Hillcrest Elementary School

Happy Sunday & Happy Grandparents Day!

It's football season and fall is near. Thank you to everyone that joined us at our Welcome Back Night last week. We appreicate your support and taking the time out to come learn about expectations for your child's grade level. If you didn't get a chance to attend, your child's progress report will be coming home Monday afternoon. Please make sure to update the Student Information sheet with any phone numbers, email, and/or address changes and return back to your child's teacher.

We are looking forward to seeing our Grandparents this week as we celebrate your support of our students. We will also begin our fall fundraiser at the end of this week with our Coca Cola Drink Sales. We do encourage each student to try selling a minumum of three (3) products each. More information will be attached to the order form this week, including information regarding prizes for participation.

Please make sure you are checking your child’s book bag daily for important information that is being sent home from the school. Also, if you were absent any day last week, please submit your child's excuse for their absence. We thank you for your continued support at HES! Let’s have a great week ahead!

• There will be one (1) lane used for morning drop off.
• There will be two (2) lanes used for afternoon dismissal.
• Cars MUST have their car tag number in the window to pick up your child. Cars without a tag will have to drive to the front of the building and wait for your child to be released at 3:30 p.m. with remaining car riders.
• Vehicles must make a right-hand turn off of Edgewood Drive into the Car Rider Line Up near the playground entrance.
• Parents/Guardians may take any of the following routes to reach our car rider line: Cardinal Drive, Northwood Drive, Brookdale Drive, Greenway Drive, and Pinewood Drive from either Claxton Dairy Road or Highway 441 South to get to Edgewood Drive.
• Parents/Guardians MUST remain in cars to pick up car riders. No child will be released to adults who walk up to the building in the Car Rider Loading Zone.
• Please wait for staff member to signal for you to pull off.
• Parents/Guardians may not park along Edgewood Drive and walk up to the front of the building to pick up students while we are loading or unloading buses (7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. and 2:45 p.m. – 3:25 p.m.)
• Students not picked up by 3:25 p.m. from the car rider pick up area will be taken to the front office for pick up after this time.

Please be reminded of our dress code expectations. We do encourage you to review our dress code policy, but also providing a few reminders below.

• Sweatshirts and hoodies may be worn to school, but hoods cannot be worn inside of school/classroom.
• Leggings cannot be worn as "stand alone." They can be worn under a solid colored skirt/shorts.
• Jeans/Pants may not have any rips, holes, tears, or frays.
• Shoes must have a strap on the back of them. No Crocs allowed at school.

Please help us by making sure your child is appropriately dressed before coming to school each day.

All students must have a clear or mesh book bag to enter the school building. We do have a few clear book bags left for sale in the front office, if you need to purchase one, for $10 each.

It's important for students to attend school daily so that they can receive the needed instruction in order for them to be successful. It is also important for students to arrive to school on time. If your child is absent, please submit a written parent excuse and/or doctor's note for your child upon their first day of return to school. This helps the school clear up any attendance issues and prevents us from forwarding names on to the next level due to an excessive amount of unexcused absences. Please help do your part by making sure your child is present at school and on time. Students should arrive no later than 8:15 a.m.

If your child is absent for any reason, please make sure you send a written excuse or doctor's excuse with them upon their return to school.

September 12-14: Grandparent's Day Recognition, 7:30 a.m. - 8:30 a.m., HES Gym {Back Entrance}

September 14: Student/Staff Superintendent's Advisory Council Meetings

September 15: HES Coca-Cola Drink Fundraising Begins

September 20: Student Club Day

September 25: Local School Governance Team Meeting/Training

September 28: Annual Title 1 Meeting

October 5: 1st Nine Week Grading Period Ends

October 6 - 9: Fall Break {No School}

October 10: Student Holiday/Staff Workday

October 10 - 13: Parent-Teacher Conferences {Teachers will schedule with parents}/Report Cards

October 20: 1st Quarter PBIS Student Celebration

Hillcrest is a K-5 Elementary Themed Charter School that opened in August 2011. Our theme is L. E. A. P which is Leadership, Environmental Awareness, and Public Service.

Email: sherrell.edmond@dcsirish.com
Website: hes.dcs.irish
Location: 1100 Edgewood Drive, Dublin, GA, USA
Phone: (478) 353-8200
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HillcrestElementaryTheLeapSchool