First Day Procedures

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• BEGIN REGULAR ROUTINES ON THE FIRST DAY
• Apple Name Tag: Please check the spelling of your child’s name and add/check their a.m. and p.m. transportation. If there is anything that is incorrect, please send me an email or put a note in your child’s take home folder. It is important to have your child wear their apple name tag to school the WHOLE FIRST WEEK.
• Bus Schedule: Check the HCPSS website. See an administrator or front office staff with any questions or concerns. Please be sure to notify me
• and the front and the office with any

transportation changes throughout

the year and daily.

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Transportation

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• Walkers- parents will meet children outside of front door area.
• Car riders-please line up in the car loop and your child will be released to you by a staff member. Please stay in your car.
• Bus riders-practice your bus number at home. Take a drive with your child so they can recognize his/her stop. Refer to the bus schedule for arrival time to your neighborhood.

Lunch

• Breakfast $2.00 and Milk $.50
• Lunch $2.80. Your child will have a number they will need to use to purchase lunch with money that has been added to his/her account.
• Lunch can also be packed.
• Help teach your child how to open containers to foster independence.
• There is a peanut free table for allergies only.
• Lunch volunteers are needed the first week or two.

Recess:

• Weather Appropriate Clothing
• Gloves and hats in winter. Please label items.
• Students will go outside unless the temperature drops below 20 degrees with wind chill. Please make sure you dress your child appropriately.�

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Snack

• One small snack packed separate from your child’s lunch.
• Bottle of water labeled with their name
• Please no nuts or peanut products
• Teaching manners and responsibility
• Easy to eat foods that don’t require utensils

Half-Day

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When we have a half day schedule

(3 Hour Early Dismissal), all students will have lunch

It’s really comin’ down out there….

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• There have been instances where schools close early due to weather--snow, hurricane…PLEASE make sure your emergency transportation portion is filled out in Family File.
• School and teachers do not call parents. Students may not wait for pick up. Have a plan in place. If there is a change, please call the front office to ensure that we know of the change.

When Germs Attack!

*If a student gets sick at school they will be sent to the Health Room. One of our nurses will call the primary

number on your emergency card for a pick up, if necessary. If no one answers, they will work down the list of numbers on the emergency card.

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*Please make sure we have complete emergency

contact information. Keep us updated as to any cell

phone number, work number changes, etc. throughout the year.��*Students returning from an absence should bring a note from their family stating the reason for the absence. Please email me when you child is absent and see the following webpage for additional information.

https://hses.hcpss.org/news/2020/10/attendance

When Germs Attack!

P.B.I.S

• Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports- consistent, school-wide behavior expectations. HSES uses a ticket system. In kindergarten, we call them Husky Bucks.
• HSES behavior expectations are:
• Be Respectful
• Be Responsible
• Be Ready

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• Husky Bucks, K Store, Prize Cart

-Students will be able to shop for tangible and non-tangible items with their earned husky bucks.

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Special Activities

• Fall Field Trips- Gaver Farm

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• Spring Field Trips- Baltimore Zoo
• Trip to Miller Branch Library

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• In school Presentations- Firefighters

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• Birthdays --no food treats (no cake, cupcakes, cookies, etc).
• Ideas: Goody bags, pencils, stickers…

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You should have received a school supply list when you registered your child at HSES.

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Kindergarten Supply List

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Kindergarten Supplies