Husky Highlights for Families

Hawthorn Elementary School

School Hours: 9:10-4:10

School Phone: 816-359-4390

Principal: Brooke Renton

Assistant Principal: Kristen Mitchell

Counselor: Bianca Mayfield-Miller

Veronica Nevils: Executive Administrative Assistant

Angie Linard: Attendance Administrative Assistant/ Registrar

Phone: 359-4390

Email: hawthornadministrativeassistants@parkhill.k12.mo.us

If you need to make transportation changes please contact the office prior to 3:15. This will help ensure that dismissal goes smoothly and minimize the chance of a possible miscommunication.

Oct. 1st-- STEAM Night-- 5:30pm-7:00pm

Oct. 11th-- Skate Night (info. below)

Oct. 20th-- Fall Fest- classroom parties

Oct. 21st-- Hawthorn Night at Culver's (5-8pm)

Oct. 29th-- Trunk or Treat (info. below)

This week all students enjoyed time with their "buddies". This is a time when older and younger classrooms are matched up for a teambuilding/community building activity in order to get to know each other better. This activity is a favorite with our students!

OCTOBER 21st – NOVEMBER 1st, 2024!

Miles of Smiles, a program of Level Up Kids, provides free dental care to children in the Northland who do not have access to oral health services. The dental care will be provided to students at HAWTHORN during the school day October 21- November 1, 2024!

All care is provided by a licensed dentist and assistants and all patients receive a comprehensive exam, cleaning and x-rays.

Please register ASAP if you would like your student to be seen during the school day. We highly encourage online registration, which is quick, easy and convenient! You can register right from your phone!

https://practisforms.com/milesofsmilesinc/forms/milesofsmilesinc-registration-form

https://practisforms.com/milesofsmilesinc/forms/milesofsmilesinc-formulario-de-inscripcion

https://levelupkidsinc.org/

Please contact Karen Schaff (816-359-6175) if you have any questions or need help registering your student.

If you've been waiting to join PTA, now is the time! See the information below for details about the incentive being offered for families who join PTA before Oct. 1st.

24-25 PTA Membership

See the information below about our upcoming Skate Party. This is a "Hawthorn only" event, but siblings and parents are invited to skate as well. This is not a drop-off event. All parents will need to stay and supervise their children.

Trunk or Treat will be held on Tuesday, October 29, and will be bigger and better than ever with food trucks, a book fair, bounce houses, face painting, hair coloring, and plenty of sweet treats.

You can help make this an amazing event by donating bags of candy, making a monetary donation, or signing up to host a trunk.

Has someone gone above and beyond for you lately? Have you noticed someone making a difference for our students and staff? If so, nominate them today for a Park Hill Star!

Park Hill Star Nominations

Supervision of students begins at 8:50 am. Car riders should be dropped off at the front of the building. Please do not drop off students before 8:50 am, as we don't have adult supervision until that time. As students arrive, they should enter the front doors and head to their pod area. If students are eating breakfast they may report to the cafeteria at 8:50 am for breakfast. Students arriving after 9:10 am, will be counted tardy and need to report to the office with a parent to sign in.

Your child's teacher will reach out to confirm your child's daily dismissal plan. Please communicate any changes to this plan, as they arise, throughout the school year to ensure that your child gets home safely each day.

BUS RIDERS: Bus riders are dismissed through the north doors (by the gym) each afternoon. Classroom teachers walk students to the buses and help them find the appropriate bus. During the first few days, this process can take a bit longer than normal as staff members double check that all students are on the correct bus. Then, the bus can get further delayed as the drivers take time to make sure students safely get off at the right stop.

If your child is a bus rider you will be able to access bus information in your parent portal on the morning of Monday, August 12th.

ADVENTURE CLUB: Students who participate in the after-school care program, Adventure Club, will be dismissed directly to the cafeteria. Adventure Club staff checks in each student and cross-checks with our front office to ensure that all students who are enrolled in Adventure Club are accounted for at dismissal.

WALKERS: Walkers will be dismissed through the K/1 Pod doors and can meet their families near the baseball field south of the playground. Students who don't have a parent/guardian meeting them at school, will be accompanied to the corner of Chariton and 81st Street by a staff member who will make sure they cross safely.

CAR RIDERS: We will provide each student with TWO 2024-25 Car Rider signs. Having this Hawthorn Car Rider sign on display in your vehicle allows parents or family members to remain in the car in the car rider lane during evening dismissal instead of entering the building with your photo ID and signing out the student. We utilize TWO car rider lanes at dismissal to accommodate the large number of car riders we have. Please see the detailed car rider plan below.

While the car rider line will be slow the first few days, once students and families learn the routine, it will speed up considerably. Thanks in advance for your patience and understanding that our main focus is on all students getting into cars safely. Parents can help by staying in your vehicle and allowing staff members to assist students into cars and teaching your child how to buckle their own seat belt.

PLEASE NOTE: We just received information that they plan to close Childress @ Barry Rd. at some point in the coming weeks. Since we don't know WHEN that is happening, it is difficult to communicate a clear plan at this time. When the time comes we will send updated dismissal information. Thank you in advance for your patience.

These are the prices for the 2024-25 school year:

• Elementary breakfast: $1.75
• Elementary lunch: $2.95
• Adult lunch: $4.00

· Ala carte milk: $.70

To add money to your child’s meal account, please visit our nutrition services webpage.

Families who think they might qualify for free and reduced meals should apply for these benefits.

If your child is eligible for free and reduced meal benefits and you apply, you can also receive additional benefits like fee waivers, activity scholarships, free screenings, school supplies and more.

Eligible families will need to reapply to receive the meal benefits for the 2024-25 school year. We encourage families to apply online through the SchoolCafe platform.

You can find more information about Nutrition Services in the document attached below.

We partner with Argo Telephonic Translation Services to help us better communicate with families that speak a language other than English. We can set up an interpreter during parent conferences in addition to using a translator during phone calls. If you, or someone you know would benefit from this service, please let your child's teacher know, or contact Mrs. Renton.