James Ryder Randall Early Childhood Center

09/23/2026

A wonderful evening at JRR ECC! 💛🍎

Thank you to all of our families who joined us for Back-to-School Night and braved the rainy weather to connect with our teachers, visit classrooms, and learn more about the year ahead. We are so grateful for your partnership and support.

A special thank-you to our community partners and vendors who joined us and helped make the evening even more meaningful for our families. Together, we are building a strong, connected school community where every child can learn, grow, and belong.

09/12/2026

✨Pre-K fitcheck 👟 📹: Ms. Tierra

09/04/2026

WEATHER ALERT — All Prince George’s County Public Schools (PGCPS) schools will be closed Friday, September 4, due to early morning storms that have left a large number of schools and offices without power.

Downed trees and power lines are also impacting recovery efforts.

12-month employees should report to work on time but are eligible for liberal leave. A list of impacted sites will be available on pgcps.org.

Please continue to monitor email, text alerts, the PGCPS website, and our social media channels for the latest information.

https://www.pgcps.org/code-green-09-04

Todas las escuelas de PGCPS estarán cerradas el viernes 4 de septiembre debido a las tormentas de la madrugada que han dejado a un gran número de escuelas y oficinas sin electricidad.

Los árboles y líneas eléctricas caídas también están afectando a los esfuerzos de recuperación.

Todos los empleados de 12 meses deben presentarse a trabajar a tiempo, pero son elegibles para licencia liberal.

El personal debe consultar la lista de escuelas e instalaciones sin electricidad disponible en el sitio web de PGCPS.

Por favor, permanezca atento a los correos electrónicos, alertas de texto, al sitio web de PGCPS (pgcps.org) y a nuestros canales de redes sociales para la información más reciente.

09/01/2026

🎒💙 Community partners showing up for our scholars! 💙🎒

We are incredibly grateful to The Clean Water Partnership for their generous donation of backpacks and school supplies for our JRR ECC scholars! ✏️📚🎒

A very special thank you to Ms. Jam Kendrick, Outreach Manager, and her amazing team for thinking of our youngest learners and helping ensure they have the supplies they need for a wonderful school year. Your generosity and partnership mean so much to our school community! 🐴💛

It truly takes a village—and we are so thankful you’re part of ours! ❤️💙💛

08/26/2026

✨✨Stick to the vision. ✨✨ 📹: Ms. Tierra

08/25/2026

📣 The Pony Express is here! 🐴💛❤️

JRR ECC families, be sure to check out our latest edition of The Pony Express for important updates, upcoming events, reminders, and everything you need to know as we kick off an exciting new school year! ✨

We’re so excited to welcome our youngest learners and their families for SY 2026–2027. Here’s to a year filled with learning, growing, connection, and plenty of Pony Pride! 🐴

📰 Read the newsletter here:

The Pony Express

08/24/2026

The floors are sparkling ✨, our boards are adorned 🎨, our classrooms are ready with love ❤️, and most of all… our team cannot wait to welcome our Pre-K kiddos for their FIRST DAY tomorrow! 🥹🎒📚

So much preparation, teamwork, and heart has gone into getting JRR ECC ready for this moment. Tomorrow, the halls come alive with the little learners who make it all worthwhile! 💙❤️💛

We’re ready for you, JRR ECC! Let the 2026–2027 school year begin! 🐴✨

08/19/2026

Welcome to all new principals, including our very own Dr. Guartico❤️

06/12/2026

Heat warning? No problem! Mr. C is bringing our field day indoors and making sure our students have a great experience!

01/26/2026

WEATHER UPDATE — Schools and offices will remain closed Tuesday, Jan. 27 - Thursday, January 29. Code Yellow: Only emergency personnel should report to work.

The emergency code will be communicated daily.

Use of all facilities is cancelled.

The status for Friday will be determined on Thursday.

The decision to close schools is always made with safety as our top priority. PGCPS is committed to timely communication, and will provide daily updates to staff and families no later than 5 p.m. throughout the weather event.

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The school district will implement food services Wednesday, Jan. 28 at five school centers: Drew-Freeman High School, Fairmont Heights High School, Greenbelt High School, Laurel High School and Surrattsville High School. Details will be included in tomorrow's update.

Please stay tuned to emails, text alerts, the PGCPS website pgcps.org and our social media channels for the latest information.

Please visit the Prince George's County Winter Weather Information Center website for more information on how to prepare for inclement weather, including road clearing priorities, warming center locations, and monitoring. of snow and ice.

https://www.princegeorgescountymd.gov/news-events/news/2026-winter-weather-hub