The MCPL has an amazing array of free resources that your student can access with a library card! In addition, we plan to help set up ParentVue and ParentSquare accounts, not to mention help you receive a home use device if you need one. Have a wonderful long weekend!

Please click the link below for the September overview of what your students will be doing in Art, General Music, Instrumental Music, and Physical Education. We hope you will take a few moments to read what is happening during these instructional spaces.

Specialists' September Newsletter

Counseling with Mrs. Spoales started this week! If you have a specific child or family need to share with Mrs. Spoales, please use the link to access her Parent Input form. This form is confidential and will only be seen by Mrs. Spoales.

https://forms.gle/q8Y9QzyWFvG5pDfx7

We hope everyone has had a great first couple weeks of school. Thank you to everyone who joined us for our first General Assembly Meeting of the year this past Tuesday. We had a great turnout. Please see below for the latest PTA news. We'll see you at Back to School Night on the 10th!

JOIN THE PTA - WE NEED YOU!

Your PTA membership helps us provide wonderful experiences and opportunities for our Cedar Grove students throughout the year.

JOIN by September 11th and you’ll be entered into a raffle to win 4 day passes to Great Wolf Lodge!

Sign up HERE or scan the QR code on the attached FLIER

SPIRIT STORE

You have a FEW DAYS LEFT to order your Cedar Grove spirit wear! Click HERE to start shopping.

The store will close on September 7th at 11:55PM. We will NOT be able to reopen the store once it closes.

SAVE THE DATE! BOOSTERTHON FUN RUN FUNDRAISER

September 16th–September 28th

Get ready to get moving! Our Boosterthon Fun Run fundraiser will bring our school community together while raising money to support grade-level field trips and cultural arts assemblies at Cedar Grove Elementary.

Students will participate through character lessons, school-wide incentives, and a FUN RUN Event Day! Be on the lookout for more information coming soon!

Clubs
To see some of the BEFORE/AFTER School Clubs that are being offered, click HERE!

• • September 7 - Holiday (schools and offices closed)

  • September 10 - Back-to-School Night, Grades 1-5 6:30-8:00 p.m.

  • September 25- Individual Student School Picture Day