Coordinated by the Department of Community Resources and Services (DCRS), the goal of the Holiday Food Support Project is to increase food access and awareness of resources and services during this holiday season for families experiencing food insecurity and financial hardship. The program will provide $100 in direct food support (one per family - duplicate registrations will be cancelled). Registration is required; choose ONE of the following four Howard County locations for pickup between 4:30 and 5:30 p.m.:

• Elkridge 50+ Center: 6540 Washington Boulevard, Elkridge 21075

• North Laurel 50+ Center: 9411 Whiskey Bottom Road, Laurel 20723

• Howard Crossing Apartment Homes: 8732 Town and Country Boulevard, Ellicott City 21043

• Long Reach Village Center: 8775 Cloud Leap Court, Columbia 21045

DCRS Holiday Food Support for Howard County Families--including registration information

Elementary Student Workload During Virtual Instruction

Families, particularly of primary students, have expressed concerns about the virtual elementary workload including the complexity of asynchronous lessons, the number of content areas taught, and the number of weekly asynchronous assignments.  In order to support elementary students with successfully navigating virtual instruction, the following adjustments have been made:

• Students will only have asynchronous assignments in social studies, science, or health during a given week. There will not be an overlap of instruction or assignments for these content areas.
• Health lessons will be taught for one week during the marking period and include two synchronous lessons and two asynchronous lessons instead of five asynchronous lessons as assigned  in the first quarter.
• The length and complexity of social studies, science, and health asynchronous assignments have been reduced.
• Related arts asynchronous assignments have been streamlined.

Arbor Day Poster Contest for 5th Graders