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Register for the Nov. 18 Family Engagement Professional Learning Series event, featuring a keynote address by “Freedom Writer” Dr. Manny Scott. Contact: Kimberly Burton (kburton)

Information for the HSES Winter Concert can be found using the following link:

HSES Winter Concert

HSES will be holding a career fair for the 4th grade students. Please click on the links below for more information.

Career Fair Information Letter

Career Fair Interest Form

*The Career Fair Interest Form link has been fixed.

Special Education Resource Fairs to be held Dec. 4 & 12
Students with disabilities of all ages and their families are invited to attend one of these informative sessions. The fairs will provide information about Intellectual and Developmental Disability (IDD) eligibility and allow students and families to engage with representatives from community partners that offer various therapies, adaptive sports, specialized recreation, and other helpful services. The Dec. 4 fair will be held from 4:45 to 6:45 p.m. at Cary Elementary. The Dec. 12 fair will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. at Lake Myra Elementary.

Hi Cheetah Family,
We want to make sure our students have exactly what they need to succeed, so I've created a project through DonorsChoose, the nonprofit classroom funding site for public school teachers.

Here's my project:
Empowering Learning With Classroom Transformations!
Early contributions are critical, and any amount helps. Thank you so much for taking a look and considering a donation. We are so excited to bring this project to life!
Thank you for considering a gift to our students!

Ms. Simonds
P.S. If you know anyone who may want to show their support for public schools, please pass this along.

Annually, our School Health Dental Hygienist looks for healthy smiles by providing dental screenings. Please refer to the WCPSS student/parent handbook. Good dental health is important to a student’s overall well-being and affects a child’s success and performance in the classroom.

School Dental Hygienists use a flashlight to provide a quick visual screening of the student’s teeth. This is not like a dental exam by a dentist.

During the dental screening, the School Dental Hygienist follows all CDC (Centers for Disease Control) guidelines.

A letter with the screening results will be sent home in student’s school folder ONLY if your child has

questionable or obvious dental needs. If needed, children with obvious dental needs may receive

an additional follow-up screening by the School Health Dental Hygienist later in the school year.

Parents/guardians may contact their child’s principal to opt out of dental screenings.

If you have any questions, please contact the school’s dental hygienist, Diana Dakdouk, RDH, at

919-621-2480 or ddakdouk@wcpss.net

Cada año, nuestro higienista dental escolar busca sonrisas saludables haciendo exámenes dentales. Por favor, consulte el manual del estudiante/padre de WCPSS. La buena salud dental es importante para el bienestar general de un estudiante y afecta el éxito y el desempeño escolar de los/las niños(as).

Los higienistas usan una linterna para hacer un rápido examen visual de los dientes del estudiante. Es distinto a lo que hace un dentista.

Durante la evaluación, el higienista dental sigue todas las pautas de los Centros de Control de Enfermedades (CDC, por sus siglas en inglés).

Se enviará una carta con los resultados del examen en la carpeta escolar del estudiante SOLAMENTE si su hijo(a) tiene necesidades dentales obvias o cuestionables. Si es necesario, más adelante en el año, el higienista dental escolar puede realizarles un examen de seguimiento adicional a los/las niños(as) con necesidades dentales evidentes.

Los padres/tutores pueden comunicarse con el director escolar para optar por no participar en los exámenes dentales.

Si tiene preguntas, por favor contacte a Angelita Rodriguez 919.250.1199 o angelita.rodriguez@wake.gov.

Parents still need to order pictures? Our NEW Code Lookup Tool is now available. They can simply scan the QR code and follow the directions to access their child's picture ordering gallery. No need to contact Customer Service for an access code! *Student last name and Student ID number will be required for data security.*

A reminder that when parents visit the classroom, students CANNOT leave with their parents until the parents have signed the student out in the office.

Likewise, parents need to wait until after an event to sign their child/children out. All parents must sign their child/children out in the front office.

