SPHS eNews
Spain Park High School 07/31/2020
A Message from the Principal
Dear Parents,
I hope all is well with you and your family. If you have been following the news regarding our school reopening, you know our system and school leaders have collaborated with local health officials, state education leaders, parents, and teachers. Opening our schools under the current conditions is a daunting task that must be done and done well. There are many unknown aspects of this challenge that we are faced with, and we must get it right for our students.
I want to remind you to save the dates for our OPTIONAL IN-PERSON Registration. Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, August 12,13, and 14 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Let me emphasize that this is optional, and I encourage you to look at the information below as there may be a need for your student to come to registration. We feel like the current situation requires us to make adjustments to our registration process for the health and safety of all our students, parents, and school personnel.
Schedules for the 2020/2021 school year will be visible in the iNow portal on Monday, August 10, at 8:00 am for students and parents to view. If there is an error in a student's schedule, there will be a digital schedule change request form available for students to fill out posted in grade-level Google classrooms. Counselors will work with students through email to correct any scheduling errors. However, students may come to school during on-site registration to meet with a counselor by appointment only. Students are asked to contact Ms. Gilmore in the Guidance Dept. to request an appointment with your student's counselor. The Guidance Department can be reached at 205-439-1418, or by email at Kgilmore@hoover.k12.al.us.
Your student and your family are of great importance to us, and we are ready to work with you during this important process. I am available to meet with you by email lgiangrosso@hoover.k12.al.us by phone at 205-439-1400 or in person by calling our secretary, Mrs. Wingo, 205- 439-1411 to schedule an appointment.
Please stay tuned for more information next week, as our Superintendant, Dr. Kathy Murphy, will be meeting with our Board of Education to share the 20/21 reopening plan on Monday, August 3, 2020, at 5:30 pm.
Sincerely,
Peter L. Giangrosso
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Optional On-Site Registration
Important First Step In the SPHS Registration Process
All students who will attend Spain Park High School for the 2020-2021 school year must complete online registration (Powerschool Enrollment) prior to July 31st. Your personal link has already been sent to you. If you have not received the email to complete online registration please contact Renee' Hohler, registrar, at ehohler@hoover.k12.al.us
Residence information must be up-to-date prior to July 31st. If you need to update an expired lease or change your address, please email the deed or lease along with a current utility bill to ehohler@hoover.k12.al.us
Optional On-Site Registration Dates
Wednesday, August 12th, 9 am-3 pm
Thursday, August 13th, 9 am-3 pm
Friday, August 14th, 9 am-3 pm
On Monday, August 17th, administrators will host a virtual New Student Orientation. More information about this will be sent at a later date.
Spain Park's on-site registration will be optional this year for all students. Students will need to attend registration for these purposes:
Complete Powerschool Enrollment (formerly Infosnap). For families who have not completed the online registration process, computers will be available for parent use.
Walking the schedule. Students will be able to come to the school to walk their schedule to become familiar with the building. This is especially important for incoming 9th-grade students and new students.
New student tours. These will be offered by our student ambassadors during on-site registration on the hour between 9 am and 2 pm, August 12-14, and will begin in the cafeteria. The last tour each day will be at 2:00 pm. These will not take place on August 17th.
The following items are normally handled during on-site registration but will be different for this year’s optional registration.
There will be no student IDs issued for the 20-21 school year.
Student textbooks will be issued after school begins.
No lockers will be issued for the 20-21 school year.
Parking hang tags need to be purchased before the first day of school on My School Fees. The form needed for completion is attached to the payment portion of My School Fees. The only parking lots available this year will be the Red (front) and Yellow (side) lots.
Bus information will be posted on the HCS website.
We encourage parents to visit MySchoolFees to join our SPHS PTSO. This will open on August 18th.
Information about athletics will be sent out at a later date from the athletic department.
Required reading books will be for sale in the library after Labor Day.
Health Guidelines for Registration and Information from our School Nurse
Please limit attendance to one student and one adult only. Masks will be required and social distancing guidelines will be followed.
Our school nurse plans to be available at SPHS on August 13, 2020. Please email her if you have any questions regarding your student's medical needs for the 2020-21 school year. If your student will require any type of medication at school or during school events during the 2020-2021 school year, please see the attached forms. We will also have medication forms available during registration. Form#1 Form#2 Please contact Becky Laney, RN at blaney@hoover.k12.al.us if you have questions.
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SPHS Reopening Plan (Operational)
Face coverings will be required for all students and school personnel inside the building. This includes masks, gaiters, or shields. Bandanas are not allowed per the HCS Code of Conduct. Face coverings should be a solid color or with the school logo only.
Entrance points each day will be limited to the front office entrance and the gym entrance (bus drop-off/pick-up will be at the gym entrance each day).
Upon arrival to school, students must be socially distanced at all times, as feasible, and will not be allowed to congregate in any area of the school - this includes the parking lots.
We strongly encourage student drop-off no earlier than 7:45 AM each day.
At that time, students will go directly to their first period class.
If you arrive at school before 7:45 AM, you must report to the library unless you are eating breakfast.
Breakfast will be served as normal - the only students allowed to be in the lunchroom before school will be students who are eating breakfast. Students will not be allowed to congregate in the lunchroom.
Students will walk on the right side of the hallways at all times. Students will not be allowed to congregate between classes.
Students will walk up the stairwells on the right side and down the stairwells on the opposite side.
Students will walk to the lunchroom to get lunch and return to their classrooms to eat.
Restrooms will have a limited occupancy throughout the day with frequent sanitation.
Student temperatures will not be checked daily, but school staff will look for signs and symptoms. At the request of school staff, students may have their temperatures checked and be assessed by the school nurse.
Classrooms will be sanitized frequently.
All exit doors will be available for student use.
Bus information - students will be required to wear a mask on the bus and will sit two students to a seat, as feasible.
Locker rooms will not be used for PE classes. Students will not dress out for PE classes.
Water fountains will not be in use but we do have eight touchless water filling stations located throughout the building. Students must have their own clear water bottle for refilling throughout the day.
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Frequently Asked Questions for Reopening
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Class of 2021 Transcript Information
What Is Parchment?
Spain Park High School is contracted with Parchment Exchange to send a secure transcript to Colleges and Universities electronically.
Order Statuses (Parchment Terminology)
Order received, this status means the school you specified to send your records has received your order and will begin processing it.
School Processed, means the school you specified to send your records has processed the electric request and sent them through the Parchment system to the destination.
Received, means the destination has received your order and now they need to download the record(s).
Downloaded, this means the destination has downloaded your record(s) and you’re good to go!
Is there a fee for Parchment?
Yes, each senior will have a $10.00 fee in their My School Fees account for the year.
This is a one-time fee, that will cover an unlimited number of transcripts.
Account Information
Each student has been assigned a parchment ID and recently received an email in their student account with their login credentials and instructions on how to verify their account.
QUESTIONS? Call Mrs. Kelley in the College and Career Office- 205-439-1484
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Spain Park High School
Email: hcsnotices@hoover.k12.al.us
Website: https://www.hoovercityschools.net/sphs
Location: 4700 Jaguar Drive, Birmingham, AL, USA
Phone: 205-439-1400
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SpainParkHS/
Twitter: @SpainPark