Notice of Board of Education Joint Meeting
There will be a joint meeting of the Board of Education of St. Mary's County and the Commissioners of St. Mary's County on Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. in the Board of Education Meeting Room, 23160 Moakley Street, Leonardtown, Maryland. For additional information please call (301) 475-5511, ext. 32177.
Chesapeake Public Charter School Open Enrollment December 1-31 and Parent Information Sessions Being Held
The Chesapeake Public Charter School open enrollment period will take place in December 2016. Two parent information sessions will be held at the school on Thursday, December 1st from 5:00-6:30 p.m. and Monday, December 5th from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. for prospective families. Applications will be available on the school website, schools.smcps.org/cpcs, and can be submitted electronically or in hard copy between December 1 and December 31. The lottery will be held in January with parents being notified of their status in February.
For more information, please contact the school's main office at 301-863-9585, extension 0.
Forrest Center Hosting Annual Breakfast with Santa
Join the students and staff of the Dr. James A. Forrest Career and Technology Center for their annual Breakfast with Santa on Saturday, December 10, 2016, 8:00 to 11:00 a.m., at the school site across from the St. Mary's County Fairgrounds in Leonardtown. Santa will make his grand entrance at 8:30 a.m.
Enjoy a delicious breakfast prepared by the Forrest Center's Culinary Arts students. Admission to this event, which includes breakfast, is $10 for adults, $5 for students and free for children 4 and younger. An omelet bar is available for an additional $2.00.
Escape the hustle and bustle of the holiday, enjoy some home cooking, and let the little ones check out the face painting room. Your children can even decorate their very own gingerbread man for $2. Santa's Workshop will be available for children to purchase small gifts (most under $10). Forrest Center students will assist the children. The gifts they purchase will be wrapped.
Remember to get a photo of your child letting Santa know their holiday wishes. If you forget your camera, students from the Forrest Center will photograph your child with Santa for $5. Families will have the option to get up to five poses on a CD and one print.
Proceeds will benefit the Forrest Center's SkillsUSA chapter and student programs. The Forrest Center's SkillsUSA chapter is among the most successful in the state and annually must fundraise over $25,000 to cover the cost of leadership training, chapter activities and regional, state & national competitions. For more information about SkillsUSA, go to: www.skillsusa.org.
The event may be recorded and presented on SMCPS Channel 96, the school system's cable channel, and the Internet. For more information, contact Chef Amanda Granados at 301-475-0242, x28210 or aegranados@smcps.org.
SkillsUSA Chapter Sponsoring Bulldog Coffee Fundraiser
The SkillsUSA chapter at the Dr. James A. Forrest Career and Technology Center in Leonardtown, MD is fundraising with School Spirit Coffee, who have provided the school with their own private label coffee. As a supplement to their Bulldog Coffee brochure sales, the chapter is also participating in the company's online sales program.
You can support the Bulldog Coffee fundraiser by ordering coffee and other products online from www.creativecoffees.com. When you get to the checkout process, there will be a section that says, "Enter Promo Code." At that point, you need to enter the Forrest Center's code: FCTC. The products you order will be shipped directly to you. The Forrest Center's SkillsUSA chapter will receive 30% profit from all online sales that use their code. The code is good for orders from now until December 31, 2016.
All proceeds from the Bulldog Coffee fundraiser will benefit the Forrest Center's SkillsUSA chapter, which is among the most successful in the state. They must annually fundraise over $25,000 to cover the cost of leadership training, chapter activities and regional, state & national competitions. For more information about SkillsUSA, go to: www.skillsusa.org.
For more information, contact Mr. Eric Millham at 301-475-0242, x28224 or epmillham@smcps.org.