I hope everyone is well-rested and ready to return to school on Monday. We are excited to welcome Mr. Ben Blankenship to 3rd Grade. A huge thanks to Mr. Preston for being a great long term sub.

The weather looks very cold over the next few weeks. I would encourage students to be dropped off no earlier than 7:30AM and please make sure students have adequate winter clothing (check the lost and found also 🥶🥶).

Special thanks to our Board Member, Mrs. Andrea Alvarez, the HCS Operations Team, and HCS Special Education Department for updating our playground with new and accessible equipment!

Jan 6 - Welcome Back K-5

Jan 7 - Welcome Back PreK 😀

Jan 8-9 - DIBELS (K-3rd)

Jan 9 - Report Cards

Jan 10 - Spelling Bee

Jan 13 - SOAR Store (PBIS)

Jan 13-14 - iReady Winter Benchmarks

Jan 20 - MLK, Jr. Holiday

Feb 13 - Valentine's Day Parties

Feb 14 - 1/2 Day

The Alabama State Department of Education recently released School Report Card scores and Farley Elementary was awarded a 94!!! This score represents a multi-year trend of improvement in Academic Achievement and a significant reduction in the percentage of students who are considered Chronically Absent. The three-year trends are visualized below:

Parents - remember that excuse notes must be submitted promptly. The HCS expectation is that within 3 days, a parent or doctor's note is submitted to the school. After 8 excused absences (not individual notes), students must have a doctor's note. A student checked out before 11:30AM is considered absent unless they check back in.

Farley Elementary's Chronic Absenteeism rate is around 6%, which lower than our surrounding schools. However, when schools receive their Report Card scores, 15% of the total grade is based on the percentage of students who are Chronically Absent. We lost one point on our Report Card Grade. I would like to get that point back this year, which means our CA rate needs to be less than 3%.

Chronic Absenteeism is defined as a student missing 18 or more days for the school year, regardless of reason.

HCS Parent Handbook

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