Highland Park Family Newsletter

Next week will be full of celebration as we wrap up another wonderful school year at Highland Park Elementary! We are excited to celebrate our students and all of their year-long accomplishments throughout the week.

We will continue our end-of-year award assemblies and host several special events, including our Senior Walk on Monday, Kinder and 5th Grade Graduations on Tuesday, classroom parties on Wednesday, and our final 5th Grade Walk on Thursday. Please remember that Thursday, May 21st, is an early release day, and students will be dismissed at 12:00 PM. Please note that our graduations take place outside at the back patio. If it is raining, we will have to host the graduations in the cafeteria. This is not ideal as there is limited seating. We will keep you informed.

As we close out the year, we want to thank our families for your continued support, partnership, and love for our Highland Park Bulldogs. It has truly been an incredible year, and we are so grateful to serve your children each day.

We wish all of our families a safe, restful, and joyful summer break. Thank you for being part of our Bulldog family. Woof! 🐾💙🧡

With Thanks,

Lizbeth Ruiz
Principal
Highland Park Elementary

Please review the Progress Report and Report Card Dates below:

• 5/21- 4th 9 weeks ends
• 5/22- Grades due
• 5/29- Final Report Cards available to parents

HPES Knd-2nd Specials Color Group Schedule

HPES 3rd-5th Specials Color Group Schedule

A Little Reading Every Day Makes a Big Difference

Thank you for supporting your child’s learning and helping them become lifelong readers.

Have a safe, fun, and book-filled summer! Mrs. Reyes, Librarian

Summer Bingo 2026

Summer Pop Up Events

• Monday: Senior Walk
• Tuesday: Kinder & 5th Grade Graduations
• Wednesday: Log in to Raptor so that you can sign in faster on class party days. Info on how to log in is below.
• Thursday is our last day of school and studnets are released at 12:00.

Have a staff member who really matters and whom you want to recognize? Let’s recognize our HPES Bulldogs, no kudos is too big or too small! If you have any kudos you’d like to share, you can submit kudos here:

HPES Bulldog Weekly News Kudos

Click here to submit your kudos to the monthly PfISD Digital Magazine

Click here to submit your Pfamily Kudos

• Thank you to our wonderful parents, teachers, and staff for helping set up, monitor, and clean up after our AR Celebration! Our amazing students lent a hand during set up, too! Your teamwork and hard work helped make the event so special. Thank you so much! You are appreciated.

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• Student birthdays will be announced and celebrated over morning announcements. Students will also sing Happy Birthday in the classroom.

• Parents may bring cupcakes/treat to celebrate their child's birthday. However, notice must be given 24 hours in advance. Cupcakes/treats may only be passed out the last 30 minutes of class.
• Student treats (i.e., store bought cupcakes) cannot be served in the cafeteria during lunch. Treats cannot be a full meal (i.e., pizza) Teachers must receive parent permission prior to students eating store bought cupcakes/treats due to student food allergies.
• For classroom food activities such as party days or food-related learning activities, parents will need to complete an allergy permission form stating which foods their student is allowed to eat or handle. If this form is not returned prior to the event, the student will not be able to participate in the activity.
• We appreciate the care and time that the teachers and allergy committee members have given to this very important matter. We are dedicated to keeping our kids safe here at HPES and believe that this will help achieve that for all our students.

Here a few ways to stay informed. Follow us on Facebook @HighlandParkES. School communication will also be sent out through school messenger via email. On Tuesday’s an HPES folder will be sent home with flyers and information. Please be sure to look out for the folder on Tuesday’s. Additionally, please sign-up for our mailing list at You will receive a weekly campus newsletter through the mailing list. You can also find a copy of a newsletter like this one in our campus webpage under “Principal’s blog”.

Every summer, there are staffing changes. Staff members move on to other opportunities, and new staff members join the campus. Before emailing a staff member from last school year, it would be wise to check with our front office staff. It is also a good idea to consider which staff member is your first point of contact for questions before you send your email. You may also call the front office at 512-594-6800 and ask for the person you need to speak with.

Senior Admin. Associate: Sabrina Smulski– sabrina.smulski@pfisd.net

General questions regarding scheduling, procedures, teacher information, leave requests, substitutes, purchase orders (for your classroom/students), monthly and bi-weekly payroll, supplemental pay, staff travel, events, field trips, website updates, FB page, maintenance orders, after-hours events, fundraisers (any collection of money), Picture days, etc.

Registrar: Miriam Ruvalcaba – miriam.ruvalcaba@pfisd.net

Student records, registration, residency questions, attendance, transfers, withdrawal, cumulative records, and folders, grade-book, etc.

Student Support Clerical Support: Yvonne Morales yvonne.morales@pfisd.net

Schedule LPAC and 504 meetings, and gather student grades, relevant classroom, and health data.

Receptionist: Anita Moreno anita.moreno@pfisd.net

General questions regarding school procedures, conference times, and lunch times.

Nurse: Christina Monfort- christina.monfort@pfisd.net

Shot records, allergy information, distribution of medication, general student health, Section 504, and SpEd as related to health, etc.

Counselor: Anna Vazquez – anna.vazquez@pfisd.net

Student care and concerns, parent and student support, Credit by Exam, Gifted and Talented information, assessment, and Section 504

Assistant Principal: Pamela LeDay–pamela.leday@pfisd.net

Primary contact regarding discipline, LPAC, and SpEd. Additionally, virtually everything you would contact Ms. Ruiz for. It is a good idea to copy Ms. LeDay on emails sent to Ms. Ruiz because both of them are able to respond to questions or concerns.

Principal: Lizbeth Ruiz – lizbeth.ruiz@pfisd.net

Any and all topics covered by the staff members listed above.

Please feel free to email or call us if you are needing support. We look forward to serving the families of Highland Park Elementary!

Website: https://www.pfisd.net/site/Default.aspx?PageID=37
Location: 428 Kingston Lacy Blvd, Pflugerville, TX, USA
Phone: 512.594.6800
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HighlandParkES/
Twitter: @HighlandPark_ES