Important News

State of Our Schools Town Meeting

On April 29, 2015 the Oakland Mills Community Association will host a State of Our Schools Town Hall Meeting at The Other Barn, 5851 Robert Oliver Place, Columbia, MD, beginning at 7:00pm and ending at 9:00pm. The purpose of this Town Hall Meeting is to allow all of the schools in the Oakland Mills cluster, elementary through high school, the…

Cradlerock Elementary ROCKS the Battle of the Books

Congratulations to our 5th grade teams who competed at the Battle of the Books at Wilde Lake High School on Friday. The Addams Family Readers won 1 st place overall and 3 rd place for team spirit. The Raiders of the Lost Book took 1 st place for costumes. Congratulations to our 6 teams - our coaches, team members and…

PTA - Rita's Fundraiser

Cradlerock Elementary PTA invites you to ROCK Rita's in King's Contrivance on Wednesday, April 15 from 12 -9 pm. Rita's will donate 10% of the profits from that day to Cradlerock PTA.

March Madness

Join us on Thursday, March 26 for a basketball game featuring the Cradlerock Elementary staff vs. the Lake Elkhorn Middle School staff. The game will be played at Oakland Mills High School from 6:00 - 8:00 pm. There will be music by a dad DJ, fun activities and a fantastic half time show. Admission is a canned good. Monetary donations…

Read Across America Day - Rescheduled

Read Across America Day has been rescheduled for Wednesday, March 25. Students will be buddy reading with different classes throughout the day. We would love to have our parents visit that day and read to their child's class. If you would like to schedule a time to read, please contact your child's teacher. If you have any questions, please contact…

Evening of Excellence - May 12

The Evening of Excellence will be held on Tuesday, May 12.Science Fair and Invention Convention information can be found on our Evening of Excellence Website. Students can sign up to participate in this year's Science Fair or Invention Convention on the site. Please go to schoolfairexpo.weebly.com to sign up for the Science Fair and more information about the Evening of…

Grades 3,4 and 5 - PARCC Testing

PARCC PBA TEST - GRADES 3,4 AND 5 The PARCC PBA test will be given in grades 3, 4 and 5 in March for both English Language Arts (ELA) and Math. It is important that students are prepared and on time for testing. Help your student get a good night's rest and a healthy breakfast. Be mindful of these dates…

Related Arts Night

Come to CRES Related Arts Night on March 5, 2015 at 6:30- 8pm. We will be having art, music, PE, technology and media activities. There will be 3 rotations of 25 minutes each for you to choose. Our media will have a graphic artist book fair so you can come and buy if you would like. There is not a…

K-3 Author Visit

Alison Formento, author of This Tree Counts! is coming to visit Cradlerock on Tuesday, March 3rd. She will meet with students in Kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade, and 3rd grade to talk about her writing and books. We're so excited that she'll talk about her love of nature and animals. See order form and more information here.