WCPSS K-12 Math Parent Resource

https://sites.google.com/wcpss.net/k-12mathematics/home

Use the following link to read the HSES Homework Grading Plan for 24-25:

HSES HW Grading Plan

Even if you were approved as a volunteer last school year you must be approved again this year. Many field trips are coming up and we do not want you to wait or miss out as it takes a while for volunteers to be approved. Follow the steps below carefully:

Register as a WCPSS Volunteer

All WCPSS parent and community volunteers are required to register through the new MyVolunteer system. Please complete your registration on a computer at home or school. It is very difficult to complete using a mobile phone. It can take several weeks for your registration to be approved so don’t wait until field trips to try and register. Register now so you are ready and able to volunteer in the classroom, volunteer for school events, or chaperone at any time this school year!

1. Click the link below to start your volunteer registration: https://myvolunteer.com/wcpss/volunteer/login

2. Click create new account.

3. Complete the online form and select all the schools that you are requesting to volunteer or chaperone for the 2024-2025 school year.

4. It will then say pending.

5. Soon after you will receive an email with a customized link for you to complete next steps for your background check. This link expires 10 days from the day you receive the email. Follow the instructions in that email. You will fill out all items in red boxes and then you will review and digitally sign four documents (Summary of Rights Under the FCRA, Disc & Auth, NC Security Freeze Notice, and WCPSS Volunteer Agreement).

6. If you leave the CRC background site before completing your contact information, you will have to begin the process again.

7. You must include your social security number to register to volunteer. If you do not have a social security number, please contact volunteers@wcpss.net or call 919-694-8233.

8. Great news is that this year you will be notified by the MyVolunteer system if you are approved to volunteer!

Please Note: If you are a WCPSS Employee seeking to volunteer/chaperone in the schools, you do not have to complete a criminal background check. However, employees will still need to register in the MyVolunteer system (https://myvolunteer.com/wcpss/volunteer/login) and complete the Wake County Volunteer Agreement and other required forms. Employees must select the “Current Staff of WCPSS” link on MyVolunteer to complete the volunteer registration process and must use their WCPSS email address to complete the registration.

Parents are welcome to join their child for lunch at school. To ensure a smooth experience, please note the following guidelines:

Pre-arrangement: Lunch visits must be scheduled in advance with your child’s teacher.

Location: Due to limited space in the cafeteria, parents and their child will need to enjoy lunch at the picnic tables in the courtyard or in the reading garden.

No Friends: Lunch visits are just for you and your child, so friends won't be able to join.

Procedure: Parents will meet their child at the front office and return them to the front office after lunch. Don't forget to check out at the office before leaving.

If you have any questions or need more information, please feel free to reach out to the school administration.

Breakfast is $1.75 and lunch is $3.50. All families must complete an application for the 2024-2025 school year in order to receive free or reduced lunch prices. Please allow 10 business days for processing.

Apply for free and reduced-price school meals starting July 1

To receive free or reduced-price meals for the 2024-2025 school year, families must submit a meal benefits application online at MySchoolApps.com. Paper copies will be available at the office.

Check out school menus in Mealviewer

Menus will now be available on our interactive website, MealViewer. Monthly school meal menu PDFs will no longer be posted on the district website.

Please note that we are always looking for ways to advance security within WCPSS. We have been in collaboration with WCPSS Security/Holly Springs Police Department. Each school will use a QR code outside of the building. This will be a little tweak to our process for check in/out and visitors on campus. Please see below for the new directions and make sure you bring your cell phone and ID with you each time! This should also help with not creating a line inside the office. If you have issues, please use the buzzer to the left of the building.

