August 6 Food Pantry at Duckett's Lane ES starting at 10:00
August 20 Kindergarten Playdate at Waterloo Park 9:00 am
August 22 Popsicles on the Playground for Kindergarten 4:00-5:00
August 26 Orientation for New Students and Students from DEC in Gr. 1-5 10:00
August 26 K and Prekindergarten Orientation 1:15
August 26 Open House for all grades 2:00-3:00
August 26 Back to School Bash 2:30-3:30
August 29 First Day of School for K-5
September 1 First Day for RECC and PreK
September 9 Back to School Picnic
NEWS
Prekindergarten, Kindergarten, and New Student Orientations
We are looking forward to welcoming all our families back to school for the 2022-2023 school year. We are offering orientation activities for our new students and our very popular Open House for all families.
Prekindergarten (all 3 and 4 year old programs)
August 26 at 1:15--Orientation (RECC classrooms)
August 26 from 2-3--Open House
Kindergarten
August 20 at 9:00--Playdate at Waterloo Park at the end of Old Waterloo Road
August 22 from 4-5 pm--Popsicles on the Playground (DRES playground and blacktop)
August 26 at 1:15--Orientation for kindergarten children and their parents (cafeteria)
August 26 from 2-3--Open House
New Students Grades 1-5 (we also welcome students returning from the Digital Education Center)
August 26 at 10:00 (cafeteria)
August 26 from 2-3--Open House
All Students and Families
August 26 from 2-3--Open House
August 26 from 2:30-3:30--Back to School Bash with the HoCo Local Children's Board
Bring school supplies and leave in the classroom. Supplies will be available for families in need.
Complete Your Famiily File Now
Families who attended a Howard County Public School last year, and families who completed the registration process, should complete the Family File now.
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Free and Reduced Meals Program-- Apply Now
Lunch will only be free or reduced for children of families who qualify for the Free and Reduced Meals Program. Applications must be submitted to determine eligibility.
Free breakfast will be available for all students at Deep Run for the 22-23 school year.
Families are reminded that the federal government has NOT extended waivers allowing free meals for all students. Consequently, for the 2022-2023 school year, students whose families do not qualify for free or reduced lunch will be required to pay the daily meal price.
· Student Lunch - $2.80
Many HCPSS families are eligible to participate in the Free and Reduced Price Meals (FARMs) program, which provides children with a wide range of benefits including free or discounted college tuition, testing and application fees, academic and athletic program fees and many others in addition to free or discounted meals.
Families are urged to check their eligibility and complete a FARMs application as soon as possible. Families must submit a new application every school year.
Details on the Free and Reduced Meals program are available online. Use the link below to apply.
FARMS Online Application Link
https://www.myschoolapps.com/Application
Bus Transportation
Deep Run is mostly a school where students walk to and from school. Students who live in neighborhoods where the walking distance is over a mile, may be eligible for bus transportation. Bus Transportation Policy 5200 provides more information about the guidelines used to determine bus transportation to and from school. Bus schedules will be available on the HCPSS website in mid-August. Students in PreK-5 living in the Paragon Apartments and in Deep Run Park do not receive bus transportation. We encourage families to walk to school if they live in the walker area. For families who drive there is an established car loop system that will be shared prior to the first day of school. There is very limited parking at Deep Run for arrival and dismissal--there is no parking in the surrounding neighborhoods, including Sherwood Drive.
School Supply List
View the School Supply List. Supplies will be available for families in need. Read more
Deep Run Wellness Center
The Howard County Health Department in partnership with the Howard County Public School System has selected Deep Run ES to be one of the eleven schools to have a school-based wellness center. Deep Run ES has had the telemedicine program, but starting in SY 22-23, there will be a nurse practitioner on-site a few days a week to provide school entry physicals, co-management of chronic health problems with your child’s pediatric provider, health education, and treat acute illnesses and injuries. The wellness center hopes to offer routine childhood vaccinations in the near future. When the nurse practitioner is not at the school, telemedicine services will still be offered for illnesses and injuries. The Health Department will only bill Medical Assistance or your child’s MCO. The family is never billed or charged a co-pay or any fee. Children must be enrolled by their parent or guardian to receive services.