Principal Update HHS 9-7-26
An International Baccalaureate World School
Patrice Gage, RN | Huron High School Nurse (7th year with AAPS)
Hello Huron families! I am excited to serve the Huron school community! I wanted to reach out to remind you how important it is to have the medications in the school that your student may need for an emergency. The medications can be kept in the nurse clinic, travel with the student in their backpack and/or both. Below is the paperwork to get this started. Please have your student’s health care provider fill out and sign; parent/guardian sign as well and then bring to the school nurse clinic. Please reach out with any questions.
Let’s make it a great year!
📞 734-474-6327 | ✉️ gagep@aaps.k12.mi.us
As we continue the school year, I want to share several important updates regarding building access, arrival and dismissal, student movement, and our school safety procedures. These expectations are designed to help us maintain a safe, orderly, and welcoming environment for our students, staff, families, and visitors.
At Huron, safety is a shared responsibility. Small actions, including using the correct entrance, arriving and departing at the appropriate times, following traffic procedures, and respecting secured doors, help us take care of one another.
Arrival and the Start of the School Day
- The school doors will open at 7:30 AM only for students who are eating breakfast. Breakfast service begins at 7:30 AM in the cafeteria.
- General access to the building begins at 7:45 AM, and school starts promptly at 8:00 AM. We ask families to plan morning transportation accordingly so that students have enough time to enter the building and arrive in class before the start of the school day.
Visitor Access
- All parents, guardians, visitors, and community members must enter Huron through Door #1, our main entrance. Visitors will be required to sign in with the Community Assistant on duty and present a valid form of identification as part of our visitor management procedures.
- Please do not ask a student or staff member to open another exterior door for you. Even when someone inside the building recognizes a visitor, all visitors must enter through Door #1 and complete the established check-in process.
Changes to Access Under the Arch
- Students and visitors will not have access to the doors under the arch during the school day.
- The doors will open at the designated time following lunch to allow students to re-enter the building. Outside of this scheduled re-entry period, students should not expect to enter the building through these doors.
- Students will transition between classes using the second- and third-floor corridors rather than moving through the first-floor arch area. We anticipate that hallway traffic may be heavier as students become accustomed to this change, and staff will be present throughout the building to help students navigate the new traffic pattern.
- Families can help us by reminding students that they should never prop open an exterior door or open a secured door for another person, even someone they know. We recognize that holding a door is normally an act of kindness and courtesy. In a school environment, however, maintaining secured entrances is another important way we care for our community.
Dismissal and Student Pickup
- The school day concludes at 2:51 PM. Our parking lots and surrounding roads are particularly congested during dismissal, and we ask families to plan ahead, remain patient, follow staff directions, and extend kindness to others.
- If you are collecting your student after school, please be prompt. Students should know their transportation arrangements before the end of the school day whenever possible. Prompt pickup helps us reduce unnecessary congestion around the building and ensures that students are not waiting for extended periods after dismissal.
- If an emergency arises and you need to get a message to your student before the end of the school day, please contact the school office no later than 2:30 PM so that we have sufficient time to deliver the message.
- Families who need to pick up a student during the school day should come to Door #1 and follow our regular sign-in and student release procedures. Please allow additional time for this process rather than asking your student to meet you at another exterior door.
Traffic and Parking
- Our parking lot will be congested during morning drop-off and afternoon pickup. If approaching from the north or south on Huron Parkway, please turn onto Fuller Road and enter the school drive from the right. If coming from the east on Fuller Road, use the traffic light to turn left into the student lot. Please remember that there is no left turn into the lot by the athletic fields.
- Student drivers should use either Fuller Road entrance to access the senior or student parking lots. We ask everyone to drive slowly, remain attentive to pedestrians, follow posted traffic patterns, and avoid stopping in locations that interfere with the flow of buses or other vehicles.
Closed Campus and Food Deliveries
- Huron remains a closed campus. Students may not leave campus or return to their vehicles during the school day without permission from an administrator. Violations may result in disciplinary consequences and, where applicable, suspension of parking privileges.
- Food delivery services, including services such as Uber Eats, are not permitted during the school day. Families should not arrange food deliveries for students, and students should not leave the building to meet delivery drivers.
- Student vehicles parked on school property are also subject to search when there is reasonable suspicion, consistent with district policy.
Keeping Family Information Current
- Please make sure that the school has accurate contact information for your family. If your address, telephone number, email address, or emergency contact information changes, notify your student's class office as soon as possible. Accurate information is especially important when we need to reach families quickly.
Safety and Well-Being
- Above all, our priority is creating an environment in which every student can learn, belong, and thrive. We ask families to speak with their students about making safe choices, following adult directions, respecting secured entrances, and reporting concerns to a trusted adult.
- We also encourage families and students to become familiar with the district's Rights and Responsibilities expectations. These expectations help establish our shared understanding of appropriate conduct and the responsibilities we each carry as members of the school community.
Ubuntu asks us to recognize that the well-being of one person is connected to the well-being of everyone around them. I am because we are. Keeping Huron safe requires all of us: students, staff, families, and community members working together, following our procedures, looking out for one another, and making choices that protect the community we share.
Thank you for your partnership, patience, and continued care for Huron.
