🎉 Please join us in celebrating National School Counseling Week! Thank you, #TeamBCPS school counselors, for everything you do to support our students and school communities!

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URGENT: Sparks ES closing at 10:45 am today! An overnight community fire has resulted in air quality issues today. All afternoon and evening activities at Sparks Elementary School are cancelled for today. Please contact school if you need a change in dismissal for your student.

Get together with classmates at The Farmyard on Friday at 4:00 pm until dusk to celebrate fall! Lots of fun to be had by all!

Sparks ES is excited for Bullying Prevention Week this week! First up - PAJAMA DAY for Monday!

IMPORTANT! Sparks ES has lost power due to a downed power line, The school is unable to make calls or send emails at this time. Buses may be delayed because of the downed power lines. Aftercare is cancelled and students who attend aftercare will need to be picked up at the school

Today, and every day, we say THANK YOU to our wonderful Sparks ES custodians for the tireless work they put in day after day to keep our school looking its best! We encourage you to have your students give them a big THANK YOU high five when they see them this week!

It was an awesome day at @SparksES_BCPS today! It was Shiver Kickoff Day and our new students got their assignments. Such excitement and sense of belonging! #weallbelong #ilovemyjob @sparksespta @sgregorybcps @BCPS_DSCS

A fun event to check out on Saturday!☺️ (This event is not sponsored by the Sparks PTA, Sparks Elementary or Baltimore County Public Schools)

First PTA meeting of the school year is this Wednesday, September 14th at 7:00 pm! It's virtual so easy to attend! Email Sapna Prasad at sapnasparkspta@gmail.com with your child's name and his/her/their teacher's name, and link to join will be emailed to you before the meeting !

What better way to celebrate Friday and a successful start to the school year than with Italian ice, friends and the Sparks ES PTA! Stop in at Rita's in Hunt Valley from 4:00 - 8:00 pm this Friday, September 9th. Let's keep our celebrity scoopers busy!

░F░A░L░L░ ░S░P░I░R░I░T░ ░W░E░A░R░ ░I░S░ ░H░E░R░E░!░!░! *also will be on sale at Sneak a Peak & Back to School Night*

Back to School Night: Tuesday, August 30th from 6 to 8 PM (New Parent Orientation: Tuesday, August 30th from 5:30 to 6 PM)

𝗦𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗮 𝗣𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘁! 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟲𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟭 𝘁𝗼 𝟮:𝟯𝟬 𝗣𝗠 *𝗞𝗼𝗻𝗮 𝗜𝗰𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗸* (𝗔 𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗣𝗧𝗔)

Best day of the year!! Welcome back Sparks family! @SparksES_BCPS Thank you to the PTA for the Omlet Man! @sparksespta #LetsDoIt

Student schedules and homeroom assignments are posted on FOCUS. For directions on how to access the parent FOCUS portal please click: https://t.co/9bfEZrthXX The directions for creating a parent account if you have not already done so can be found here:

SCHOOL SUPPLY KITS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE!!! We recommend purchasing by mid august for kits to arrive before the school year begins. Go to https://t.co/Mjj20BBK4n and put in Sparks Elementary.

Sparks PTA would like to wish all the Sparks teachers, staff, students, and families a wonderful summer! Thank you for your time and support of the PTA this school year! We also want to bid a fond farewell to Ms. Merritt and Ms. Laumann and congratulate them on their retirement.

There will be a virtual PTA meeting tomorrow, Wednesday, June 8th at 7pm. If you would like to join, RSVP to Sapna Prasad at sapnasparkspta@gmail.com with your child's name and his/her/their teacher's name, and access information will be emailed to you prior to the meeting.

Reminder Sparks has a 3 hour early dismissal today! 12:45pm dismissal