May 29, 2025
- Message from Admin
- Field Day is TOMORROW
- Does your child have medication stored in the Health Room?
- Parent Consideration Form
- Literacy Night at the Ballpark
- Grade 5 End of Year Celebration
- Media Center News
- Summer Gardeners Needed
- Baltimore Blast Summer Camp
- Attention Future Film-makers
- Gifted and Talented Summer Programs
- Outdoor Recess and Weather Conditions
- Important Dates
A Message from Admin
Dear Hammond Elementary Community,
As we approach the end of the school year, there’s a palpable sense of excitement throughout our school! With so many wonderful events and celebrations just around the corner, this is truly a special time for our students, families, and staff.
As always, the safety and security of our students remain our top priority. In planning for our upcoming events, we want to ensure that each experience is joyful, safe, and well-organized for everyone involved. With this in mind, we are welcoming parents and adult family members to attend our end-of-year events. However, due to liability concerns and space limitations, we are unfortunately unable to accommodate siblings at these gatherings. We appreciate your understanding and support in helping us maintain a safe and manageable environment for all.
We are deeply grateful for your continued partnership and collaboration. Your involvement and planning ahead for these events are what make them so successful and meaningful for our students.
Our students are buzzing with anticipation, and our teachers are equally excited to celebrate the hard work, growth, and achievements of this school year. Together, we are ready to close out the year on a positive and successful note!
Thank you again for your unwavering support of Hammond Elementary. We look forward to seeing you soon at our upcoming celebrations!
Warmly,
Heather Moraff, Principal
Nykia Mapson, Assistant Principal
Field Day is Tomorrow May 30
Field day is tomorrow, Friday May 30th! We still have some volunteer spots left. Please click the link if you are able to help. Email Ms. Serpico if you have any questions.
*Parent volunteers are able to attend Field Day. Due to liability concerns, we are unfortunately unable to accommodate siblings at Field Day.
Following is the list of colors by grade:
K - Red 3 - Blue
1- Gray 4- Purple
2- Green 5- Black
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A4DA5A728A2F58-56651762-2025#/
Does your child have medication stored in the Health Room?
If so, please plan to pick it up by 1:00 PM on the last day of school, June 18th. Each year, unclaimed medications must be discarded, so we encourage you to make arrangements to collect your child’s medication, ASAP.
- Medications cannot be stored in the Health Room over the summer.
- If your child is attending summer school at HES, their medication may remain until summer school ends, but must be picked up afterward.
- New medication orders for the upcoming school year must be dated after July 1st.
If you have further questions, please feel free to call, Mrs Rozgonyi (School Nurse) or Mrs Rencher (Health Assistant) at (410) 880-5893.
Parent Consideration Form
Our staff is excited to look ahead and begin planning for next school year. As part of this process, we would like to give you the opportunity to share some information that you would like for us to consider as we begin to make class groupings for the next school year. This consideration form is for you, as parents, to relay specific information about your child that you feel would be beneficial as our teachers meet to determine next year's placements. Class placement changes after class lists are finalized are extremely difficult and often cannot be accommodated.
This form closes on May 30th, 2025 for current HES students. This is your opportunity to voice what you would like us to consider in your child's placement for the next school year. The time, thought, and commitment put into the completion of this form is appreciated, valued, and highly regarded.
When placing students, the staff and administration utilize a wide range of criteria, which are supportive of the Howard County philosophy of heterogeneous grouping. Some of these criteria include, but are not limited to:
• the personality of the child
• the balance of female and male students
• racial and ethnic diversity
• written output
• test results
• reading strengths and needs
• special education requirements; IEP goals
• structured versus non-structured needs
• information from previous teachers and school counselor/Student Services team
There are certain concerns that we cannot consider as part of this consideration form: therefore we ask that you not use this form to propose the following:
• specific teacher requests
• placement based on siblings’ experiences
• grouping based on friends
• grouping based on hearsay about teachers or other children
Your input on this form will be used in our planning for your child rather than a letter requesting a specific teacher. Your response is OPTIONAL but is a very valuable source of information to the school staff and to the next teacher. If a situation arises over the summer that changes the information you write on this form, please email Mrs. Moraff (Principal) as soon as possible.
If you have multiple students, please submit a separate form for each of them. Your time and input is greatly valued! (You may opt to fill in "N/A" for any section of the form.)
This form is only for rising Kindergarten through 5th graders. Current 5th grade parents do not need to fill out the form.
Please access our Parent Consideration Form here.
