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Happy Sunday! Thank you all again for a great Boosterthon. This week, our student council is collecting socks for people who are experiencing homelessness. Please consider donating a new pair of socks and participating in our fun sock-theme each day.

See you tomorrow!

Dr. Ken Deal, Principal

Ms. Cassie Clark, Assistant Principal

Drop Off Starts: 8:45 AM

• Any student who is dropped off in the front of the school, must have a parent walk them in.

• Please remember that our school campus is a smoke free environment. We ask that you not smoke in our car line or when walking students up to the school.
• Please do not send metal utensils in student lunchboxes.

Our robotics team is selling May Howard lanyards and collectable pins. Get yours while the last!

POP TAB COMPETITION!

Student Council is kicking off a schoolwide Pop Tab Competition!

Competition begins September 28th and ends November 20th!

We’re challenging every grade level to collect as many aluminum pop tabs as possible. The TOP 3 GRADE LEVELS will earn a special prize!

Start collecting now! Ask your family members, friends, neighbors, and coworkers to save their pop tabs and help your grade level climb to the top!

Every little tab adds up, and together we can make a difference!

COLLECT • BRING • COMPETE!

Every tab counts!

💙💛 Growing Leaders Together!

The Family Engagement Action Team wants to make sure our families are familiar with the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People that our students and staff are learning and practicing at school! These habits give us a common language for building responsibility, positive relationships, teamwork, and leadership skills.

We encourage families to learn about the 7 Habits together and look for ways to practice them at home, too! When school and families work together, we can help our students grow into confident, responsible leaders both inside and outside the classroom. Over the next few months, we will be providing more information for what these habits are and how they help our students.

🌟Family Engagement Team

October 19-23 - School Bus Safety Week

October 19-23 - Socktober

October 26-30 - Red Ribbon Week

October 27 - Trunk or Treat at Coastal Middle School

Congratulations to the following students who were selected by Mrs. Scoville as the October Artists of the Month for the 2026-2027 school year! These students were chosen not only because they are wonderful artists, but because they exhibit excellent leadership skills in the Art classroom. Keep up the good work May Howard Hawks!

Kindergarten:

Quinn S. (Herb’s Homeroom)

Charlie B. (Reynold’s Homeroom)

1st Grade:
Kallie G. (Van Scherpenseel’s Homeroom)

Wyatt B. (Coursey’s Homeroom)

2nd Grade:
Josie B. (Bisseck’s Homeroom)

Jocsari R. (Zidow’s Homeroom)

3rd Grade:
Ethan P. (Stubblefield’s Homeroom)

Camila H. (Delaney’s Homeroom)

4th Grade:
Caden R. (Hodge’s Homeroom)

Max R. (Adam’s Homeroom)

5th Grade:
Shelbi V. (Stoke’s Homeroom)

Anthony B. (Hjelm’s Homeroom)

• Our walker dismissal is for students who are walking home. If you want to pick up your child in your car, please use the car line for pick up.

• If you are eating lunch with your child, please do not bring fast food into the cafeteria. We ask that you plan to eat a cafeteria lunch or bring a home-packed lunch.
• If you would like to take a picture with your child at lunch, other students should not be included in the picture and no videos should be taken during lunch in order to protect the privacy of other students and families.

Headphones: When purchasing headphones for school, please note the following requirements:

* Kindergarten and First Grade: Students will need wired headphones with a USB-C connector (or wired headphones with a USB-C adapter).

* Second through Fifth Grade: Students will need standard wired headphones with a 3.5 mm headphone plug.

Please label your child’s headphones with their name before sending them to school. Thank you!

Safety is our top priority. We need all families to work with staff members to ensure the safety of our students and staff is maintained.

ARRIVAL INFORMATION

• Our school time is 8:45 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
• Children will not be allowed to be dropped off prior to 8:45 a.m. Staff are not available to monitor students dropped off prior to 8:45 a.m. (Doing so may result in an unsafe situation for your child.)
• 8:45-Buses and walkers begin arriving
• Our instructional day begins at 9:15 am.
• Students arriving at 9:15 am or later will be marked tardy and parents must walk them to the front door to sign them into school.
• Dismissal will begin at 3: 50 pm and will end by 4:15 pm.

DISMISSAL INFORMATION

• 3:15 - NO Early Dismissal After This Time
• After 3:30, students will be dismissed at the regular dismissal time.
• 3:45 - Afternoon announcements
• 3:50 - Car rider and walker dismissal begins
• 3:53–Buses and day cares begin loading

Here are some additional important reminders..

• Parents should not get out of their cars in the car rider line.
• Please make sure your child is seated on the right side of the car to help expedite arrival and dismissal.

Please be patient during carpool! The first week or two, the carpool line moves slowly until the students learn the new routine.

Cars will enter and exit from Cromwell Road. Once you enter the campus, cars will loop through the front parking lot to keep cars from backing up on Cromwell Road. Pick up is a single lane. Car line ends at 4:15 PM.

If you are interested in being a crossing guard for May Howard, please apply using the link below. After you apply, please email Dr. Deal and let him know to look for your application.

APPLY HERE

• Navy or white polo-style shirts, collared blouses, turtlenecks, or May Howard spirit wear.
• Are to be plain unless displaying the school’s name or logo.
• Should be tucked and may not expose any part of the midriff, lower back, or undergarments.
• Tee-shirts may be worn under uniform shirts but must not be visible.

• Solid navy blue or khaki uniform pants, shorts, skirts, skorts, jumpers, or Capri pants may be worn.
• Shorts and skirts must be of an appropriate length that maintains modesty and provides sufficient coverage while the student is walking, sitting, or participating in school activities.
• Tights and leggings (only as an undergarment) may be worn and must be solid navy, black, or white with no designs.
• Dress code does not permit denim, knit pants, jogging pants, or pajama pants.

• Socks must be solid navy, black, or white with no designs.

• Shoes must be enclosed and fastened properly (no sandals, backless shoes, or crocs of any kind are permitted).

• Solid navy or white sweaters, windbreakers, or sweatshirts may be worn over the uniform shirt. Hooded sweat jackets (but NOT pullover hooded sweatshirts) are permitted and must be worn unzipped inside the building

Dress Down Days:

Student dress down days are scheduled each Friday starting August 8, 2025. Students that participate in dress down days are asked to pay $1. This money is used for our student celebrations, school gardens and many other activities throughout our school. Parents will have the option to pay for all dress down days through SchoolCash. Information on this is forthcoming. The LAST FRIDAY of each month is designated as May Howard School Spirit days. This is a FREE dress down day (or fun themed day) for students and participating students are asked to wear school spirit wear or school colors (navy/white) on this day.

Did you know? Lunch AND breakfast are FREE to all SCCPSS students this year. We want to make sure students have the tools and fuel they need to succeed! Because EVERY day matters.

See you Monday, August 3!

Email: kenneth.deal@sccpss.com

Website: https://howard.sccpss.com/

Location: 115 Wilmington Island Road, Savannah, GA 31411

Phone: 912-395-3925