Click HERE for the LoES Community Letter - Spanish Translation available HERE

Week of August 23rd - Look out for a postcard (via USPS) from your students' homeroom teacher

August 23rd to August 26th - In-Person & Virtual Family Fille Assistance between 11:30 am and 1:30 pm

• Access virtual support HERE (Google Meet link)

August 25th - LoES Virtual Family Information Meeting (HCPSS Reopening Plan)

• Virtual session will begin at 4:30 pm

• Join using Google Meet code: loes-info

• Families can submit questions in advance HERE

August 27th - Open House Event at LoES

• 11:00 am - RECC & Kindergarten Orientations

• 12:15 pm - Open House for students in grades 1 & 2

• 1:30 pm - Open House for students in grades 3, 4 & 5

• Our LoES PTA will be hosting outdoor events between 11:30 am and 2:00 pm during Open House. All families are welcome to join us and this time will include activities for students, snacks, and the opportunity to become a member of our LoES PTA. Snowballs will also be available throughout the afternoon for families to purchase (see below).

August 30th - First day for HCPSS students

Once you know your child’s teacher we ask that you complete this transportation form prior to the first day of school.

• LoES Families can access our school supply list for the 2021 - 2022 school year HERE.

• For those families seeking assistance, we are able to provide a backpack with school supplies (while supplies last). Please contact our front office at 410-313-6879 if you would like a backpack of supplies for your student(s)

FARM Application - Please fill out the Free and Reduced Meal application as soon as possible! The completion of this form is critical to our ability to maintain resources and for families to receive the benefits that are associated with FARM status.

Family File - Every year HCPSS parents must complete a Family File for each child. HCPSS utilizes Family File for parents/guardians to complete emergency information. Parents/guardians must verify and/or update information for each child, and can do so by logging in to HCPSS Connect and selecting the Family File tab on the left, and then clicking on Family File. A "how-to" video is included below. - Spanish instructions are available here

Once logged in, you will be asked to update or provide the following information:

• Student Information

• Parent/Guardian Contact

• Emergency Contacts

• Medical Information

• Arrival/Dismissal Procedures

• Photo Approval

• Data Confidentiality

• PTA/PTSA Directory

There are several updates related to cafeteria protocols to further reduce the risk of the spread of COVID-19. All schools will have outdoor eating spaces available on campus for student use as weather and staffing permits to lessen the number of students in the cafeteria. In an effort to maintain a healthy environment in cafeterias, the following actions are being implemented:

• Additional tables have been ordered and will be distributed to schools to help ensure outside eating areas are furnished as well as to allow maximum spacing indoors. 


• Based on the availability of products from vendors, large tents that are compliant with local code will be provided to elementary schools to increase outdoor dining spaces. We anticipate a number of tents will be in place to begin the school year with additional tents being provided in September.


• Plexiglass shields for indoor cafeteria tables are being secured for grades k-6 where students are largely unable to be vaccinated. These panels will provide additional protection between students who are unable to be vaccinated while eating when masks cannot be worn.

Parents/guardians should keep their children home if they are experiencing symptom(s) associated with any communicable disease, including COVID-19. In addition, parents/guardians are to perform the following COVID-19 health check every day before the student leaves home.

A child should NOT come to school with any of these symptoms:

• Fever of 100.4 degrees or higher


• Sore throat


• Cough


• Difficulty breathing


• Diarrhea or vomiting


• New onset of severe headache (especially with fever), or


• New loss of taste or smell


For persons with chronic conditions such as asthma, the symptoms should represent a change from baseline. Children exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19 may not attend school.

• Please visit the HCPSS website for additional information on self screening, contact tracing and quarantining procedures. Additionally, visit the HCPSS website for more information on the 2021-2022 school year and answers to frequently asked questions.