Swansboro Elementary School
Hurricane Florence
Happy Sunday Pirate Families-
We are hoping that this weekly message finds you and your family safe from the effects of Hurricane Florence. The staff at Swansboro Elementary is eager to hear from our students and families and we are looking forward to resuming the school year as quickly as possible. Students who have been displaced by Hurricane Florence are entitled to federal benefits under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act. This assistance includes the opportunity for your child to remain at his or her school, regardless of the location of your current housing. This includes families staying in hotels, shelters, campgrounds, living with family or friends, vehicles, or any other location. Transportation will be provided by the district from your current housing location to your child's original school, if desired. Additionally students qualify for immediate approval for free meals if meal assistance was not already provided. You also have the right to immediately enroll in the school determined by the address of your current living arrangement if you desire to do so, even if you do not have the documentation typically required for enrollment.
To apply for assistance through the McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act, please visit the Student Services Department at our district office at 200 Broadhurst Road, Jacksonville, NC 28540. The Student Services Department will be open beginning Monday, Sept. 24, 2018 at 9:00am. If you are unable to visit the district office, please call 910-455-2211 and ask for the Student Services department. We would like to have any necessary services in place prior to students returning to school, so we urge you to contact Student Services at your earliest convenience.
We are also asking students/parents to complete our student check-in form to help us identify those who may need assistance. That link can be found at: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=2oj0MM90xkqfNEBYMyDapPvB-sjW54NDhz7jw9_PZHdUME9DVDROODRNWVBLMkNLQlE3REhZMjdBRC4u
We are eager to resume with the school year; however, there has been extensive damage to many schools throughout our district.Once school resumes, we will send out an updated calendar of school events. Until then, all school activities have been cancelled. Thank you for those that have reached out to offer assistance to our school; however, at this time we do not have a good idea of the specific needs of our campus. Once more information becomes available, I will be glad to share with you. Until then, everyone be safe and please complete the student check in form so that I can assess the needs of our students. As always, please contact me at page.highsmith@onslow.k12.nc.us if I can be of any assistance.
Swansboro Elementary
Email: page.highsmith@onslow.k12.nc.us
Website: https://www.onslow.k12.nc.us/swansboroes
Location: 118 School Rd, Swansboro, NC 28584
Phone: 910-326-1501