Welcome to our new PTA Committee members: Cindy Chi and Saumya Sharma, Media Center, and David and Maggie Stevenson, Special Needs/Bridge Program Liaisons.
Thank you to our Hoover Families for supporting the PTA through your Spirit Wear purchases at Back-to-School Night and online. Still need Spirit Wear? Email Marianne Beardall at hooverspiritpotomac@gmail.com.
Support the PTA by participating in Spirit Nights and other fundraising activities:
Thank you to our Hoover Families for supporting the PTA through your Spirit Wear purchases at Back-to-School Night and online. Still need Spirit Wear? Email Marianne Beardall at hooverspiritpotomac@gmail.com.
Support the PTA by participating in Spirit Nights and other fundraising activities:
- Skate Night on 10/22 from 6:30-8 pm at the Cabin John Ice Rink
- "Let's Glo All Night" Halloween/Fall Party on 10/27 from 7-9 pm (may change to 6-8 pm) at Hoover
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HOOVER NEWS Principal Dr. Kim's Monthly Message provides a comprehensive overview of everything happening at Hoover. Pages 36-39 list parent engagement opportunities. Hoover's SSL page and this slide presentation provides information about SSL (Student Service Learning) hours. MCPS requires 75 SSL hours to graduate. One SSL opportunity: make blankets for Project Linus (Montgomery Chapter), an organization that provides handmade blankets to children experiencing trauma in Montgomery County and surrounding areas. The Hoover Media Center is seeking volunteers. It's a great opportunity to meet the teachers and staff and get to know Hoover better. Volunteers will check in/out books, shelve books, and help to generally organize and seasonally decorate the Media Center. Brief training will be provided. Interested? Please contact Saumya at avi.guh@gmail.com or Cindy at alexandcindy@gmail.com. There is still room on the Hoover's Girls on the Run/Heart & Sole running team. Practices start on 9/20 and will be on Tuesdays after school (3-4:30 pm) and Sundays (2-3:30 pm) at Highland Stone Park, down the street from Hoover. The fall season culminates in a 5K on 11/20. Register using this link; look for the Highland Stone Park team. Questions? Contact Jennifer Nordin at jmnordin90@gmail.com. Hoover's Student Government Association (SGA) is organizing a fundraiser at Potomac Pizza (Falls Road location) on 9/21 from 4-8 pm. Be sure to mention the Hoover SGA when ordering. The 7th Grade Science Team is requesting tubes of icing for a laboratory exercise to learn about the structure of cell organelles. Donations need to be delivered to Ms. Ahmed in Room 016 on or before 10/10. Sign up at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4CA4A62FA31-cell. Hoover's Theater program will hold a Parent and Student Interest Meeting at Hoover on 10/10 at 7 pm. Click on this link for more information. There are over 20 extracurricular clubs planned for this year. Registration will open 9/23 and clubs will start the week of 10/10. More information will be shared soon. Hoover's 7th Grade Global Humanities Classes will participate in a financial literacy field trip on 12/5, 12/6 and 12/8. Parent volunteers are needed. If you are interested in volunteering, click here. |
MCPS COMMUNITY NEWS Here is MCPS' Covid-19 update. School meals will not be free for all students this year. Click on this link to find out more information about enrolling in My School Bucks and free and reduced meals. MCPS has transitioned to a new online payment system called SchoolCash Online as its preferred method of payment for all school-related fees. The Special Education Citizens Advisory Committee (SECAC) invites you to its next virtual meeting on 9/22 from 7-9 pm. The Zoom information is: https://mcpsmd.zoom.us/j/81112598660?pwd=V0VPV3ZUVkduVUtVQjErbVdyNmFrdz0 Meeting ID: 811 1259 8660 Passcode: 2222 One tap mobile +13017158592,,81112598660# US (Washington DC) To share a public testimony please use this form: https://forms.gle/DVhgEpFXXRHuCguZ7 Winston Churchill's 2022 GIRLS Varsity Soccer Team still needs Ball Boys/Girls for their home games. SSL hours will be provided. Sign up here. Winston Churchill's athletic events are now cashless. Single event tickets and season passes can only be purchased online through GoFan.co. If your student does not have a cell phone, have them bring a copy of the purchased ticket. HERE is a list of athletic events. Questions? Contact Jesse Smith at Jesse_R_Smith@mcpsmd.org. Potomac Elementary's Sister School, Highland Elementary, is collecting unused musical instruments to give to students who otherwise would not be able to participate in orchestra or band. Contact Katie Koshy at KatieKoshy@gmail.com with questions or to arrange an instrument pickup. |
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