This Week, from Dr. Cuthbert | May 28

Hello everyone,

Have your children lost any sweaters, jackets, hats, t-shirts, or other clothing items? If the answer is yes, please come and check our bursting clothes rack and bins across from the main office. There are many very nice items just waiting to be found. I know that several parents have been successful this week in reuniting children with jackets.

Thanks to about half of all the Stoddert families who have successfully registered for next year. It is so crucial that the other half does so before school is out. All of our planning for next year is based on our enrollment – real, not projected. We cannot make classroom assignments without having registered children. So, here comes my plea again to please GET YOUR REGISTRATIONS FOR NEXT YEAR IN AS SOON AS YOU CAN. It helps us plan everything if we know who is really going to be with us next year to open our new STODDERT ES. The front office will stay open Thursday nights until 7:00 p.m. through June 17th to help those of you who cannot come during the regular hours. Stoddert East will not exist as of June 23 in that telephones and computers will be moved to Hardy MS for the summer. Shortly thereafter, it will be dismantled and shipped to house its new population. Please work with us to get registered NOW!

The School Improvement Team met this past week. We were told once again that New Stoddert will be ready for August. We will begin planning for the move from Stoddert East to new Stoddert ES. In the first week of June we will begin labeling items to go with us. We will work again with Spectrum moving company and the DCPS warehouse. Actual packing boxes will arrive the week of June 14th. As mentioned before, if you can volunteer to help pack things for our teachers, mark your calendars for the weekend days of June 19 and 20. The school will be open on the weekend for teachers and helpers.

Dr. Marjorie Cuthbert