Our Mission

At Hopkins Elementary School we are collaboratively helping children achieve their personal best while increasing student achievement.

Our Vision

At Hopkins Elementary School we are working together to cultivate learners, empower families, and strengthen communities.

Hopkins Families,

Thank you all for your engagement during our start of the year! Your children are so excited and we want to help them learn each and every day! Take a look at the GCPS Blueprint for the Future below! Our district is focused on supporting EACH and EVERY child! We welcome your feedback as our school implements our Local School Plan for Improvement (LSPI). Join us during our school council meetings this year!

GCPS is also focusing on addressing each child's learning, so your children have been taking beginning of year assessments for reading and mathematics so we can better identify their remediation and enrichment needs! Additionally, your children in grades 3-5 will take social emotional learning screeners to help us find out what they need from our school to help them have a positive experience!

Please send your children to school daily and provide doctor's notes for when they have to be out. Each day is important to be at school!

Proud to be YOUR Principal,

Gabriel Zaragoza

(770) 564 - 2661

gabriel.zaragoza@gcpsk12.org

HOPKINS SCHOOL COUNCIL:

The A+ Education Reform Act of 2000 established school councils in Georgia to bring communities and schools closer together in a spirit of cooperation to achieve the following: solve difficult education problems, improve academic achievement, provide support for teachers and administrators, and bring parents into the school-based decision-making process. In short, School Councils provide advice, recommendations, and assistance to principals and local boards of education. Hopkins school council meets four times a year.

Hopkins Elementary School Council Dates 2022-2023

September 30, 2022 @ 8:30am, Hopkins ES

November 16, 2022 @ 8:00am, Berkmar HS

January 27, 2023 @ 8:30am, Hopkins ES

March 24, 2023 @ 8:30am, Hopkins ES

Please email Noelle.Gardner@gcpsk12.org to confirm your attendance.

Attached below is a link below for our Hopkins Elementary Parent-Student Handbook so that you and your child can review school rules and procedures together. If you have any questions about the rules and expectations, please feel free to contact the school or discuss them with your child’s teacher. It is very important that you and your child are fully informed regarding standards related to appropriate behavior for a safe and productive school year. Parents and guardians should review the online handbook. If you need a printed copy, please contact the front desk at 770-564-2661.

Visit our Hopkins School Website frequently to find important updates and information related to Hopkins! The link is below!

Follow our new Hopkins Elementary Facebook Page to see the exciting things happening at the Hop!

• Labor Day, September, September 5th - NO SCHOOL
• DLD #1, September 16th - NO IN PERSON SCHOOL
• Picture Day Fall, September 20th

• November 14th (PK, K, & 5th), November 15th (1st & 4th), November 16th (2nd & 3rd)
  

Arrival

• Student Arrival is 7:30am
• Tardy Bell/Late Arrival is 8:15am

Early Check Outs

• Early Check Out Ends at 2:00pm ***The latest students can be checked out is 2:00pm to allow us time to prepare for the safe arrival of buses and dismissal of students.

Dismissal

• Student Car/Bus Dismissal begins at 2:45pm
• Car Rider lane ends at 3:15pm. All late pick ups should be checked out from the front office. If there are continued late pick ups, an administrator will contact the family.

Throughout the school year, teachers use formative assessments as “check-ins” on student learning. The information allows teachers to know which standards students have mastered and which standards need additional teaching. Following these check-ins, teachers will provide additional opportunities for learning through small group instruction prior to the summative assessment. The district Common Formative Assessments (CFAs) are a category in the grade book at 5% for 1st-5th, however, this grade may be adjusted throughout the semester as students master standards.

• GCPS offers healthy and delicious meals for our students. Due to the expiration of USDA Covid-19 waivers, students will now be charged for meals based on their individual eligibility for 2022-2023.
• Parents who would like to apply for Free or Reduced Lunch for their child can access the
  2022 - 2023 Meal Application online. New applications are required each school year.
• Breakfast Prices: $1.50 (Full Pay); $0.30 (Eligible Reduced Pay); and $0.00 (Eligible Free)
• Lunch Prices: $2.25 (Full Pay); $0.40 (Eligible Reduced Pay); and $0.00 (Eligible Free)
• Milk Only Full Pay: Breakfast and Lunch ($0.40)

PARENT LUNCH VISITS

• All parent lunch visits have started!
• As a reminder, Restaurant food is not allowed in the cafeteria. Parents may purchase lunch from our Staff/Parent Bar and pack individual lunches for students to bring as their choice.
• Parents who bring in commercial food such as McDonalds, Chickfila, Burger King, etc., will be asked to leave the items in their car.
• We thank you all for respecting the school environment including the cafeteria expectations.

ICE CREAM SALES

We have started selling ice cream on Fridays! Students can bring $1.00 to purchase ice cream during lunch on Fridays.

• Don't forget to sign up for your MyPaymentsPlus account! We use this platform for all school payments including contributions, field trips, club/activity dues, fundraisers, spirit shirt sales, and others!
• Also, EVERY parent/guardian will need to sign off on the GCPS and Hopkins Parent-Student Handbook through MyPaymentsPlus this year.
• Contact our Parent Center for additional support! 770-564-2661

We offer a number of enrichment clubs for students to create and explore! Look for information on our Robotics, Art, Music, Fine Arts, Soccer, and more! Sponsors will begin communicating club information, dates, and times during the month of September.

Get involved with the great things going on in your child's school!

PARENT CENTER:

Volunteer, check-out resources, and get engaged in the community! Contact Us!

Maria Miller, Parent Instructional Support Coordinator

Ingrid Abarca, Parent Outreach Liaison

Parent Workshops Starting Soon!

• Be There Parent Engagement
• My Payments Plus
• Parent Portal
• Bullying
• Social Emotional Learning

Look out for upcoming information.

Hopkins will be offering English classes in the 2022-2023 school year. The schedule is as follows:

Mondays: 9:00am - 10:30am

If you would like to join any of these classes, please email Maria Miller.

Come out to a Parent Orientation presented by the Hopkins Counselors and Parent Center:

Grades PK through 2nd on Wednesday, September 7th at 8:15 am in the Hopkins Cafeteria

Grades 3 through 5th on Thursday, September 8th at 8:15 am in the Hopkins Cafeteria

Please see the contact information below if you are interested in GASP afterschool programming! Hopkins hosts this program on campus as an option for families.