Clemens Crossing Cougar Comments

Edward Cosentino, Principal

Jaime Gittleson, Assistant Principal

Website: cces.hcpss.org
Location: 10320 Quarterstaff Road, Columbia, MD, United States
Phone: 410-313-6866
Facebook: facebook.com/ClemensCrossingElementary
Twitter: @hcpss_cces

June

• 2 - School Spirit Day - Summer Sports Day
• 2 - 3rd grade picnic, 12:30 p.m.
• 7 - Kindergarten picnic, 10:00 a.m.
• 7 - Schools close 3 hours early at 12:45 p.m.
• 8 - 2nd grade picnic, 11:05 a.m.
• 9 - Full day of school
• 9 - 1st grade picnic, 12:05 a.m.
• 12 - 4th grade picnic, 11:00 a.m.
• 12 - Schools close 3 hours early at 12:45 p.m.
• 12 - 5th-grade promotion ceremony at Atholton HS, 2:00 p.m.
• 13 - 5th-grade picnic, 11:00 a.m.
• 13 - Schools close 3 hours early at 12:45 p.m.
• 14 - Last Day of School - Schools close 3 hours early at 12:45 p.m.
• 16 - Final report cards will be mailed

To subscribe to the CCES calendar on your smartphone, electronic device, or email system use the calendar ID sqspkjkbr6v6arss44js3n21eg@group.calendar.google.com.

It's hard to believe it is June already! Time sure flies. We are thrilled with all of the incredible growth and success of our students this year. Over the final eight days of school, we will have grade-level picnics and our fifth-grade promotion ceremony. Additionally, we have four half days of school. June 7, 12, 13, and 14 are all early dismissal days, where school dismisses at 12:45 p.m. Please plan accordingly. Next week's Cougar Comments will be our last newsletter of the year, and it will be packed full of a lot of information for the summer and the start of the 23-24 school year.

The elementary curriculum offices have compiled several activities and strategies for students to enhance their learning during the summer. The resource can be found on the Canvas Parent PagesLinks to an external site. linked below. Resources can be viewed by grade level and subject. Additional resources and suggestions can also be found on the Parent Pages. These resources include games, strategy instruction tips, field trip suggestions, and much more. Please feel free to share this information with your families.

• Prekindergarten
• Kindergarten
• Grade 1
• Grade 2
• Grade 3
• Grade 4
• Grade 5

The Board of Education approved the 2023-2024 school year calendar. If you subscribe to the

CCES Google calendar, all of the school system dates have been added to that calendar. Additionally, as we plan dates of important events, those events will be added to that calendar too. We have already added Open House times and back-to-school nights to the calendar as well.

**If you are leaving CCES, this is the time you may want to unsubscribe from the CCES Google Calendar. **

If your child has a medication(s) in the Health Room, it must be picked up by a Parent/Guardian before the end of staff hours on the last day of school, 12:45 pm on Wednesday, June 14th.

Medication Pick-up Times

• Thursday, June 8th from 8:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.
• Friday, June 9th from 8:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.
• Monday, June 12th from 8:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
• Tuesday, June 13th from 8:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.
• Wednesday, June 14th from 8:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

We are not permitted to send home medication with your child. Any medication not picked up by 12:45pm on Wednesday, June 14th will be destroyed. You are welcome to pick up the medication sooner. Thank you!

Clemens Crossing Cub Scout Pack 618 is open to all Girls and Boys in grades K - 5. Everyone is invited to join us Wed, June 7th at 6:00pm at Christ Memorial Presbyterian Church for our Spring Picnic. There will be food and fun. New Families joining Clemens in the Fall are welcome to attend and learn more about us. Please visit our website at www.pack618md.com or contact Cubmaster@pack618md.com.

With summer camp season right around the corner, Recreation & Parks remains at the ready to keep your camper’s mind and body active, entertained and learning all summer long. While Recreation & Parks has experienced record enrollment numbers for its summer camps thus far, there are still plenty of opportunities to keep your child moving, learning and making new friends this summer. To check out this summer camp offerings, click HERE.

Our beloved CCES art teacher Mr. Schmitt will be leaving CCES at the end of this school year. Mr. Schmitt has been teaching at Clemens Crossing for 25 years!! He is so loved by our students past and present and our whole school community and he will be greatly missed by all of us. Mr Schmitt has very generously decided to auction off various art samples from his art room, as well as some special pieces of his own personal work, as a fundraiser in support of Clemens Crossing PTA! Check out the amazing 100+

pieces here in the online silent auction - https://www.32auctions.com/ccesmrschmitt

Our CCES Year Books have arrived and will be distributed to students next week. If you missed out on ordering and would still like to get one, we do have some extras. Simply email Jen Nwosu at president@clemenscrossingpta.org