Hembree Highlights

Greetings Hembree Families,

This final week of school was filled with many celebrations. I am so proud to be the principal of Hembree. Yesterday as we said goodbye to our students, we witnessed lots of tears between the students and the staff. I was crying as well. It is so heartwarming to see the strong connections. Hembree is such a special and unique place. Thanks to all the parents for your support this year. It truly takes the community to come together to ensure our students are thriving.

Congratulations Lucy Gilbert!

Lucy is our fabulous Title One Parent Liaison. She works tirelessly to ensure there is a strong connection between the school and the community. She was recognized by the district for her efforts. She received the Spark Award last week. I am so proud of her and very lucky to have her at Hembree Springs.

Presidential Award Winners

We celebrated our fabulous fifth grade class this week with a promotion ceremony. During this ceremony we had 11 students receive the Presidential Award. This award is given to students who have maintained straight A's in fourth and fifth grade. Congratulations to our recipients!

Scarlett Corrier

Azka Khan

Grace Kouns

Eleanor Matthews

Cameron Moran

Ella Sessions

Kaylie Torres

Aarnav Upadhyaya

Ian Villegas

Olivia Vu

Clara Witbeck

Congratulations to our Retirees!

We will miss you at Hembree, but you will always be a Hawk!!

Sharon Waker

Flora Groeneveld

Laura Fudali

Debbie Leuce

I wish all of you a wonderful and relaxing summer. Please be on the lookout for my summer communications. Thanks for everything!

Nancy Lahey

Principal

8/2 Open House 8:00-11:00am

8/3 PTA Playdate at the Park 10:00-12:00pm

8/5 First Day of School

8/16 PTA Welcome Back Picnic 5:30-7:30pm

Fulton County Schools is offering a summer learning program for elementary students grades 3-5 from June 5th - July 3rd from 7:20 am - 2:20 pm at Mimosa Elementary School. This is designed for students that are not meeting grade level expectations at this point in the school year. This summer school opportunity is by invitation only and will be for reading and math.

Summer Learning invitations were sent home on Friday, March 8th based on preliminary data. We now have end-of-year data for students and will be sending updated Summer Learning invitations home on Friday, May 17th based on this data. Please review the Summer Learning invitation and choose your registration option at the bottom of the letter. If you already signed and returned the preliminary invitation sent home in March, I will still need this updated invitation signed and returned as well.

Below is the criteria being used for Summer Learning:

• 3rd-5th grade student who did not meet the reading indicator on Georgia Milestones ELA (English Language Arts) Assessment.

• [Due to new state standards, the Georgia Milestones Math scores will not be received until July 2024; therefore, math scores cannot be used for summer school criteria.]

• 3rd-5th grade student who is performing 2 or more years below grade level on iReady in reading (as measured by the End-of-Year Diagnostic in April 2024)

• 3rd-5th grade student who is performing 2 or more years below grade level on iReady in math (as measured by the End-of-Year Diagnostic in April 2024)

• 3rd-5th grade student who failed ELA and/or reading course

• 3rd-5th grade student who failed math course

• 3rd- 5th grade student being considered for retention

Please reach out to Morgan Tew, Assistant Principal, with any questions you might have about Summer Learning at tewm@fultonschools.org or 470-254-9452.

We are currently NOW in the preparation stages for our 2024 Milton Boys Basketball Camp

1. 2 Sessions

i. June 3- (9am-2pm) – at Milton HS – Main Gym (and aux if necessary)

ii. July 15-18 (9am-2pm) – at Milton HS- Main Gym (and aux if necessary)

1. Ages

i. Open to BOYS and GIRLS

ii. Ages Kindergarten thru Pre-9th grade (incoming 9th graders are allowed to attend)

1. Cost

i. $200 each week per camper

ii. $25 Discount for siblings

iii. $25 Discount for coming both weeks
(NOTE - Discounts cannot be combined)

iv. $30 Meal Plan – includes lunch everyday –
Chick fila/Pizza/Subway/Knuckies plus chips plus a bottle of water

1. COST INCLUDES 1 Milton Basketball T-SHIRT
   
2. Details

i. **Students may bring their own lunch – or purchase the meal plan listed above to get lunch

ii. Camp will be run by Head Coach Allen Whitehart and his Championship level coaching staff

iii. Some Milton Varsity players will be assisting with the camp

iv. Concession stand will be available for extra snacks/water/candy/Gatorade

v. Campers will divided up by ages and skill level for games, etc.

1. Camp will consist of:

i. Daily fundamentals and skill development

ii. Offensive and Defensive breakdown

iii. Shooting development

iv. Video Highlights and breakdowns of Milton, college teams, NBA teams and NBA Stars

v. Lots of GAMES – 1 on 1, 2 on 2, 3 on 3, 5 on 5, Hot-Shot, 21, Free throws, dribble tag, and more

vi. FUN – this will be a fun week for kids

1. TO sign up for the basketball camp – click on the link BELOW

i. https://miltoneagleshoops.sportngin.com/register/form/323601794

The camp is designed to be a fun, engaging introduction to the awesome sport of girls flag football - one of the fastest growing sports in the country. Campers will work alongside 2022 State Championship Runner-up Milton flag football players...and be encouraged to have fun while learning about the sport and getting physically active!

"Under The Lights"

Milton HS Girls Flag Football Summer Camp

Open to all rising 4th - 8th grade girls

Monday, June 24th - Thursday, June 27th

6pm-8pm

$125 per camper

All registered campers will receive a MHS flag football t-shirt

Payments can be made via Venmo to @MiltonFlagFootball

Scan Flyer QR code to register today!

Questions? Email MHSflagfootball@gmail.com

Thank you all so much for volunteering at Hembree Springs this semester! We appreciate all of the many hours you gave to support our students, staff and other parents and families to help make our Hembree Hawks community thrive. We wish you a restful or exciting winter break and look forward to seeing you in the halls in 2024.

All volunteers are required to re-register online to be able to volunteer again starting in January 2024. Once you re-register your volunteer status will be good through May 31, 2026. Fulton County School is discontinuing the current Raptor sign in process and replacing it with Infinite Campus CheckMate. Link here to complete the re-registration.

Safety & Security / Volunteer Application Form (fultonschools.org)

Website: https://www.fultonschools.org/hembreespringses
Location: 815 Hembree Road, Roswell, GA, USA
Phone: 470-254-2902