Calendar for School Year 2024-2025

Please click on the button below to review our official school calendar for the 2024-2025 school year.

IHM Family Handbook

Forms & Documents

See Forms & Documents to download forms for enrollment, volunteering, medical, extended care, and clubs.

Uniform Guidelines

Please click on the buttons below to review the Uniform Guidelines.  Preschool and Kindergarten students wear only the gym uniform. Flynn & O’Hara is our uniform supplier and uniforms can be purchased at their Parkville store or online here: IHM uniforms at Flynn & O’Hara

Hot Lunch & Milk Service

Pizza Thursdays or Fridays, excluding half-days, students can participate in a lunch option via a local pizza restaurant or Chick-Fil-A.

Milk orders $21/year, please email Mrs. Debbie Sperato dsperato@ihmschoolmd.org

Preparing for the 2024-2025 School Year: Summer Work and School Supply Lists

Everything you will need to prepare your child for the beginning of the 2024-2025 school year can be found here, including supply lists, summer reading log and requirements and IXL Math Modules.

his summer, we are once again excited to provide our students with access to the dynamic online platform, IXL, to help students keep their math skills sharp. IXL offers fun and interactive ways for students to consolidate the gains they’ve made over the course of the school year and even to explore new concepts, all at their own pace. Access to IXL will be available throughout the break, allowing flexibility for families to integrate learning into their summer plans. By starting in July, many families find that their children have plenty of time to complete the summer program well before school starts again in the fall.   

Over the course of the summer, students should demonstrate proficiency in all of the skills under “From your teacher” assigned by last year’s teacher. Proficiency is shown by reaching a “Smartscore” of 80%.   

Please see this slideshow for information about how to log in.  

Student Google usernames and passwords will be sent home in summer packets. Summer packets were sent home during the last week of school with students in good standing. New student packets will be sent early July. 

Eagle Eye Student Newspaper

Please click on the buttons below to review our Eagle Eye student newspapers.

The IHM Spirit Wear Store is NOW OPEN!

Please click on the link below to view all of the items already added to the store:

https://ihm-hsa-spiritwear.itemorder.com/shop/home/

The IHM HSA is excited to launch our brand new spirit wear store. We have items in youth and adult sizes, and some items even offer customization. The items can be shipped directly to your home or to school where they will be bagged and labeled with your child’s name. And the best news is that this store will remain open year round! As new items are added, we will send out updates. Most of these items will be allowed to be worn on IHM spirit wear days (the exception being that if IHM PE sweatpants or PE shorts are required, you may NOT wear the spirit wear shorts, leggings, or joggers in place of the PE bottoms). The items offer a mix of Immaculate Heart of Mary or IHM school branded items as well as IHM Athletics, supporting the revamping of the IHM Athletics Association.

All orders and payment will be processed using the link below. No money or order forms will be sent through kidmail. We hope you are just as excited as we are about the new spirit wear store!

If you have any questions or suggestions for future items, please make sure to email ihmhsa@ihmschoolmd.org

Arrival and Departure Procedures

Please click on the button below to review a short video made by IHM parents to demonstrate the “dos” and “don’ts” of morning drop off and afternoon pickup. Our goal is always to keep our students and families safe and we hope that this video helps with any questions that you may have. 

FACTS

FACTS will continue to serve as the preferred provider for financial aid and tuition management service within the Archdiocese of Baltimore. All families are required to sign up and make payment through FACTS utilizing automatic payments (EFT) from a bank account, credit card, or processing checks sent to a secure processing center. Easy and convenient online registration will be available.

FinalSite Enrollment (formerly known as SchoolAdmin)

Parents are able to access their student’s contact, enrollment information, emergency and medical forms in our Parent Portal, FinalSite Enrollment. Please follow this link to update forms or access your account at any time. If you need help, please email Ginny Gallagher at vgallagher@ihmschoolmd.org.

PowerSchool

PowerSchool allows parents to keep current with their child’s progress by viewing grades online.

This video offers clear directions on how to create and log into your PowerSchool account. Parent access codes for new families were sent home several weeks ago; returning families’ access codes have not changed. Students in grades 6-8 are also given their own access codes for direct access. Contact office@ihmschoolmd.org if you have questions.

Morning Announcements

Please click on the button below to hear the morning announcments.

Teacher Websites

Parents and students can access teacher websites here by clicking on the teacher’s name to find information regarding classes, schedules, homework, and projects.

Lending Library

Google Classroom

Home & School Association

The Home & School Association binds parents, students, and teachers more closely in a formal association. Parents are encouraged to attend the pre-announced, scheduled meetings during the year.

Parent Volunteering

The mission of our school is to work with the parents in order to educate the students. There are numerous areas and activities where parents may volunteer to help the school. Volunteer opportunities exist both during the school day and outside of school hours. It is hoped that each family can find some area or activity to meet this need.

VIRTUS

With our longstanding commitment in mind, all parishes and archdiocesan Catholic Schools will be using VIRTUS a new compliance management system that will allow all parishes and schools to facilitate compliance with archdiocesan child protection requirements for all volunteers who work with minors, employees, and clergy.

Cognia

All Archdiocesan high schools and elementary schools are accredited as a system through Cognia. Each school is evaluated based on the National Standards and Benchmarks for Effective Catholic Elementary and Secondary Schools.

Positive School Environment

To foster a positive school environment where all students are educated in a safe and caring atmosphere, all Archdiocesan schools will follow established procedures for prevention and intervention for bullying, harassment or intimidation.

Positive Behavioral Intervention & Supports (PBIS) has been implemented in every Archdiocesan elementary and high school to enhance academic and social behavior outcomes for all students.

Hours of Operation

For information regarding school hours, summer office hours, and extended care hours, see Hours of Operation.

Weather Policy

See Weather Policy to view IHM’s inclement weather closing and delay policies.