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Back To School 2012

Monday, August 20, 2012

YOUR PHOTOS: Bowie Students Head Back to School 2012

Share photos of your kids as they start out the 2012-2013 school year.

Prince George's County Public Schools head back into session this morning. Share photos of your kids as they launch into the new school year. 

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

SPEAK OUT: What Are You Packing in Your Kid’s Lunch?

Patch wants to know what parents are packing for school lunches this year.

The back-to-school countdown is on, with only five days of summer vacation remaining for Prince George’s County Public School students. By now, many parents have finished back-to-school shopping and are getting ready for kindergarten open houses, or mapping out their children's bus routes. Prepared or not, come Monday new shoes will be donned, backpacks zipped and school lunches packed as students begin the 2012-2013 school year. What will you put in your kid’s lunch box this year? Same old peanut butter and jelly, or perhaps you get more creative? Maybe you pack a bento box filled with several different options for lunchtime snacking. Tell us in the comments. If your child will buy lunch at school this year, click here to see the PGCPS …

Patrice Crusoe

9:18 am on Monday, August 20, 2012

Homemade lunchables (my child does not like cheese and I can control the sodium), Mini pizzas, salad, fresh fruit, yogurt tube, 100% Juice...I have a very picky eater who does like bread, cheese, or saucy food and she is also allergic to Nuts and shellfish, packing lunches gets tiresome.   more ›

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