CAPTAIN JAMES E. DALY JR. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER
MARCH 2016
The Principal’s Corner
We have several opportunities for parents to participate
in school events. Please consider coming to our
Reading Night on March 10, 2016. Also, we are
offering math information workshops, which are called
Morning Math with Muffins. Please see the dates for
your child’s grade level, as well as other parent
opportunities under “Upcoming Events.”
A series of parent literacy workshops are being offered
from our MCPS Parent Academy. The workshops will
be held on March 7, 14, and 21 at Seneca Valley High
School. The workshops are free and childcare and
interpretation services will be provided. Please see the
attached information flyer for registration details.
Kindergarten Orientation for incoming Kindergarten
students will be held on Tuesday, May 3rd and
Wednesday, May 4th. On those days there is no school
for our current Kindergarten students. If you know
anyone whose child will be five by September 1, 2016,
please have them call 301.353.0939 to make an
appointment for Kindergarten Orientation.
We have had some recent changes with our PTA. Due
to the resignations of three board members, we held
elections last night for these positions. Our new PTA
president is Tami Belouin, Richard Mann is vice
president, and Simone Perry-Brackens is secretary.
Congratulations and thanks to these new board
members for stepping into these important roles for the
remainder of this school year. In addition, we would
like to thank Denise Franklin, Nathan Franklin, and
Courtney Mollman for their dedication and service to
our PTA and our children.
As a result of the PTA changes, it is unfortunate that
we announce that International Night will be canceled
this year. We hope that we will continue this important
tradition next year.
Upcoming Events
March
March 9
March 10
March 16 & 17
March 23
March 24
March 25-31
April
April 4
April 6
April 13
April 14 & 15
April 20
April 25
April 26
April 27
4th marking period begins
8:30-9:30 – Morning Math
with Muffins for parents of 4th
grade students
9:30-11:00 - Instructional
Parent Tour
Hearing and vision screening
for kindergarten and 1st grade
students
Spring pictures
9:30-10:30 – Principal’s parent
coffee
No School –Primary election
Dental visit
For Parents of Current 5th Grade Students:
March 8
If you are a Certified Public Accountant and are
interested in helping the school with filing taxes, please
call me at the school. Thank you.
8:00-9:00 a.m. or
5:30-6:30 p.m. - Workshops
for parents of 3rd grade
students
6:30-8:00 p.m. – Reading
Night at Daly
Class and activity pictures
9:30-11:00 – Career Day
No School – Professional Day
No School - Spring Break
6:00 – 7:00 Parent Information
Night – Family Life
March 7 & 8 9:30-12:00 Science MSA
April 4-7
Family Life instruction
April 11-14 Disease Prevention instruction
Mrs. Nora Dietz, Principal
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Captain James E. Daly Jr. ES Community
Newsletter
Student Enrichment Opportunities
Montgomery College Kids College offers enrichment courses for students in grades 1 –
10 after school and on Saturdays at the Germantown or Rockville campuses. A
description of one of the courses is below. Register now at
www.montgomerycollege.edu/youth or call Montgomery College at 240-567-7917.
Discover the challenges of invention! Turn problems and mistakes into creative
challenges and learn the skills to work through them! Montgomery College youth
Programs will conduct a full day of fun with Futuremakers. This program consists of
experiential learning activities where you take on the roles, personalities, expectations
and experiences of engineers, designers, and fabricators.
Asistencia en Español disponible
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