Hodgesville Elementary

FYI Friday, May 16th (Strawberry Festival Friday) will be a 12:45 dismissal! Please plan accordingly. Parent pick up will start right at 12:45. We would love to have students here with us to enjoy some strawberry shortcake.

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Tomorrow is Literacy Night!!! Come out tomorrow and learn about reading and make a reading buddy that you can take home with you plus a matching book. Reminder that the event is FREE for HES students and those siblings who want to make a stuffed animal must pay $15 to the vendor. If you are planning or attending and have not sent in an RSVP, please let us know. We do have extra animals ordered and would love to have you come join us. Check out these awesome books we have as prizes!!!!

Reminder- there is no school for students tomorrow.

Just a friendly reminder that waivers need filled out and returned for PK-2nd grade for the art barn field trip. Please send in when completed.

Happening this week! Wednesday -PreK to Fred Eberle/Burger King (this is trip is students only for the Fred Eberle portion. Families are welcome to join the class at BK @10:45. Any student who leaves from BK will have a half day unexcused absence. -LSIC and PTO 4pm (last one for year) Thursday -PreK Easter celebration 2pm -PreK Easter hat contest Friday -full day of school (make up day from snow day) -k12 celebrations at 1-1:45 -345 celebrations at 2-2:45 -K-5 Easter celebrations **for Easter hats, on the morning of your class party, each class will vote on the 4 winners for the class Prettiest most easter spirit most unique wackiest Winners will get a basket from up front thanks to some generousous donations! ** for parties school is doing fruit tray ** if you signed up to send Something in, please send it in so we can see what is still missing. ** thanks to some generous donation money we are givingg each student and staff a chocolate sucker to enjoy duringg their party

Happening tomorrow Night! Even if you did not RSVP please come out! We have a great night of learning planned! We will have pizza and prizes!

Picture day is tomorrow. Here is the flyer which shows the background. This will also include class pictures as well as individual. Class picture envelopes are due tomorrow!

Happening this week! Monday-Friday -PTO Snack Sale During morning bus room only. Everything $1 or less. If you would like to send something in for them sale please feel free. Wednesday -spring pictures (this will include class pictures) We will start around 8:30 am, so please be on time so your child does not miss their class picture. Class picture envelope order form is DUE Wednesday! Proofs will be sent home at a later date for individual pictures. Thursday -Family STEAM Night!!! We are so excited about this. There will be pizza and snacks, Carnegie Science Center, Spark Imagination Center and the BU Zoo!!! Come out and have some good ol’ family fun while learning all about science! We have door prizes that we will be given out throughout the night! If you did not send in a RSVP thats ok, come on out, but if you can give us a heads up so we can have enough food 🙂 Spring Break is the following week March 31st - April 4th There is no school this week!

Reminder that Family Conferences are tomorrow from 4:00-7:00. Teachers will be following the appointment schedule based off returned forms. Families may walk in but those with appointments and those assigned times will be honored first. Also conferences are scheduled on 10 minute increments so that we may accommodate as many families as possible. Please be mindful and respectful of that time. If additional time is needed you can requestest that with the teacher but it will be scheduled at a later date. This will help us stay on track with schedule. Thank you for your cooperation! Also… Parent pick up will begin at 3:00 tomorrow so that we may prep for conferences.

Coming home tonight for PreK and tomorrow for K-5. March Madness Attendance Challenge! Did you know that tardies and early dismissals may lead to absences Did you also know that missing 2 days a month can lead to chronic absenteeism which can affect a child’s ability to learn to read! Help your child’s class win the challenge by being at school every day, on time and all day!

Couple of reminders for next week: We have our first responder breakfast. I think the wrong flyer may have came home so here is the correct dates if you cannot come when you’re assigned you’re welcome to come whenever works for you. Also dress up days for Read Across America Week!!

Information regarding make up days due to snow days. Students will now come on the following days : Friday, April 18 Friday, May 16 1:00 dismissal Monday, June 2 Tuesday, June 3 Additional information can be found on Upshur County Schools Facebook page

FYI regarding Kindergarten enrollment and open (out of district) enrollment. Kindergarten registration opens Monday!! All PreK kids who plan to attend HES for kindergarten MUST fill put the enrollment form and register for kindergarten. If you do not live in HES district, you must fill out the resident/non resident form form as well. Visit this website for more information. https://www.upshurschools.com/o/upshur-county/page/enrollment

Hey families!!! We have 2 amazing family nights planned for March and April. The flyers and RSVPs will be coming home the next day we are in school. Please mark your calendars as tou wont want to miss these!! Also please RSVP so that we can better plan food and otherer items! Family Night 1: STEAM Night Thursday, 3/27 Carnegie, Spark, BU Zoo are all coming Every kid will get something for coming!! Snacks and super cool door prizes!! Family Night 2: Literacy Night Tuesday, 4/22 Make and adopt a reading buddy (stuffed animal) Get a book, make things for your buddy, take a pic Snacks and door prizes! Mark those calendars now!!

PreK Families ‼️Important - Please Read‼️  Unfortunately, this winter has been a rough one with the winter weather and Flu A which has led to lots of student absences and not enough time to prepare for our fashion show. We want all of our PreK students to have plenty of time to create their pieces for the show; therefore we have made the decision to postpone our HES Pre-K Fashion Show to Thursday, March 13th at 2 pm.  Thank you for your flexibility. We hope to see you on March 13th!

2 snow day challenges

PreK enrollment for 2025-2026 is now open!!! See links for enrollment! https://app.droplet.io/form/0YdZbK

We would like to welcome Ms. Simmons to 5th grade. We are very excited to have her! Please be patient as we transition the communication Rooms App.

Reminder that tomorrow we are celebrating the 100th day of school. Students can dress up like a 100year old person or have 100 of something on their shirt! We have special treats for each class!