Hembree Highlights
Message from Ms. Smith
Hello Hawks!
One more week until we get to be home for a week. I cannot believe that we are almost to Thanksgiving. I have a few things to cover today, so here goes:
1) Please try to join us for our Thanksgiving Feast on Monday and Tuesday. The best thing to do is to go ahead and pre-pay for your meal, but you can always bring cash on the day of the event. The details are below.
2) December 6th is a remote learning day. Please make plans now to keep your child home due to run-off elections.
3) Illnesses are up with many cases of flu, strep, and other viruses. Please be sure to keep your child home if they are sick. If they are sick the best way to keep your child's attendance record correct is to email the teacher AND hsesattendance@fultonschools.org.
4) Here is the link to a video of photos of Book Character Dress-Up Day: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8nVVG5ADK8
I wanted to share the event, but I do understand the need for student privacy. This video will only be up for 2 weeks.
Lastly, have a wonderful weekend!
Sincerely,
AJ Smith
Principal
Hembree Springs ES
470-254-2905 - office
678-525-7704 - cell
Important Dates
11/15 Thanksgiving Feast for Kindergarten, 3rd, and 5th Grade Students and Parents at regularly scheduled lunch times
11/15 FCS Title I Family Engagement Night @ Elkins Pointe 5:30-8:30PM
11/16 Thanksgiving Feast for Pre-K, 1st, 2nd, and 4th Grade Students and Parents at regularly scheduled lunch times
11/21-11/25 Thanksgiving Break - NO SCHOOL
Thanksgiving Feast
You are cordially invited
to join your child for the 2ND annual
Hembree Springs Thanksgiving Feast
Tuesday, November 15th
Kindergarten, 3rd Grade, & 5th Grade
Wednesday November 16th
Pre-K, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, & 4th Grade
At your child’s lunch time
Our Menu:
Turkey and Cornbread Dressing with Gravy, Roll
or Jamwich
Mashed Potatoes and Green Beans
Cranberry Sauce
Apple Slices
Peach Cups
Choice of Milk
Hembree Springs Student Lunch: $2.45 Guest Lunch: $5.00
All extra sales (juice and bottled water $0.50) will be cash only at the serving line.
Our Hawk has been Named
On November 7th, our students took part in a mock election. Our teachers came up with names for our list, and our students voted to name our new mascot. In true Hembree Springs form, our students have a great pride in their school. Our Hawk is now named Hembree. We will call him/her Hembree the Hawk. I hope that your child had fun in learning how elections and voting allows all voices to be counted.
Picture Retake Day
Picture Retake Day will be Thursday, November 17th. The photographers will be here from 8:00-10:30am. Students who already bought a picture but are not happy with the quality may return the entire package on Retake Day to get their pictures retaken. You will need to fill out an order form again. Please do the following:
1. Go to www.gciportraits.com
2. Go to order form
3. Print out the last page to reorder
The same background will be used as in the original picture. If your student is new or was absent on Picture Day, please send them up to the front desk for an order form or go to gciportraits.com and print the whole order. Order forms must be turned in on Picture Day for pictures to be processed.
Book Clubs
We are excited to offer our PTA sponsored book clubs again this November/December! The sign-up below is by grade and class. We need (1-2) parent volunteers to facilitate in each classroom. Discussion questions will be provided. This is a wonderful classroom volunteer opportunity. We are looking forward to having some great conversations as well as encouraging our students to be lifelong readers!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C054FADAD2FAAFD0-novemberdecember
Kindergarten: No Turkey for Perky
Title 1
11/15 FCS Family Engagement Night
FCS District Event @ Elkins Pointe
FCS District Event @ Elkins Pointe
From Title I
Thank you to all of you who were able to attend our Title I Technology Workshop on November 9th. For those of you who were unable to attend- a recording of the presentation as well as the PowerPoints in both English and Spanish are shared below. Unfortunately, there were technical difficulties with the video shared within the presentations, but the PowerPoints have those links available. In addition- Sara Fuchs with the PTA shared some incredibly useful information regarding protecting our students online. This link https://sites.google.com/hembreespringspta.org/smarttalk/home will provide you with these additional resources.
Title I Technology Workshop-20221109_075409-Meeting Recording.mp4
National School Psychology Week 11/7 - 11/11
Schools across the country celebrated National School Psychology Week on November 7–11, 2022, with the theme “Together We Shine.” This week we want to highlight and share the work of school psychologists and the school-based services we provide in promoting student success!
School psychologists partner with families, teachers, school administrators, and other professionals to create safe, healthy, and supportive learning environments for all students. We apply expertise in mental health, learning, and behavior to help students succeed academically, socially, behaviorally, and emotionally. School psychologists have extensive knowledge in the areas of learning strategies, interventions, behavior, mental health, data-based decision making, evaluations, and crisis prevention and response. We collaborate with school teams to provide guidance and recommendation to support struggling students and diverse learners.
This year’s theme, “Together We Shine,” honors the hope we feel after several challenging years and emphasizes the power of our collective efforts to overcome difficulties to ensure that all our students can thrive in school, at home, and in life. While we all have our own individual strengths and attributes, we shine even brighter when we all bring our ideas and actions together to strengthen the community. Through collaboration, we can empower students and adults to find purpose and possibility, all while fostering resilience.
Volunteer Training
Please visit the following website to obtain the training:
Mis Pagos Plus
From PTA
Interested in helping in the Media Center? Sign up here!
Join PTA!
Code of Conduct Sign-Off
Hembree Springs Elementary School
Website: https://www.fultonschools.org/hembreespringses
Location: 815 Hembree Road, Roswell, GA, USA
Phone: 470-254-2902