Good Afternoon Swansfield,
At the start of this school year the admin team was excited to learn about so many new additions to the extended Swansfield family. We learned of several staff pregnancies during the first month that staff reported back. Therefore, we’ve had time to prepare for their leave of absence, and we are happy to share that we have secured substitutes for each of them. Below, I have shared the list of substitutes along with their estimated start dates.
Teacher
Substitute
Estimated Start Date
Jackie Smith (Grade 2) - Margie Shalgian - March 3rd
Emily Francavilla (ELD) - Leslie Worrell - March 4th
Aja Clanton (Grade 5) - Abby Ord / Phoebe Hupe - March 9th (Abby) April 5th (Phoebe)
Holly Smith (Grade 2) - Amelia Balkin - April 5th
Wishing you a wonderful weekend! ~ Anthony J Esposito, Principal
IMPORTANT DATES
March 18th - World of Work Day
March 18th - Grades 3 & 4 Family Night
March 20th - Schools Closed for Students
March 27th - Perseverance & Empathy Day
March 31st - April 5th - Spring Break
April 8th - PTA Meeting
April 10th - End of Q3 Celebration
April 14th- End of Quarter 3
April 15th - 3-hour early dismissal
April 17th - Community Coffee & Convo with Admin
April 17th - Family Culture Night
April 23rd - Grade 5 Family Night
April 25th - Fun Run
NEW INFORMATION
Learning Together Program!!!
The Swansfield Early Childhood Classes are making preparations for the 2026-2027 school year. Applications for general education students to participate as peers through the Learning Together Program (LTP) are now available: https://tinyurl.com/2s4fjska. These classes include general education and special education students. The program’s focus is helping all children develop communication, literacy, math, problem solving, motor, and social skills. Parents of children who will be 3 by September 1st, may apply.
If you have any questions regarding this process, please contact Willow Maldonado at Willow_Maldonado@hcpss.org
Unheard Perspectives Showcase
SES is proud to be one of 12 Howard County elementary schools to have students present at the Unheard Perspectives Showcase. Below is a list of the student participants and the titles of their presentations.
Ugwunna Anosike, Bethany Malloy, and Isaac Milgrom -The Art with Gray Skin: Amy Sherald
Elijah Grunberg - The Man Who Changed the World: Mark Dean
Hallie Goldberg, Ilah Kozubski, Skyler Smelkinson, and Lyla Solomon - A Public Health Expert: Fadumo Dayib
All of the students earned gold for their presentations! Congratulations!
INFORMATION WORTH REPEATING
Donations for Health Room
Accidents happen! We are looking for donations of new or gently used clothing for students in the event of “clothing emergencies” (lunch spills, nosebleeds, torn clothes, accidents, etc.). We need 1) elastic waist (athletic style) pants, especially boy’s sizes 6-8 and 2) underwear, especially boys (all sizes up to 10/12). Donations can be dropped in the front office marked “clothing donations”.