Cradlerock Elementary School

BIG NEWS: CRES Garden Crew is officially in the Howard County Fair!

Drumroll, please! Thanks to the hard work of our amazing garden volunteers, CRES is officially competing in the 80th Annual Howard County Fair! 🥳
🏆 Team CRES Fair Entries:
The Cucumbers: 3 perfect slicing cucumbers! 🥒
The Peppers: 4 beautiful green Bell peppers! 🫑
On Friday afternoon, some helpful CRES friends at the playground helped select, cut, and wash our star veggies. Mrs. Miller officially dropped them off at the Fairgrounds this morning!
Judging is TODAY (Saturday)! 🏅 Please send maximum Bulldog garden energy to our peppers and cucumbers right now. Let’s show the whole county that Cradlerock is a community where learning, growing, and caring take root! 🌱✨

It’s time to start our annual reminders about completing your Family File! Do it today so you can ignore future reminders, and you can brag about being one of the first families to have it done! Remember it needs to be completed or confirmed every year. Contact the school with any questions.

Emergency Information in Family File

HCPSS utilizes Family File for families to complete emergency information. Parents/guardians can now access and complete Family File by logging in to HCPSS Connect, selecting the Online Registration/Family File at the top right of the page and then selecting Family File Verification. Parents/guardians must verify and/or update information for each child, each school year.

Update Your Family File/Emergency Information for the 2026-2027 School Year HCPSS utilizes Family File to collect emergency contact information for students. All parents/guardians must verify and/or update that information for each child, each school year.

Join the CRES PTA! Everyone is welcome! It is a great way to be “in the know” and support our school!

📣 Join the Cradlerock PTA! 🐾💙

It's still summer, but Cradlerock Elementary School PTA planning is in full force for the next school year! We're looking for members to join NOW so we can start the school year strong. Your membership helps fund family events, support teachers, and so much more.

🍩 Plus, there's a little friendly competition! The class with the most PTA registrations will celebrate with a donut party! 🎉

Show your Bulldog pride and make this our biggest PTA year yet!

Sign Up: ➡️ https://crespta-md.givebacks.com/shop

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The Office of Children and Families offers Summer Learning Resources and Back-to-School Support Email from Howard County Department of Community Resources and Services Find summer activities, family services and more in the August Parent Pages News for Parents and Families • August 2026 80th A

**NEW DATE for Popsicles on the Playground

Attention incoming kindergartners… check out some upcoming events! Hope to see you soon!!

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The Office of Children and Families supports Families ALL Summer Long Email from Howard County Department of Community Resources and Services Find summer activities, family services and more in the July Parent Pages   News for Parents and Families • July 2026 Keep kids

Have a great summer, Bulldogs! We will see you again in August! School year 2026-2027 starts on August 24! 😎🐾🌞💙🏖️

Did you know that all kids under 18 can get FREE meals all summer long at any of the HCPSS summer meal sites?? Please visit the website below for details. The closest site to CRES is the East Columbia Library.

Summer Meal Sites
Meals will be served weekdays, Wednesday, June 24-Friday, July 31 (except July 3), from 12:30-2 p.m. at the following locations:

Atholton High School, 6520 Freetown Road, Columbia

Bollman Bridge Elementary School, 8200 Savage-Guilford Road, Savage

Deep Run Elementary School, 6925 Old Waterloo Road, Elkridge

Ducketts Lane Elementary School, 6501 Ducketts Lane, Elkridge

Hammond High School, 8800 Guilford Road, Columbia

Laurel Woods Elementary School, 9250 North Laurel Road, Laurel

Stevens Forest Elementary School, 6045 Stevens Forest Road, Columbia

Swansfield Elementary School, 5610 Cedar Lane, Columbia

Wilde Lake Middle School, 10481 Cross Fox Lane, Columbia

Howard County Library System East Columbia Branch, 6600 Cradlerock Way, Columbia

Howard County Library System Elkridge Branch, 6540 Washington Blvd, Elkridge

Summer Meal Program – HCPSS To continue meeting the growing need to feed hungry children and families in Howard County and fill the nutritional gap over the summer months, the Howard County Public School System announces its free summer meal program, which will run weekdays Wednesday, June 24-Friday, July 31, 2026. Meals will....

Congratulations to our 5th graders as they walked across the stage for their promotion ceremony today! We are so proud of how far you have come and know you have great things ahead for you all! Once a Bulldog, always a Bulldog! Next stop…. MIDDLE SCHOOL! 🩵🐾💙🎉