
San Mateo Career Day is May 23rd! We are looking for volunteers from our families to come share your career with our students! Volunteers needed, if you would like to be a Volunteer please complete the form through this link- https://forms.office.com/r/6CMvBANz


Join us for Purple Up Day Flag Raising Ceremony!
A designated day within the Month of the Military Child to show support and appreciation for the children of military personnel.
April 17th at 8:45
Wear Purple!


Just a reminder that State Testing begins this week for Kindergarten and next week for 1st and 2nd grade! Late students will not be allowed to test after 9:00.


April is the "Month of the Military Child." SME will be celebrating our Military students and families the week of April 14. Thank you to these Families for their Service. Here are the activities for this week.


Successful SME PTA Event at the Icemen Hockey ! Our students did an awesome job under the direction of our Wonderful Music Teacher, Mr. Lodge singing "God Bless America."
Thank you to all of our families that came out to support this event it was a wonderful evening! Thank you to Principal Boyd and AP Sandin for joining in for the fun!

Check out Ms. Messier's butterflies! They have arrived and the children are SO excited! We will post more pictures next week!



April is designated as the "Month of the Military Child" to recognize and honor the unique sacrifices, resilience, and contributions of military children and their families. SME is proud to be a Purple Star School and demonstrates a strong commitment to supporting our military-connected students and families


Just a reminder! Friday, April 11, some of our 4th and 5th Grade students will be performing "God Bless America" under the direction of Mr. Lodge, at the opening ceremonies of the Icemen Game. Come out and support our students , also this is a fundraiser event for our PTA! For more information visit https://fevp-enterprise.com/event/Sanmateo25 or scan the QR Code on the Flyer! Hope to see you at the game!


Ms. Beasley's 2nd grade class completed a BootUP integration science lesson on habitats.
to have a BootUp STEM lesson! Ms. Beasley co-taught this lesson with our DCPS science/ stem specialist Ms. Schnauss! Awesome job!!






Thrilling Thursday at SME!
Principal/Assistant Principal Picture Scavenger Hunt!
100 Small pictures were hidden all around the school of each Principal Boyd and AP Sandin for students and teachers to seek.
Classes had to chose either Principal or Assistant Principal to search for. The class at the end of the day with the most of Principal Boyd / Assistant Principal Sandin will win 3 Lion Bucks for each student in the class!
Great way to start a day!





April is the "Month of the Military Child." SME will be celebrating our Military students and families the week of April 14. Thank you to these Families for their Service.
Here are the activities for the week.


Do you have a student that will be starting Kindergarten for the 25/26 School Year?
Mark your calendar for this event!
Join SME on Thursday, April 24 for Kindergarten Round-Up 5:30pm - 6:30pm.


Month of the Military Child
April is Month of the Military Child. SME will celebrate April 14– April 17
Let's show our support for our students of Military Families!
See the flyer for activities.


Just a reminder! Friday, April 11, some of our 4th and 5th Grade students will be performing "God Bless America" under the direction of Mr. Lodge, at the opening ceremonies of the Icemen Game. Come out and support our students , also this is a fundraiser event for our PTA! For more information visit https://fevp-enterprise.com/event/Sanmateo25 or scan the QR Code on the Flyer!
Hope to see you at the game!


Attention Parents of 3rd, 4th, & 5th Grade Students!
Mark your calendars, Patrol Sponsored "Spring Dance" will be April 25th, 3:10pm - 5pm.
Entry Fee - $6
Tickets are on sale now through April 17 every morning from 8:00 am - 8:25 am in the hallway outside of the cafeteria. Permission slip for the dance must accompany payment.


It's Assistant Principal Appreciation Week!
SME started the week for AP Sandin in a BRIGHT SUNSHINY way! Faculty and Staff all dressed in her favorite color YELLOW! Our school is honored to have Mrs. Sandin as our Assistant Principal! Thank you for your all your hard work, dedication and kindness to all at SME!



We want to hear from our parents and families! Please see the link below for our 5 Essentials Survey!
https://url.usb.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/VbEfCJEnyvu9ggqqtLsjcyzJFx?domain=survey.5-essentials.org/


San Mateo Elementary Night at the Icemen! Join Us!


Dads, Grandfathers, Uncles, Community Leaders, any special "Dudes" that would like to read with our students. The date will be April 11, the students would be so excited for you to share your love of reading. If you are interested please complete the form through this link https://forms.office.com/r/pegrEYC9ZW
The form will be open until 3pm on April 9 , you will receive notification of your scheduled time on April 10.
Thank you


It's Para-Professional Day!
Here at San Mateo Elementary we really APPRECIATE our AWESOME PARA'S!!
Thank you AWESOME PARA'S for ALL you do!!
Ms. Drury, Ms. Kure, Ms. Vinson, Ms. Holliman, and Ms. Wade


