Dear Ranger Families,

We hope you have all enjoyed your break. We are looking forward to all of our students returning on Tuesday, January 7th!

As we return to school, this means a return to routine for students, staff and families. Our staff will take time to review building and classroom expectations. This will support our students with their transition back into daily routines.

Parents/guardians can help at home by:

*reviewing the student's schedule (take a look at any new semester classes).

*reviewing and practicing student's locker combination (see link below for a fun way to practice).

It is important to note that our next round of Parent/Teacher conferences will be held on Thursday, January 23rd. Keep an eye out for additional information and sign-up procedures in future newsletters.

As always, please reach out with any questions or concerns that you may have!

Mr. Endres and Ms. Coalter

jendres@hlsd.org

jcoalter@hlsd.org

Parents/guardians should call the middle school attendance line to indicate that their student will be absent.

HMS ATTENDANCE LINE – (614) 491-8044 ext. 1599

Regarding Attendance from our Student Handbook:

Reasons for which students may be medically excused include, but are not limited to:

1. Personal illness of the student

2. Illness in the student’s family necessitating the presence of the child

3. Quarantine for contagious disease

4. Emergency or other set of circumstances in which the judgment of the Superintendent constitutes a good and sufficient cause for absence from school, which may include but not be limited to absences due to documented medical appointments.

Reasons for which students may be non-medically excused include, but are not limited to:

1. Needed at home to perform necessary work directly and exclusively for parents or legal guardians for a limited period of time when approved in advance by the Superintendent (applies to students over 14 years of age only when all statutory obligations have been met for such excusal)

2. Death in the family (applies to absences of up to 18 hours unless a reasonable cause may be shown for a longer absence)

3. Observation of a religious holiday consistent with the truly held religious beliefs of the student or the student’s family

4. Traveling out of state to attend a Board-approved enrichment activity or extracurricular activity (applies to absences of up to 24 school hours)

5. College visitation

6. Pre-enlistment reporting to military enlistment processing station

7. Absences of a student of a military family for purposes of visiting their parent, legal guardian or custodian who is an active duty member of the uniformed services that have been called to duty for, is on leave from, or immediately returned from deployment to a combat zone or combat support posting 8. Absences due a student’s placement in foster care or change in foster care placement or any court proceedings related to their foster care status

9. Absences due to a student being homeless

10. Court appointment

11. As determined by Superintendent

Please fill out only 1 per Family. This form is from the Parent/Guardian perspective. We are looking for immediately family members that live in your home, or recently have lived in your home (older children), not distant relatives or grandparents. We appreciate ALL military service, but for the purpose of this survey, we are restricting it to Parents/Guardians of students in our District, and siblings to those students.

Link to Survey

Mrs. Rinaldi teaches 8th-grade Social Studies. This is her 25th year teaching and she received her Bachelor's and Master’s Degrees from The Ohio State University. She loves to travel to the national parks with her family. She also rode a tandem bike from Cleveland to Cincinnati over the summer.

Mrs. Maneff teaches 8th-grade Math & Algebra. This is her 21st year teaching and she received her Bachelor's and Master’s Degrees from Ashland University. Her first year at Hamilton she taught 7th grade and then moved to 8th grade the following year. She is a lefty and she said that you never realize how much stuff is made for right-handed people! She enjoys traveling with her family and hiking in the national parks in her free time.

Tuesday, January 7th- Students return

Thursday, January 9th- Report card notification

Monday, January 20th- No School- Martin Luther King Day

Thursday, January 23rd- Parent/Teacher conferences

Thursday, February 6th- Interim report notification

Monday, February 17th- No School- President's Day

Please take a few moments to read and understand the information presented by District Technology department.

• Respect yourself, others and property. (Respectful)
• Maintain a safe and clean environment. (Safe)
• Engage in productive work. (Responsible)

PBIS stands for Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports.

Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is an evidence-based, tiered framework for supporting students’ behavioral, academic, social, emotional, and mental health. When implemented with fidelity, PBIS improves social emotional competence, academic success, and school climate. It also improves teacher health and wellbeing. It is a way to create positive, predictable, equitable and safe learning environments where everyone thrives.