Clearspring Howl

This week's Husky Howl provides information for the upcoming week to help you feel organized and prepared to support your students. Have a great week!

Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) has a business partnership with Schaeffer’s Piano Company, Inc., providing 15 grand, upright, and digital loaner pianos to MCPS at no cost. MCPS provides maintenance for the instruments and informs our students, parents, and guardians of the partnership.

Schaeffer’s Piano Company, Inc., has a public sale of instruments twice a year—the first sale is scheduled for November 16–24, 2024. During this time, the public can purchase pianos at reduced prices. Our partnership

We have a lot of field trips coming up this year as we return to some of our pre-covid activities. We ask that you do your best to get permission slips and fees back as soon as possible. We want ALL of our students to participate in ALL of our field trips. If you are unable to pay for some or all of the field trip fee, please contact your student's teacher or the front office. Additionally, if you're in a place that you're able to give a little more for a field trip, our online system is set up to accept additional payments for donations that go directly towards supporting those in your grade who may need a little support. Thank you to our entire community who embrace ALL of our students.

MCPS provides a school year calendar that allows for effective use of time for teaching and learning, professional growth opportunities, and planning instructional strategies focused on improving student achievement while maintaining an equity lens for all students, and commitment to community engagement. We will consider educational interests, operational needs, mandated school closures by state law, compliance with minimum instructional days and credit hour requirements, contingencies for inclement weather and other emergencies, staff professional days and early release days, and alignment with assessment schedules.

MCPS is seeking input about the 2025–2026 school year calendar! Please take a moment to complete the MCPS School Calendar Feedback Survey. Your input will be used to select the first and last day of school, as well as other important dates for the coming school year.

MCPS offers families a free student Chromebook for home use. Families can fill out a form and, once approved by MCPS, devices are sent to our school to send home with students.

• At Home Request for Chromebook Flyer (English)
• At Home Request for Chromebook Flyer (Spanish)
• Request Digitally: Chromebook Form

Families can use MCPS online resources at home by logging into the Clever dashboard on any device. Click here (https://tinyurl.com/mcpsClever) and then log in with your students' Chromebook ID and password to get to all the resources.

We need your help to provide our children with the best possible experience at Clearspring. Whether you want to volunteer regularly or just one time we have a spot for you. If you are interested in helping out please fill out this form https://forms.gle/vc9d6uN5AJ7gtxGZ7

and our volunteer coordinator will be in contact with you. If you have any questions please feel free to contact Natalia at nayquipa98@gmail.com

**ALL VOLUNTEERS INCLUDING FIELD TRIP CHAPERONES MUST HAVE CURRENT MCPS VOLUNTEER TRAINING**

https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/childabuseandneglect/#Volunteer

October

• 11-17- Book Fair
• 15- Book Fair Night Hours until 7 and Food Truck Spirit Night
• 22- PTA Spirit Night at J&P Pizza in support of 5th Grade
• 25- BINGO NIGHT
• 27- Trunk or Treat- 2pm -3pm

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