FEDERAL IMPACT PROGRAM SURVEY
Parents who are active military or who live or work on Federal Property in Maryland are
asked to complete this year’s Federal Impact Aid Survey that became available on
September 30, 2024.
You will be asked to verify your home address and identify if it is located on federal
property. You will also complete sections identifying if a family member is in the military
or works on federally owned property in Maryland. The survey should only take a couple
of minutes to complete and, be assured, all data collected is kept completely confidential.
Why Complete This Survey
Anne Arundel County Public Schools, like many local school districts across the United
States, include within our boundaries parcels of land that are owned by the Federal
Government or that have been removed from the local tax rolls by the Federal Government.
Federal property is exempt from local property taxes. By submitting an application to the
Department of Education each January, AACPS receives approximately $2 million to assist
in educating all our students.
CogAT Testing
Grade 2 & 5 CogAT (Cognitive Abilities Testing) will start on November 4. CogAT® measures students’ learned reasoning abilities in the three areas most closely related to success in school: reasoning with verbal, quantitative, and spatial concepts. Not all children learn in the same way. Some think best using words or numbers. Others think best when using images. This test will help the teacher understand the ways in which your child reasons best.
Grade 2 will test on November 4, 6, and 7
Grade 5 will test on November 8, 13, and 14
A letter came home with students in grades 2 and 5 on Monday, October 21 with more information.
"Writers By The Bay"
Congratulations to the following outstanding Shady Side writers for the week of October 7, 2024!
Kindergarten -Amelia Shick
First Grade - Olivia Young
Second Grade - Braden Dunlap
Third Grade - Sadie Newkirk
Fourth Grade - Henry Duval
Fifth Grade - Quinn Bailey
PTO Book Fair and Ice Cream Social
The PTO Book Fair will be the week of Nov 4-8 in the Shady Side Elementary Media Center. The Ice Cream Social will be Friday Nov 8 from 6:30PM-7:30PM. Everyone who donates to the "Share the Fair" fund can enter to win a few prizes (those are still being collected).
Deale Library Events
Check the Library website for more information and to register for one of these free events!
https://www.aacpl.net/services/deale
Early Reader Book Club
Join us for a special book club just for beginning readers! Kids will listen to a story, play word-decoding games, participate in a read-along, and make a craft. This program is best for children in kindergarten through 2nd grade.
Counselor's Corner
5th Grade Families
5th grade families, if your student is considering applying for a magnet program for Middle School please see information on the AACPS website. Applications will open on October 7th. On the website you can see more details regarding each magnet program, dates and time for information nights, deadlines for applications and much more. You can also visit these links- Magnet information Guide and Magnet Information Nights for more information. If you have any questions, please reach out to your student's 5th grade teacher or Ms. Tebault.
Harvest for the Hungry
Our annual Harvest for the Hungry food drive will start Tuesday, October 1st and will run through October 31st. The class in each grade level who donates the most items will win a prize!
-Ms. Tebault (atebault@aacps.org)
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