Academy Family Newsletter

Friday, August 29 - Student Half-Day (early dismissal)

Monday, September 1 - No School (Labor Day)

We believe we are a family.

We believe the academics and arts are important.

We believe diversity makes us stronger.

We believe the goal is to keep improving.

8th Grade - Tuesday, September 2

Pre-K - 4th - Wednesday, September 3

5th - 7th - Thursday, September 4

Morning Carline:

• All students enter through the rear of the building beginning at 7:30 am.
• Carline closes to K-8 parents at 8:00.
• Students arriving after the carline closes at 8:00 should be taken to the front entrance and escorted inside by an adult to be signed in.
• Students should not be dropped off anywhere in front of the school, in the parking lots, or on the sidewalks.

Afternoon Carline:

• The blue carline (K-5) enters from the left off of Sparkman Dr. Please stay in the left lane until you pass the entrance to the green carline (the big yellow gates to the right).
• The green carline (6-8 and elementary siblings) enters from the right off Dry Creek or Grizzard. Please stay in the right lane to enter the green carline.
• If your child needs a name tag for carline, please email misty.suwarow@hsv-k12.org.
• Carline ends around 3:25. If students are still waiting for pickup at this time, they will be taken to the auditorium to wait for their ride. Once you arrive, please park and come inside the back doors to sign your student out.

Skills to Practice with Young Students:

• Unbuckling the seatbelt or carseat independently.
• Opening and closing the car door independently.
• Exiting the car on the passenger side independently.

All students, elementary and middle, should now have received a letter with a specialized code to complete a parent survey for our Blue Ribbon School of Excellence recertification. There is a separate survey for elementary and middle school. This is a critical part of our recertification process. If you did not receive your letter and code, please let Dr. Coffey or Mr. Jones know so that we can send you a code. Our goal for both schools is 90% parent participation, respectively.

Our parent participation percentages are currently low. Please complete these surveys if you are able! We won't be able to complete certification if the surveys are not completed.

Elementary School - Order forms and money to your child's teacher

Middle School - Order forms and money to your first period teacher

• Orders will be delivered through ELA classes when they arrive

Click the photo below to access the online store.

Once the store closes, orders will be delivered to the school in 2 to 3 weeks.

Starting next week, we will highlight a new faculty member each week to allow you to get to know our staff. The highlighted faculty member will pick a color or pattern for the entire school to wear to match with them on Tuesday! We will call it Twin Tuesday!

Wear your grooviest tie dye or rainbow colored gear to twin with Mrs. Smith on Tuesday, August 26th. Everyone can participate, but participation is completely optional.

We want to hear the great things you see our faculty members doing! Complete the form to shout out fAAAmily you see going above and beyond! We will share these shoutouts with our faculty members.

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: Jessica Anderson at jessica.anderson@hsv-k12.org

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

Middle Library & Technology-

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

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

Elementary & Middle School Assistant Principal: Erin Smith at 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, AL 35810

(256)428-7600