HAWKINS HAPPENINGS

Chris McAuliffe - Principal

Address: 8900 Lee Road, Brighton, MI 48116

Website: https://www.brightonk12.com/Domain/52

First Bell: 9:00 AM

Second Bell: 9:05 AM

Dismissal Time: Begins at 3:55 PM (Final Bell 3:57)

9/18 - PICTURE DAY

9/25 - Color Run (9/25 rain date)

10/3 - PTO Meeting

10/14 - NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS

10/22 - PICTURE RETAKES

10/25 - Trunk-or-Treat

Lunch/Recess Schedule

JK/K - 11:10 - 11:55

2nd - 11:40 - 12:25

1st - 12:10 - 12:55

3rd - 12:40 - 1:25

4th - 1:10 - 1:55

Happy Friday Hawkins,

Well...we survived the first full week. I have to say I love the energy in the building from staff, students, and families. This week it was great to be in classrooms and watch all the wonderful learning going on. I also enjoyed Curriculum Night and seeing so many parents in the building. A huge thank you to our PTO for providing dinner for our teachers. Color Run donations are going great although I am a little worried about this, “make the principal into an ice cream sundae” idea.

A few reminders that have come up this week. When dropping off in any of the loops, please pull up as far forward as possible before letting students out. Make sure you have your family number tags every day. Finally, please try to limit last minute end of the day changes, especially those that come in after 3:30. At the end of the day, it is very hard to coordinate changes, and if you email the teacher they may not have time to read while teaching. Teachers go by what the parent has told them, but the child will say, “my mom said to ride the bus”. We will always go with what the parent has said over what a student tells us. Each day from 3:30 to the time buses pull out, we have an average of 15-20 last minute changes, which is very stressful.

I am looking forward to a relaxing weekend, relaxing on the lake tonight, Michigan game tomorrow, and house hunting with my mom Sunday. Enjoy this great weather and have a great weekend. Go Blue, Go Lions!

**4th Grade Parents**

We received notification from the State of Michigan that the previous shipment of M-Step Parent Reports included an error in subscore reporting. Overall scale scores were correct and have not changed on the corrected Parent Reports. In addition, overall proficiency calculations were not affected by this error. The corrected reports are coming home in your child's Friday Folder.

Hawkins Picture Day is Wednesday, September 18th. Jostens Pix will be handling our student photos as well as our Hawkins Yearbook. Jostens gives Hawkins families the opportunity to;

• Preview your child's pictures before you buy
• Buy only the photos you want
• Personalize your photos
• Photos are shipped directly to your house
• High-res digital downloads
• If you have more than one child, you can order everything together and pay only once.

A few days after Picture Day, visit Jostens' website at https://shop.jostenspix.com/login and use the Event Code FE25024 view your child's photos. Creating an account is free, easy, and gives you access to their photos year after year. Register your free account using the email address you have on file with your school and photos will automatically display in the Gallery!

Hawkins Yearbook Cover - We are surveying families to help us select the cover design for our 2024-2025 yearbook. Please help us and follow this link to cast your vote!

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/BSXDP2D

All parent volunteers must undergo a background check in order to volunteer at Hawkins. If you have not done so yet and are planning on volunteering at Hawkins on field day, click on the link below to access Brighton Area Schools Background Check Form.

Parents, please remember to be checking your students head for head lice. After a long summer of sleep overs and interaction with friends, family and sporting events, it is that time of year again to be diligent about checking for lice and eggs . While they are not harmful they most certainly are a nuisance and difficult to get rid of. Should you need any more information here is a link for your reference: https://www.cdc.gov/lice/about/head-lice.html

A quick reminder about the board policy regarding medication: All medication including over-the-counter medication (i.e. Tylenol, Motrin, TUMS, cough drops, etc.) must have a MEDICAL AUTHORIZATION FORM. This form requires both the parent's and the medical provider's signature. Without both signatures, we cannot give medication to your student. Also, the school cannot provide this medication. You must supply this medication for your student. The clinic does not have extra. This comes from board policy found here: https://meetings.boardbook.org/Public/Organization/2615

Please make sure your child has an extra set of clothes in their backpack and/or locker in case of accidents or emergencies (i.e. bathroom accidents, playground mishaps, lunchroom spills, ripped or torn clothes, etc.). We do not have extra clothes to lend out. An extra set here at school saves parents an extra trip to Hawkins during the school day. We appreciate your help!!!

Parent Connect a web-based application that allow parents/guardians to view information for your child's current school year. Logging into Parent Connect will enable you to see your child's placement (date to be determined), report card, and lunch account. In addition, parents/guardians can add or change emergency contacts. Please click on the link for more information.

Parent Connect FAQ

Parent Connect

Attending school regularly helps children feel better about school - and themselves. School success goes hand in hand with good attendance. Missing 10 percent (or about 18 days) can make it harder to learn to read. Students can fall behind if the they miss just a day or two days every few weeks. Good attendance will help children do well in high school, college and at work. Providing a physician's note for absences does not effect absenteeism and is not counted towards number of days your child is absent. If you feel your child has anxiety about attending school or struggles to stay at school for a full day, Hawkins has resources to help.

If your child is going to be absent, please call the Hawkins attendance Line (810-299-3900 then press 2). Please state your child's name, teacher, date of absence and reason for the absence (type of illness, doctor appointment, vacation etc). If your child has been diagnosed with a specific ailment (COVID, strep throat, pink eye, influenza, chicken pox) please state that in the voicemail message. If your child has not been diagnosed with a specific ailment but is having specific symptoms please let us know the symptoms your child is experiencing. Hawkins appreciates your help!

A new feature in Parent Connect will allow you to enter your student’s absence. Simply log into parent connect and click on the link Report Absence. The Report Absence link will open a screen for you to complete. If you have more than one student check the name of the student for whom an absence is being submitted. Add the applicable dates. If you check the All Day flag attendance will be submitted for the am and pm periods. If you do not check the All Day flag times must be entered and attendance will be submitted for whichever periods meet during the time range (based on period schedule).

If you need to change a contact phone number or email address you can do so through Parent. Connect at https://www.brightonk12.com/Page/144

If you do not know your Parent Connect login information, please follow the instructions on the Brighton Area Schools website.

PLEASE NOTE: Address changes CANNOT be completed through Parent Connect. Address changes must be completed by filling out a change of address form along with 3 copies of proof of residency. Details are listed on the change of address form which is available by clicking on the link below. Since in person drop off is not an option at this time, forms can be scanned and emailed to samanij@brightonk12.com

Elementary aged children will lead us in the Pledge Of Allegiance prior to the beginning of the closing ceremony, roughly around 12:30pm.