Hearst Family Update
May 13, 2022
Principal's Message
Dear Owl families,
We made it through another week of this wild year and if you celebrate nothing else this weekend at the auction, I hope that you'll celebrate that! Thank you to all those who have put forth so much time and effort into what I'm sure is going to be a fun auction for our community. I'm sad to announce that I will not be in attendance this year as I am one of the folks in our community that tested positive for COVID this week. Thankfully, it's been mild but unfortunately, I'll still be quarantining on Saturday and thus unable to join the party. I hope those who can attend have a great time and I look forward to seeing and hearing all about it!
Thanks for your continued support and I hope you enjoy the weekend and the auction,
Jen
About Us
Email: attendance@hearstes.org
Website: www.hearstes.org
Location: 3950 37th Street Northwest, Washington, DC, United States
Phone: (202) 282-0106
Facebook: facebook.com/hearstes
Twitter: @hearstes
News and Announcements from Hearst
Upcoming Key Dates
- May 9-18 - Hearst PARCC Window for Students in Grade 3-5
- May 14 - Hearst Auction
- May 30 - Memorial Day Holiday (no school for students or staff)
- June 6 & 7 - Step Up Meetings with Families (see below for more information)
- June 17 - Field Day (rain date June 22)
- June 20 - Juneteenth Holiday celebrated (no school for students and staff)
- June 21 - 5th Grade Promotion, 10-11am
- June 24 - Last Day of School for Students
- June 27 - Last Day of School for Staff
- July 5 - August 5 - DCPS Offers Summer Programming for Students (see Chancellor's 3/7/22 email to families for additional details)
- August 29 - First Day of SY22-23 for K-5
- September 1 & 2 - First Days of SY22-23 for PK
Reminder: Enrolling for School Year 2022-2023
Reminder: Life's A Musical - 2022 Spring Show (June 11, 7:00 PM)
Reminder: Step Up Meetings
We're excited to announce we're bringing back Step Up Meetings for kids and families this year! More information will be coming on both but for now, know that Step Up Meetings for families give you a chance to wrap up the year with your child's teacher(s) from this year and also get a chance to meet teachers in your child's next grade.
Step Up Meeting links will only be shared by Ms. Hinchey with families after you have submitted a complete enrollment packet for your child for the upcoming school year. Dates and times for each grade's meeting are below. For families who want to attend multiple grade level meetings with conflicting times, meetings will be recorded and shared on June 8 with families who've re-enrolled. If you haven't yet enrolled by June 6, the appropriate grade level's meeting recording will be shared with you after you re-enroll.
June 6, 6:00-7:00pm
- PK/K
- 1/2
- 3/4
June 7, 6:00-7:00pm
- K/1
- 2/3
- 4/5
- CES
Reminder: Health Certificates and Medication Orders
Reminder: Hearst Yearbooks on Sale
Yearbooks are on sale for pre-order! The early bird special is $25 until the end of March. After that, each book is $30. The yearbooks will arrive near the end of the school year. Please do not pay for shipping; click the free shipping to the school! The Hearst yearbook contains portraits of each homeroom class and some candid photos from the year. If you have any questions, please reach out to Mrs. Boyle and Ms. Schiers at ashley.boyle@k12.dc.gov and sarah.schiers@k12.dc.gov
Every year we sell out of yearbooks; don't let it happen to you. Reserve your copy today!
https://freedphotography.simplephoto.com/prepay/44607122?code=HEARST22YBEB
CODE: HEARST22YBEB
Reminder: Asymptomatic Student Testing on Wednesdays
Starting the week of 11/8, our asymptomatic testing time will move to 9:45am on Wednesday. During a typical week, we will pull test a random sample of approximately 25% of students who have not opted out of testing. Knowing that some students in this group will not be able to produce a sample or their saliva sample will be rejected, this will allow us to ensure we are hitting the goal of testing 20% of our students each week. Know that we will attempt to test at least one student from each homeroom each week. Here are a few things to know about asymptomatic testing :
- Teachers will be provided with names of students to be tested and those students will be escorted by staff to our testing location.
- Because the test is a saliva test, students identified for testing cannot eat, drink, chew gum, or have on chapstick an hour before their testing window.
Families of kids who are tested will receive notification that their child was tested and information on how to access the online portal where they will be able to view results. Your child may indicate that they were pulled for testing but they were not given a letter with online portal log in information. If this is the case, this means that your child did not produce enough saliva to fill the test tube. Please reach out to Ms. Johnson (kestaganer.johnson@k12.dc.gov) with any questions and/or if you would like to opt your child out of asymptomatic testing. If you wish to opt-out your student from receiving any COVID-19 test at school, you must complete the available at osse.dc.gov/page/school-based-covid-19-testing and email it to the school at kestaganer.johnson@k12.dc.gov.
The website to access results is: https://shieldt3k12.pointnclick.com/ and our Agency Code is: HearstES and the website . As a parent, you should be able to enable notifications be sent to you if a testing result is available for your child.
We believe that the email you use to register on site has to be the primary contact's email used to enroll your child. You will also have to wait at least 12 hours until after the student was tested for the agency code to work.
News and Announcements from DCPS
Reminder: Strawberries & Salad Greens Day (6/1)
Since 2011, schools across DC have participated in Strawberries & Salad Greens Day as a way to showcase locally grown produce in school meals. This event will educate students about both the health and environmental benefits of eating locally grown fruits and vegetables, and how healthy eating leads to healthy educational outcomes. This year, Strawberries & Salad Greens Day will be held on Wednesday, June 1.
For more information, please visit the OSSE website.
Reminder: Elementary Summer Acceleration Registration – Now Live
Reminder: DCPS TELEPHONE TOWNHALL UPDATES
Join DCPS Leadership for a Community Telephone Townhall series on DCPS COVID-19 Protocols and other district-level priorities.
Wednesday, May 25, at 5pm
Register at tinyurl.com/DCPSUpdates2022.
The event can be streamed lived on Channel 16, Twitter, Facebook and Mayor's Live Event Page.