NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Loiederman Drama 7th &8th Drama Meeting

ATTENTION 6TH GRADE FAMILIES!

MCPS Outdoor Education Open House will be held on Wednesday, September 10th from 6:30-8pm at the Lathrop E. Smith Environmental Education Center. Families will have an opportunity to tour the Smith Center where Outdoor Education is held. Please consider attending so you can become familiar with where your child will be for Outdoor Education! Pizza will be provided so complete the RSVP Form to secure your spot. Interpreters will be on site.

Dance Company Audition Information

Loiederman Dance Company is an exclusive, audition-only after-school group that performs at school events throughout the year. Auditions are on September 11th, with a clinic on September 9th to learn the dance. Accepted students must be enrolled in a LMS dance technique class and will begin rehearsals on September 16th, meeting weekly on Tuesdays. For questions or reviews, students can consult with dance teachers. Rehearsals run from September through May for Junior and Senior Company members.

School Supply List

🚌 Transportation Information

The Department of Student and Data Systems, in collaboration with the staff in the Department of Transportation, are happy to announce that student bus stop data will be available in all Synergy platforms. As transportation schedulers add new students and STAR requests to routes, new or adjusted bus stop data will appear in Synergy the following day. Students assigned as walkers will have no transportation data in Synergy. Contact the Department of Transportation with questions or concerns about the transportation data you see in Synergy or Map Net. After most routes are scheduled by mid-August, we anticipate displaying bus information in ParentVue/StudentVUE by Friday, August 15, 2025. This should reduce the need for schools sending bus stop lists home to parents. Students should use their assigned bus stops for efficient routing and to help reduce transportation costs.

Meal Payments/FARMS

Online applications are available now for Free and Reduced-price Meals for the 2025-2026 school year. Questions? Please call 240-740-7400. Meal benefit eligibility from last school year will remain current only through the first 30 scheduled school days OR until a 2025-2026 application is processed.