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May 19 Full Day for students;

May 20 1/2 day for students

May 21 1/2 day for students, report cards go home and its the last day of school

****Last day for Alpha best is Monday, May 19, 2025.

MEDICATION PICK-UP

ALL MEDICATIONS must be picked up by 11:30am on Wednesday, May 21, 2025 by a parent or designated adult. Any medication(s) remaining after the last day of school will be destroyed according to Huntsville City Schools’ procedure and state and federal guidelines.

ATTENTION 5th GRADE PARENTS

All students 11 and older entering 6th grade in Alabama schools must have a tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine and a new certificate of immunization. Vaccinations may be obtained through the Madison Health Department or your private physician. Please make plans now to ensure your student can transition into 6th grade seamlessly.

Please call Nurse Cathy at 256-428-7125 with any questions.

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All parents/guardians who need to complete student registration for the 2025-2026 school year may do so by visiting the Enrollment page on the HCS website and selecting "New Student Registration" or "Returning Student Registration."

New Students will need the following:

• 2 Proof of Residence (most current 30 day utility bill)
• Proof of Age
• Immunization Record (Blue Card)
• Parent ID
• Custody Information (as appropriate)
• Grades

Returning students will receive a 10-digit snapcode via email that the parent has provided or can be obtained at your student's school.

Watch Video

Leigh Ann Brown, HCS School Counseling Coordinator, provides an overview to parents about course registration for the 2025-2026 school year. Counselors are speaking with students about course selection for both core classes and electives. Watch Course Registration video.

Questions

Please contact Tiffany Shoulders in the office of Strategy and Innovation at 256-428-6854 or 256-924-1517 or email tiffany.shoulders@hsv-k12.org.

Summer and the end of the school year is just around the corner. It’s time to get kids outside and keep them busy! There are always ways to continue learning math during the summer with some fun learning games. See some examples below!

Sort and Measure Sticks

This summer math game is possible at home in the backyard, at camp, or on a playground. The activity is pretty self-explanatory – find sticks and measure them. Kids may use small containers, bags, a basket, or whatever they would like to carry sticks in. Begin this game by telling players they have ‘x’ amount of time (say 10 minutes, for example) to find as many sticks as they can. Set a timer and watch the kids begin gathering sticks of different shapes and sizes.

Once the timer is finished, players will come together and lay out their sticks from shortest to longest. Parents and teachers can challenge kids further by asking them to sort all of the players’ sticks together by length. This summer math activity is a great way for elementary students to work on making comparisons and exercise teamwork skills!

Hula Hoop Addition

To play hula hoop addition, you will need 3 different hula hoops, 2 index cards, and a bag of balls (or you can use rocks). Lay the 3 hula hoops out on the ground side by side. Write a ‘+’ and ‘=’ sign on the index cards and place them in between the 3 hula hoops on the ground. Your layout should be hula hoop + hula hoop = hula hoop.

To play this game, you can either call out math equations (ex. 2+3) or write them down on index cards for players to draw.

A player will draw a math equation and place the corresponding number of balls into the hula hoops to start. Once both numbers are placed into the first 2 hoops, the player will add those together. Then, the player will do that number of jumping jacks in the third hoop. (For example, if the equation was 2+3, the player would do 5 jumping jacks.)

This summer math activity can be a lot of fun and will definitely have kids moving and burning off energy! The game can also be adapted to the math concept kids need experience with – including subtraction, multiplication, and division.

Math Fact Basketball

Make basketball into a fun summer math game! To play math fact basketball, you can either call out math equations (ex. 2+3) or write them down on index cards for players to draw.

To start, a player will draw a math equation and answer it aloud as quickly as possible. Once the player successfully solves a math problem, they get a chance to shoot the basketball. The player collects 2 points if they answer correctly AND make the ball into the hoop. Rotate turns with the other players.

The object of the game is to correctly solve as many math problems as possible so that you get more chances to shoot the basketball. The player with the most points wins the game!

Like Hula Hoop Addition, Math Fact Basketball can be adapted to any operation your kids need review on.