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Quarter 3 Report Cards Quarter 3 Report Cards will be distributed on Tuesday, April 25. Please be on the lookout for report cards to celebrate your student's accomplishments. Autism Awareness Month April is Autism Awareness month. During the month of April will be recognizing and learning about the unique gifts that our students with autism have. PARCC Testing Students in…

Hello BWES families! Just 2 weeks until our BWES Fundraiser Night with the Orioles! Click the link below to see the flyer and directions for purchasing tickets (to "Select Game Date" you have to click on the little T on Friday, May 5th). Feel free to forward this to friends and family. The more people who purchase tickets using our…

April 24 th BWES Volunteer Breakfast 9:30-10:15 April 25 th FIT Family Night 6:00-8:00 April 27 th Enrichment Fair May 1 st-May 5 th Teacher Appreciation Week May 3 rd 5 th Grade Field Trip: Bowie Baysox 9:00am-1:00pm May 3 rd Boy’s Night Out at BWES 6:00-8:00pm May 6 th PTA Spring Fair 11:00am-3:00pm

Spring Break HCPSS will be closed for students and staff for Spring Break Monday, April 10 - Monday, April 17. Students will return to school on Tuesday, April 18. Schools close 3 hours early on Friday, April 7 so that teachers can complete Quarter 3 Report Cards. We would like to wish everyone a restful and relaxing Spring Break! Quarter…

April 4 th Spring Individual/Class and Group Pictures 9:00am-12:00pm April 4 th Kindergarten Field Trip to David’s Natural Market 9:30-11:30am April 5 th Hearing and Vision Screening 8:40am-12:00pm April 6 th Chick Fila Night for 5 th Grade Fundraiser 5:30-7:30pm April 7 th Spring Sprint during your child’s related arts class April 10 th through April 17 th Spring Break…

Last week our 5th grade students completed the Maryland Integrated Science Assessment (MISA). This has replaced Science MSA and is aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards. For more information about NGSS and the timeline of MISA click here! BWES Orioles Fundraiser Hello BWES families! We will be having a BWES Fundraiser Night with the Orioles! Click the link below…

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Council of Elders hosts its Bullying Prevention Academy this weekend For registration information click here Building Resilience Workshop March 30 th To learn more click here View community news and events from HCPSS

Maryland Integrated Science Assessment (MISA) The Maryland Integrated Science Assessment (MISA) will be administered to students in grade 5. MISA was developed based on the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and focuses on science and engineering, disciplinary core ideas, and crosscutting concepts. This assessment is taken online and includes selected-response questions, short and extended constructed responses questions, and performance tasks…

Wondering about the relevance of assessments in elementary school and beyond? Here is a little information about the reasoning for the changes in instructional approaches and testing. College and Career Readiness Standards