Principal, Mr. Bertram Generlette
Assistant Principal, Mrs. Arienne Clark-Harrison
807 Daleview Drive
Silver Spring, MD 20901
301-431-7667
PrinciPal’s newsletter, #7
MARCH 18, 2016
Dear Montgomery Knolls Families,
Calendar of Events
Thursday, March 24th
NO SCHOOL for Students
Professional Day for Teachers
Friday, March 25th -March 31st
SPRING BREAK- NO SCHOOL
Friday, March 25th & Monday, March 28th
HOLIDAY – Office CLOSED
Friday, April 1st - SPRING BREAK
NO SCHOOL
Thursday, April 14th – Head Start Field
Trip to Lathrop E. Smith Environmental
Education Center, 9:30 am – 1:30 pm
Thursday, April 14th – Friday, April 15th
KINDERGARTEN ORIENTATION
9:30am-2:30pm
Montgomery County Executive Isiah Leggett has released his
recommended operating budget for FY 2017 and is proposing a
$135.9 million increase in spending for MCPS. This is about $44
million less than the $2.5 billion operating budget the Board of
Education had requested. The Montgomery County Council will hold
public hearings on the County Executive’s budget recommendation on
April 5, 6, and 7. This is an opportunity for parents, staff, students, and
community members to share their thoughts with county leaders about
why it is important to fully fund the MCPS budget. To sign up to testify
at a hearing, visit
www.montgomerycountymd.gov/COUNCIL/PHSignup.html or call
240- 777-7803. Stay informed and engaged on the budget request on the
MCPS operating budget website:
www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/budget/
Kindergarten Orientation will take place on Thursday, April 14th
and Friday, April 15th, from 9:30 a.m. through 2:30 p.m.
Kindergarten Orientation is an opportunity for parents and children to
meet the teachers and visit the classrooms in a fun and informal way.
Parents/guardians of children who will be five years old on or before
September 1st, 2016, can register their children for kindergarten on the
dates listed above. Please contact Mrs. Gomez-Lacayo, our Attendance
Secretary, at school and she will assist you in scheduling a time for
registration. Please remember that on these days, there is no school
for our current kindergarteners.
Hopefully, we have said goodbye to winter weather. However, in the
event that a cold blast drops by for a visit, please continue to monitor
weather reports and dress students in layers.
NO SCHOOL for Kindergarten Students
Thursday, April 21st – 1st Grade Field Trip
Brookside Gardens, 9:40 am- 1:30 pm
Friday, April 22nd
 Kindergarten Field Trip to
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Botanical Gardens, 9:40am-1:00pm
SERT Assembly
Tuesday, April 26th – Primary Election
SCHOOL CLOSED
Lastly, as the days get warmer, schools will have their heating system
converted to air conditioning. Schools mechanical systems are very
different from residential systems. The school’s mechanical system
provides heating, cooling, and ventilation to the entire building. Twice
a year, this system must be shut down for the seasonal changeover,
which usually takes a couple of days. Most importantly, after the
changeover has occurred, the building will not have heat available.
Please prepare your children and have them dress for the weathersweaters and jackets work well for chilly mornings. Happy Spring!!
Mr. Generlette
Principal
PILOT Program for three-year-olds is preparing for our 10th year at
Montgomery Knolls Elementary School
Montgomery County Public Schools is looking for three-year-old children in the Montgomery Knolls Elementary School’s
geographical area who can benefit from an early learning preschool experience. This will be the tenth year for the PILOT
Program at Montgomery Knolls ES. We begin accepting applications on February 1 st for the 2016-2017 school year. Classes will
begin in September 2016 and run through middle of June 2017 matching the holidays with the MCPS K-12 program calendar.
The program is based on the same model as the Child Development classes located in MCPS high schools. Children will be
provided with a structured learning experience in a classroom program with age-appropriate preschool activities. Students will
work on developing the skills needed to address the MCPS PreKindergarten Curriculum and data will be collected using the
Early Childhood Observation Record, ECOR, a developmental observation system used in MCPS. Children will be peers and
friends with children who have disabilities and who will also be served in the classroom. Classes will be taught by a certified
teacher and assistant. The class size will be up to 13 children, including six preschoolers with disabilities.
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Child must be age three to enroll in the program
Low fee for materials and supplies
Parent must provide transportation
Two mornings per week, 2 ½ hours each morning (Tues/Thurs or Wed/Fri)
Please contact Teacher Elisabeth Karlsson-Mitchell or Parent educator Tonya Williams-Walker at Montgomery Knolls ES,
Preschool Education Program, at
Montgomery Knolls.
301 431-7636
to apply for a space in the three-year-old PILOT class at
Winter 2016 Parent Academy
Student Transfer Application Season Began Feb. 1st
The MCPS Parent Academy is back with an exciting
lineup of free workshops for parents! Parent
Academy workshops give parents useful tips and
tools to support their children’s success in and out of
school. A wide array of topics will be covered during
the winter session, including college and career
planning, helping teens manage stress, literacy, the
MCPS operating budget, recognizing child abuse and
neglect, and much more. All of the workshops are
free and are held at schools and locations throughout
Montgomery County. Childcare and interpretation
services are provided. To see the schedule of
workshops
and
to
register,
visit
Montgomery County parents/guardians who wish to
request a Change of School Assignment (COSA) for
their children may begin the process during the
upcoming transfer season, which started on February
1st, 2016. All COSA requests must be submitted no
later than April 1st, 2016. The transfer process begins
in the home school, where parents/guardians may
request the Change of School Assignment Information
Booklet that contains the COSA form, describes the
process and provides useful information. Beginning the
first week of February, the COSA booklet will be
available in schools and online at;
montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/parentacademy/.
www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/info/transfers.
The booklet will be available in English and Spanish.
Prekindergarten/Head Start Student Enrollment
Montgomery County Public Schools offers free, prekindergarten and Head Start programs in school throughout the county,
like Montgomery Knolls, fir income-eligible families. These programs give children the skills and knowledge they need to
be ready for kindergarten.
Do you have a 4-year-old child? If YES, then your family may qualify for free prekindergarten of Head Start program.
Call 301-230-0676 to begin the enrollment process.