First Day of School

Mark Your Calendars: 2023-2024 School Year

Kindergarten – 8th Grade First Day of School Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Four-Year-Old Prekindergarten First Day of School Monday, August 28, 2023

Three-Year-Old Prekindergarten First Day of School Tuesday, September 5, 2023

First Day of School 2022-2023 School Year

• Monday, August 8, 2022 – First Day of School for CCM Early Start Kindergarten
  • Using COVID relief grant funding, CCM is able to provide early start classes for kindergarten students again for the 2022-2023 school year.
  • CCM kindergarten students will begin classes on Monday, August 8, 2022.
  • CCM kindergarten students, please bring supplies from your supply list (available at this link https://carrollcreekmontessori.org/current-families/supply-lists/) with you on the first day of early start kindergarten on Monday, August 8, 2022.
• Wednesday, August 17, 2022 – First Day of School for CCM students in preK4 and 1st-8th grade
  • CCM students in 4-year-old PreK, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grades will begin on the FCPS first day of school on Wednesday, August 17, 2022.
• Monday, August 29, 2022 – First Day of School for CCM 3-year-old preK students
  • CCM 3-year-old preK students will begin classes on Monday, August 29, 2022.

CCM Open House – Monday, August 15, 2022

Save the date for the CCM 2022-2023 school year Open House.  Open House is a chance for CCM students and the grownups in their families to visit their classroom before the start of the school year.  It is a chance to visit the classroom, meet new staff, receive paperwork, check in with the school nurse, and drop off school supplies (lists available at this link https://carrollcreekmontessori.org/current-families/supply-lists/) in preparation for the first day of school.  

Each grade level in each classroom has a separate time to reduce crowding in the classrooms and parking lot.  Please make note of the time for your grade level.

• PreK3, 1st grade, 4th grade @ 1:00
• PreK4, 2nd grade, 5th grade, 7th grade @ 1:30
• 3rd grade, 6th grade, 8th grade @ 2:00

Please bring your school supplies from your school supply lists (available at this link https://carrollcreekmontessori.org/current-families/supply-lists/) with you to Open House.  If you have questions or need assistance with school supplies please contact a staff member at CCM (240-566-0600).

Drop-off and Pick-up Info

• Daily drop-off: 8:45 – 9:00 am
• Classes start: 9:00 am
• Morning-only PreK dismissal: 11:20 am
• Full-day student dismissal:
  • Monday – Thursday: 3:45 – 4:00 pm
  • Friday: 2:45 – 3:00 pm

School Handbook

Click here to reference the 2021-2022 CCMPCS handbook.  2022-2023 Handbook will be posted when completed over then summer.

FCPS has a specific policy for food allergies and other specific food needs. There are forms and plans (available at this link https://www.fcps.org/student-services/forms) that need to be filled out for students with food allergies and other related needs. CCMPCS will have students eating lunch and snack in the classrooms. We will have separate areas for students with allergies to eat. Students may not share their personal lunch and snacks brought from home.

As a Frederick County Public Charter School, CCM follows the FCPS school calendar.  Visit https://www.fcps.org/about/calendar-handbook for more information about the FCPS/CCM 2022-2023 school year calendar.

In general: 

• If FCPS schools are open, CCM is open.  
• If FCPS schools are closed, CCM is closed.  
• If FCPS schools dismiss 2 hours early, CCM full-day students (preK4-8th grade) dismiss 2 hours early. 
• If FCPS schools open 2 hours late, CCM opens 2 hours late for CCM full-day students (preK4-8th grade). There is no school for CCM preK3 students on days that FCPS schools have a late start.

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