Today, February 12, 2025 is a virtual day for students and staff! Offices will be closed. Below you will find information that you will need to log on for instruction starting at 9:00 .am. Your student's log in information should have come home with your student's device and charging cord. If you are having issues logging on, please email your child's teacher or hes@dcpsmd.org for more assistance.
We will see you online soon! Stay warm today!
Good evening! Due to the uncertainty of weather conditions overnight, DCPS will operate as a virtual learning day tomorrow, February 12th. Schools and office buildings are closed; all staff are expected to telework, if possible. Please contact your direct supervisor for further guidance. Stay safe.
Students will bringing devices home today, which should remain at home tomorrow. Students are required to attend school tomorrow, with an early dismissal at 12:45 p.m. on Tuesday, February 11th. Please make arrangements for the early dismissal.! Further updates will be provided as weather conditions develop.
Good morning! Due to the forecasted weather conditions tomorrow afternoon, DCPS schools will operate on a half day schedule. Staff may leave after students are dismissed. All PM activities will be cancelled tomorrow, Tuesday, February 11th. Stay safe.
Reminder: To help prevent the spread of illness, please keep sick children at home. Watch for symptoms like headaches, muscle weakness, upset stomach, and fever over 100°F. Keeping your child home when sick helps protect the health of all students and staff. Thank you for your support!
Please take a few moments to read through our weekly newsletter! We have a lot of events coming up that require RSVP's!
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Dear Parent/Guardian/Community Member,
Dorchester County Public Schools (DCPS) has initiated a process to modernize its elementary schools, and we need your input in the first step—the Districtwide Elementary School Prototype Educational Specification. This document will identify what an ideal elementary school in Dorchester County should be: the types of instructional and support spaces it will contain, its educational philosophy, and its community features. It will be used to evaluate the older elementary schools in the system, leading to capital improvement projects that will support your children’s needs.
You are invited to a listening session to learn about the process for developing the Districtwide Elementary School Prototype Educational Specification. The first session will be held on February 11, 2025, beginning at 6:00 PM, at Cambridge-South Dorchester High School in the auditorium, and the second session will be held on February 12, 2025, beginning at 6:00 PM, at North Dorchester High School in the auditorium. At these sessions, you will have the opportunity to provide input on the elementary schools. You do not need to attend both sessions as they will both cover the same information. Additional opportunities will be available later this spring to provide comments as the draft educational specification document is developed.
The Districtwide Elementary School Prototype Educational Specification is the first step in providing modernized facilities for the elementary school students of Dorchester County. Your concerns and observations are crucial to the success of this process. We look forward to seeing you at one or both sessions.
Sincerely,
Dr. Jymil Thompson
Superintendent of Schools
It's National School Counselor week and we have the absolute BEST one around! Make sure to look at our week of dress up to show Mrs. Powell how much we love her! Tomorrow is PJ day!
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This is a reminder that there is no school for students on Monday, January 27th, and Tuesday, January 28th, for students. Teachers will be preparing report cards and attending professional development.
Still time to sign up , let fill our programs up ! Take some time to check your students folders/ book bags for before/afterschool club information. Please sign and return by February 3rd. There is a typo on it for ART CLUB. Art club is going to be offered to 4th and 5th grade students only at this time.
Sweetheart dance permission slips have gone home please make sure you send back both your slip and money attached to it. If you have sent in a permission slip already please send in your money to the front office. Thank you !
Dear parents please check your students folders for before/afterschool club information. Please sign and return by February 3rd. There is a typo on it for ART CLUB. Art club is going to be offered to 4th and 5th grade students only at this time. If you sent yours in already a new permission slip will be sent home.
NOTICE OF MEETING
Board of Education Budget Work Session with Public Comments on the Budget
DATE: Thursday, January 23, 2025
TIME: 5:00 p.m.
PLACE: The Board Room
Central Office of the Board of Education
700 Glasgow Street
Cambridge, MD 21613
The Board of Education of Dorchester County will conduct a Budget Work Session with Comments from the Public at the date, time and location indicated above to address business as indicated on the agenda.
