Cheetah Chronicles

• 7-15-24 - K Tracks 1,2, 3 first full day.

• 7-21-24 - Cheetah Pride Salamanders Game

• 7-23-24 - BOG Assessment Tracks 1, 2, 3

• 7-27-24 - Cheetah Family Fest

• 8-1-24 - Yearbook Pictures Tracks 1 & 2

• 8-1-24 - PTA General Meeting @ 6:30 PM

We would love for you to come and volunteer this school year at HSES and/or as part of PTA!

Register to volunteer HERE

Breakfast is $1.75 and lunch is $3.50. In order to receive free or reduced-price meals for next school year, families need to submit a meal benefits application. All families must complete an application for the 2024-2025 school year in order to receive benefits. Please allow 10 business days for processing.

Apply for free and reduced-price school meals starting July 1

To receive free or reduced-price meals for the 2024-2025 school year, families must submit a meal benefits application online at MySchoolApps.com. Paper copies will be available at the office. For families who completed the 2023-2024 meal benefits application, the benefit continues for their student's first 30 school days of the 2024-2025 school year.

Check out school menus in Mealviewer

Menus will now be available on our interactive website, MealViewer. Monthly school meal menu PDFs will no longer be posted on the district website. In Mealviewer, families will be able to:

• View 5 weeks of menus in PDF and print if desired

• Set up multiple profiles at the schools of your choice

• See any menu changes posted by the manager at each site

• Choose menu items based on allergens

• View nutrients and carbohydrate count for each menu item

• Print menus with carb counts per item and items with allergens designated

Click the link to access bus routes. https://webarchive.wcpss.net/school-directory/bus-routes/447.html

Please sign up for the district bus tracking app, Here Comes the Bus: https://herecomesthebus.com/getting-started/ More information pertaining to Her Comes the Bus is HERE along with the WCPSS code, etc. We also post bus departure times on our school website daily. You will be notified by the district via school messenger when buses are delayed or if routes are canceled.

Wake County Schools Transportation continually updates bus information for the Holly Springs area HERE.

If you have any questions about bussing, please contact Mr. Yanick.

In order to be a walker, students must live within walking distance and actually walk to and from school. We received a district file to notify us which families live in our walk zone. If you are not in our walk zone but would like to be considered for walker status please contact administration.

You should have received a supply list from your teacher on our Meet the Teacher event dates. These are also listed on our school website found HERE.

Save the Date and look out for more information regarding curriculum events for Tracks 1 and 2 on August 8, 2024 and Tracks 3 and 4 on August 29, 2024. There will be two sessions from 4:45-5:45 pm. More information will come from your child’s teacher at a later date.

Please note that we are always looking for ways to advance security within WCPSS. We have been in collaboration with WCPSS Security/Holly Springs Police Department. Each school will use a QR code outside of the building. This will be a little tweak to our process for check in/out and visitors on campus. Please see below for the new directions and make sure you bring your cell phone and ID with you each time! This should also help with not creating a line inside the office. If you have issues, please use the buzzer to the left of the building.

Security Procedures

Please make sure that we are using kindness and patience for everyone’s safety during morning arrival and afternoon dismissal.

Families who were approved to volunteer in the 2023-24 school

year will receive an email on June 1 outlining the simple

volunteer renewal process for the 2024-25 school year.

Encourage families to renew their volunteer status during

the renewal window, July 1-Oct. 1. Review details at wcpss.net/volunteer

The purpose of this section is to provide updated information to families about the use of personal devices which aligns with district policy - smartwatches, cell phones, etc. on school grounds. Board Policy 3225 Technology Responsible Use states:

Students are expected to comply with the Code of Conduct and the applicable “Rules for Use of Technology Resources” set forth in this policy when students use a personal device on school property, at school-sponsored events, on school-based transportation, or anytime a personal device is connected to school system technology resources. As an example, students using a personal device on school property, at school-sponsored events, on school-based transportation, or when the device is connected to school system technology resources, shall not engage in creating, intentionally viewing, accessing, downloading, storing, printing or transmitting images, graphics (including still or moving pictures), sound files, text files, documents, messages or other material that is obscene, defamatory, profane, pornographic, harassing, or abusive.

Recently, more and more students are wearing Smartwatches or similar items to school. Smartwatches are allowed only if put on Airplane mode in order to disable text messages and phone calls from being received by the watch/device. The watch is considered a cell phone UNLESS airplane mode is activated. Cell Phones should also be in Airplane mode and in student backpacks. If a student's cell-phone is out after the teacher has asked for it to be put away, the cell phone will be placed in the school office for a parent to pick up. The school system assumes no responsibility for personal technology devices brought to school.

Even if you were approved as a volunteer last school year you must be approved again this year. Many field trips are coming up and we do not want you to wait or miss out as it takes a while for volunteers to be approved. Follow the steps below carefully:

Register as a WCPSS Volunteer

All WCPSS parent and community volunteers are required to register through the new MyVolunteer system. Please complete your registration on a computer at home or school. It is very difficult to complete using a mobile phone. It can take several weeks for your registration to be approved so don’t wait until field trips to try and register. Register now so you are ready and able to volunteer in the classroom, volunteer for school events, or chaperone at any time this school year!

1. Click the link below to start your volunteer registration: https://myvolunteer.com/wcpss/volunteer/login

2. Click create new account.

3. Complete the online form and select all the schools that you are requesting to volunteer or chaperone for the 2023-2024 school year.

4. It will then say pending.

5. Soon after you will receive an email with a customized link for you to complete next steps for your background check. This link expires 10 days from the day you receive the email. Follow the instructions in that email. You will fill out all items in red boxes and then you will review and digitally sign four documents (Summary of Rights Under the FCRA, Disc & Auth, NC Security Freeze Notice, and WCPSS Volunteer Agreement).

6. If you leave the CRC background site before completing your contact information, you will have to begin the process again.

7. You must include your social security number to register to volunteer. If you do not have a social security number, please contact volunteers@wcpss.net or call 919-694-8233.

8. Great news is that this year you will be notified by the MyVolunteer system if you are approved to volunteer!

Please Note: If you are a WCPSS Employee seeking to volunteer/chaperone in the schools, you do not have to complete a criminal background check. However, employees will still need to register in the MyVolunteer system (https://myvolunteer.com/wcpss/volunteer/login) and complete the Wake County Volunteer Agreement and other required forms. Employees must select the “Current Staff of WCPSS” link on MyVolunteer to complete the volunteer registration process and must use their WCPSS email address to complete the registration.

o DCRI Literacy at Home One Pager (English)

Click the letter below to learn more about the Positivity Project and to view the yearly calendar:

P2 Family Information Letter

Tracks 1,2, & 3 - Curiosity

BECOME A PTA MEMBER!

Cheetah FamilyFest VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!

GO PLAY SAVE IS LIVE! Get your MOBILE (app) “book” today!

School Store SignUp Genius

Click HERE for sponsorship info

YES, you read that right! We have a NEW SPIRIT ROCK! Our new rock is directly behind our Carpool rock & sits facing the Bus loop. Now our bus and van riders will have a front row view of even more celebrations! Please pay close attention to CARPOOL or BUS LOOP when making your reservations. Choose either the CARPOOL LOOP or BUS LOOP. We cannot guarantee that your week will be available if you rent the wrong rock.

https://app.memberhub.gives/hsesspiritrock

The HSES Spirit Rock is a great way to send a message for all to see! Congratulate your favorite student on an accomplishment, wish a student a Happy Birthday, celebrate a team win or let everyone know how much you love our school. Reserve the Spirit Rock HERE ($25/week).