Overview
Summer School
See the Summer 2023 page.
Inclement Weather
If schools are closed due to weather, this page gives details and links to the tasks for 3rd and 4th grade. Kids can choose from up to three tasks per subject area; if there are multiple inclement weather days within a month, they should choose different tasks.
Hanover Hills Elementary School
- Website: here.
- Teacher List: here.
- School hours: 08:50 - 15:20
- HCPSS Connect
- HCPSS News Subscription
Thomas Viaduct Middle School
- Website: here.
- Teacher List: here.
- School hours: 08:10 - 14:55
- HCPSS Connect
- HCPSS News Subscription
Oakland Mills High School
- Website: here.
- Teacher List: here.
- School hours: 07:25 - 14:10
- Bell schedules: here. This lists the start and end period for normal days, early dismissal, late start, and “Scorp Time” days.
Color Coded Days
Days are color-coded to identify which Related Arts subject is given on which day. The calendar identifying which day has which color can be found here.
| Previous Week | Color Days Elementary School | Next Week | ||||
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/19 - | 04/20 - | 04/21 - | 04/22 - | 04/23 - | 04/24 - | 04/25 - |
| Color Days Elementary School | |
| Previous Week | Next Week |
| Sunday | 04/19 - |
|---|---|
| Monday | 04/20 - |
| Tuesday | 04/21 - |
| Wednesday | 04/22 - |
| Thursday | 04/23 - |
| Friday | 04/24 - |
| Saturday | 04/25 - |
Plan for the typical school day
- Fastest route to the schools according to Google is to take 100, takes 15 minutes. Going by 103 takes about 20 minutes. Using 20 minutes for the calculation below, with a safety margin.
- Wake up at 6:30, have breakfast and get ready for school.
- Leave home at 7:40, to be at the Thomas Viaduct school at 8:00. Note: see how this works out and whether this can actually be later.
- Drop of one kid, get in line for the Hanover Hills.
- Drop the other two kids off at 8:50, back home by 9:30.
- Leave home at 14:30 to pick up kid at Thomas Viaduct at 14:55.
- Get in line at Hannover Hills and pick up kids at 15:20.
- Get home at about 15:50.
- Kids can choose to either play their phones while waiting in the car, or do ½ hour of schoolwork / homework.
- Monday and Thursday, go to the playground (weather permitting).
- After dinner, 1 hour of schoolwork / homework (or ½ hour for those who have shown to do ½ hour in the car).
Third Grade
Homeroom teacher: Albert Yoo
Related arts schedule (see link to color day schedule above):
- Red: PE/Media
- Orange: Technology
- Yellow: Music
- Green: Art
- Blue: PE
Class schedule on regular days:
- 8:30: doors open, students must be in homeroom by 8:50
- 8:50-9:15: SEL (Social Emotional Learning)
- 9:15-10:30: Reading
- 10:30-11:10: Writing
- 11:10-12:10: Recess and lunch
- 12:10-13:10: Related Arts
- 13:10-14:00: Content (Health Science, or Social Studies)
- 14:00-15:15: Math
- 15:20: dismissal
Fourth Grade
Homeroom teacher: Katherine Jacobs
Class schedule on regular days:
| Regular day | Period | Class |
|---|---|---|
| 08:30 | - | doors open, students most be in homeroom by 8:50 |
| 08:50-09:10 | - | home room (Ms. Jacobs) |
| 09:10-09:55 | Period 1 | Content (Ms. Jackson) (Health, Science, Social Studies) |
| 09:55-11:10 | Period 2 | Math (Ms. Jackson) |
| 11:10-12:10 | Period 3 | Related Arts: Music (Ms. Zinkievich), Art (Ms. Rodriguez), Technology (Ms. Curry), Media (?), or PE (?)) |
| 12:10-13:10 | Period 4 | Recess (12:20-12:40) and lunch (12:40-13:10) |
| 13:10-13:55 | Period 5 | Writing/Reflection (ELA) (Ms. Jackson) |
| 13:55-15:20 | Period 6 | Reading (ELA) (Ms. Jackson) |
Seventh Grade
Class schedule on regular days:
| Regular day | 3 hr Early | 2 hr Delay | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08:00 | 08:00 | 10:00 | Doors Open |
| 08:00-08:10 | 08:00-08:10 | 10:00-10:10 | Entrance/Breakfast |
| 08:10-08:15 | 08:10-09:07 | 10:10-10:15 | Homeroom |
| 08:15-09:04 | 09:10-09:35 | 10:15-10:47 | Period 1: Mathematics 7, J. Corb, room 204 |
| 09:07-09:57 | 09:38-10:03 | 10:50-11:22 | Period 2: Visual Arts, J. Bates, room B14 |
| 10:00-10:50 | 10:06-10:31 | 11:25-11:57 | Period 3: EL Development, J. Kauffman, room 206 |
| 10:53-11:43 | 10:34-10:59 | 12:00-12:33 | Period 4: PE (Q1) / Financial Literacy (Q2) / PE (Q3) / Health (Q4) |
| 11:46-12:16 | 11:02-11:27 | 12:36-01:09 | Lunch |
| 12:19-01:09 | 11:30-11:55 | 01:12-01:45 | Period 5: Geography / World Cultures, D. Deane, room 210 |
| 01:12-02:02 | - | 01:48-02:20 | Period 6: English Language Arts, J. Hanafourde, room 206 |
| 02:05-02:55 | - | 02:20-02:55 | Period 7: Science, A. Rowe, room A75 |
| 02:55 | 11:55 | 02:55 | Dismissal |
Other Links
- Internet Agreement
- abcya.com with games to practice the “three Rs”
- Grade 3 Math Resources