South Shades Crest Elementary News
May 5, 2023
Upcoming Dates
May
10- National School Nurse Day
16- PTO Board Meeting
18- Field Day
24- Early Dismissal, PK11:00, K-2 11:30
25- Early Dismissal PK11:00, K-2 11:30, Last Day of School
PTO Information
Please like the PTO Facebook page and follow us on Instagram to stay updated on fundraisers, contests, and more!
May Spirit Night
The PTO partnered with Papa Murphy’s this month to help raise some dough for SSC!
50% goes back to South Shades Crest with every order so order today and show your support!
OPTIONS:
Large Pizza and Cheese Bread: $20
Large Pizza and Cookie Dough: $20
Large Pizza, Cheese Bread, & Cookies: $30
Pre-orders can be placed now through Monday, May 8th. You can place your order on MySchoolFees or by sending in your order form with cash or check. Order forms went home with your student this week.
Order pickup is Friday, May 12th between 11am-9pm at Papa Murphy’s (5250 Medford Drive- next to Sprouts.)
Thank you for supporting SSC!
National Lunch Hero Day
Field Day Shirts
Morning Carpool Volunteers
We are in need of extra hands to help move the carpool line quicker in the morning! We would love your help during morning carpool from 7:15-7:45 for the remainder of the year. Please sign up using the link below. Thank you to those who have already signed up!
Volunteers
Are you interested in volunteering for the school this year? If you are, click the link below and fill out this short Google Form.
PTO 2023-2024 Board, By-laws, And Budget
PTO By-Law
PTO 2023-2024 Budget
Sponsorships
PTO Executive Board
Technology
Summer is almost here! Did you know when your child signs in to his or her Chromebook they are directed to the Clever page? Clever is an online portal for easy access to commonly used learning applications. If you want your child to have access to Clever and learning applications over the summer I have included directions below to sign in to almost any device.
What is Clever?
Clever is an online portal for easy access to commonly used learning applications.
Students can access a district page as well as a customized teacher page.
Learning applications may include district paid resources, links to webpages, and links to teacher created documents.
Sign in directions for HCS Chromebook:
Open Chrome.
Clever should open as your homepage. If not, click the home button near the address bar.
Sign in directions for personal computers:
Go to http://clever.com/in/hcs
Click Log in with Google.
Enter your child’s email address and password.
Karen Darroch
Technology Integration Coach
Hoover City Schools
Healthroom End of the Year Reminder
All medications in the health room must be picked up by an adult before noon on May 25th. New medications forms for NEXT year can be found here
Thank you!
--Andrea L. McCoy RN
South Shades Crest Elementary School
PowerSchool Enrollment
Hoover City Schools requires all students to complete online registration each school year through the registration platform PowerSchool Enrollment. This platform allows us to securely collect, verify, and store student data in our student information system.
New Student Registration 2023-2024- Including New Entering Kindergarten
Returning Student Registration 2022-2023
Use the link in the email sent on 2/7/2023. If you need assistance, please contact the school office.
From the healthroom:
Please remember to have a change of clothes in your child's backpack at all times!
All medications have to be walked in by an adult. NO meds in backpacks please.
If your child tests positive for COVID, please click the following link to self report. You will get a response within 24 hours. Thank you!
HCS Attendance Policy
HCS Attendance Policy
Now is a great time to familiarize yourself with the HCS Attendance Policy. Click here to learn which absences are excused/unexcused, how to submit notes, and the do's and don'ts about an Anticipated Absence form.
https://www.hoovercityschools.net/Page/2231
Some important points:
- Students can ONLY be checked out by those listed in Powerschool. You may ADD to your contact list by emailing lburke@hoover.k12.al.us. Include your student's name, the individual's name(s) and contact phone number, and your signature. REMEMBER: A PHOTO ID is required from every person every time a student is checked out.
- When your student is absent, you have THREE days to return a school excuse to the attendance office. Parent notes and DR excuses may be sent to the teacher via backpack mail or brought into the main office.
Meals at SSC- Breakfast, Lunch and Special Treats
Beginning August 2022, all students who buy lunch will be charged for school breakfast and lunch unless their household qualifies for free or reduced-price meals.
The application is available at www.myschoolapps.com in (5) languages: English, Spanish, Arabic, Vietnamese and Chinese Mandarin.
Prices for school meals for SY 2022-2023 are as follows:
- Breakfast: Elementary/Intermediate $1.75
- Breakfast: Secondary $2.00
- Lunch: Elementary/Intermediate $2.50
- Lunch: Secondary $3.00
- Reduced-price Breakfast: All schools $0.30
- Reduced-price Lunch: All schools $0.40
- There will also be à la carte items such as extra snacks and beverages for an additional fee.
Breakfast Adults $3.00
Lunch Adults $4.00
Please use the following link to view the breakfast and lunch menu SSC Menu
Due to manufacturing supply shortages and food/supply distribution disruptions, the menu will be subject to change each day. The entree menu may also be limited to only (1) hot choice instead of (2) at times, but we will always offer a variety of vegetables and fruits and provide the USDA-required food components.
Parents may join their children for lunch after Labor Day. This will give us a few weeks to learn all of the lunch routines! Your classroom teacher will share their schedule at parent nights.
Set up an account to pay online through My School Bucks.
If families believe they are eligible for free or reduced-price meals, an application can be found and submitted at www.myschoolapps.com. In addition to qualifying for free or reduced-price meals during the school year, all families that receive approved benefits are eligible for a 2022 Summer P-EBT payment of $391.00 for each child.
Families must apply for free or reduced-price meals no later than August 31, 2022, to be awarded the distribution from the Alabama Department of Human Resources.