Security Procedures

The purpose of this section is to provide updated information to families about the use of personal devices which aligns with district policy - smartwatches, cell phones, etc. on school grounds. Board Policy 3225 Technology Responsible Use states:

Students are expected to comply with the Code of Conduct and the applicable “Rules for Use of Technology Resources” set forth in this policy when students use a personal device on school property, at school-sponsored events, on school-based transportation, or anytime a personal device is connected to school system technology resources. As an example, students using a personal device on school property, at school-sponsored events, on school-based transportation, or when the device is connected to school system technology resources, shall not engage in creating, intentionally viewing, accessing, downloading, storing, printing or transmitting images, graphics (including still or moving pictures), sound files, text files, documents, messages or other material that is obscene, defamatory, profane, pornographic, harassing, or abusive.

Recently, more and more students are wearing Smartwatches or similar items to school. Smartwatches are allowed only if put on Airplane mode in order to disable text messages and phone calls from being received by the watch/device. The watch is considered a cell phone UNLESS airplane mode is activated. Cell Phones should also be in Airplane mode and in student backpacks. If a student's cell-phone is out after the teacher has asked for it to be put away, the cell phone will be placed in the school office for a parent to pick up. The school system assumes no responsibility for personal technology devices brought to school.

o DCRI Literacy at Home One Pager (English)

We would love for you to come and volunteer this school year at HSES and/or as part of PTA!

Register to volunteer HERE

Click the letter below to learn more about the Positivity Project and to view the yearly calendar:

P2 Family Information Letter

Track 1, 3 & 4 - Gratitude

Helping Young Children Get Along with Others

Parents, you can help young children develop skills for getting along with others in age-appropriate ways.

• Model positive ways for young children to make friends. For example, practice pleasant ways that children can ask to join others in play and take turns in games. Coach older children to help reinforce these behaviors as well. Praise children for appropriate behavior. Help young children understand what behaviors are friendly.

• Help young children learn the consequences of certain actions in terms they can understand. For example, say "if you don't share, other children may not want to play with you." Encourage young children to tell an adult if they are treated in a way that makes them feel uncomfortable, upset or unhappy, or if they witness other children being harmed.

• Set clear rules for behavior and monitor children's interactions carefully. Step in quickly to stop aggressive behavior or redirect it before it occurs.

Use age-appropriate consequences for aggressive behavior. Young children should be encouraged to say "I'm sorry" whenever they hurt a peer, even accidentally. Wait until they have cooled off first. The apology should also be paired with an action. For example, young children could help rebuild a knocked over block structure or replace a torn paper or crayons with new ones.

Do you have a different home language other than English? Are you willing to volunteer at the school? If you answered “yes” to these questions please continue reading. We are looking for HSES parents who are willing to help translate for some of our English Learning parents during school events such as curriculum night, Literacy night, etc. Currently we have a need for the following languages. Spanish, Amharic.

If you are interested or want more information please contact the ESL teacher, Sarah Rodgers (at srodgers3@wcpss.net.

HSES SCIENCE FAIR WINNERS! Thanks and well done ALL that participated!

Left to right(Top) 3rd-5th grade Rachel Nicholson (3rd) Harrison Brady & Clark Summerlin (1st) Ronan Tandy (2nd)

Left to right (Bottom) K-2nd grade Tina Russo (3rd) Lincoln Bremser (1st)Mackenzie Forfa (2nd)

Sign Up Genius for Adult Volunteers

Sign Up Genius for Student Volunteers

Cheetahblast Gameband purchase link.

The Spirit Gear store is OPEN! Get a jump on your holiday shopping and order a special (presale only) sweatshirt or any of our instock merch! T-shirts, beanies, hoodies, and cute Cheeto Stuffies! Limited time only!

The next Green Team school cleanup will be on 11-02-24.

Click on the image for more information.

BECOME A PTA MEMBER!

Ever wonder what treats to get the wonderful staff of HSES? Well wonder no more!

Click on Teacher Favorites to see, well, the teachers' favorites!

• Took an awesome photo of your student and would love to see it in the yearbook?! Help make it amazing by adding YOURS!

• First Day of School

• Salamanders Game:

• Family Fest:
• Movie Night Link
• Walk to School Day
• Glow Run!

School Store SignUp Genius