A Piece From The Principal's Puzzle
Principal - Bradley A. Scott, Ed.D.
ARRIVAL
- FIRST DAY (Wednesday) - All parents may park and walk their child(ren) to class on the first day. In an effort to prevent traffic buildup in the hallways, we ask that students go straight to their classrooms unless they are eating breakfast.
- SECOND DAY (Thursday) - Normal arrival procedures in place for grades 1-6. We will have a few safety patrols and sixth grade students at the car line to help any students that need help remembering how to get to their classroom from the car line.
- Kindergarten ONLY - If desired, Kindergarten families can walk their kindergarten student to the front lobby where we will have multiple adults and some sixth grade students to walk them from the front lobby to their classroom.
DISMISSAL
- Thank you in advance for your patience in the car line for the first couple of days. With more car riders during the first two days, it always takes longer as we all learn/re-learn the procedures. After a couple of days, it will move quicker. As a result, we encourage families to carpool or consider allowing their child to walk to one of the walker locations (Across the bridge to Olive Drive, the school gate at Tennessee Street, or the school gate at Dale Circle) to meet their parents off campus.
- If your child is a walker, please:
- Complete a walker agreement for your child. (One is being sent home from your child's teacher & you can use the link below to download a copy, too)
- Staff will escort the walkers to one of three locations (Across the bridge to Olive Drive, the school gate at Tennessee Street, or the school gate at Dale Circle)
- Please do not park on campus if your child is a walker. He/She may be picked up at one of the locations listed above. This is a major safety concern as we do not want children crossing traffic, bus area, or the parking lot with moving traffic. Thank you in advance for helping to keep the children safe.
MEALS
- All students at Blossomwood (PreK-Gr. 6) receive a FREE breakfast and lunch daily. Breakfast is served from 7:30 to 7:50 am.
- While we look forward to having help at lunch, the first few of weeks of school are spent establishing routines and procedures throughout the school, especially in the cafeteria. We welcome parents to volunteer and eat lunch with us in the cafeteria starting Monday, August 30. * Exception: If your child has a birthday prior to August 30 and you would like to eat lunch with them, please work it out with your child's teacher.
August 3
New Student Orientation at 3:15 pm in the Auditorium
Camp Panther from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
- Information Carousel in the school cafeteria and gym
- Meet the Teacher & Supply Drop-off in classrooms
August 4
Teacher Work Day (NO SCHOOL)
Grades 1- 6 Students' First Day
- Kindergarten Students whose last name begins with A-L First Day
- (Kindergarten Students whose last name begins with M-Z do NOT attend on this date)
August 6
- Kindergarten Students whose last name begins with M-Z First Day
- (Kindergarten Students whose last name begins with A-L do NOT attend on this date)
August 7
- All Kindergarten Students Attend
CAR LINE ARRIVAL
Please have students ready to exit the vehicle when you enter the covered walkway area enabling the line to move quickly.
CAR LINE DISMISSAL
- Parents are asked to wait in their cars during arrival and dismissal.
- Students will wait inside the building each day and listen for their car number. BES staff will ensure the student(s) exit the building to the car area for loading.
- Students will be called by the student name displayed in your window.
- If you do not have your student name card displayed in the window, you will be asked to park, go to the office and provide identification to pick up your student(s).
WALKER DISMISSAL
- NEIGHBORHOOD Walkers (Tennessee Street) will be escorted by BES staff to the gate on Tennessee Street to meet a parent and/or a walker agreement will have to be completed by his/her parent and remain on file in the office.
- NEIGHBORHOOD Walkers (Olive Drive) will be escorted by BES staff to the bridge on Olive Drive to meet a parent and/or a walker agreement will have to be completed by his/her parent and remain on file in the office.
- NEIGHBORHOOD Walkers (Dale Circle) will be escorted by BES staff to the gate at Dale Circle to meet a parent and/or a walker agreement will have to be completed by his/her parent and remain on file in the office.
Bus route information is available for the 2026-27 school year. Visit the school bus route map link available at huntsvillecityschools.org/bus.
Information is also available on the Powerschool Parent Portal for the primary custodial parents of students registered for bus transportation. Parents who have any questions about route placement should call the Transportation Call Center at 256-428-6911.
The transportation exception form is currently being revised. If you need to submit a request for an exception, please use the School Bus Transportation Comment Form until further notice.
Information about how to access the PowerSchool Parent Portal is available on the Grades Online page.
Parents who did not receive an email with a temporary parent portal password and are unable to reset their password on the portal will need to go in-person to the enrollment center at 714 Bob Wallace Ave to access their parent portal account.
A driver's license or other form of photo ID is required to verify parents' identity.
Please note that only the browser version of the parent portal will display bus information - the mobile app does not. On mobile devices, you may need to turn the phone sideways into landscape orientation to view all the menu options.
Please direct all transportation-related questions, including in the event of an emergency, to the Transportation Call Center at 256-428-6911 or use the School Bus Transportation Comment form button on this page.
