The Principal's Pen March 2025

Thank you for continued support at HES! We appreciate all your support in ensuring that your child is successful, not only academically but socially and emotionally as well. Please take the time to read this month's family newsletter to be better informed of all that we have planned at your child's school for this month. You will find reminders, updates, procedures, and upcoming events in our monthly newsletters. Come engage with us!

DROP OFF AND PICK UP PROCEDURES

Students may be dropped off between 7:15 and 7:50 am, no earlier and no later. We will close the cafeteria door at drop-off promptly at 7:50 am. If you are still in the drop-off lane or arrive later than 7:50 am to drop off your child, you must drive them around to the front of the building and walk them in through our front office.

Bus drivers have also expressed extreme concern with parents parking in the bus lane and/or children running in front of or between busses. Therefore, please park in a designated parking spot if you are dropping off your child after 7:50 am.

When you are dropping off and picking up your child, please remain in your vehicle and move promptly through the line to respect everyone's time.

TARDIES

The bell rings at 8:00 am, and class instruction will begin promptly at 8:05 am. Please help us to ensure that your child arrives to school on time and ready to learn. If your child is consistently tardy, it will be at their teacher's or principal's discretion to address the tardy concerns with you and/or to schedule a meeting to address the importance of getting your child to school on time.

ATTENDANCE

We will continue to closely monitor student attendance. If your child is absent for three consecutive days, you will receive a phone call and will need to provide our office with a doctor's excuse.

All absences, both excused and unexcused will be reported to the state. We need your help in ensuring that students are at school every day, except only in extreme emergencies. Please review the student district calendar below when scheduling appointments and vacations.

Our attendance team will also be issuing letters for 5, 7, and 10 absences, and an attendance meeting will be scheduled after 7 absences. Your child will be placed on an attendance contract at 7 absences. After 10 unexcused absences, notification will be made to CYFD.

To avoid accrual of absences, please ensure that your child arrives to school ON TIME every day, unless he/she is ill. If this is the case, you will need to provide the office with a doctor's note within 3 days. We need students to come to school, on time, in order to learn. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation in making this possible!

MARCH TESTING

Happy Numbers Quarterly testing will be on Monday, March 3rd. Makeups will only be made available on Tuesday, March 4th.

Istation testing for the month of March will begin on Wednesday, March 5th. Please help us by ensuring that your child gets a good night's rest and attends school on testing days. Thank you for your cooperation!

HVPS SPRING BREAK

We will be on Spring Break during the week of March 10th through the 14th. Classes will resume on Monday, March 17th.

HVPS SCHOOL BOARD MEETING

The HVPS regularly scheduled school board meeting will be on Wednesday, March 20th at 12:30 pm at the Student and Staff Training Center. The public is welcome to attend all school board meetings.

REPORT CARDS

Report cards will be sent home with students on Thursday, March 20th.

HATCH ELEMENTARY COLOR WALK

HES will be having our annual color walk on Thursday, March 20th. It will begin at 1:00 pm in the gym.

DATA DIVE DAY

Teachers and staff will be having a Data Dive Day on Friday, March 21st. There will be no school for students on this day. Classes will resume on Monday, March 24th.

HATCH ELEMENTARY YEARBOOK SALES

Make sure to order your child's yearbook before April 1st! They are $25.00, and the link to order can be found below.

KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATIONS FOR STUDENTS ENTERING KINDER IN 2025

All students turning 5 before September 1, 2025 are eligible to enter kindergarten in the fall of 2025. We welcome parents to stop by on any Wednesday this month from 8:30 - 3:00 to register your child. Please bring the following to registration:

• Birth certificate
• Immunization record
• Proof of physical address.

WEEKLY AWARDS ASSEMBLIES AND SNACK SHACK

We will have our weekly Awards Assembly at 8:10 am every Friday, unless otherwise noted. If your child is receiving an award, his/her classroom teacher will reach out and notify you.

We will now be having Snack Shack EVERY Friday that school is in session!

THERE WILL BE NO SNACK SHACK ON THE LAST FRIDAY OF FEBRUARY (2/28). ALL STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE A FREE POPCORN!

• The bell to begin class is at 8:00 am. Please make sure that your child arrives to school on time every day.
• Any time your child is absent from school, he/she will need a doctor's excuse to have the absence excused. Kids need to be in school to learn, but if they are not feeling well, we encourage you to have them seen by a doctor. Thank you for your understanding.
• Students are not allowed to bring toys, lip gloss, chap stick, candy, or sodas to school.
• Snacks are allowed but should be single portion and only eaten during lunch (or at snack time if the classroom teacher has designated that).
• We appreciate all of our families and everything that you all do for your children! Thank you!

Kindest regards,

Ms. Amy Lytle

All students and staff of Hatch Valley Public Schools are encouraged to participate in our "Theme Day Wednesdays"! Wear your bear colors (red, black, and white) and dress with the theme every Wednesday this school year!

We will have our quarterly Happy Numbers assessment on Monday, March 3rd. Makeups will only occur on Tuesday, March 4th. Please make sure that your child gets a good night's rest, attends school, and arrives on time. Thanks for your help!

We will begin Istation testing for the month of March on on Wednesday, March 5th. Please make sure that your child gets a good night's rest, attends school, and arrives on time to school. Thank you for your cooperation!

HVPS Spring Break will be from March 10, 2025 - March 14, 2025. Classes will resume on Monday, March 17th.

The HVPS regularly scheduled monthly school board meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 19th at 12:30 pm in the Student and Staff Training Center.

Report Cards will be sent home with students on Thursday, March 20th.

We will begin at 1:00 pm

Teachers and staff have a Data Dive Day on Friday, March 21st. - NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS

Awards Assemblies will continue, every Friday at 8:00 am in the cafeteria, unless otherwise noted.

Parents are welcome to attend. We just ask that you do not park in drop-off or bus lanes. Thank you!

Snack Shack will continue, every Friday that school is in session. All items will be sold for $1.00 or $2.00 each. If we need to cancel at any time, we will try our best to notify parents ASAP.

WE WILL NOT BE HAVING SNACK SHACK ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28TH. HOWEVER, EVERY STUDENT WILL RECEIVE A FREE POPCORN ON THIS DAY.

Ms. Lytle

Website: https://es.hatchschools.net/
Location: 801 Herrera Road, Hatch, NM, USA
Phone: 575-267-8270
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HatchElementary/