Important News

Is your student registered for a high school based course with a CC designation? The CC designation indicates that the course is eligible for the student to earn college credit through HCPSS’s partnership with Howard Community College in the JumpStart Dual Enrollment initiative. The deadline for students to register for college credit in a Fall CC course is September 11th, 2020. To register for college credit, please complete the following steps:

Regardless of virtual or in-person learning, parents/guardians must verify and/or update information for each child. Parents/guardians can complete Family File by logging in to HCPSS Connect. Did you forget your password? Do you need to change your primary email address on file?

Directions on Identifying Need for Chromebook and/or Internet. Parents/guardians can identify student needs in HCPSS Connect using the following directions:

Here is a look into what your class schedule will be during the first semester of the 2020-2021 school year. This will help you understand what your school day will look like from 8:30 am to 3:15 pm on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Below the schedule are the descriptions of what synchronous and asynchronous learning is. We hope this will better explain what our virtual learning will look like first semester.

SchoolMessenger Reporting Form: If you are having issues receiving HCPSS district/school emails and/or text messaging please use this new form for reporting your issues regarding emails/text messages not being delivered.

Good morning Parents/Guardians – You should have received an email containing a list of your students’ courses for the 2020-2021 school year. Please look at this list carefully. After reviewing the list of courses, should you have any questions or concerns, please email your counselor.

STUDENT DROP-OFF MATERIALS INFORMATION. Important Information for GHS 10th, 11th & 12th Graders on August 26, 2020, from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm

20-21 Senior portraits Make-Up Dates, November 19 & 20, 2020

Due to health and safety concerns, HCPSS school facilities will not be available for the Saturday, August 29, 2020, administration date. The following schools were registered as test sites for the Saturday, August 29, 2020, administration: Centennial, Glenelg, Hammond, Mount Hebron, Reservoir, River Hill and Wilde Lake high schools. At this time, no decision has been made for the Saturday, September 26, 2020, of the SAT, with the following schools currently registered as test sites: Centennial, Glenelg, Oakland Mills and Reservoir high schools. HCPSS will continue to collaborate with the CollegeBoard on health and safety guidance to determine the feasibility of future administrations.

I hope you and your family are having a wonderful summer. After the rapid shift to a virtual platform for continuity of learning in the spring, everyone was ready for a summer break. As you may already know, our school system has spent these months in work groups to address what school will look like for the 2020-2021 school year. First, please make sure you have noted the school system calendar changes. School begins for students on September 8, 2020. The adjusted calendar is definitely an important bookmark for families. Schools will operate virtually for Semester 1. The student schedule incorporates a 4x4 semester schedule, which allows students to take 8 courses, instead of the 7-course model that we have traditionally followed. To complete each students schedule requests, one of four things occurred: