August 25 Newsletter

Welcome Back Haymarket Families,

We are so excited to have our hallways and classrooms buzzing with energy once again! Summer may have flown by, but we’re ready to dive into another year filled with learning, laughter, and growth. Mrs. Shore and I couldn’t be more proud to serve this amazing school community.

Our goal has always been to make sure every child feels welcomed, supported, and inspired each and every day. We believe that when families and schools work hand-in-hand, incredible things happen—and we can’t wait to see all that our students will accomplish this year.

Over the past few weeks, our teachers have been hard at work preparing and planning for a year full of exciting adventures and meaningful learning. Whether you’re brand new to our school or returning for another great year, we are so glad you’re here!

Let’s make this a year full of kindness, curiosity, and big dreams. Here’s to a fantastic start—please enjoy our Welcome Back video below!

~Mrs. Mills

• August 18th - First Day of School
• August 29 - No School (Labor Day Weekend)
• September 1 - No School (Labor Day)
• September 2 -30 Lego Drive for Childhood Cancer Awareness
• September 8 - Donuts with Grandparents
• September 15-19 Scholastic Book Fair
• September 17 - PTO Meeting
• September 23 - No School (Rosh Hashanah)
• September 26 - PTO Movie Night
• September 29 - Back to School Night (Kinder, 2nd, and 4th)
• September 30 - Back to School Night (1st, 3rd, and 5th)

Track your bus with the EZ A2B app!

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• Get notified when the bus gets close to the bus stop
• Receive notifications about bus delays

Arrival – 9:10am….tardy bell 9:20am

•Please DO NOT drop your child off before 9:10 am and leave.

Dismissal – 4:00pm

•All early dismissals before 3:30pm

• If you arrive after 9:20am for student drop-off please park and walk your child into the school. Staff needs to get into the building to work with students and late arriving cars continue to pull into the student drop-off line.

When entering the school turn to the right to enter the car rider line and follow along the path as shown on the map. Please have students exit out the right side of the car upon arrival. At dismissal they will enter on the right side.

If you need to help buckle a student into a car seat or booster seat, we ask that you pull up into the far lanes so traffic can continue to flow.

• Please submit all attendance absences through ParentVue.
• All other attendance requests (tardy, early dismissal) should be submitted through email at HMES-cubs-attendance@pwcs.edu.
• All changes of transportation must be submitted to the office and the classroom teacher no later than 3:15pm each day.

PWCS Code of Behavior ensures that education is provided in an atmosphere conducive to learning, free of disruption and threat to person or property, and supportive of individual rights.

https://codeofbehavior.pwcs.edu/

Online

Online payments are a simple, safe, and secure way to make payments to your student's account, 24 hours a day, at your convenience!

Please visit MySchoolBucks.com to make prepayments online any time to your student's meal account.

Questions or assistance regarding MySchoolBucks.com may be sent to sommaf@pwcs.edu or 703-791-7242.

Cash or Check

Cash or checks may also be used to place money on a student's meal account. Cash or checks must be given to the school's Food Service Manager. Checks must be payable to “Prince William County School's Food and Nutrition Department.”

Mental health telehealth services are available to PWCS students at no cost to families through Hazel Health, a well-established telehealth provider.

This initiative provides access to mental health care, ensuring students receive the support they need without delay – regardless of their ability to pay or insurance status.

Available in 19 languages.

Dear Families,

Get ready—the Scholastic Book Fair is coming to our school! This is a great opportunity to connect with your child over the thrill of bringing home new books to dive into again and again. Studies show that kids read more when they choose books for themselves. A love of independent reading boosts academic success, plus children who read more frequently also report improved mental health.

Here’s everything you need to know about the Book Fair:

Dates: September 15th-September 19th

Location: Haymarket Elementary School

Family Event schedule and location:

Wednesday, September 17th 5:30-7:00 pm

Haymarket Elementary Library

There’s even more info on our school’s Book Fair homepage:

https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/haymarketelem

While you’re there, set up a Book Fair eWallet, the digital payment account that allows your child to shop for books at the Fair without cash. Then share your eWallet link so friends and extended family can add funds.

*If you have an eWallet from a previous Scholastic Book Fair please use that email address to create a new eWallet for our Fall Book Fair.

We need volunteers! Please click on the link below if you would like to help at our Fall Book Fair. Thank you in advance for your support.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B49A4A928AAF85-57833963-fall

Many of us still remember the rush of finding the perfect book at a Scholastic Book Fair. I hope you’ll join your child at our school’s Fair and share a reading experience they’ll remember forever.

Happy reading,

Mrs. Zenoniani and Mrs. Fisher

Haymarket Elementary School

PS: Need one more reason to visit the Book Fair? Every purchase at the Fair benefits our school!

A Special Shout Out to our amazing "VIP" Custodial Team! They have worked so hard over the summer to prepare our school for the first day......THANK YOU!

Another Shout Out to our wonderful PTO for the delicious breakfast provided for our staff on Monday!

Haymarket Cubs climbing towards excellence in all that we do.

Creative Unique Brilliant Students