All visitors MUST come in the front door and go through our security screening protocol. In order to enter the building, please remember that you must have an ID. Visitors will not be admitted through side entrances or without completing the security screening.

If your student's mode of transportation is changing, please communicate this information with his or her teacher and/or the front office. Please do so in a timely manner so that we can notify your child of the changes if necessary. This is to ensure all students are accounted for during the dismissal process.

February 17

President's Day - No School

February 20 - 27

Book Fair

February 20

Literary magazine submissions due

February 21

4th grade field trip

Barnhill Preserve Show permission slips due (elementary only)

Elementary Sweetheart Dance (6-8 pm)

February 24

Barnhill Preserve Show visit (elementary only)

February 25

The Masked Reader Literacy & STEAM Night (5:30-7:30, elementary students)

March 3

Deadline for recipes for the AAA cookbook

March 3 - 7

Read Across America Week

March 7

Half day for students

March 10 - 14

Spring Break

Morning Car Rider Line

• Drop off does not begin until 7:30. Please do not allow students to get out of the vehicle until Coach Brown and Coach Cagle start the morning arrival procedure.
• Students need to be ready to exit the vehicle when you pull up to Coach Brown and Coach Cagle
• When you enter the car rider line, pull in to the lane you need to be in when it is time for you to pull on to Sparkman Drive (changing lanes after drop off delays the car rider line process).
• Do NOT drop off children in the parking lot and allow them to run or walk across the parking lot to the crosswalk!

Afternoon Car Rider Line

• Please pay attention to the line and make sure you keep moving when it is time to move.
• If you have a child who needs help being buckled in, please pull all the way up to the cones and buckle them in there.
• Please do not exit your vehicle during car rider line.
• Car rider line ends at 3:40. Please make every effort to be in the line for pick up on time.

Visit the middle school minute for updates specific to middle school students from your teachers.

Permission slips for the Barnhill Preserve visit on February 24th are being sent home with students today. Students MUST return a permission slip in order to attend the show. Permission slips are due Friday, February 21st. If you have questions, please reach out to Mrs. Taylor.

casaundra.taylor@hsv-k12.org

If you need an extra copy, click the attachment below.

There are lots of illnesses going around both the elementary and middle schools at this time. While teachers and custodians are doing their best to disinfect rooms and common spaces, we also need your help!

If your student is diagnosed with flu, RSV, or covid, please email Nurse Darby and let her know. She is working to keep up with what is going around, and this communication is a huge help for her in keeping tabs on what she needs to report. You can also copy Mrs. Calhoun on the email and use the notification as a parent excuse for your absence. If you have any questions, please reach out to Nurse Darby.

Nurse Darby - Christina.Darby@hsv-k12.org

Mrs. Calhoun - Ramona.Calhoun@hsv-k12.org

Attendance was down across all grade levels this week. While it is cold and flu season and we understand staying home to rest and keep others healthy, please be at school when you are well and able. Every single day counts!

Our school wide goal for attendance is 98% present each and every school day. Every day counts! Please plan appointments early enough that your student can be checked in by 11:30 or later in the day so that they can be in school until at least 11:30 in order to avoid being counted absent.

Form attendance excuses were sent home last week for you to use if your child is absent and needs a parent excuse. A blank copy is attached below. You do not have to use this excuse, but we hopes it makes providing excuses a little easier! Blank copies are also kept at the front office and you can fill them out when you come to drop your child off late or pick your child up early.

We're so excited to put together a AAA Family Cookbook! Please submit your recipes by March 3rd.

See the attachment below for information regarding bus routes.

It is almost time to let the GOOD TIMES ROLL at our upcoming book fair!!! The Crane Book Fair takes place February 21-26. Parents may shop Tuesday night during the Masked Reader & Living Wax Museum Night Event.

Use the link below to sign up to volunteer. You can also purchase your student a gift card to use at the bookfair through the link below.

Remember to wear your house shirt every Thursday! Middle school can wear their grade level color or AAA Middle t-shirt.

The AAA Lost and Found needs clothes hangers! If you have extra hangers that you'd like to donate, please send them to school with your child or feel free to bring them to the front office. We have lots of nice things in lost and found, and we would love to hang them up and make them easier to find!

View the video linked below to hear some of our middle school students sing it for you!

Order forms for middle school t-shirts came home with report cards. 6th grade is represented by black, 7th by green, and 8th by orange. The cost is $8 per shirt. Please send in your money and order forms if you'd like to order! We will wear these on designated days of the week throughout the school year.

Interested in purchasing a 2024-2025 yearbook! Visit the link below to reserve your copy today!

Confused about creating a PowerSchool Parent Portal account? Click the link below to view directions. PowerSchool Parent Portal is a critical piece in the school-home communication network and is a great help for finding information about attendance and grades.

Click the link below to join PTA! If you want to volunteer, click the bottom link and fill out the form.

Grades and Coursework- Contact your student's teacher first firstname.lastname@hsv-k12.org

Data Generalist & Attendance: Ramona Calhoun at ramona.calhoun@hsv-k12.org

Cafeteria & Nutrition: Norma Martin at norma.martin@hsv-k12.org

School Nurse: Christina Darby at christina.darby@hsv-k12.org

Elementary School Counselor: Samantha Scharmann at samantha.scharmann@hsv-k12.org

Middle School Counselor: Sheldyn Zazzaro at sheldyn.zazzaro@hsv-k12.org

Elementary Library & Technology- Dorothy Lancaster at dorothy.lancaster@hsv-k12.org

Middle Library & Technology- Stephanie Clemmons at stephanie.clemmons@hsv-k12.org

Elementary School Administrative Assistant: Mary Christopher at mary.christopher@hsv-k12.org

Middle School Administrative Assistant: Jahshay McKeller at jahshay.mckeller@hsv-k12.org

AAA Assistant Principal: Erin Smith erin.smith1@hsv-k12.org

Elementary School Principal: Evelyn Coffey at evelyn.coffey@hsv-k12.org

Middle School Principal: Tyrone Jones at tyrone.jones@hsv-k12.org

4800 Sparkman Drive

Huntsville, Alabama 35811

School Phone Number: (256)428-7600