Hillcrest Elementary School

Happy Sunday HES Family & Friends!

It's another exciting week at Hillcrest Elementary! This week at HES, we will be doing a hard reset with our students and staff with reintroducing our 7 Habits and PBIS matrix expectations for the school, as well as classrooms, while continuing to build trusthworthy relationships with our students.

Thank you parents/guardians for particpating in our Parent-Teacher Conferences that were held over the past few weeks! We appreciate you taking the time to come meet with your child's teacher to get an update on where your child is currently performing. We encourage those that still have not met with your child's teacher to please do so as soon as possible. Report Cards for the first nine week grading period are available for pickup during your child's conference.

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!

• 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.

Think Win-Win is about always looking for ways to cooperate with others so that everyone benefits. You should balance courage in what you believe in with consideration for others. You don't have to put others down to get what you want. We all can win.

Family Activity: Think of a time that you (parent/adult) had a disagreement with someone and how you had to come up with a win-win decision together and share with your child. Then, think of some problems that may come up with your child and list together some ways your child can come up with some win-win ways of solving those issues.

Habit #4: Everyone can win!

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 20: 1st Quarter PBIS Student Celebration

October 23 - 27: Fall Book Fair

October 23: Local School Governance Team Meeting, 5:00 p.m.

October 26: Club Day

October 26: Parent Engagement Session- Books for BINGO & Student Personalized Learning Update

October 31: HES's Color Run {Please register by October 18th. Registration forms have been sent.}

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