MONTPELIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
9200 Murkirk Road
Laurel, MD  20708

www1.pgcps.org/~mtpelier

Mrs. Carla Furlow, Principal, Ms. Denise Mahdi, Assistant Principal

Telephone: 301-497-3670
Fax: 301-497-5431

 

Parent Bulletin

November 6, 2009

 

FIRST QUARTER HONOR ROLL ASSEMBLY

      On Friday, November 13^th, we will celebrate our students’ academic successes.  Grades 2, 3 & 4 will be honored at 8:10AM and Grades 5 and 6 will receive their honors starting at 9:20AM.  Invitations will be sent home along with the report cards of our award recipients on Tuesday, November 10^th.

      Congratulations to all of our students who received awards and congratulations to their proud families! 

541 Certificates were awarded in the following categories:

274 Citizenship Awards

            136 Perfect Attendance Awards (distributed in the classrooms)    100 Honor Roll Certificates (2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, & 6^th grades only)

           31 Principal Awards (straight A’s / 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th, 5^th, & 6^th grades) 

NEW SECURITY ENTRANCE

      Have you noticed?  Montpelier Elementary now has a security door with a push button entry.    Once the button to the right of the doors is pushed, the office is alerted and an audio/ video system is activated.  The office can then unlock the far right door to admit the visitor.  In order for this system to be effective, we ask for your help closing the front doors as you exit our building.

We would like to thank PGCPS Security Services for financing this important addition and for their expert installation! 

FORGOTTEN ITEMS

      Once the teachers leave (2:45pm), students are not permitted to re-enter the classrooms to retrieve forgotten items. This policy applies to students enrolled in our Before & After School Early Learning Program, as well.  Neither the office staff, night custodians nor other staff members are permitted to authorize access to the classrooms after regular hours. Have a back-up plan to get any missing information (Check with your child’s teacher to see if homework is posted on-line or arrange a homework buddy.) 

WALK FOR THE HOMELESS A SUCCES!

  On behalf of L.A.R.S. (Laurel Advocacy and Referral Service) and the Fannie Mae Foundation, we wish to thank all of the participants in the “Walk for the Homeless.” We had more than 200 walkers and raised over $500.00! Donors will receive a T-shirt later this month.

CONGRATULATIONS

Best wishes and congratulations to Ms. Kuneman on her marriage.  She will now be Mrs. Dolan.

STUDENT PHOTOS

      Strawbridge Studios will return to Montpelier Elementary on November 20th.  If your child missed the first portrait day, this is your opportunity to have his/her photo taken.  In addition, if you are dissatisfied with your child’s first portrait, simply return the entire photo packet to the photographer on November 20^th and a new photo will be taken. 

BEHAVIOR INCENTIVE

      Over 350 students will be participating in the “Behavior Relay” on Tuesday, November 10^th, sponsored by our Physical Education Department.  These students have, on a continuous basis, exhibited great behavior at school.  Thank you for having good character and for making Montpelier productive, positive, and peaceful. 

BOOK FAIR POSTER CONTEST WINNERS

   The theme of the poster contest was “Read Around the World.” Congratulations to the following students who received a $10 gift certificate to our book fair:

     Grade 2 DeAira Holland

     Grade 3 Felicia Edet

     Grade 4 Esther Iliomade

     Grade 5 Mohamed Dawood

     Grade 6 Huda Dawood

EDUMAT FUNDRAISER

       Thank you to the Montpelier families and their friends and families for supporting our Edumat Fundraiser.  We are pleased to announce that we almost reached our goal thanks to your efforts.  Orders will be delivered to the school on Tuesday, November 10th.  If they may be easily carried by the student, the orders will be sent home with the students.  If the orders are too large to be easily carried, we ask that a parent pick up the orders in our Media Center no later than 5 p.m. on November 10^th.  Only orders which have been paid-in-full due will be released.

      And, as a special treat for those students who supported our fundraiser, each participant will receive a NO UNIFORM DAY on November 10^th.  Special stickers identifying these students are being sent home today.  They should be worn on November 10^th with school appropriate clothing.

      Congratulations and thank you to the following students (and their families) who are the top two sellers in each grade level: 

      Braylon Talley – Pre K/Brecht

      Christy Ha – Pre K/Little

      Jocelyn Beckles-K/Stepp

      Alexander Hutchinson-K/Howell

      Jaime Blanco-Gr 1/Young

      Kaylie Moreno-Gr 1/Decker

      Lyric Brown-Gr 2/Clamage

      Tertius Pierre-Gr 2/Clamage

      Ricardo Conde-Gr 3/Golden

      Samara Muse-Gr 3/Golden

      Naseem Franklin-Gr 4/Willis-Reid

      Victor Jovel-Gr 4/Kuneman

      Erik Barberena-Gr 5/Cuthbertson

      Tyler Sterling-Gr 5/Cuthbertson

      Tahj Dunn-Gr 6/Koehnen

      Kevin Glasper-Gr 6/Koehnen

      Special congratulations to Alexander Hutchinson in Ms. Howell’s class for being our top seller this year!

      Pre K students will receive a special treat. All other top sellers will have a pizza luncheon and a limousine driving tour of Washington, D.C. landmarks.  Congratulations to all! 

RED RIBBON WEEK

  We celebrated this annual event, October 26^th-29th.  Students were given special treats throughout the week which included stickers, pencils and ribbons. We also enjoyed RED HAT DAY and RED FOOD DAY.  Remember, JUST SAY NO TO DRUGS! 

 LOST AND FOUND ITEMS

      It is necessary to purge our lost & found on a quarterly basis.  If your child is missing a sweater, jacket, lunch box, etc., etc., etc., you are strongly encouraged to look in the lost & found located in the multipurpose room.  Please take a moment to check the lost & found on conference day.  All items will be donated to a local charity by November 13th. Please remember that when items are clearly marked with the child’s name, we try to return those items to their owners. 

COMMUNITY NOTES

• Do you know a 5^th, 6^th, 7^th or 8^th grader interested in engineering?  Then please bring them to Engineering Day at the University of Maryland on Saturday, November 7^th from 8AM – 12:30PM.  This exciting day will include hands-on workshops for children, lab tours, and workshops for parents.  Register online at http://www.cmse.umd.edu/fall/engineering-day.html. 
• Check out “Count on Us,” the live mathematics homework help-line television call-in show on Mondays and Wednesdays from 4-5PM (Elementary school math homework help) and 5-6PM (Middle School math homework help) on Comcast channel 96 and Verizon channel 38.  Students can even email their questions to PGCPS teachers! 

 

November 10           First Quarter Report Cards Released

                                  Delivery of Edumat products (Until 5PM)

November 11           School closed for parent/teacher conferences (Have your scheduled yours yet?)

November 13           1^st Quarter Honor Roll Assembly

                                      Grades 2-4 8:10AM and Grades 5 & 6 9:20AM

                                      Grades Pre –K through 1 will distribute certificates in the classrooms

November 16-17      Camp Schmidt for Grade 5

November 20           Strawbridge Studios/make-up picture day

November 25-27      School & office closed for Thanksgiving Holidays 

 

Happy Thanksgiving