Highlands Elementary
May 2020
Important Dates
May 8 Virtual Field Day
May 22- Last Day of School
Celebrating Our 6th Graders!
Teacher Appreciation Week
Happy Nurses Day
Welcome to our new 1st grade teacher!
We want to welcome Elizabeth Theis to our Highlands family! This is from Elizabeth:
Harvesters Food Truck
Virtual Field Day
Student Devices
If you are moving over the summer, please contact Mrs. Combs and we will schedule a time for iPad collection.
Student Personal Items
New Office Hours
Food Distribution
The schedule for meal distribution is changing. Beginning Wednesday, April 15 the Shawnee Mission School District (SMSD) Pickup and Go Meal sites will distribute breakfast and lunch on Mondays and Wednesdays.
This means families will be picking up:
On Monday- two days of breakfast and lunch meals
On Wednesday- three days of breakfast and lunch meals
This change in service allows families and community members less human interaction, providing an additional measure of support in following current Stay at Home Orders, and limiting travel in the community.
Time: 10:30 – 11:30 a.m.
Dates: March 24, 2020 - May 22, 2020
Location(s):
- Comanche Elementary, 8200 Grant St., Overland Park
- Rosehill Elementary, 9801 Rosehill, Lenexa
- Shawanoe Elementary, 11230 W. 75th St., Shawnee
- Hocker Grove Middle School, 10400 Johnson Dr., Shawnee
Children must be present to receive meals.
- No reservations are needed.
- Meals will be available for pick up outside the school front drive.
- Meals will be placed on a table for individual pick up.
- An adult accompanying children may pick up the meals for each child without all children needing to exit a vehicle.
- Please follow social distancing and avoid crowding when coming to the table.
- Students are allowed to walk to school to pick up a meal. Parents are not required to bring the students.
If you cannot bring your child with you to pick up, there is great news! The district now has a process in place to address 1) a parent/guardian picking up meals when it is unreasonable or unsafe for a child to be present and 2) a non-family member (volunteer) picking up meals when it is not possible for a parent/guardian to get to a meal distribution site. If this is a necessity for you, please contact Julie Brown at julienelson@smsd.org.
Meals are prepared by District Food Services staff and distributed following food safety and sanitary practices.
These meals are funded entirely by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Contact the Food Services Department with any questions at 913-993-9710 or foodservice@smsd.org. Visit the foodservice webpage here.
Menus will be rotated and posted. Menus are subject to change due to availability. See menus here.
Each breakfast meal includes these components: fruit, grain, and milk
Each lunch meal includes these components: protein, fruit/vegetable, grain, and milk
Kindergarten Round-Up
Dear 2020-2021 Shawnee Mission Kindergarten Parents,
Welcome to the Shawnee Mission School District! We are already looking forward to next fall and the start of the 2020-2021 school year. Due to the school closures for the rest of the current school year, Kindergarten Round Up is being handled differently.
Instead of meeting in person, parents of 2020-2021 Kindergarten Eligible Students (Age 5 on or before August 31, 2020) are asked to complete an initial Kindergarten Enrollment Form. This information will help us establish a student count and assist us in preparations for the upcoming school year.
Step 1: If you are unsure of your home area school, please check our district boundary map or the School Finder, both located on our website here.
Please note: you must enroll at the home school of the area in which you reside.
Step 2: Click on the button (located on the Kindergarten Round Up page) for your appropriate area high school feeder pattern. This will take you directly to the form you need to complete.
Step 3: After the form is submitted, the school secretary will contact you with next steps to complete the enrollment process. Further Kindergarten activities will take place prior to the beginning of the 2020-2021 school year.
This correspondence is being sent to our current Shawnee Mission School District families. If you know of a new family with a future Kindergartner, PLEASE pass this information along to them. Thank you for participating in our virtual district Kindergarten Round Up.
Sincerely,
Dr. Michael Fulton
Superintendent
Pre-K Enrollment
Highlands 20-21 Theme
FREE INTERNET RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS
Free internet services are being made available while students are out of school by Comcast (www.xfinity.com/wifi) and Spectrum (1-844-488-8395).
Click here for flyer in English and Spanish.