Message from the
Principal, Mr. Tucker
The upcoming winter season means that you
should be familiar with the emergency weather operating procedures for P.G.
County Schools. Decisions concerning early morning school closings or delayed
openings are generally made by 5 a.m. An announcement is then provided to 38
radio stations and 8 television stations. This information may also be accessed
on the school system’s web page at
www.pgcps.org and also
www.schools-out.com. After 6 a.m., you can also access the school
system’s Voice Mail Bulletin Board by calling 301-952-6000. Wait for the
opening message, then press Number 1. A recorded message will indicate delayed
openings or school closings. In addition, the school system’s cable station,
96, will broadcast a “crawl” message no later than 6 a.m. Decisions regarding
early dismissal when schools close at half-day or one or two hours early are
communicated to area radio and television stations for broadcast. During
emergency weather conditions, you should monitor the weather reports on
television or radio and listen for announcements concerning school operations.
When schools are closed early or all day, all evening activities are cancelled.
When there are inclement weather conditions, follow the above procedures and
PLEASE DO NOT CALL SCHOOL.
As our winter break approaches, many of us
will celebrate special holidays. While our country is at war, we remember how
grateful we are to live in such a wonderful and free country. We hope your
loved ones are with you, but we know some of you will miss friends and family
who are over seas in the armed forces. As we celebrate our family traditions,
we will think especially of them and hope they will return safely to you very
soon. I wish you all a joyous and peaceful holiday.
Notes from the Office
We
continue to focus on the importance of keeping our students and staff in a safe
environment. In order to do this, we must strictly enforce our policy of having
everyone who enters the school obtain a visitor’s pass from the office before
they go anywhere in the building. Be sure to let us know in writing or, if an
emergency, call the school if you need someone to pick up your child who is not
listed on your student information card. Additionally, when you call school to
obtain information regarding your child, the office staff may ask specific
questions about your child in order to ascertain the relationship of the caller
to the child. This procedure is for the safety and security of all our
students. Please be sure to notify the school as soon as possible if you have
any changes in your address or telephone numbers. Thank you for your
cooperation and understanding.
If you need to get a message to your child
regarding a change in their after-school procedure, please call the office
before 1:30 p.m. If you are planning to pick your child up for early dismissal,
please plan to come to the office before 1:40 p.m. Please do not call and
request that a student be called to the office to wait until you arrive.
Students will be called to the office when you come to sign them out. Students
must follow their usual dismissal procedure unless we have written notification
from parents. If a student tells us he/she is to go home with another student,
both parents must notify us in writing or students will be required to follow
their plan to go directly home or to their sitters after school.
Here are the
pod phone numbers to call when you want to leave messages for teachers. Also
included is the number to call the school nurse,
Ms. Maxfield, the cafeteria for meal-related issues, and the ESOL parent
liaison, Mrs.Tuveson, for Spanish speaking callers.
From the Counselor’s Corner
As part of our character education program, our students will be
preparing care packages for the senior citizens at the Mariner Nursing Home in
Laurel. The packages will be delivered by students on the Deerfield Run Student
Advisory Board. In addition, two of our classes have been invited to visit and
sing for the residents. If you would like your child to participate in this
project, please consider having your child shop for and contribute one or two
items from the following list: Men’s or women’s slippers or socks; after- shave
lotion, colognes, lotions or powder; candy and sugar
free candy; mugs, combs,
brushes, deodorant, chapstick, playing cards, puzzle books or knick knacks.
Please send only new and un-opened items. Our deadline for donations is
Wednesday, December 12, 2007. Thank you in advance for your support.
Holiday Concert
Our Holiday Concert will be held on
Wednesday, December 19, at 6:30 p.m. Students who are participating need to
arrive promptly at 6 p.m. We invite the entire Deerfield Run community to
attend this festive event during which our first through sixth grade chorus will
perform. The theme this year is “Hello to All the Children of the World.”
This year our resident artist, Mr. Tim Gregory, will participate in our
production. The students have been working very hard to make this a truly
memorable evening. Please plan to attend. Look for more information to come
home with the students who are participating. Hope to see you all there!
Nurse’s Note
This is a reminder to
parents to please bring your child’s medication and physicians’ order forms to
the school nurse as soon as possible. The change of season is quickly
approaching and for many asthmatics, weather changes are a trigger for breathing
problems. Let’s keep our students comfortable as well as safe and get these
medications to school. Thank you for your immediate attention to this matter.
Pod Phone Numbers
RED POD:
301- 483-7411
ORANGE POD: 301-483-7412
YELLOW POD: 301-483-7413
BLUE POD: 301-483-7414
GREEN POD: 301-483-7415
KINDERGARTEN: 301-483-7416
HEALTH ROOM: 301-483-7418
CAFETERIA 301-604-3567
Special
Education 301-497-3921
