2019-2020 school calendar · in 2018, caroline county recognized the importance of fostering...

2019-2020 School Calendar

Celebrating Student Artwork

In 2018, Caroline County recognized the importanceof fostering civility within the community, thegovernment, the schools and on online platforms.Choose Civility Caroline is an initiative between theCaroline County Public Schools and the CarolineCounty Public Library, with support provided by theCaroline County Commissioners. The Choose CivilityPoster Contest, held in the spring of 2018, drew over300 entries, with an amazing array of beautiful andthoughtful work by CCPS students.

Cover ArtworkOlivia Davis

As the proud Superintendent of Caroline County Public Schools, it is mypleasure to welcome you to the 2019-2020 school year. At CCPS, we value 21st Century learning. The Essentials for Learningmovement, begun in 2017, improves the way students are learning in theclassroom. From pre-kindergarten through graduation, we are teachingrigorous academic standards in ways that incorporate the skills studentsneed to be successful in the classroom and in the workplace. This schoolyear marks the third year of E4L, and we look forward to sharing with ourcommunity news of our progress, successes, and challenges. We are blessed in Caroline to have a highly qualified and dedicatedfaculty and staff who believe in the amazing potential of over 5,600students. We value the partnerships we have with our elected officials,law enforcement, and community agencies that work with us in the bestinterest of our students. Most of all, we are fortunate to have familiesthat are supportive of our schools, and a high level of engagement fromcommunity and business partners. With this foundation firmly in place, we ensure that our students haveevery opportunity to reach their goals, at school and into the future. My best to you for the 2019-2020 school year - Patricia W. Saelens, Ed.D.Superintendent of Schools

Welcome to the 2019-2020 School Year!

Denton Elementary School (DES) Principal: Susan McCandlessAssistant Principals:Matthew BreedloveBriana Walker 303 Sharp RoadDenton, MD 21629P: 410.479.1660 | F: 410.479.4220www.desdolphins.weebly.com/

Federalsburg Elementary School (FES)Principal: Yolanda HollowayAssistant Principal: Todd Nichols302 S. University AvenueFederalsburg, MD 21632 P: 410.754.9054 | F: 410.754.5504www.federalsburgelementary.weebly.com/

Greensboro Elementary School (GES)Principal: Dawn SwannAssistant Principals:Mary Jo KerrKaytlin Curren625 N. Main StreetGreensboro, MD 21639P: 410.479.3885 | F: 410.482.8880www.greensboroelementaryschool.weebly.com/

Preston Elementary School (PES)Principal: A.J. AngeloniActing Assistant Principal: Jaclyn Murray225 Main Street, Preston, MD 21655P: 410.479.2897 | F: 410.673.7301www.prestonelementaryschool.weebly.com/

Ridgely Elementary School (RES)Principal: Lee SuttonAssistant Principal: Sarah Crebs118 N Central AvenueRidgely, MD 21660P: 410.479.3243 | F: 410.634.1789 www.ridgelyes.org

Lockerman Middle School (LMS)Principal: Matthew SheplerAssistant Principals:Takiyah BensonCourtney HandteRichard Petroske410 Lockerman StreetDenton, MD 21629P: 410.479.2760 | F: 410.479.3594www.lockermanmiddleschool.org/

Colonel Richardson Middle School(CRMS)Principal: Robert WilloughbyAssistant Principal: Neil Lambert25390 Richardson RoadFederalsburg, MD 21632P: 410.754.9922 | F: 410.754.5695www.colonelrichardsonms.org/

Colonel Richardson High School (CRHS)Principal: Nicole VonDenBoschAssistant Principals: Jared ShermanDean of Students: Thomas Jefferson25320 Richardson RoadFederalsburg, MD 21632P: 410.754.5575 | F: 410.754.3497www.colonelrichardson.weebly.com/

North Caroline High School (NCHS)lPrincipal: Matthew SpikerAssistant Principals:Erin AdamsRuss AustinJeannine Necessary10990 River RoadRidgely, MD 21660P: 410.479.2332 | F: 410.479.2743www.northcarolinehs.org

Caroline Career & Technology Center(CCTC)Principal: Gene Smith10855 Central AvenueRidgely, Maryland 21660P: 410,479.0100 | F: 410.479.1308www.cl.k12.md.us/cctc/cctchome.html

CCPS Central Office204 Franklin Street Denton, Maryland 21629Phone: 410.479.1460 | Fax: 410.479.0108www.carolineschools.org

Connect With Us!

