Summit Hill Elementary

Dear Summit Hill Parents, Guardians, and Students,

🎉HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🎉

I hope everyone's cup got full over the break and had time to spend reflect on your blessings. We can't wait to see our students faces and hear all about what they did over their break. Remember that students return back to school on TUESDAY, JANUARY 7TH.

Our Texas weather is starting to feel more like Winter, so I wanted to send a few reminders.

• Staff will welcome all students in the vestibule area when the temperature drops below 40 degrees, and will not be outside to open car doors.
• There may be some winter weather over the next couple of months that may cause school to be closed or delayed. Please make sure you are receiving district updates so that you can have the most up-to-date information. Summit Hill will also post these emergency announcements on our campus Facebook page as well.
• We have had several coats left at school. Please write your student's first and last name on the tags of their coats so we can make sure they are returned to the correct student. This also applies to any gloves, hats, or scarves.
• Please make sure you are dressing your student appropriately for the drop in temperatures. In December, we had students coming to school in shorts and t-shirts. These students would then come to the office asking for a warm jacket or pants. We are now running out of clothes to accommodate all of our students. If your student has borrowed any clothes from our campus, please send them back with your student. If your student has outgrown some of the warmer clothing, we would love your donation of new or gently used items.

Here's to a successful 2nd semester and our wish is for academic growth from ALL of our students. Parents, you can help by ensuring your students are reading every day for at least 30 minutes. Some family friendly ways to do this is to have your student read the recipe you are making. A fun and challenging extension of this activity, have your student read the recipe with no corrections from you and see how their food tastes (supervision will still be required for any appliances or kitchen gadgets they might need). You can also do this with putting something together by having your student read the directions. These examples not only help your student with reading, but also the importance of following directions. I would love to hear what you are doing to help your student extend their learning from school to home. (Pictures are always fun to receive!)

I hope everyone has enjoyed their Winter break! As always, if you have any questions, please reach out at 903-745-4100 or at Aronow.Rebecca@HoweISD.net.

Warm regards,

Rebecca Aronow

Summit Hill Elementary Principal

Howe ISD

Summit Hill Elementary official start time for school is 7:55 am. Students will be tardy to school if they arrive later than 7:55 am. Please make sure you are getting your students to school on time so they don't miss out on any activities or events.

Breakfast begins serving at 7:30 am. They will stop serving when students are dismissed to class. If your student is going to be tardy to school, please make sure you provide them with breakfast prior to dropping them off for the day. Once students are dismissed to class, our cafeteria staff begins their preparation for lunch.

• The district student calendar is below to reference.
• The 2024/2025 Summit Hill Elementary Student Handbook is below to reference.

January 6 - No School for Students

January 7 - Welcome Back to School!

January 13-17 - Middle of the Year Testing in Math and Reading for all students.

January 15 - National Hat Day! We encourage students to wear a hat to help us celebrate.

January 20 - No School for Students

January 22 - National Polka Dot Day! We encourage students to wear polka dots to help us celebrate.

January 24 - National Compliment Day! Students will be writing compliments to anyone they choose. You can help your students write compliments in advance to give to anyone at the school.

January 27 - 100th DAY OF SCHOOL!

January 27-31 - National Holocaust Remembrance Week and The Great Kindness Challenge Week!

January 31 - Academic UIL competition day. This is only for 2nd grade students who tried out and made a competition team. You will receive more information from you student's UIL coach.

DATE TO REMEMBER:

February 14 - Class Valentine Parties

• Each student can have 2 people sign up to attend their class Valentine party.
• The link to sign up will be sent out on January 20, 2025. The deadline to sign up will be February 7, 2025.
• A schedule for each class party will be sent out with the link on January 20, 2025.

The 2nd 9-weeks will end on Friday, December 20th and all report cards are now available on Parent Portal. We will not send home a paper copy of your student's report card.

Also, if your student is absent, please send a parent note or contact our front office and inform them of your student's absence. You must send a note to the school in order to get absences excused. You can also scan or take a picture of the note and email it to the school.

Thank you for your cooperation,

Summit Hill PEIMS/Attendance Coordinator

Cold and Flu season is here! Our students are not always aware of what they touch, who may be carrying an illness, or protecting their sneeze or cough.

PLEASE do not send your student to school if:

• They are running a fever within 24 hours of coming to school.
• You gave them medicine prior to coming to school to mask their underlying condition.
• They are sneezing or coughing up anything that is NOT clear.
• They vomit within 24 hours of coming to school.
• They have diarrhea within 24 hours of coming to school.

Remember, students share everything with everyone! This includes germs and what happened at home last night or this morning! We want to ensure the safety of all students, so please follow these simple guidelines. Also, contact the school if you keep your student home. We will probably ask what their symptoms are to determine any patterns on campus. This information may require us to shampoo carpets/rugs, spray the classroom with disinfectant, or relocate a class in order to deep clean everything with the classroom.

We appreciate all of your assistance with this and we will do everything we can to prevent the spread of germs that may cause our students to become sick.