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Schools Set Dates for Open Houses, Back-to-School Nights
Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) has released its open house schedule for the 2023-24 school year. Listed below are open house dates and times, and other activities for schools. Please call the specific school with questions about open house events.

Elementary Schools

  • C. Paul Barnhart, open house, 5:30 to 7 p.m., Sept. 7.
  • Berry, open house, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Sept. 7.
  • Billingsley:
    • Open house (Prek-Grade 2), 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Sept. 6.
    • Open house (Grades 3-5), 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Sept. 7.
  • Dr. Gustavus Brown:
    • Back-to-school night for students in prekindergarten through Grade 2, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Sept. 6.
    • Back-to-school night for students in Grades 3-5, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Sept. 7.
  • Dr. James Craik, open house, 6 to 7 p.m., Sept. 6.
  • William A. Diggs:
    • Open house for students in prekindergarten through Grade 2, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Sept. 6.
    • Open house for students in Grades 3-5, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Sept. 7.
  • Gale-Bailey, open house, 5:30 to 7 p.m., Sept. 7.
  • Dr. Thomas L. Higdon, open house, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Sept. 7.
  • Indian Head, open house, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Sept. 20.
  • Daniel of St. Thomas Jenifer:
    • Open house for students in prekindergarten through Grade 2, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Sept. 6.
    • Open house for students in Grades 3-5, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Sept. 7.
  • Malcolm, open house, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Sept. 7.
  • T. C. Martin, open house, 5 to 6 p.m., Sept. 6.
  • Arthur Middleton, open house, 5 to 6:30 p.m., Sept. 6.
  • Walter J. Mitchell:
    • Open house for students with last names beginning with A-L, 4 to 4:45 p.m., Sept. 27.
    • Open house for students with last names beginning with M-Z, 5 to 5:45 p.m., Sept. 27.
  • Mt. Hope/Nanjemoy, open house, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Oct. 4.
  • Mary H. Matula:
    • Open house for students in prekindergarten through Grade 2, 5:30 to 7 p.m., Oct. 3.
    • Open house for students in Grades 3-5, 5:30 to 7 p.m., Oct. 5.
  • Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, open house, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Sept. 7.
  • Mary B. Neal, open house, 6:30 to 8 p.m., Sept. 7.
  • J. C. Parks:
    • Open house for students in prekindergarten through Grade 2, 6 to 7 p.m., Sept. 7.
    • Open house for students in Grades 3-5, 7:15 to 8:15 p.m., Sept. 7.
  • J. P. Ryon:
    • Open house for students with last names beginning with A-L, 5 to 5:45 p.m., Sept. 7.
    • Open house for students with last names beginning with M-Z, 6 to 6:45 p.m., Sept. 7.
  • Eva Turner, open house, 5 to 7 p.m., Oct. 4.
     
  • William B. Wade:
    • Open house for prekindergarten to Grade 2 students, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Sept. 6.
    • Open house for students in Grades 3-5, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Sept. 7.

 Middle Schools

  • Theodore G. Davis, open house, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Sept. 14.
  • John Hanson, open house, 6 to 8 p.m., Oct. 4.
  • Matthew Henson, open house, 5 to 7 p.m., Sept. 14.
  • Mattawoman, open house, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Sept. 14.
  • Phoenix International School of the Arts (PISOTA), open house, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Oct. 11.
  • Piccowaxen, back-to-school night, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Sept 14.
  • General Smallwood, open house, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Sept. 19.
  • Milton M. Somers, open house, 6 to 8 p.m., Sept. 13.
  • Benjamin Stoddert, open house, 5 to 7 p.m., Sept. 14.

High Schools

  • Henry E. Lackey, open house, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Sept. 18.
  • La Plata, open house, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Sept. 21.
  • Maurice J. McDonough, open house, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Sept. 19.
  • North Point, open house, 6 to 8 p.m., Sept. 19.
  • St. Charles, open house, 6 to 8 p.m., Oct. 17.
  • Thomas Stone, open house, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Sept. 19.
  • Westlake, open house, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Sept. 21.

Centers 

  • Early Learning Center, La Plata, open house, 5:30 to 7 p.m., Sept. 20. 
     
  • Robert D. Stethem Educational Center, open house, 5 to 6:30 p.m., Sept. 20.

About CCPS

Charles County Public Schools provides 27,000 students in grades prekindergarten through 12 with an academically challenging education. Located in Southern Maryland, Charles County Public Schools has 37 schools that offer a technologically advanced, progressive and high quality education that builds character, equips for leadership and prepares students for life, careers and higher education.

The Charles County public school system does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or disability in its programs, activities or employment practices. For inquiries, please contact Kathy Kiessling, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 Coordinator (students) or Nikial M. Majors, Title IX/ADA/Section 504 Coordinator (employees/ adults), at Charles County Public Schools, Jesse L. Starkey Administration Building, P.O. Box 2770, La Plata, MD 20646; 301-932-6610/301-870-3814. For special accommodations call 301-934-7230 or TDD 1-800-735-2258 two weeks prior to the event.

CCPS provides nondiscriminatory equal access to school facilities in accordance with its Use of Facilities rules to designated youth groups (including, but not limited to, the Boy Scouts).