About our School
General Information:
Directions
Important Phone Numbers
TPES School Office: (301)650-6414 and (301)571-6920
TPES Office Fax: (301)650-6526
MCPS Transportation: (301)879-1060
Weather/MCPS Information: (301)279-3673
MCPS Menu
Breakfast is served 8:45 am to 9:05 am
Absences - Parents are requested to call the school by 9:00am if their child is not going to attend school that day. The office hours are from 8:00am to 4:30pm. When your child returns to school, Maryland state law dictates that he/she must provide a note signed by your specifying the reason for the absences.
Student Arrivals - Students may not arrive at school before 8:45 am.
Downcounty Consortium - School cluster information.
Before and After Care information.
School History
The current Takoma Park Elementary School (TPES) building was built in 1979. Takoma Park Elementary School began as a K-6 school. When Piney Branch Elementary School opened with grades 5 and 6, students from TPES began attending. In the following years TPES would become a K-4 school. As the Piney Branch Elementary School building developed, TPES became a K-3 school. To date Takoma Park Elementary School is a K-2 school . Takoma Park Elementary School is also the only primary magnet program in Montgomery County Public Schools.