Homer Highlights
Summer Homer Highlights 2023
Hello Trojan Families!
HAPPY SUMMER TROJAN FAMILIES,
Today is our last day of the 2022-2023 school! We will dismiss at 11:00 a.m. Thank you for helping make this year a fantastic one! We are so proud of all that our students have accomplished. Congratulations to our seniors on graduation and everyone else on making it through another successful year.
Please take some time to enjoy the summer and encourage your child to read every day! Create a summer routine and take advantage of some of the fun activities here in Homer such as the GAP events and the events at the Homer Public Library.
We wish you all an amazing summer and look forward to seeing you back in the fall for the 2023/2024 school year!
We have a few things to share with you for the summer so see below for more Homer Highlights!
2022-2023 Teacher of the Year Award - Jeremy Ball
Congratulations to Brenda McClure on her retirement!
Meet Up & Eat Up - FREE Breakfast & Lunch Available
Free breakfast will be served in the Cafeteria from 8:00-8:30 Monday - Friday
See flyer attached below for different lunch options.
Would you like to host a high school exchange student?
Click the link to get started!
Yellow school buses, football games, movie nights, and more. PAX has worked with over 70 countries since 1990, connecting willing host families with hopeful international teens to spend a year attending high school in the United States. Many students have completed the process and are now only waiting to meet their families for the upcoming school year. Will you join our PAX family and share your America? Start your application at
https://pax.org/families Trojan Band Summer Happenings
For the Middle School (mostly)... There is a summer band program throughout the month of June. Hour long practice sessions are on Monday and Tuesday mornings. Times vary depending on your child’s ability and they may attend more than one session. Recitals (optional) are on Wednesdays at noon (tentatively). Students are free to come to just a few sessions, or may attend all of them, depending on family circumstances. The schedule is below. I will help determine which session will benefit them the most.
Beginner level - 9:00 AM (6th grade)
Intermediate level - 10:00 AM (advanced 6th grade, 7th grade)
Advanced level- 11:00 AM (advanced 7th grade, 8th grade)
For the HIgh School… Anyone participating in HS Band for 2023-24 needs to attend Marching Band Camp. It is held here in Homer and there is no cost involved. The band will spend 24 hours learning music and marching routines for the fall football season. Cheering for the team alongside our wonderful cheerleaders, and performing shows for this great community during pre-game is a good time that I always look forward to. It starts with a bit of work. Camp starts on July 31st and runs from 9:00-12:00 PM and 1:00 to 4:00 PM. It concludes with the Homer is Home parade on August 5th (Friday, Aug 4th is a day rest!). I am (as always) very excited to see where our amazing band program goes from here. Our future looks very bright!
Contact Scott McMeeking with any questions at smcmeeking@homerschools.net
SCHOOL OF CHOICE Information
Please pick up enrollment packets from the Superintendent's Office. The principals will review the applications when they return after August 7th.
School Calendar-Upcoming Year (2023-2024)
PowerSchool Parent Portal Information
PowerSchool is now accessible for all parents and students to view attendance, announcements, account balances, and grades (for MS and HS students). To access PowerSchool, please go to:
https://pshomer.vbisd.org
Student Login:
Students will login with their school username and password that was assigned to them.
Parent Login:
Parent access id/password are both the student's student ID number. This is your child's 2050 number. Your student should know this, or you can contact your student's building office.
Website for Free/Reduced Lunch Application
Although breakfast will continue to be free for all students during the 2022-23 school year, regardless of financial status, it is still very important that all families complete the 2022-23 free and reduced meal application for lunches. There is a website for accessing the online application:
https://homer.familyportal.cloud/ Mark Your Calendars!!!
Please note some important dates:
- August 21st - OPEN HOUSE 5:00-6:00
- August 23rd - First day of school!
