Prince George’s County Public Schools

14201 School Lane • Upper Marlboro, Maryland 20772 • www.pgcps.org

Kenmoor Middle School

2500 Kenmoor Dr. Landover, Maryland 20785

(301) 925-2300 fax (301) 925-2317

July 30, 2013

Dear Kenmoor Family,

Welcome to the 2014-2015 school year here at Kenmoor Middle School. Our academic program challenges and prepares students to be college and career ready. Our project based

classroom instruction promotes problem solving, higher-order thinking and skill development in

all students while keeping them engaged. We also offer advanced classes for our highly motivated, well prepared students that earn them high school credits. Kenmoor Middle School was the first school to receive the Maryland State Department of Education recognition “Excellence in Gifted

and Talented Education” (E-Gate) award.

Our teachers are certified and well trained in their subject areas and have high expectations

for every student. We expect our students to be respectful, well behaved and exercise self-discipline at all times. Successful students complete two (2) hours of homework, reading and studying every night, attend school daily, are well rested and ready to put forth their best effort.

Our “Positive Behavior Intervention Support” (PBIS) program rewards students for good grades, regular attendance, respectful attitudes and excellent behavior as well as compliance with the student dress code. Opportunities abound for the “whole child” at Kenmoor Middle School. We offer interscholastic sports, math, art and philosophy clubs, as well as a chapter of the National Junior Honor Society, Student Government Association and Destination Imagination teams. We host winning debate, science bowl, geography bee, spelling bee, robotics and future cities.

Sixth grade student orientation will take place on August 25th. This will be their first day of school. It will be a great opportunity for students who are new to Kenmoor to become familiar with the school building, their teachers and their daily schedule. Any student that brings in PTA membership money will receive a free Kenmoor agenda. This initiative will apply until the 29th of August. After that, students will have to pay for their agendas. It is our hope that everyone support the PTA this year and become an engaged partner. You will receive information by mail about your students’ bus schedule from transportation or you can call 301-952-6570. The first official day of school for all students will be Tuesday, August 26th, 2014. Our school hours are 9:30 am – 4:10 pm and our doors open at 9:15 am daily for students eating breakfast at which time adult supervision begins. Breakfast and lunch are served daily at a cost of $1.50 for breakfast and $2.85 for lunch. These prices are subject to change. We hope to see you at Back to School Night on September 9th, 2014 from 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm.

I am excited to tell you that this year Kenmoor is building an outdoor classroom to promote environmental literacy skills which will benefit all of our students. If you have any particular skills that you can contribute to this project please contact Ms. Bernardette Woodbury at (301) 925-2300.

We believe that every student can be successful at Kenmoor MS and we look forward to working together to ensure the success of our students.

See you soon.

With great anticipation,

Maha Fadli,

Principal

We Care to Make a Difference in Every Child’s Life