Hillcrest Elementary School

Happy Sunday HES Family & Friends!

Thank you for another great week at HES! We appreciate the support of our parents, family members, and community friends during our Fall Book Fair. It was a great success! We also enjoyed our time recognizing Red Ribbon Week. I have included a few snapshots below from the week of reminding students to make Really Excellent Decisions in life.

Thank you to Mrs. Howard and our HES Dancers for a great performance during our recent Parent BINGO for Books and Gre4t Presentation Night! Our kiddos did a wonderful job. Thank you to our families that attended. Remember to use the stratageis provided to help increase your child's literacy skills.

Please continue to have discussions with your child about our 7 Habits and how it can help them be a better individual and be successful in life. We look forward to another great week ahead! Thank you again for your continued support of our efforts as we strive for high achievement and success for all students!

We should listen to others' ideas and feelings, even if they are different from your own. We should try to see things from their viewpoints. A good practice is to listen to others without interrupting them.

Family Activity: Try holding a conversation with the family. Give each person a turn in speaking about what family means to them. After each person has had an opportunity to share out, allow everyone to give feedback on the responses. See if each person is making eye contact with each other. Also, check to see if there are no interruptions while a person is speaking. Have fun talking with your family!

Habit #5: Listen with your eyes, ears, and heart.

• 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.
• Shirts must be solid in color.
• 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.

October 31: HES's Color Run {During Rotation Class Periods}

November 9: Student Club Day

November 10: Veterans Day Recognition {Virtual Presentation on Social Media Platforms}

November 14: World Diabetes Day {Wear Blue}

November 14: Academic Parent Teacher Team Night & Progress Reports @ 5:30 p.m.

November 20 - 24: Thanksgiving Holiday Break

November 27: Local School Governance Team Meeting, 5:00 p.m.

November 30: Student Club Day

Hillcrest is a PK-4 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