Watkins Mill Elementary School

A proud MCPS Community School!

school hours

Office Hours: 8:00am-4:00pm

Student Arrival Time: 8:40am-9:00 am

Student Breakfast: 9:00am-9:15am

Student Dismissal Time: 3:20pm

Early Release Days Dismissal Time: 12:50pm

news & announcements

Congratulations to our THIRD GRADE STUDENTS for winning our first round of our "Attendance Race" at WMES!

Attendance is very important, and we work hard to celebrate our students  coming to school each and every day on time and ready to learn! Our school-wide incentive attendance competition tracks the grade level that has the LEAST amount of unexcused absences each day! For our first round, third grade won! They will get to celebrate with a grade-wide pizza party! Keep working hard to make it to school each day and submit your absences HERE to get excused when you are sick! 

February Parent Newsletter

• Click here to check out our February Parent Newsletter! 

Parent Cafe

• Our next Parent Cafe will be in-person at WMES on Thursday, February 13 starting at 9am! Join us for complimentary breakfast and coffe and a presentation from WMES staff and community organizations about knowing your rights! 

Books & Bagels

• Our fourth annual Books & Bagels event will be on Wednesday, February 19 for Pre-K, Head Start, Kindergarten, first, and second grade students and families, and Thursday, February 20 for students and families in grades 3-5! Join us for complimentary bagels and beverages while taking some time to read with your student(s) before getting the day started! We hope to see you there!

WMES School Store Fundraiser

Help support WMES and raise money for our school by participating in our year long School Store fundraiser! SchoolStore allows you to shop online at a variety of stores such as Old Navy, Children's Place, Sam's Club, and more with 5% of sales donated back to WMES, at no extra cost to you! The SchoolStore program is 100% online so there is NO face-to-face selling, handling money, or delivering products. Your participation will take less than 12 minutes, and there are exciting prizes to make it fun for the students.

Here is all you need to do to participate:

1. Go to https://www.schoolstore.net/sid.t?0000151839 to sign up.

2. Send form emails inviting family, friends and co-workers to support your child.

3. Return the Envelope with the Student Prize Code to school for your child to get their fun participation prize.

Don't have a student at WMES? No problem! You can still participate by going to www.schoolstore.net and putting in WMES information before shopping for a portion of sales to be given back to the school! Thank you for your support! 

Student Arrival & Dismissal

Students may begin entering the building at 8:40am and should be in their classrooms by 9:00am. Breakfast will be available to all students in their classrooms from 9:00am-9:15am. Classes begin at 9:15am. If your child arrives to school after 9:00, a parent must come into the office to sign them in late.

If your child must leave early for an appointment, we ask that you sign your child out prior to 3:00pm. In order to ensure a safe dismissal for all students beginning promptly at 3:15pm, students will not be called out of class after 3:00pm. Please be prepared to show identification when picking a child up early.

If for any reason your child will have a change in the way they are dismissed from school, please complete our Change In Dismissal Form and let the main office know as soon as possible.

Student Absences

If your child is absent for any reason, please complete our Student Absence Form and before 10:00am to notify us of the absence. When he or she returns to school, a note explaining the absence should be sent to his/her teacher. Late arrivals/early dismissals are processed in the office. Parents must accompany students into the office to sign in when arriving after 9:00am and/or leaving before 3:00pm. 

Student absences and tardiness will be unexcused if a parent does not sign the child in late and/or send an explanation note upon the students return to school.

Parking Lot/Car Circle Safety

Please help us to keep our students safe in the parking lot and the carpool circle. When dropping off students in the car circle in front of the school, please follow the directions of the staff on duty. Please let your students out of the car from the passenger's side of your vehicle. Adults MUST remain in their vehicles in the carpool circle at all times to keep traffic moving. If you choose to drop off your student in the parking lot, cars must be parked in an empty parking space and adults are requested to walk their student to the sidewalk area. Children who walk through the parking lot alone are at risk of stepping out in front of a moving vehicle, or of not being seen by a vehicle backing out of a parking space. Families that cannot find an open parking space must exit the lot and park on the street.

PLEASE REMEMBER: Handicapped parking spaces are meant only for those vehicles who have appropriate passes. Please do not park in these spaces without a Handicap permit. Thank you for adhering to these guidelines in the interest of the safety of all of our children.

schoolcash online

Activate an account today to pay for your child(ren)’s school activity fees online! Click HERE to register.

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