Hawks News

Dear Parents and Guardians,

As we enter a new month, I want to take a moment to thank you for your continued support and commitment to helping every student at Williams Elementary reach success. Our theme this year—“Roadmap to Success: Driving Student Growth”—guides everything we do. Together, we are focused on increasing proficiency in Reading, Math, and Science by 10%, closing achievement gaps, and ensuring that every student grows academically and socially.

🎯 How We Will Get There

Our teachers are using ongoing data from i-Ready, DIBELS, and classroom assessments to target instruction, provide intervention and enrichment, and monitor progress. Grade-level PLCs and coaching cycles help ensure instruction remains aligned to standards and focused on results. With your continued partnership—through homework support, communication with teachers, and encouragement at home—we will continue moving in the right direction!

🏫 Attendance Matters!

Every day counts! Students who attend school regularly perform better academically and socially. Please help us by ensuring your child is on time each day and ready to learn. Consistent attendance builds strong habits and ensures they don’t miss key learning moments.

Supporting Our Learning Environment

We ask that all visitors remember our expectations when entering the school environment. Please check in at the front office, remain respectful of the learning process, and follow school procedures to ensure a safe and productive atmosphere for all. Your partnership in maintaining these expectations helps us keep Williams Elementary a positive, focused, and welcoming place for students and staff.

💛 Thank You for Your Support

As we move into November, a month of gratitude, I want to express my sincere appreciation for your patience, understanding, and partnership. Together, we are fueling student success—one mile at a time!

With Hawk PRIDE,
Ms. Cummings
Refueling Minds. Igniting Success

Our mission at Williams Elementary School is to provide a strong foundation for all students. Through rigorous instruction that is tailored to the needs of each student, we strive to develop life long learners that Engage, Inspire, and Challenge our students at all levels. We do this by developing lessons that engage our students, utilize student data that drive instruction, and utilize curriculum and resources that are rigorous and that meet grade level and student needs.

We encourage all students to show their Hawk PRIDE. At Williams ES, students are expected to follow the following schoolwide expectations daily. Each classroom has their own expectations to follow in additon to the schoolwide expectations. When all expectations are followed, students can be invited to our monthly PBIS celebrations. Students who do no meet these expectations will attend a class geared toward correcting behaviors that do not meet the expectations.

HCS Asking Families to Complete the Federal Impact Aid Survey Form

Work on Redstone Arsenal? Serve in the Military? Live in a Public Housing Community? Please Complete the Impact Aid Form.

Huntsville City Schools is asking eligible families to complete the Federal Impact Aid Survey Form electronically now through December 19, 2025. Spanish Versions of the form are available at each school. Impact Aid provides school districts with additional federal dollars to help support resources in classrooms. Learn more at huntsvillecityschools.org/impact

Who is Eligible to Complete the Impact Aid Form?

• Parents/Guardians who work/live on Redstone Arsenal or other federal properties.

• Parents/Guardians on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces.

• Parents/Guardians who live in federal/public housing communities.

How to Complete Impact Aid Form Electronically?

• Login to the Parent Portal in the PowerSchool app or through the PowerSchool website.

• Click on Forms, then click on Huntsville City Impact Aid.

• A form should be completed for each student attending Huntsville City Schools.

• Spanish version of the form is available at each school.

To learn more view: Impact Aid 2025.

Did you know you can upload excuse notes?

Steps to Upload an Absence Excuse

1. Log in to your PowerSchool Parent Portal account on a web browser or the PowerSchool App.
2. Navigate to the FORMS section by clicking on "More" at the bottom of the app or finding the "Forms" link in the navigation menu on a computer.
3. Select the Student Absence Form from the list of available forms.
4. Fill in the required details for the absence, such as the date and reason.
5. Upload any supporting documents by clicking the upload button, if you have a doctor's note or other excuse documentation.
6. Submit the form to send it to the school administration for review and processing.

Attendance Task Force Meetings

If you receive an attendance letter, please make sure you have sent in excuse notes (8 Parent Excuses for the year). All meetings begin at 9:00 AM in the Front Office Conference Room.

This month's meeting dates: November 7 & 21, 2025

If you cannot upload, please send the excuse in with your student or send to Kelsi.Booker@hsv-k12.org

Hey fellas — we need YOU!

We’re building our new Outdoor Garden, and those raised garden beds aren’t going to build themselves!

Calling all dads, uncles, grandpas, and handy helpers to come out, roll up your sleeves, and show off those skills!

When: November 13, 2025
Time: 5:00 PM Where: WES

Let’s make something amazing for our students to learn and grow in. Plus… who doesn’t love a good excuse to play with tools?

#WilliamsStrong #GardenCrew #DadPower #GrowingTogethe

3rd Grade Parents,

Please click on the link below to learn more information about the Alabama Literacy Act and how it may or may not affect 3rd Grade students. As you may know, Alabama placed into law an act that states that all 3rd Grade students must be proficient in Reading before moving on to the 4th Grade. Students will take the ACAP Summative Assessment in the Spring that will determine mastery. Students must meet a cut score of in order to be considered for promotion. Students who do not meet this goal will be identified and parameters will be put in place. There are some exceptions to this law fro qualifying students.

There will be a meeting in January geared toward the explanation of this law and how it effects students. I encourage all parents to attend.

For more information, you can reach out to your child's teacher.

"Building Strong Foundations"

Email: tenisha.cummings@hsv-k12.org
Website: https://www.huntsvillecityschools.org/schools/williams-elementary
Location: 155 Barren Fork Boulevard Southwest, Huntsville, AL, USA
Phone: (256) 428-7540
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Williams-Elementary-IB-World-School-102962112510895/