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As we head into fall break, I hope everyone enjoys the time off with family and friends. We look forward to welcoming students back to school on Monday, December 1st

Thank you for helping us keep arrivals smooth, safe, and comfortable for everyone. Enjoy the break—we’ll see you soon!

Warmly,

Kolby Snellenberger, Principal

November 24th - 28th, 2025 (Fall Break) - No School - Please plan accordingly

As winter weather approaches, we are making a small adjustment to our morning entry process for Kindergarten and first grade. Kindergarten and first-grade classrooms will not enter through outside classroom doors. All students are still welcome to play on the playground starting at 7:15 and can enter the building through the playground doors at 7:30. Kindergarten and first-grade students who arrive with a parent may also enter through the doors by the flagpole if they prefer. Opening this entrance helps keep snow and mud out of our classrooms during the winter months.

The outside doors by the flagpole will open at 7:30 AM.

Any students arriving after 7:35 AM should enter through the main office.

Hiawatha students have had a busy November in library classes! We began the month with two lessons on the Global Cardboard Challenge, where students learned about the project and planned their own cardboard creations. Thank you to all the families who attended the challenge last Saturday!

We are closing out the month by recognizing Native American Heritage Month. Students have listened to Native American folktales and discussed the important relationships between Indigenous people, the earth, and animals. This week, we are reading books that focus on Native land and thinking about who may have lived in our homes and on the land around us before our own families did.

Dear Hiawatha families,

If you haven't registered yet with PickUp Patrol, you can find the link to PickUp Patrol on our website by clicking on the Report an Absence tab on our Hiawatha homepage. Please take a few minutes to set up your account so that we can accurately dismiss your child(ren).

*** If you need to make a change in your student's default plan in PickUp Patrol, please contact the front office at hiawathaoffice@ewsd.org. ***

PickUp Patrol is to help us communicate about a change in your student's attendance or change in their after school plan for that current day. You DO NOT need to put your student's after school plan into PickUp Patrol daily if there are no changes for that day.

Absence? Early Dismissal? Here’s the “How to”

After you select the day that you want to change to an Early Dismissal, you will see your child’s default dismissal plan for that day (Pick Up, Bus 10, etc.). Select that plan and you will be brought to another screen where you can choose from a drop down of options to change the dismissal plan including options for Absence or Early Dismissal (you might need to scroll up to see all of the options available).

Does your child have an appointment midday? Looking for the late arrival option?

This option is available under Leave and Return or Late Arrival towards the bottom of the main screen. In addition to the late arrival option, the Leave and Return or Midday option is where families can enter timing for a child’s appointment that is part way through the day.

Did you know that your child’s absence can be entered ahead of time?

If you know your child will be absent or has an appointment for a future date, you can enter this into Pick Up Patrol at any time by selecting the date of the appointment or absence and updating the information as needed.

Reminder: After School Plan change cut off times

Any changes to an student's After School Plan must be done in PickUp Patrol by 1:30pm on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. The cut off time for Wednesdays is at 12:30pm. After those times, you must contact the Front Office by calling 802-878-1384 or email hiawathaoffice@ewsd.org

ALL plan changes should now be submitted through PickUp Patrol. When making changes, please do not send notes, emails, or call the office, except in an emergency.

The link to PickUp Patrol can now be found on our Home page of our website by clicking on the Report an Absence Tab

We use PickUp Patrol to track: Plan Changes, Absences, Early Dismissals, Late Arrivals, Daily Dismissal Plans (default plans).

If you have any questions, please first check the PickUp Patrol Parent Guide & if you need additional assistance, contact our Front Office at 802-878-1384 or hiawathaoffice@ewsd.org

Now that we have already had our 1st snow, this is a reminder that during the winter months, please send your student to school with a hat, a pair of gloves or mittens, a coat, snow pants, and boots. Students go outside for recess unless the ‘feels like’ temperature is below zero degrees.

Also, please pack extra shoes for your student to wear inside the school building. Wearing wet snow boots is not only uncomfortable but makes for wet floors, which can lead to injury.

If you need assistance with obtaining winter coats, please contact me.

Thank you,

Reyna Maher, RN

rmaher@ewsd.org

802- 857-7740

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