CCPS provides news and information through our website blog at www.carolineschools.org. Become asubscriber! We also connect with our community on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn, andshare photos on Flickr and videos on Vimeo.

Stay Informed

CCPS uses PowerSchool to enable families to access student grades, attendanceand more. We also use SchoolMessenger to call and email with weather closings,events, and reminders. Be sure to keep your contact information up-to-date atyour child's school!

Visit www.carolineschools.org to create or access PowerSchool & SchoolMessenger accounts.

Board of Education

2019-2020 Board of Education Members

The Caroline County Board of Education provides leadership and oversight for the CarolineCounty Public Schools by setting goals, establishing policies, and committing resources tobenefit our students. The Board generally conducts their regular meeting the first Tuesdayof every month, and often holds a work session the third Tuesday of every month. Themeeting schedule is set for the school year but is subject to change as needed. For noticesabout upcoming meetings, please subscribe to our news blog at www.carolineschools.org.

Board Policies & Agendas

President Louise M. Cheek Vice-President Kathy Dill C. Tolbert RoweGeorge J. Abner James A. Newcomb, Jr.

All documents associated with boardmeetings may be accessed throughBoardDocs on our website. BoardDocs alsocontains all CCPS policies in a searchableformat. Visit www.carolineschools.org -About Us - Leadership - BoardDocs.

2019-2020 Teacher of the Year

Shawn Parks, a 28 year veteran of the classroom, is an English Language Arts (ELA)teacher at Lockerman Middle School. Through her creation and use of progressive levelsbased on ELA standards, Mrs. Parks equips students' learning by coaching them to tracktheir progress and motivating them to pursue next steps towards mastery. She modelsthe concepts of peer coaching and professional collaboration and has presented atnumerous conferences. Mrs. Parks will represent CCPS throughout the school year in theMaryland Teacher of the Year program.

The Board includes two highschool student representativesthat attend meetings and shareinformation gathered from allschools. The 2019-2020 studentrepresentatives are Haley Gauck,North Caroline High School, and Isha Sehar, Colonel RichardsonHigh School.

Food Services

Weather Delays and Closings

Caroline County Public Schools is committed to making well-informeddecisions about delays and closings, and communicating decisions asquickly and reliably as we can. CCPS advises of school delays and closingsvia:

a phone call through our notification system, School Messengerour website: www.carolineschools.orgFacebook (Caroline County Public Schools) and Twitter (@CarolineCoPS)local and regional TV and

radio stations

CCPS transports approximately 5,600children on 57 buses to and fromschool, traveling over 3,300 milesevery school day. We take great pridein our drivers, their training, and ourequipment maintenance programsthat are designed for the safety of ourstudents. For information about yourstudent's bus stop and othertransportation topics, please visit:www.carolineschools.org - About Us -

Administrative Services -Transportation

Transportation

The extensive process for makingweather-related decisions is outlinedon our website:www.carolineschools.org - About Us -

Administrative Services -Transportation

Each school day, CCPS serves more than 3,650 lunches and provides free breakfast inthe classroom to all students, through the Maryland Meals for Achievement Program.35% of the food served in our cafeterias is produced locally. What we strive for:

Well-fed kids and happy kitchens!Excellent customer serviceQuality food with clean labelsFarm to tray (locally sourced foods)Well-balanced meals to all studentsA high standard of safety andsanitationWell trained staffCompliance with federal, state, andlocal health department laws andregulationsOn-going nutritional analysis of menuitems

Continual communication with school nurses for students with special dietary needsCreating an understanding of the link between nutrition, education, physical activity,and living a healthy lifestyle

Visit our website to:See meal menusManage your student's online lunch accountthrough MySchoolBucksFind the Free & Reduced Meals Application

www.carolineschools.org - About Us -Administrative Services - Food Services

2019-2020 Meal PricesElementary: $2.25Secondary: $2.50Adult Meals: $3.75

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MiaHolland

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Board of Education

Meeting 7pm

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

Eid al-Adha

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

New Teachers Report

25 26 27 28 29 30 31

All Teachers Report LMS 8th Grade Back to

School Night

Back to School Night for LMS 7th Grade,

CRMS, CRHS and NCHS LMS 6th Grade Back to

School Night

August 2019

Please check with your student’s school for Back to School Night times and details.

