Friendsville PTO

08/31/2026

✏️🍎 Happy First Day of School! 📚🦅

Wishing all of our students, teachers, staff, and families a wonderful start to the new school year! 💛

Here’s to a year filled with learning, growing, new friendships, big accomplishments, and lots of special memories along the way. ✨

We’re so excited to see what this year brings! Have the BEST first day! ❤️📚

08/28/2026

📚 Grade-Level Parent Nights Are Coming! 🦅

We’re excited to invite our Friendsville Eagles families to join us for Grade-Level Parent Nights during the first two weeks of school!

These evenings are a wonderful opportunity to meet your child’s teacher, learn about classroom routines and expectations, curriculum and learning goals, and discover ways you can support your child’s learning at home throughout the school year. Building a strong home-school partnership starts with staying connected! ❤️

🎉 BONUS: Every parent/guardian who attends will be entered into a drawing to win a Sheetz gift card!

Check out the flyer below for your child’s grade-level date and time. We hope to see you there!

Together, we help our Eagles SOAR! 🦅💙

08/27/2026

𝐆𝐂𝐏𝐒 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬

The following are upcoming dates of interest for families to take note of as we start off the 2026-27 school year:
- 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟑𝟏𝐬𝐭 - First Day of School for Students and 3-Hour Early Student Dismissal
- 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟕𝐭𝐡 - Labor Day, GCPS Closed
- 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟑𝐫𝐝 - Staff Development and 3-Hour Early Student Dismissal

Full details on all GCPS calendar-related items are available at www.gcps.net/calendars.

08/27/2026

08/20/2026

📣Hello to all of our new Friendsville Library supporters! If you have not already been made aware, the August 20th Grand Opening celebration has been postponed due to last minute complications.

We sincerely hope you can make our new date and time – Friday, October 9th at 2:00 PM. Join us for a ribbon cutting ceremony, refreshments, tours, and activities (including face painting and pressed flower keepsake coasters!). We're looking to make Autumn Glory in Friendsville extra-celebratory this year!

The new Friendsville Library will soft-open before Friday, October 9th, so please stay tuned for our "doors are open!" announcement!📣

08/13/2026

𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤-𝐭𝐨-𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐂𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦

Garrett County Public Schools (GCPS) is introducing a new cafeteria point-of-sale (POS) system for the 2026-27 school year, providing families with convenient tools to manage student cafeteria accounts and purchases.

All students enrolled in GCPS will continue to receive free breakfast and lunch every school day through the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), a federal program under the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs. Because GCPS participates in CEP, families do not need to complete meal benefit applications or pay for student breakfast and lunch.

Although breakfast and lunch are provided at no cost, students may use their cafeteria accounts to purchase a la carte items, including milk, water, and other available items. Students who bring a packed lunch from home may also use their account to purchase a la carte items.

How the Updated Point of Sale System Works
All GCPS cafeterias use a computerized Point of Sale system. Students will access their individual cafeteria accounts by entering their assigned Personal Identification Number (PIN) when making purchases.

Families should help their children learn their PIN and remind them not to share it with anyone, as the PIN provides access to their cafeteria account. If a student forgets their PIN, cafeteria staff will be able to assist them.

Parents and guardians may send cash or checks with their students to deposit into their cafeteria accounts. However, GCPS strongly encourages families to use the SchoolCafé Family Hub, which provides a convenient way to manage and monitor student accounts online.

Through SchoolCafé, families can:
• View student account balances
• Monitor cafeteria purchases and activity
• Add funds to student accounts
• Set up automatic payments
• Ensure funds are available for à la carte purchases

Access the SchoolCafé Family Hub via https://family.schoolcafe.com/GarrettCSD.

Benefits of Placing Money on Account
Safe: A student's PIN provides secure access to their individual account.
Convenient: Money placed on account cannot be lost or forgotten during the morning rush.
Fast: Students who properly enter their PINs can move more quickly through the cafeteria service line, allowing more time to eat.
Monitored: Parents and guardians can view account balances and cafeteria activity through the SchoolCafé Family Hub.
Peace of Mind: The Automatic Payment feature helps ensure funds are available when students want to purchase a la carte items.

GCPS encourages families to establish their SchoolCafé accounts before the start of the school year and use the Family Hub to monitor and fund student cafeteria accounts throughout the year.