September 16, 2024

Welcome Wildcat Families to the 24-25 School Year, 

Welcome BACK!  We  are excited for  another fantastic school year  providing learning for ALL our students.   We've enjoyed  seeing  how much our returning students have  grown, and heard about their summer explorations and shenanigans.   On Thursday, September 5th, we  welcomed our  kindergarteners.  While a few of our students from last year moved away over the summer,  we have several new students we are getting to know.  A big WELCOME to all our Wildcat Families! 

If you are joining our learning community for the first time, here is a little bit about us.  Our school is relatively small where we have one teacher per grade level in grades Kindergarten,1st, 2nd, 3rd and then we utilize Multi-Age classrooms for all our 4th, 5th and 6th grade students (three grades and two classroom teachers). Our students get to participate in the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Grant again this year.  This means that twice a week in the afternoon a fresh fruit or vegetable is provided for ALL to students. Yum!

We work together to create and maintain a family atmosphere for all our families, returning and new!  Hope School is a School-wide Title I School and we encourage families to learn together in fun and engaging ways.  More information will be shared down the road regarding our Family Engagement Nights (Fall and Spring).  These events are learning opportunities for the whole family.  

Our parent-teacher organization is called P.I.E. (Partners in Education, formerly known as PTO).  They help us plan activities, provide support and volunteers for our school, as well as raise funds for our school needs.  Meeting dates and times will be announced in the weekly Friday Bulletin which is emailed to all families.  Also, please follow our Facebook page  Hope Wildcats and on Instagram HopeElementaryWildcats.  

To help you plan ahead, here are a few important details and/or  dates for the September: 

• Please remember each Friday school is dismissed at 1:25.  

• Our School Office Coordinator, Pam Hewitt, sends out a Friday Bulletin each Friday with important information.  Please make sure you are on her email list if you wish to receive these emails.  

• September 17, 2024: Constitution Day - Students will learn about our country’s Constitution.  

• September 27, 2024: School Pictures in the morning

• If you need to change your child’s end of day plans, please call the office and let us know.  Or you can also send a note with your child to school and have them give it to their teacher.  

With much respect on behalf of the Hope School staff, 

Sherri Hatley, Principal

See Tell Now

Hope School and all our district’s schools will use the See Tell Now alert system to report any kind of anonymous tip regarding safety, harassment, bullying, etc. This can be accessed at: https://seetellnow.org/ or by calling 888-593-2835

School Meal Program 

It is very important for our families to fill out a free/reduced meal form either online or via a paper form that will be sent home the first day of school.  This program could possibly help offset your cost for eating meals at school, and also help provide funding to our school for important programs such as reading and math support.

Please follow our Facebook page at Hope Wildcats and on Instagram HopeElementaryWildcats.