A Piece From The Principal's Puzzle

Dear Blossomwood Families,

We hope that you and your family have had a wonderful summer making new memories together as a family, and we are looking forward to working with your family this upcoming school year. Please take a few minutes to review this newsletter as we have attempted to include several details and helpful resources as we prepare to begin the new school year.

Reminder: Each Sunday I will send you a brief principal's message called "A Piece from the Principal's Puzzle" with information about current and/or upcoming opportunities for our families as well as information that will help you know what is occurring at Blossomwood Elementary. In addition, we will use this effort to highlight and brag on our students each week! If we don't brag on our children, who will?

We look forward to seeing your family at Camp Panther (our PTA sponsored information carousel) on August 3 from 4:00 to 6:00 pm.

Sincerely,

Bradley A. Scott, Ed.D.

Principal

July 23

• Popsicles with Principals 10:00 (school playground)
• Come out and meet our principal and new assistant principals

July 31

• Kindergarten Pool Party 10:00 to 11:00 am (Blossomwood Pool)

August 3

• New Student Orientation at 3:15 pm in the Auditorium

• Camp Panther from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm

• Information Carousel in the school cafeteria and gym
• Meet the Teacher & Supply Drop-off in classrooms

August 4

• Teacher Work Day (NO SCHOOL)

• Grades 1- 6 Students' First Day

• Kindergarten Students whose last name begins with A-L First Day
• (Kindergarten Students whose last name begins with M-Z do NOT attend on this date)

August 6

• Kindergarten Students whose last name begins with M-Z First Day
• (Kindergarten Students whose last name begins with A-L do NOT attend on this date)

August 7

• All Kindergarten Students Attend

HCS registration for the 2026–2027 school year must be completed in order for students to receive transportation services (bus transportation) on the first day of school.

All parents/guardians who need to complete returning student registration for the 2026-2027 school year may do so by visiting the Enrollment page on the HCS website and selecting "Returning Student Registration."

Returning student registration requires a snapcode to access the record. Snapcodes are visible in the parent portal. Please contact the school for assistance, if needed.

Please use the links below for more information about the award winning Blossomwood PTA.

https://blossomwoodpta.square.site/

Bus route information is available for the 2026-27 school year. Visit the school bus route map link available at huntsvillecityschools.org/bus.

Information is also available on the Powerschool Parent Portal for the primary custodial parents of students registered for bus transportation. Parents who have any questions about route placement should call the Transportation Call Center at 256-428-6911.

The transportation exception form is currently being revised. If you need to submit a request for an exception, please use the School Bus Transportation Comment Form until further notice.

• Information about how to access the PowerSchool Parent Portal is available on the Grades Online page.

• Parents who did not receive an email with a temporary parent portal password and are unable to reset their password on the portal will need to go in-person to the enrollment center at 714 Bob Wallace Ave to access their parent portal account.

• A driver's license or other form of photo ID is required to verify parents' identity.

Please note that only the browser version of the parent portal will display bus information - the mobile app does not. On mobile devices, you may need to turn the phone sideways into landscape orientation to view all the menu options.

Please direct all transportation-related questions, including in the event of an emergency, to the Transportation Call Center at 256-428-6911 or use the School Bus Transportation Comment form button on this page.

Below are a few general safety reminders and updates related to visitors and families I would like to share so your family can plan and prepare for the upcoming school year:

• Any person who comes into the school to see a child MUST be listed in PowerSchool as a contact person for that child. This includes anyone coming to eat lunch with a child or volunteer in the school. Any visitors/volunteers not associated with a student as a contact in PowerSchool must be approved through Dr. Scott. Please make sure you update your child's contacts by stopping by the school office.
  
• Please remember that ALL visitors and volunteers will need to show an ID and scan it through Raptor to enter our building. The ID will also be used to verify that the person entering the building is associated as a contact with a student. For those wondering about Raptor, it is a system that uses the visitor’s first name, last name, and date of birth that is captured with the ID scan to check only against registered sex offender databases in all 50 U.S. states.
  
• All students (K-6) and parents must walk through the weapons detection system located in the school lobby.
• Visitors will be asked to sign in on a log that indicate where their location will be while in the building. For example, "Lunchroom" if coming to eat lunch with a student. It is important for the safety of ALL people in the building, including our visitors and volunteers, for us to know your location.
• Any visitor who is eating lunch with a student, must check out at the front office at the conclusion of lunch. Visitors are not allowed to go with the class back to the classroom or out to the playground for recess time.
• While we look forward to having help at lunch, the first few of weeks of school are spent establishing routines and procedures throughout the school, especially in the cafeteria. We welcome parents to volunteer and eat lunch with us in the cafeteria starting after Labor Day, Sept. 1. * Exception: If your child has a birthday and you would like to eat lunch with them, please work it out with your child's teacher.

If you would like to volunteer and become more involved at Blossomwood, please reach out to our parent coordinator, Ms. Chelsea Clay. She will be glad to help find a role just for you! In fact, part of her role as parent coordinator includes establishing a parent advisory committee, hosting parent events, leading parent trainings, building relationships with all parents in our school, and acting as a liaison between the parent community and the school.

Email - Chelsea.Clay@hsv-k12.org

To improve reading outcomes for students across Alabama, the Alabama Legislature passed the Alabama Literacy Act, which became law on June 10, 2019.

This legislation extends comprehensive information and other guidance for educators to focus concentrated and systematic efforts to improve the reading skills of all public school students in early literacy so that every student is reading at or above grade level by the end of the third grade.

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to our reading coach, Mrs. Lauren Davenport (lauren.davenport@hsv-k12.org).