Thank you in advance for your valuable input!
Literacy Night at the Ballpark: May 30
Thanks for having your child(ren) participate in Hammond's "Literacy Night at the Ballpark" event! All student tickets, adult tickets, and information about upgrading your seats have been distributed. We look forward to you joining us for a fun and engaging evening where we'll celebrate the joy of reading while enjoying a baseball game.
Event Details:
- Date: May 30
- Time: 7:00
- Location: Prince George's Stadium
What to Expect:
- Family-friendly baseball game
- Glow in the Park Dance Party
- A chance to connect with other families who love reading
5th Grade End of the Year Celebration 2025 - Save the Date
Please join us on Tuesday, June 17th from 9:45am - 10:45am in the Hammond Middle School Gym for an end of year ceremony to honor the 2024-2025 5th Grade Classes. Beginning at 9:30am families may enter the HES front doors to proceed to the HMS Gym. Due to capacity limitations, we are asking that each student invite a maximum of 4 guests. After the end of year ceremony the HES PTA will be hosting all families and students in a celebration on the HES blacktop from 10:45am - 11:45am.
Media Center News
Summer is coming!
Your media books need to come back to the library.
Our books don’t take a vacation, so bring them ALL back to school!
Visit the Savage Library, or a branch by your house, for summer reading adventures!
As part of our partnership with the Howard County Public Library, we will be doing a summer reading lesson with the librarians from the Savage Branch on June 9. All students are encouraged to keep reading and using library resources through HCPL throughout the summer!
Summer Gardeners Needed
Summer gardeners are needed to tend to the bountiful school garden. Click here for all of the details.
Baltimore Blast Summer Camp
Baltimore Blast Summer Camp details. Click on the links below.
Attention Future Filmmakers! Video Production Camp
Summer Meal Program
Gifted and Talented Summer Programs
Gifted and Talented (G/T) Summer Institutes for Talent Development
The Gifted and Talented (G/T) Summer Institutes for Talent Development offers additional advanced-level instruction and enrichment experiences not regularly available during the academic school year for students entering grades 1-8. Rigorous instruction focusing on talent development is offered in mathematics, science, social studies, language arts, technology and fine arts.
No testing nor prior G/T coursework is required for enrollment in these enrichment offerings.
Location: Burleigh Manor Middle School
Session 1: June 30 - July 11 (no class July 4)
Session 2: July 14-25
Hours: 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Cost: $330 per session (Financial assistance is available for students participating in the Free and Reduced Meal Program.)
Students may attend Session 1, Session 2, or both sessions. While the program is half-day, after care is available on site via Howard County Recreation and Parks. Snack is provided.
A few highlights ---
- Bus transportation to area collector stops!
- Exciting courses in Humanities, STEM, and the Arts!
For more information on how to register, please see this registration guide.
Contact: GTSummer@hcpss.org or 410-313-6671.
Outdoor Recess and Weather Conditions
We wanted to remind you that students will still be going outside for recess each day. Please make sure you send your child to school with weather appropriate clothes. All clothing needs to be labeled with your child's name.
Below you will find the HCPSS criteria we consider when having outdoor activities.
• Temperature and humidity
• Wind chill
• Heat index and air quality
• Age of students
• Length of time outdoors
• Adequacy of the children’s clothing
• Condition of the playground
• Falling precipitation (more than a sprinkle or mist)
• Thunder and lightning
Generally, it is assumed that students will be outside for recess, physical education, or
any other outdoor activity when the temperature combined with the wind chill is not less
than 20 degrees Fahrenheit or the heat index is less than 95.
Important Dates 
5/30 Field Day and Bowie Baysox Game
6/4 Cultural Arts Assembly: Japanese Drumming; Last day to checkout books in media
6/5 Gr 5 In-house Field Trip with HoCo Conservancy: OWLS
6/6 Schools dismiss three hours early
6/9 Gr 3 In-house Field Trip with Science Guys; HCPL Summer Reading Program visits during RA
6/9-6/13 Full school day
6/10 All books due back to media
6/11 Gr 1 Celebration (refer to Canvas for information)
6/12 Gr 2 Celebration (refer to Canvas for information)
6/13 Kindergarten Perfomance and Celebration; Grades 3 & 4 Celebrations (refer to Canvas for information)
6/16 Gr 5 Picnic (refer to Canvas for information)
6/16 -6/17 Schools dismiss three hours early
6/17 Gr 5 Ceremony & Celebration
6/18 Last day of school; schools dismiss 3 hours early