Mill Creek Towne Elementary School

Online Learning Support

New Announcements

• Virtual PTA Meeting About Returning to In-Person Instruction: We met on Tuesday, February 23 to discuss Mill Creek Towne's plan for returning to school buildings. Please click the links below to access the information that was shared:
  • Click here to view the slides from the meeting.
  • Click here to view the recording of the meeting. You will need to enter this passcode to access it: $M+7s&6%

• Principal Bolden's Community Updates: Click here to view all of Principal Bolden's current and past school community announcements. These updates are typically distributed via ConnectEd messages on Sundays. Please contact the school about setting up your ParentVUE account if you are not currently receiving them. 

• Help Wanted - Classroom Monitors: As we prepare for our return to an in-person learning experience, we anticipate a need for adults to support the supervision of students.  If you know any adults with a high school diploma/GED who would be interested in monitoring students at $15.72 per hour, please encourage them to apply to be considered for the position of classroom monitor. Duties include monitoring classrooms for teachers who are providing virtual instruction to students in the building and supporting in-person teachers.  Interested individuals need to apply on  https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/departments/careers/ . We may need classroom monitors at our school; however, we cannot guarantee our site would be the location all interested individuals would be assigned to work.  

• Piano Sale: MCPS has a business partnership with Schaeffer’s Piano Company, Inc., where they provide 15 grand, upright, and digital loaner pianos to MCPS at no cost.  MCPS provides maintenance for the instruments and informs our students, parents, and guardians of the partnership. Schaeffer’s Piano Company, Inc., has a public sale of instruments twice a year—the second sale is scheduled for February 2021—where the public can purchase pianos at reduced prices.  Our partnership with Schaeffer’s Piano Company, Inc., commits MCPS to provide the notice of this sale to each student. Please click here for more information about this upcoming sale.

• Chromebook Repairs and Damages: Students and their families are now financially responsible for any intentional or accidental damage of any Chromebook loaned out to the student. Please click here for more information about these financial obligations and exchanging damaged Chromebooks.

  • Technology Distribution Status: Please click here for an up-to-date status of technology distributions occurring at 45 W. Gude Drive. The document will be continuously updated to reflect hours of operation and current inventory status.

• Maryland Safe Schools Tipline: Click here for information about Safe Schools Maryland - an ANONYMOUS and FREE reporting system available to students, teachers, school staff members, parents, and the general public to report any school or student safety concerns, including mental health concerns.

• Piano Opportunity: Click here for information about purchasing a discounted piano from Schaffer's Piano Company through a partnership with MCPS. 

• Instrumental Music (4th and 5th Grade Only): Please click here for information about registering your child for instrumental music.

• MCPS Meal Distribution: Breakfast and lunch meals will be provided to all children under the age of 18 at 74 meal sites throughout the county. A student ID number will not be required, however, names will be taken for each child. This curbside meal service will be provided from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday (no meal service on Thursday). 
  • Please click here for a list of meal sites.
  • Free and Reduced-Priced Meals (FARMS) for the 2020-2021 School Year: Apply now and avoid longer processing times in September! Please visit www.MySchoolApps.com to complete the online application for Free and Reduced-Price Meals.

    

     

• Online Registration: Please click here to begin the process of registering and enrolling your student into our school system. 
  • Incoming Kindergarteners: Please click here for additional information about beginning Kindergarten at Mill Creek Towne this fall.

• Virtual Storytime with Councilmember Will Jawando: Click here to view a recording of the July 16 event in which Councilmember Will Jawando discusses the book, Antiracist Baby, with the author, Dr. Ibram Kendi. Stay tuned after the book for a discussion featuring our very own Principal Bolden!

• Equity Resources: The staff at Mill Creek Towne stands with our students and families. We hope the following resources can support our community as we work together to promote equity. 
  • An Educators Guide to this Moment: Please click here to view a database of resources for educators, parents, and students compiled by the MCPS Equity Initiatives Unit. You can view their full collection of resources by clicking here.
  • Read Alouds: Please click here to view a collection of English and Spanish read alouds. Please note that these read alouds are linked to YouTube, which can only be accessed on non-MCPS devices. You can also find many of the titles for free on the MCPS Sora e-book app using any device. Click here for help with the Sora e-book app.

Online Resources for the Coronavirus School Closure

Online Learning Resources:

• Community Tech Support for Online Learning: Please call (240) 740-7020 for any student or guardian technical needs during online learning
• Free and Low-Cost Internet Access from Comcast
• MCPS' Coronavirus Information Website
• Emergency Closure Meals Service for MCPS Students (updated on March 23)
• Common Sense Media: Age-based reviews of movies, books, TV shows, websites, and more.
• NEW: MCPS Parent Academy

Additional Online Learning Resources:

Important Note: Many of the links below will require students to log in using their MCPS Google Account. The username is the same 6-digit number used in school to log in to a Chromebook. However, you need to add "@mcpsmd.net" to it. (Example: 123456@mcpsmd.net). The password is the same letters used to log in to a school Chromebook. If you need any help with this, please email our Media Specialist, Mrs. Hines, at Bonnie_W_Hines@mcpsmd.org 

• MCPS Instructional Activities Website
• MCPS Online Databases (PebbleGo, Britannica School, etc.)
  • Direcciones en espanol aqui.
• Mill Creek Towne’s e-Book Collections
• Common Sense Media’s Collection of Great Resources
• Benchmark Universe: Click the blue "Sign in with Google" button
• Fun Online Learning Opportunities: Virtual field trips, great read alouds, online drawing lessons, and more! Mrs. Hines will continue to update this document as new opportunities arise.

Mill Creek Towne Elementary Mission Statement

The Mill Creek Towne ES vision is to ensure the successful academic, social & personal development of all students. Our mission is for the staff, students & community to set high expectations; foster a positive, risk-free, safe learning environment; promote open communication; collaborate; and support differentiated instruction.

Attention: MCTES PTA has a new web app for families! Starting this year, we will be using the app for PTA communications, volunteer sign-ups, the school directory, and more.

Click here to learn more and sign up.

PTA email: millcreektownepta@gmail.com

• MCT ES Bus Routes
• CES Bus Arrival Routes
• CES Bus Departure Routes
• FARMS Application (Free And Reduced-Price Meals)