The Panther Post

Week 26: February 26-March 1, 2024

ASA G. HILLIARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

I have never encountered any children in any group who are not geniuses. There is no mystery on how to teach them. The first thing you do is treat them like human beings and the second thing you do is love them. -Asa Hilliard

FROM THE PRINCIPAL'S DESK

HI PANTHER FAMILIES ❤️

I hope that your week has started off well and you have been enjoying this beautiful weather these past few days! As we approach our spring months, please know that we will continue to hold to high quality instruction for our students and effective daily classroom routines. The spring time brings about testing, celebrations and the anticipation of a spring break. As our partners, please continue to push your children to give 110% each and every day. We want to ensure that every child is prepared for end of year assessments and these last few months we encourage you to bring your scholar to school everyday. As a reminder, every child has 5 remote learning days each semester so please give us a call if you need to utilize them.

Also, we continue working towards mastery and doing so in a joyful environment through our school BINGO games. Many of you ask how you can help our school and one of those ways is to have your child to complete reading and math lessons at home. This week, you can have your child to log onto Khan Academy to complete lessons on addition/subtraction and fractions in math and describing characters in reading. As always, we are here to support each of you so do not hesitate to reach out. Take care!

Principal Walker

PANTHER NEWS YOU CAN USE

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Panther Spotlight

Join us in celebrating our school counselor, Ms. Black for her work in supporting our students and families! During the month of February, we celebrate National School Counselors Day!

District Perception Survey-Please Complete

Dear Parent/Guardian,

At Fulton County Schools, we truly value the feedback from our parents about their experiences with the district. That is why I encourage all parents to take the Annual Parent Perception Survey. This survey allows parents the opportunity to tell us what they think about their student’s schools and the district. While we always make it a priority to listen to our parents, this survey affords us another opportunity to receive your thoughts and opinions.

The survey is anonymous and confidential. Please complete one survey per school where you have one or more students enrolled. The survey will remain open from Monday, February 12 through Friday, March 15. To access the parent survey, click https://www.fultonschools.org/annualparentsurvey or scan the link below with a smartphone. Thank you in advance for making your voice heard!

https://fultonschools.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_erZEGX719Jdzo4C

Asa G. Hilliard Community Block Party

We hope to see you there!!

Volunteers Needed...Career Day

Greetings Panther Families,

It is that time of year again, Career Day is rapidly approaching, and we are looking for volunteers to talk to our students about their career. This is a fantastic way to provide them with firsthand knowledge of potential career paths. You will have an opportunity to get involved at AGHES and to make an impact on our students. We will have two different opportunities for you to present; either in the classroom OR if your career involves a vehicle you can present in our Careers on Wheels Car Show. If you are not interested but know someone who is, please give them (or us) the necessary contact information. The 2024 Asa G. Hilliard Elementary Career Day is Friday, March 15th from 8:30 am – 12:00 pm. You can sign up directly using the RSVP below. Please contact Ms. Black at 470-254-9731 or 678-294-4403 with any questions or concerns.

https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=mLHcDGmBcEu6n9p-O6cAwqKzDufJGSVAmO_v4KZUnX1UMzc0T0tGWTJaODFQMExaUDBRQTExWjA0My4u

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PreK Lottery Now Open

The application for the 2024-2025 Pre-Kindergarten Lottery is open now through March 8, 2024. Please visit our Pre-K website and download the 2024-2025 Pre-K Lottery & Pre-Registration Guidelines.

PreK Roundup Webinar

The Early Childhood Department will be hosting district level Pre-K Round-Ups virtually on February 29, 2024 from 9:00 – 11:00 am and from 3:00 – 5:00 pm. Please share the flyer with your communities. Families will need to register through the link on the flyer and will then receive a link to attend the webinar. For questions, please contact Pam Weiser, weiserp@fultonschools.org

SGC Elections

Support our school by joining our School Governance Council

Breakfast Reminder

Instruction begins at 7:40am daily. Please be sure that students arrive no later than 7:35am in order to have breakfast and get their day started. Breakfast service ends at 8am for all students.

Participated Remote Days

Each students is eligible for five PR (participated remote) days per semester. See flyer for details.

SATURDAY DISCOVERY PROGRAM

We are excited to announce that Hand on Atlanta’s Discovery program is coming to Asa G. Hillard for the 2023-2024 school year! Discovery is a free Saturday morning program offered to students from kindergarten through fifth grade (with free snacks). We provide a safe space for students to engage with one another while participating in enriching activities focused on S.T.E.A.M., social-emotional learning, and physical health and wellness. Sessions start September 30th from 10 am-12 pm, If interested you can click on English or Spanish and complete the enrollment forms.”

Literacy Parent Units

As you know, parent involvement is vital to your child’s academic success, which is why I am so excited to introduce a new learning tool to help enhance what is being taught in the classroom. Over the course of the school year, we will be unveiling a series of parent units for you to complete so you are better able to help support early literacy development at home.

These self-paced experiences, called Parent Units, are no more than 20 minutes from start to finish to complete. In the units, an easy-to-replicate strategy is provided for you to use at home. Each Parent Unit will launch monthly one at a time and will focus on different topics. We are kicking off the series with Unit 1 focusing on Oral Language.

I encourage you to take the time to complete these fun learning units, which can be found at the bottom of our school’s website and on the district website https://www.fultonschools.org/parentunits. Plus, parents will have the opportunity to earn a certificate for completing each unit!

Thank you for sharing your student with us. We look forward to partnering with you to give them the best education Fulton County Schools has to offer.

UNIFORM REMINDER

MORNING ARRIVAL

Morning arrival is 7:00 am-7:40 am. Students arriving after 7:40 am will be marked tardy as the instructional day begins promptly at 7:40 am. Breakfast is available from 7:10 am-7:35 am. We do not have staff members on campus to monitor students prior to 7:10 am. Students should not be dropped off prior to 7:10 am.

Parents are asked to use the designated car rider loop for morning drop-off. Students should be released from the vehicle quickly and will be escorted by staff members into the building. Please be cautious of other students exiting from their parents’ vehicles and our staff members.

TARDY ARRIVAL

Any student that arrive tardy must have a parent/guardian come in to the front lobby to sign them in. Please refrain from allowing students to exit the vehicle prior to you coming to sign them in. This is for the safety of our students and to ensure all students are accounted for properly.

LATE PICKUP

All students not participating in afterschool activities should be picked up no later than 2:45pm. Any student not picked up on time will have to be picked up from the front office and signed out. Families picking up late will receive a letter documenting late arrival and next steps.

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TRACK THE BUS

Parents/guardians of students should download and use the Here Comes the Bus application. This application will give real-time information on your child's bus location.

DOWNLOAD INFINITE CAMPUS PORTAL

The Infinite Campus portals - Campus Parent and Campus Student - provides access to information for all enrolled students in their household. Information includes grades, attendance, assignments, and school announcements.

Note: Parents must register the first time they are accessing their account. All students have access to Campus Student via ClassLink.

Enter the Infinite Campus Student Portal via the ClassLink Icon below.

How do I set up my parent portal account?

All portal accounts require a 1-time activation to create your ID and password. You must be a parent/guardian of a current FCS student to activate an account.
To verify identity, you will be asked to provide the following information about 1 student in your household:
- Student first and last name (as entered on the birth certificate)
- Student ID number
- Student Date of Birth (MM/DD/YYYY)
- Student grade level (current grade level
- To set up your account, please enter your email here:
- https://campus.fultonschools.org/campus/K12_Custom/cParent/cParentLookUp.jsp?appName=fulton