Friday, October 11th:

No School for Students, Staff Institute Day

Monday, October 14th:

No School for Students, Indigenous People's Day

Tuesday, October 15th

No School for Students, Fall Break

Tuesday, October 22nd

Picture Retake Day

We have the program Remind for families to receive text alerts and updates from the school in addition to emails. Please see below to sign up for specific grade levels:

6th grade:

Phone Number: 81010

Text message:@jhart6th

7th grade:

Phone number: 81010

Text Message: @7thjhart

8th grade:

Phone Number: 81010

Text message: @jhart8th

Below is some information to help when viewing grades on Parent or Student Portal:

• If the entry says "M" for missing for an assignment, then the student can still make the assignment up.
• If there is a zero marked in the gradebook, the student cannot make up the assignment
• Students will have homework every day in Math and ELA.
• Homework for Social studies and science will be a couple times per week
• Grades will be updated each week.
• Students should use their agenda/planner to stay organized and to turn work in on time.
• Students will not be invited to join or participate clubs/activities, sports if the student is not academically eligible.
• If a student has 2 Ds or 1 F on Friday mornings, they will not be eligible to participate in their club, sport, activity for the following week. Eligibility is checked every week.
• Our grading scale is standard:
• 90-100 is an A
• 89-80 is a B,
• 79-70 is a C
• 69-60 is a D
• 59 and below is an F.

• Students that fail a trimester will need to attend summer school.
• The grading scale at Hart is different than Churchill so if you have questions please reach out to the teachers and or administration.
• If you send a message to a teacher and do not receive a response within 24-48 hours please reach out to Ms. Johnson and/or Ms. Ugo

Jostens is the photo company for Hart this year instead of Van Gogh. Please see the picture below for the QR code and school access code to view your child's Fall pictures. You can also click the link below:

Jostens Website

The pin number requested is your child's computer login/lunch pin number. Picture retake day is Tuesday, October 22, 2024.

Customer Care - Jostens

Our Customer Care team can help answer any questions your families may have after Picture Day. They are available Monday – Friday, 8am – 5pm Central. They can be reached by phone (1-877-515-1447, Option 1).

We will be issuing Student ID cards to students that participated in Fall pictures this week (week of 9/23). Replacement Student ID cards cost $5. Students who did not take a picture on Picture Day will get their ID cards after Picture Make Up Day.

On Monday, September 30th 2024, Elizabeth Hackett (Social Worker), Sylver Smith (Counselor) and Shawn Sobotka (Health Teacher) will be doing the Erin’s Law presentation for students that have Health as their first trimester special. Erin’s Law is a program mandated by the State of Illinois, and requires public schools to educate students on sexual abuse. This will be an age-appropriate presentation. If you have any questions, or DO NOT want your child to participate, please contact Shawn Sobotka at shawn.sobotka@hsd153.org.

We have maroon spirit wear shirts available for purchase in the school store on Parent Portal (adult sizes). The cost is $10.

Those Who Excel are annual awards through the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) that celebrate incredible classroom teachers, administrators, teams, volunteers, and school support personnel who have made lasting impacts on the students, families, and fellow educators in their school communities.

A nomination takes only 5-10 minutes and can be done here:

ISBE Those Who Excel Nomination Form

Before starting a nomination, you will need to provide the following information:

1. Name of nominee and contact info
2. School district info
3. Name of supervisor
4. Names and contact info for 2 additional references
5. Short answer- what makes then awesome/great?

The deadline to nominate someone is October 15. If someone is nominated, they will be notified via e-mail and they will then have from November 1-30 to complete the application.

You can read all about the awards here: https://www.isbe.net/Pages/teacher-of-the-year.aspx

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.

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.

Please be advised that those who qualified for free or reduced priced meals from the 23-24 school year and have not yet reapplied for the 24-25 school year will no longer receive free or reduced meals beginning October 1st. If you are unsure if you have qualified for the 24-25 school year please contact our food service director at anne.simons@hsd153.org or call 708.922.2417. Be sure to include your child's first and last name in your messages.

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