Husky Howler

Dear Hill-Roberts Families,

It has been a busy week preparing for 1st-4th grade students to arrive on the 29th. We welcomed our new staff members for an orientation on Monday and Tuesday. All staff returned on Thursday. Today, all staff are around the district engaging in Choice Professional Development. Next, we need students!

Please review the information below. Check the website News Feed for last week's Howler with important information about the beginning of the school year.

We look forward to welcoming our first, second, third, and fourth-graders to school on Monday, followed by our kindergarten students on September 7.

Sincerely,

Evan Chelman, Principal

CLICK HERE FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HANDBOOK AND SEE BELOW FOR THE DIRECTIONS IN ASPEN!

Our school day runs from 8:45 AM to 3:25 PM. Doors open for arrival at 8:30 AM each day. If your child arrives after 8:45, you will need to park in the main lot and bring them in to sign in as tardy. Early release dismissal time will be 12:25 PM (no lunches are served on early release days).

These will go home on the first day of school. Please complete the enclosed forms and return them to school with your child as quickly as possible. As we try to move as much as possible to a digital format, this includes the use of Aspen as a way for families to review their child’s demographic and emergency contact information as well as view report cards and who the child’s teacher is. The, Parent ASPEN Brochure, will help families who are new to Attleboro as well as families who could use a refresher.

A reminder that for the first 2 weeks of school, times may be off by 5-15 minutes as everyone adjusts to more traffic on the roads when school begins as well as those families who take that extra minute to give a goodbye hug or words of encouragement. Please be at your stop at least 10 minutes before the estimated time of pick up/drop off. Once two full weeks have gone by, you will have a more realistic, regular time that the bus or van arrives/drops off at the designated bus stop. Thank you for your patience at the beginning of the year. Click HERE for the routes!

Please follow the process shown in the photos below for dropping your child in the morning and picking them up after school. For safety reasons, cars are not permitted in the circular driveway (i.e.. the main parking lot) in front of the school during arrival and dismissal times. This area is reserved for buses and transportation vans to load and unload students. It is illegal to pass a bus/daycare van with its lights activated. Walkers or students being dropped off at arrival will enter through the doors closest to the gymnasium. PLEASE BE MINDFUL OF OUR "NO PARKING" SIGNS. THEY ARE THERE FOR THE PROTECTION OF STUDENTS AND TO KEEP BUS TRAFFIC MOVING.

If you need to change your child's dismissal routine (e.g. change from taking the bus to getting picked up, dismiss early for doctor's appointment, etc.), you must send in a note. We recognize that much of our world now communicates digitally, and it's tempting and logical that you would think to email your child's teacher. However, we run into issues when either the teacher is out that day and unable to alert the office, or if the email comes in while the teacher is in front of the class and isn't able to check their email. With all of that in mind, please send in a hard copy of the dismissal note.

If your child used an APS issued device for one of our summer programs, please send it to school with him/her on the first day of school.

For those who were able to attend the Back to School Bash yesterday, we hope you had a great time meeting your new teacher, and classmates, and enjoying some frozen lemonade out by the playground! Was great to see some familiar AND new faces and look forward to having fun with you all this upcoming school year.

The Hill-Roberts PTO was also thrilled to provide a Welcome Back lunch to our amazing school staff yesterday! Thank you to the following local restaurants who contributed to the teacher/ staff luncheon:

Piezoni’s

Arooga’s

Olive Garden

Sakura

Mediterranean Grill

99 Restaurant

Frontera Grill

Edible Arrangements

Please be sure to support these establishments if you can!

August 29: First Day of School for Gr. 1-4.

September 2: No School

September 5: No School (Labor Day)

September 6: Kindergarten Orientation

September 7: First Day of School for Kindergarten

September 13: PTO Meeting

September 23: Picture Day

Email: echelman@attleboroschools.com
Website: https://hres.attleboroschools.com/o/hres
Location: 80 Roy Avenue, Attleboro, MA, USA
Phone: (508) 399-7560
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hillrobertselementary