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Homewood City Schools' First Day of School is Monday, Aug 12
Pardon Our Progress: HCS Facilities Update - 2019-2020 School Year
Parents and students may notice construction trucks when they pull up to some of Homewood’s schools on Monday, August 12. This summer, four of Homewood City Schools’ facilities have been under construction to prepare for the future of the system. Below are some of the changes and upgrades you will see at the start of school
- What Happened This Summer -
Edgewood: Cafeteria expansion, kitchen renovation, new library carpet, and roof upgrades
Hall - Kent: New carpet in the media center & roof upgrades
Shades Cahaba: Cafeteria expansion, kitchen renovation, and new library carpet
Homewood Middle: Construction was completed last year with an addition of six new classrooms and a multipurpose facility
Homewood High: Cafeteria expansion, kitchen renovations, science lab renovations, library renovations, updated corridor flooring and paint
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- What Will Happen This School Year -
Edgewood: 4 classroom additions
Hall-Kent: 6 classroom additions
Homewood High School: Additional classrooms, new front office (facing Lakeshore Drive), new athletics and fine arts wings, instillation of a 60 yard turf field, and new visitor parking lot
For More Information
There will be construction during the school year at Edgewood, Hall-Kent, and Homewood High School. The construction areas have been secured with perimeter fencing and labeled with appropriate signage.
For more information about our facilities updates, please visit the HCS Facilities website.
Please pardon our progress as we continue to build the future of Homewood City Schools to provide our students and staff with the resources needed to help them reach their unique potential.
Important Upcoming Dates
Elementary Class Lists & Meet the Teacher
Elementary Class Lists will be posted on August 6 at 3 pm outside of the schools.
Elementary Meet the Teacher will be August 8.
Kindergarten: 1 – 2 pm
First - Fifth Grade: 2 - 4 pm
HHS & HMS Orientations
HHS freshman orientation for students will be August 8 at 8:30 am, and the parent meeting will start at 10 am.
HMS orientation for 6th grade students and parents will be August 9 from 11 am - 12 pm
HCS Open House Information
2019 Open House Dates:
Elementary – Aug 20
Homewood High School – August 27
Homewood Middle School – September 3
*All starting at 6 p.m.
Download the HCS App!
Go to the App Store or Google Play on your device and download our app!
- Allow the app to send you notifications so you don’t miss messages sent from HCS & your school
- Then under App Setup, select Find My Location or Choose From List
Select the schools you would like to receive notifications from in the app
All District-Wide notifications will be received in the app
Click Finish
Calendar:
When you click on an event, you can “Add to device calendar” to place the event on your phone’s calendar
You will only see district events and events from the schools you follow
Notifications:
When the district or the schools you are following sends a notification, you will be able to read them here
Activity Stream:
This is where you will find updated posts from social media, websites, and notifications from the district and the schools you are following
Menus:
This will take you to the MealViewer app so you can view HCS breakfast and lunch menus
The app will direct you to set up your app account to view menu information
Settings:
You can go to Settings anytime to change the schools you are following or to change the app’s language
Student Attendance
Homewood City Schools believes that regular school attendance positively impacts student achievement. Therefore, we believe it is in the best interest of children to attend school regularly to maximize their unique potential. Furthermore, regular school attendance is mandated by The Compulsory School Attendance Law of the State of Alabama.
When absences occur, a written, excusable explanation must be provided to the school for each absence within three school days from the day the student returns to school. Failure to provide this explanation will result in the student being considered unexcused for the missed days.
Parents will receive a notification should a student reach the 3rd and 5th unexcused absence in a semester. Upon the 7th unexcused absence in the semester, the student and parent will be referred to the Early Warning Program at the Jefferson County Family Court.
Homewood City Schools
Email: hbe@homewood.k12.al.us
Website: www.homewood.k12.al.us
Location: 450 Dale Avenue, Homewood, AL, USA
Phone: 205-870-4203
Twitter: @HomewoodSchools