School Hours and Important Times
Office Hours: 8:15 - 4:15
Instructional Hours: 8:55-4:05
Breakfast: 8:25 - 8:55 AM
Students should be in class by 8:50 AM.
Dismissal is at 4:05 PM.
Walkers/Car riders are dismissed first, followed by bus riders.
Bus students are dismissed in the order that buses arrive.
Car line: Students must enter/exit a vehicle at the sidewalk area. Please pull forward as far as possible to keep the car line moving. All students must be picked up by 4:25 PM.
Student Laptop Distribution - Rules and Care
Care and Use Expectations:
- Students are being provided with a protective case to minimize accidental damage. Laptops must remain inside the case.
- Accidents are not excuses. Careless handling or leaving the device in unsafe places does not exempt students from responsibility.
- DO NOT let other students, friends, or siblings “borrow" your device or charger.
- Devices are monitored and could be shut down. Misuse will lead to discipline consequences.
- No VPNs (Virtual Private Network) - device will be flagged and account locked.
- Charge your laptop every night; bring your charger to school just in case it is needed.
WHAT ARE THE FINES?
$30 for a lost or damaged accessory (Power Cable/Cases)
Lost charger - $30
Damaged charger - $30
Lost accessory - $30
Lost case cover - $30
$100 for a damaged device
Screen damaged - $100
Keyboard damaged - $100
Charger port damaged - $100
Hinge damaged - $100
Damaged device other - $100
$250 for a lost/stolen device
Stolen device - $250
Lost device - $250
When is a student too sick for school?
Back to school means sharing learning and making new memories. It also includes sharing germs! We are starting to see some viruses make their way around. Handwashing and staying home when too sick for school will help with decreasing the spread of germs. We want students to attend school and maintain good attendance, but sometimes our bodies need us to rest and recover when ill.
What is too sick for school?
Students who exhibit symptoms such as a fever of 100.4°F or greater, diarrhea, vomiting, or any potential or actual contagious illness (including rashes) MUST NOT be sent to school and will not be permitted to remain at school. To return to school, a student should have improved symptoms and be free of fever for more than 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medications (such as acetaminophen/Tylenol or ibuprofen/Advil/Motrin). Additionally, the student must be free from diarrhea and vomiting for at least 24 hours. Please be sure that your emergency contacts are up-to-date in Infinite Campus in case of illness during school hours.
Fulton County Schools will no longer require parents to submit COVID-19 positive test results. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has updated its guidance for COVID-19, which now includes recommendations for respiratory viruses in general. Our district is following this guidance, so employees and students are no longer required to report positive cases. If you need information on managing the care of an individual with COVID-19, please contact your healthcare provider. For more details on the CDC's guidance, visit this link.
https://www.cdc.gov/respiratory-viruses/prevention/precautions-when-sick.html
iReady Assessments - Fall Screener
Students have started their iReady fall diagnostic assessments. These assessments give us current information about your child's present levels in math and reading and help us to make decisions about class placements and additional learning supports or advancements. Please discuss the importance of giving BEST effort on the assessments. The Family Guide is attached if you would like additional information.
Wednesday, August 14: Math Assessment
Wednesday, August 21: Reading Assessment
After the assessments, each week students will need to complete one teacher-assigned math lesson and one teacher-assigned reading lesson. Teachers will choose the lessons based on current learning in math and ELA classes. These iReady lessons count as a grade for the math and ELA courses. Students have time every day during 4th period to complete their assigned lessons, and they can also access the system at home if needed.
Student Success Skills (SSS) Parent Information
Student Success Skills are a set of standards that will be taught in all schools, to all students, by all teachers throughout the school year. These standards include six skills that are broken down into several standards across grade levels. Teaching these skills will support students in creating a foundation for managing emotions, healthy relationships, understanding and empathizing with others, being responsible and safe, and learning to cope with difficult life situations.
The attached information for parents will explain the curriculum, how to create a parent login to the ReThink Ed online platform, and information about the annual SSS inventory.
Our students will take the SSS Inventory on Wednesday, August 28. Students are taught the SSS curriclum during 9th period throughout the school year.
Missing Assignment Emails - changes this year!
Beginning this week, on Thursday, August 15, our automated weekly "Missing Assignments" emails will begin. If your child has not turned in an assignment and it is flagged as "Missing" in the gradebook, you will receive an automated email notification. Missing assignments hold a score of "zero" in the gradebook and are detrimental to a student's overall grade. You can also view assignments flagged as missing at any time in the Infinite Campus Parent Portal.
NEW rules for Missing/Late work this school year:
- Late/missing assignments will only be accepted for credit until the final assessment for that unit of study is given.
- Missing assignment emails will not repeat prior notifications. For example, if you receive an email about Missing Assignment "1" this week, that same assignment will not be included in an email on the following week if it is still not turned in. Only assignments flagged as "missing" since the last email will appear in the notification.
- The teacher is the first point of contact about a missing assignment.
EXTRAMURAL SPORTS TEAMS!!
We want to inform you that we have extramural sports teams for 7th and 8th graders!
Soccer season is just around the corner.
Sports physicals and Insurance are mandatory prior to the start of each season. Meetings will be held for the students to inform them of the requirements and more info will be provided.
Please contact Coach Kanter, our Extramural/Intramural/Athletic Director, with any questions!
CALLING ALL CROSS COUNTRY RUNNERS!!
JR Knights cross country has begun for 2024. This program is open to all 6th, 7th, and 8th graders and is appropriate for any ability. The focus of the program is an introduction to running and general fitness.
Practices are held Monday and Wednesday on Centennial’s campus (meet at the practice field behind the baseball outfield). Practices begin at 6 and never last more than one hour. No formal commitment is required until athletes decide they would like to run in the meets, which begin September 7th and go to the middle of October.
Please email Coach Weigand at weigand@fultonschools.org for more information.
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Holcomb Bridge Middle School
Website: https://www.fultonschools.org/holcombbridgems
Location: 2700 Holcomb Bridge Road, Alpharetta, GA, USA
Phone: 470-254-5280
Twitter: @HolcombBridgeMS