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KyleighJennings


1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Labor Day Holiday First Day of School K-12

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Board of Education Meeting 7pm

Pre-K Orientation Patriot Day

First Day of Pre-K GES Back to School

Night

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

DES Back to School Night

RES Back to School Night

FES Back to School Night

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

No School for Students

Professional Development Day

PES Back to School Night

Board of Education Work Session 7pm

29 30

Rosh Hashanah Begins

September 2019

National Arts in Education Week

Please check with your student’s school for Back to School Night times and details.

Abby Trice


1 2 3 4 5


6 7 8 9 10 11 12

CCTC Open House 6pm Yom Kippur

First Quarter Interims Issued

13 14 15 16 17 18 19


Staff Professional Development Day

Board of Education Work Session, 7pm.

Schools Closed MSEA Convention

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30 31

Half Day of School Halloween

October 2019

National School Lunch Week

National School Bus Safety Week

National Principals Month National Custodial Workers Day

KyleighBarksdale


1 2

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Daylight Savings Time Ends

Board of Education Meeting 7pm Election Day Half Day of School

10 11 12 13 14 15 16

No Pre-K

Pre-K Conferences Veterans Day

No Pre-K Pre-K Conferences

No School for Students Staff Professional

Development/ Conferences

17 18 19 20 21 22 23

First Quarter Report Cards Issued

Board of Education Work Session 7pm.

24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Thanksgiving Day

American Education Week

Schools Closed - Thanksgiving Break

November 2019

NilahWilliams


1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Board of Education

Meeting 7pm Pearl Harbor Day

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

Half Day for Students Staff Professional

Development First Day of Winter

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Hanukkah Begins Christmas Day Kwanzaa Begins

29 30 31

December 2019

Schools Closed – Winter Break

Schools Closed – Winter Break

AvaNelson


1 2 3 4

Schools Closed New Year’s Day Schools Re-Open

5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Board of Education

Meeting 7pm

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Schools Closed

Martin Luther King Jr. Day


26 27 28 29 30 31

Half Day of School Board of Education Work Session 7pm

No School for Students Staff Transition Day /

Professional Development

January 2020

DianteDickerson


1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Groundhog Day Board of Education

Meeting 7pm

Half Day of School Staff Professional Development/ Conferences

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Second Quarter Report Cards Issued

Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday



Valentine’s Day

16 17 18 19 20 21 22

Schools Closed President’s Day


23 24 25 26 27 28 29

Ash Wednesday

February 2020

National Future Farmers of America Week

National School Counseling Week

National African-American History Month

National Career Technical Education Month

MadisonMcNinch


1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Read Across America Day


8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Daylight Savings Time Begins

Third Quarter Interims Issued

15 16 17 18 19 20 21


Staff Professional Development Day

Board of Education Work Session 7pm St. Patrick’s Day

First Day of Spring

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

29 30 31

March 2020

National School Breakfast Week

Music in Our Schools Month

Youth Art Month

National School Social Workers Week

TarynHines


1 2 3 4

April Fool’s Day Half Day of School

5 6 7 8 9 10 11

Passover

Half Day for Students Staff Professional

Development

Schools Closed for Spring Break Good Friday

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Easter Schools Closed for

Spring Break Board of Education

Meeting 7pm Third Quarter Report

Cards issued

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Earth Day No Pre-K

Pre-K Conferences No Pre-K

Pre-K Conferences

26 27 28 29 30

April 2020 School Library Month

Public School Volunteer Week

Admin. Professionals Day

DeAsiaDouglas


1 2

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Board of Education

Meeting 7pm

10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Mother’s Day Fourth Quarter Interims

Issued

17 18 19 20 21 22 23


24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Eid-al-Fitr Schools Closed Memorial Day

31

National Physical Education & Sports Week

National Teacher Appreciation Week

May 2020

School Lunch Heroes Day

School Nurse Day

RileyWebster


1 2 3 4 5 6


Colonel Richardson High School Graduation

North Caroline High School Graduation

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Flag Day Last Day for Pre-K

Students Half Day - Last Day for

Students* Last Day for Teachers* First Day of Summer

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

Father’s Day

28 29 30

June 2020

*Students are required to attend 180 days of school, and teachers must work 190 days.

Five (5) inclement weather days have been built into the calendar. The last day for students and for teachers may be adjusted based

on the number of inclement weather days used.

DeliaSefton


1 2 3 4

Independence Day

5 6 7 8 9 10 11


12 13 14 15 16 17 18

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

26 27 28 29 30 31

July 2020

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