James Hart School Update

Tuesday August 27, 2024

Picture Day (please see below)

Thursday August 29, 2024

7th and 8th Grade Open House: 5:00 pm-7:00 pm

Friday, August 30, 2024

Early Dismissal: Students will be dismissed at 11:15am

Monday, September 2, 2024

No School for Students, Labor Day

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Early Dismissal: Students will be dismissed at 11:15am

Picture Day is Tuesday, August 27th. Students will be photographed during PE/Specials periods. There is no money due when students take pictures. Please see below for ordering information. Picture retake day is Tuesday, October 22, 2024.

Join us for for our 7th and 8th grade Open House on Thursday August 29th from 5:00pm to 7:00pm. This will be an opportunity for families to tour our building and meet teachers. There is no formal program, just an opportunity to meet and greet our 7th and 8th grade staff. Families can enter the main office doors on Morgan or the Sports Complex doors on Aberdeen.

We will have a limited number of Hart spirit wear shirts for sale during Open House for $10. Please stop by the cafeteria during Open House to view and purchase.

PE uniforms can be purchased through the School Store in Parent Portal. The cost is $20 (the shirt is $10 and the shorts are $10). The Hart office can accept cash payments (exact amount) for PE uniforms. PE teachers will distribute PE uniforms starting Wednesday, August 28th during PE classes.

Have you checked out our Panther TV Announcements. This is a great way to find out what's happening at Hart. The pictures below show how to find the announcements on the James Hart School website. Students view these announcements daily during Advisory.

Students are required to be on time for school and to each class so that classroom routines may continue without interruption. Students are to arrive to school by 7:35 a.m. The school day begins at 7:45 a.m. Tardiness is defined as a student not being in their assigned seat at the conclusion of the late bell. In the mornings, students must be seated with school materials in their Advisory classes by 7:45am or they are considered tardy to school.

Administration will issue a Saturday School for students who are tardy three or more times to school in a trimester. This will also result in the loss of 10 points/demerits.

It is time to take the STAR Fall benchmark assessment! James Hart uses STAR assessments to help teachers understand what students know and are ready to learn. As a school, we will be using this data to continue to drive our instruction and pinpoint what we need to work on with our students.

We will be STAR testing all students in Math on Wednesday, September 4th and Reading on Thursday, September 5th. Students will take the tests during their ELA and Math classes. Please make sure students bring a fully charged laptop to school.

We do not accept food deliveries for students (Door Dash, Grub Hub, Jimmy John's, etc.). If there is an attempt to deliver food for a student from a delivery driver, we will send the food back with the driver.

Students must come to school with a fully charged computer each day. Daily assignments and class curriculum are computer based so students need a fully charged computer in order to actively participate in class. Discipline consequences may be issued if students repeatedly have a computer that is not charged.

Students are responsible for the care of their laptops and should use the carrying case provided by the district. Laptops should be restarted each day to make sure they are updated.

Email: kimberly.johnson@hsd153.org
Website: http://jameshart.hsd153.org/
Location: 18220 Morgan Street, Homewood, IL, USA
Phone: (708) 799-5544