Greetings From The Grove

Monday, Jan 27th-Friday, Feb 7th- Stuco Food Drive ~ See flyer below

Wednesday, Jan 29th- Stuco Spirit Day ~ Freaky Friday ~ Students dress as teachers, Teachers dress as students!

Thursday, Jan 30th- One School, One Read Family Night Activity 5:30-6:30 ~ See info below!

Monday, Feb 3rd- Friday, Feb 7th- National School Counseling Week! Let's Celebrate Mr. Gibbens

Monday, Feb 17th- No School ~ President's Day

Wednesday, Feb 19th- PTA Skate Night @ Rink Ratz

Friday, Feb 28th- No School ~ Staff Professional Development Day

*Complete HGE and District calendars are linked near the end of the newsletter.

We are excited to introduce Archie, HGE's facility dog. He will be joining us starting in February. Please read this letter from Mrs. Leeper for more information about Archie.

It is a district policy that students will have outdoor recess when the “feels like” temperature is above 20 degrees. Please make sure your student comes to school with appropriate winter gear that is labeled with their name. Students will not be allowed outside without a coat when the "feels like" temperature is below 32 degrees. We have tons of jackets and hoodies in the lost and found. Feel free to stop by the front office if your child is missing items. Thank you!

Big Smiles—--We are currently working to get a reschedule date for the Big Smiles visit since we had to cancel it due to an AMI day last week. As soon as we have a date, I will share it. I apologize for any inconvenience.

5th Grade Human Growth and Development Presentation—The 5th grade class will be given the Human Growth and Development presentation on Friday, 02/07/2025, at 3:00pm. The letter explaining the presentation with a link to the video that students will watch was sent out last week in the class newsletter. Feel free to reach out with any questions at 816-986-3312. If you do not want your student to view the video or participate in the discussion with their class, written notification must be received by the school nurse (tracy.kipper@lsr7.net).

Miss Allie has started a new tradition in the cafeteria here at Hazel Grove......MUSIC MONDAY! She would love to have students request songs and create playlists.

Want to hear your favorite song on Music Monday? Submit your song requests using the link below. Ms. Allie will create a playlist off of your requests!

https://forms.gle/vnVftuadfFQyfhKf7

We currently have a very limited amount of clothing in the health room for students who might spill something on their clothing or don’t make it to the bathroom soon enough. If you have any girls leggings/sweatpants or boys sweatpants in sizes 6, 8, and/or 10 that your student has outgrown, please either drop them off at the front office or you are welcome to send them with your student. Also if your student has been sent home in health room pants or a shirt, please launder them at your earliest convenience and send them back to the health room. Thank you!

We ask that you notify the office prior to 3:00 with any transportation changes for students that day. It is important that the front office is notified and not just the classroom teacher. If we do not hear from a parent about transportation changes, the student will go home by their normal mode of transportation (documented in PowerSchool and given to the teacher during Back to School Night).

Front office staff:

Email: mandy.trotter@lsr7.net and debraa.jenkins@lsr7.net

Phone: (816) 986-3310

Calling before 3:00 allows us to communicate these changes to the teacher, while also supporting the daily routines and processes that occur during this busy part of the day.

Student End of Day Checkout:

If there is a need to check students out early for an appointment, please call the school and arrive by 3:45 to call them out of class. If you arrive after 3:45 you will need to join the car rider line.

Thank you for partnering with us to ensure the safety for all HGE Hawks during dismissal.

If you want to have lunch with your child please make sure to bring a state issued photo ID with you. No siblings are allowed to join and all lunches will be enjoyed in the hallway by the office. Parents have the option to purchase a school lunch in the cafeteria, if they wish. Please remember we do not accept any type of deliveries for students.

The USDA requires that we notify all parents of our meal charging policy which you can view by clicking on the link at the end of this section.

You may add money to your child's lunch account by sending cash/check to school or depositing money on line through My School Bucks app.

If it would be a benefit to your family, you're welcome to fill out a free and reduced lunch form by clicking HERE.

Students are also allowed to buy extras, which can drain a child's account VERY quickly!! You are welcome to put restrictions on you child's account such as "Only allowed one snack" or "Extras only on Fridays" or however often you allow. You may do this by contacting our cafeteria manager, Beth Kuiper via email @ beth.kuiper@lsr7.net. Please also include your child's teacher in this communication. *Students with a negative lunch account balance will not be allowed to charge snacks*

If your child runs out of lunch money you will receive an automated call from the district with a reminder. If the balance continues to grow Mrs. Kuiper will reach out, as will Mrs. Westacott or Mr. Prickett.

If you want to know your child's balance or what they are purchasing, you can view that on the My School Bucks app. I encourage you to register and keep track of purchases and balances.

HERE is the LSR7 Nutrition Services website.

HERE is the LSR7 Charging Policy

Office Phone: (816) 986-3310

Attendance Phone: (816) 986-3313

Principal: Dr. Amy Westacott
Assistant Principal: Mr. Jed Prickett

Email: amy.westacott@lsr7.net
Website: hge.lsr7.org
Location: 2001 Northwest Blue Parkway, Lee's Summit, MO, USA
Phone: 816 986 3310