Important News

We recently learned that manufacturing problems will cause a nationwide delay in the production of FluMist, the intranasal flu vaccine. Because FluMist is used for our school clinic, our flu clinic must be rescheduled. Medimmune, the company that makes FluMist, expects to correct this problem by the end of November. For this reason, we are rescheduling our school's flu clinic…

The Gifted and Talented Parent Academy will hold its first meeting to present a G/T Education Program Overview. This meeting will be held at Howard High School on October 22 from 7:00 – 8:30 pm.

Picture Day is coming next week. Morning preschool will have their pictures taken on Monday and the rest of the school will have their pictures taken on Wednesday. Order forms will go home next week or you can use the attached form.

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The AES Book Club is a wonderful way to honor your child by donating a book to our media center. This year, the first donation period deadline is November 20th. To make a contribution, complete the request form and return it to the Media Center with a $15.00 check made out to AES PTA. Specific requests will be honored as…

The Related Arts team is organizing the Fall Festival celebration for students on Thursday October 22 nd. Each grade level will participate in a variety of activities during their grade’s designated Related Arts time on the 22nd. We will need many parent volunteers to help at each station collecting tickets, distributing prizes, and overseeing the activities. There are two time…

Were you on the yearbook committee in high school? Do you like to take pictures? Are you creative and organized? If you said yes to any of these questions we are in need of a small group of parents to work on our yearbook this year. Guidance will be provided by a member of our school staff. Please email denise_lancaster@hcpss.org…

The 5th Grade Committee is forming now and needs your assistance. The committee takes care of many special events for the 5th graders including: t-shirts, Pancake Breakfast, 5th Grade Party, and support during the Simulated Congressional Hearings. Please come to a meeting on September 30th at 6:30 in the media center. Questions can be addressed to Lori Donato at jimnlorid@verizon.net.

The official start time for our instructional day is 9:15. Doors open at 9:00. Most of our walkers/car riders and bus riders arrive by 9:05, but we have several students arriving a few minutes after 9:15. These students are marked tardy and they arrive in classrooms where their peers are already unpacked and ready for instruction. For some grade levels…

The Rube Goldberg Challenge is an annual event sponsored by the Howard County Library for 4 th and 5 th graders. Students will transform everyday materials into a wacky innovative machine to solve a problem. This year’s problem is to erase a chalkboard! Due to scheduling this year, our GT teachers will not be able to offer a Rube Goldberg…