Mayfield Woods Middle School Information Night
Attention 5th grade parents: Save the Date! Mayfield Woods Middle School will hold an information night on January 14th at 5:45. The snowdate will be January 21st at 5:45.
Road to Kindergarten
Road2KEvent: Information session for parents about Kindergarten in the Howard County Public School System:
Title I Learning Day Series
Supporinting your child in developing attention and organization skills. Children can learn how to develop their abilities to sustain attention to school work and organize tasks and materials. We will share some facts about children's developing brains and how you can support your child in learning and practicing skills that will help them be successful in school.
Click here to learn more in English and Espanol.
Outdoor Recess during Winter
We believe children greatly benefit from having daily physical activity in the fresh air. We will be following the guidelines from HCPSS Policy 9090 regarding outdoor recess when temperatures are cold. Administrators in a school make the decision about outdoor or indoor recess. These are the considerations: temperature, wind chill, age of the students, length of time outdoors, adequacy of children’s clothing and precipitation. Generally, HCPSS is assuming children will be outside for recess when the temperature combined with the wind chill is not less than 20 degrees. Please be sure children have appropriate clothing to participate in outdoor recess. We have coats for children to keep or borrow. We also have hats and gloves. Please let your child's teacher know if you need assistance with clothing for the cold weather.
Dress Like a Character From a Book Spirit Day
We missed dressing up for Halloween this year so here is a great opportunity to dress up! Choose a favorite character from a book and dress as the character. Wear your costume to school on January 17th for Dress Like a Character from a Book Day! This is just one way we will be celebrating Reading Month.
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Important Message from the Health Room--Lice
As we get into the school year, we will see LICE. It is part of school life. The health room is here to help! Here are some helpful tips and information regarding our favorite bugs.
· Lice are not harmful and cannot spread disease. They are just a nuisance!
· If you contract head lice it does not mean you are dirty. They actually prefer clean hair.
· If we find lice on your child in school, you will need to pick your child up and take them home for treatment. You can use over the counter lice killing shampoos to treat your child’s head. The most important part is PICKING OUT THE BUGS AND NITS.
· Treatment is only needed once and you can retreat in 7 days. DO NOT retreat sooner than 7 days.
· Check all members of the house. Only treat the people you find bugs or nits on.
· Please bring in the box of the shampoo you use to the health room with your child the following morning. We will reassess your child. If we see bugs, they will have to go home. Students can stay in school with nits.
· Nits will appear as dandruff. The difference is, nits are hard to move off the hair shaft. Dandruff can easily be blown or wiped away. A nit will need to be held on to and pulled off.
· Lice do not like to live off the human head. They begin to die as soon as they leave their host. The bugs transfer from head to head (hair to hair) contact. They do not travel on book bags and jackets.
Please feel free to contact the health room (410-313-5051) if you have any questions or think your child may have lice.
Please visit the Community News and Programs page at http://www.hcpss.org/community-news-and-programs/ for announcements of upcoming events and programs sponsored by non-profit organizations.