Hamilton Family Newsletter

No School Wednesday, 11/11 - Veterans Day

Absence Communication: Nurse Branchaud has asked me to remind families to please call their child in absent on the sick line at 268-6523 and to please let the nurse know the child's symptoms so that she can track illnesses within the classrooms and school.

VisitU Check-in/out System: Please see the linked information button following this section regarding our new VisitU system, which will be used by all visitors, as well as families bringing children to school late (e.g. doctor's appointment) or dismissing them early.

**NOTE: Anyone visiting the school or picking up a student must have their ID with them. Also, anyone picking up a student must be listed in Aspen for that student.

Arrival/Drop Off:

* When dropping off your child in the morning, please use the inner circle of the entrance (the loop further away from the school, as the buses use the other loop closest to the school). Adults, please do NOT exit your cars. Children can get out of the car on the passenger side with the assistance of our staff and walk to the main entrance side walk. We need the line of cars to keep moving safely and efficiently.

Dismissal Form:

* Every student at Hamilton will be sent home on their NKSD assigned bus unless we have a dismissal form completed for them. Any changes made to your students' dismissal requires the dismissal form to be filled out. Please enter a separate form for each student.

* Any changes in DAYCARE or BUS, please fill out the dismissal form.

* Reoccurring pickups only need to be entered on a form once you do not need to reenter the forms daily. A new dismissal form must be used if the reoccurring pickup schedule changes.

* The dismissal form will be closed at 2:30pm each day in order to create an accurate daily dismissal list. We can not accept phone calls/emails regarding dismissal past 2:30pm, as there is no guarantee your child's teacher will receive the message in time.

Dismissal Form Link

Aspen Family Portal:

The Family Portal will be open soon for families to access. Please be sure that your Emergency Information, phone numbers, email addresses, etc are up to date and that any adult who will be picking up your student is listed in the Portal. We will not release a student to anyone not listed in the Family Portal and who does not have a valid ID. If you have trouble getting into Aspen, please reach out to our clerks, Beth or Robyn, in the main office.

Picture Day: Lifetouch Photography will be at Hamilton on October 21 for school pictures. Retakes are November 20.

Family Resources: Please check out the family resources at the bottom of the newsletter.

If you have any questions, you can contact me and our clerks, Beth Spurlock and Robyn Albuquerque, at 401-268-6520 or email me at frederick_schweizer@nksd.net. You can also call/text my cell (between 7am and 8pm) at 401-218-3081.

Thank you!

Dr. Schweizer

Grades 3-5 families can now access RICAS results in the Family Portal. See button below.

Mrs. Hartman, a grade 3 teacher assistant, is offering a card making, collage, crochet and more club after school. LIMIT 15 students per session. See the flyer below for details.

The Food Pantry's Holiday program and the Town's Holiday Giving Program are now open for registration. Details are below:

1) Thanksgiving Food Program - the North Kingstown Food Pantry's Thanksgiving program provides a frozen turkey and all the fixings. Sign-up deadline is November 13. Sign-up information online at https://www.nkfoodpantry.org/holidays or call the pantry at 885-3663 with questions. Please note that this program often has a waitlist. Families should sign up sooner than later.

2) NK Holiday Gift Giving Program - offered by the North Kingstown Social Services Office, this program provides help with holiday gifts for families with children ages 13 and under. Registration deadline is noon on November 13. There is an online registration here -https://www.northkingstown.org/758/Holiday-Giving-Program-and-Forms

3) Christmas Food Program - the North Kingstown Food Pantry also provides help for the Christmas Holidays. Sign-up deadline is December 11. Sign-up information online at https://www.nkfoodpantry.org/holidays or call the pantry at 885-3663 with questions.

This family-friendly makers market brings together Hamilton's own kid-entrepreneurs, talented makers, and local small businesses for a fun afternoon of shopping, creativity, delicious treats, and community!

If you would like to exclude your child from any of our screenings this year, please fill out the form below and return it to our office. Details can be found in the form below.

The following students are this week's Paws-itive Praise winners. Students receive Paws-itive Praise tickets throughtout the week for being Responsible, Respectful and Safe. At the end of the week, each teacher pulls a winner for an announcement and a prize. Congrats to this week's winners!

Coming Soon!

Parents can navigate to the district website for instructions and/or you can link to the website in your letters. There are multiple resources for parents utilizing Aspen on our website.

If you wish to link specifically to FAIR details, then you can do so by navigating to FAIR on the district site.

Hamilton students and staff will focus on values that make our Husky community great. Each month we will have an assembly, do activities/read books, and celebrate how we live those values daily here at Hamilton. We have created a Family BINGO board (for a printable version for your fridge click the red button below) so families can support our students at home! No need to follow the months; all spaces can be crossed off at any time. We'd love to receive pictures of your children in action celebrating these values at home, so feel free to email them to frederick_schweizer@nksd.net so we can share these moments with our community!

We are extremely fortunate to be able to partner with Special Olympics RI this year. They will be holding a school-wide assembly at HES entitled "Understanding All Abilities" in early September. They will then hold a grades 4 & 5 assembly entitled "Leading for All Abilities," from which we will create a leadership committee of students who will learn and teach about inclusion. We are very excited for this opportunity and are currently planning to create an Inclusion Committee, as well as a Unified Basketball team. More details to come soon!

Paws-itive Praise: We are continuing with the "Paws-itive Praise" initiative at Hamilton. When staff observe a student doing something responsible, respectful, safe or kind, the staff member will fill out a form that will allow the student to be eligible for a drawing to win a prize.

Star Students: Once a month we will celebrate our Star Students, students in each class who have been Responsible, Respectful and Safe or who have shown growth.

Kindness Quack: For random acts of kindness caught by the principal, students will receive a Kindness Quack.

Family Annual Information Review (FAIR)

Visit U Family Guidance

Office of Family Learning Family Resources

Child Nutrition/Lunch Menu

Welcome Back Letter

VisitU Guide for Families

School Cafe Information

Transportation Information

Elementary School Handbook

Bullying Policy

NKSD School Calendar

Aspen Portal

Dismissal Form

Spirit Wear

Location: 25 Salisbury Drive, North Kingstown, RI 02852

Email: frederick_schweizer@nksd.net

Phone: 401-268-6520

Website: https://he.nksd.net/o/hamilton-elementary