The agenda and related documents can be accessed online via BoardDocs on the Dorchester County Public Schools website at www.dcps.k12.md.us.
Anyone who would like to submit public comments electronically, to be included in the minutes, can email comments@dcpsmd.org by 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 22 2025.
All Board of Education Meetings will be livestreamed: https://townhallstreams.com/towns/dorchesterboe
Good Afternoon Families,
This weekend is a 3-day weekend. Schools will be closed on Monday, January 20th, in observance of Martin Luther King Day.
We are closely monitoring the weather forecast, which indicates a possibility of snow on Sunday and very cold temperatures on Monday and Tuesday. We are unsure if this will cause a school closure next week.
To prepare, we are sending home devices and chargers with students today in case we have to provide virtual learning next week. Remember, we have used all our inclement weather days and are doing our best to not extend the school year further into June.
If there is no significant snow event, students should bring their devices and chargers back to school on Tuesday. Please ensure the devices are safely stored over the weekend.
If there are any connectivity issues, students will have the opportunity to make up the work, and it will not count against them.
Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.
This week , grades 2-5th will be coming home with a 4H after school enrollment packet for all new enrollees. If your student was in 4h before winter break you do not need to fill it out again.
More information on new before/after school clubs will be sent out soon that will start in February !
January 15, 2025
Dear Parent/Guardian/Community Member,
Dorchester County Public Schools (DCPS) has initiated a process to modernize its elementary schools, and we need your input in the first step—the Districtwide Elementary School Prototype Educational Specification. This document will identify what an ideal elementary school in Dorchester County should be: the types of instructional and support spaces it will contain, its educational philosophy, and its community features. It will be used to evaluate the older elementary schools in the system, leading to capital improvement projects that will support your children’s needs.
You are invited to a listening session to learn about the process for developing the Districtwide Elementary School Prototype Educational Specification. The first session will be held on February 11, 2025, beginning at 6:00 PM, at Cambridge-South Dorchester High School in the auditorium, and the second session will be held on February 12, 2025, beginning at 6:00 PM, at North Dorchester High School in the auditorium. At these sessions, you will have the opportunity to provide input on the elementary schools. You do not need to attend both sessions as they will both cover the same information. Additional opportunities will be available later this spring to provide comments as the draft educational specification document is developed.
The Districtwide Elementary School Prototype Educational Specification is the first step in providing modernized facilities for the elementary school students of Dorchester County. Your concerns and observations are crucial to the success of this process. We look forward to seeing you at one or both sessions.
Sincerely,
Dr. Jymil Thompson
Superintendent of Schools
Hey hey families in the Hurlock Elementary! Our Judy Center is having their first Information Night and Diaper giveaway On January 21, 2025 @ 4:15 p.m. ! If you are an expecting mom, have children under 5 or a caregiver of children birth to 5, this night is for you! Please either scan the QR code or follow this link to RSVP by January 20, 2025.
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Find out more below about the Parent Encouragement Program ! Dinner will be served, Please register to join us http://tinyurl.com/PEPinDCMD
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Attention families of third through fifth grade girls- registration for our Girls on the Run Team is officially open from now through February 2! The registration fee is $20. Practices are on Wednesdays and Thursdays. A detailed list of practices is attached. Girls must be able to attend the end of season 5K in Salisbury, MD on Saturday, May 3. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Ms. Stoops at stoopsa@dcpsmd.org! Due to scheduling, girls who are on the cheerleading/basketball team will not be able to participate this school year in GOTR. We are so excited for our third season of this great program!
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Register using this link: https://www.pinwheel.us/register/index/Spring25ProgramGOTRGC?sid=c3fb9d1bef194633b9930064f7e5826d
Final call for Winter Shoppe donations! We will be placing a big blue bin out in the bus loop Tuesday and Wednesday for any donations you may have! Thank you!