Attention Jr. High Families

If you have not submitted the annual technology fee and required documentation associated with your child’s use of their Chromebook, please visit the Hopewell School Distort webpage and click on the link located on the left side titled Viking Connect 1:1  

Please note:  If the annual fees and documentation are not submitted prior to October 1, 2022 the Technology Department will disable Chromebook access until which time the fees and documentation are received.

If you have any questions, please contact your child’s building principal.

Congratulations to the following Jr. High 

Students of the Month for September!

Thank you for showing your Viking PRIDE !

5^th Grade:  Andrew

6^th Grade:  Brady

7^th Grade:  Lilly

8^th Grade: Brody

Snacks

Grades 5 & 6

With many of our 5^th & 6^th grade students having an earlier bus pick up time this year and a late lunch, parents/guardians wishing to send their child to school with a snack may do so.  Students will have to remember to carry their snack with them to period 3/4 for 5th grade and period 4 for 6th grade.  During this period, those with a snack from home will be permitted to eat while listening to their teacher’s instruction or completing class assignments.  Please keep in mind that snacks cannot contain nuts.  This requirement is to protect our students with nut allergies. Also, please do not send a snack item requiring refrigeration, microwave use, etc., or one that will leave residue on classroom assignments or your child’s Chromebook, like cheese puffs. 

Suggested Snack Items:

• Apples, Bananas, Orange, Pear
• Carrot Sticks
• Cereal Bars (without nuts)
• Pop Tart
• Regular Crackers 
• Animal Crackers
• Muffin

Jr. High

Important Dates

August / September

8/22 - 8/24 -  In-Service Days

8/25 - First Day of School for students

9/01 - Parent Packets and signed Technology Acceptable Use Policy Form due

9/05 - Labor Day - School Closed

9/13 - School Board Meeting 7:00 PM

9/22 - Jr. High School Pictures

9/27 - School Board Meeting 7:00 PM

9/29 - Jr. High Open House 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

For families interested in receiving Remind Notices from the Jr. High for the 2022 - 2023 school year, please register via the link below that corresponds with your child’s 2022 – 2023 grade level.   

We ask that you please only register one time per household.  If you have multiple children attending the Jr. High, please select only one grade level.

5th grade - https://www.remind.com/join/ffb39e

6th grade - https://www.remind.com/join/de78bf2

7th grade - https://www.remind.com/join/72fc92

8th grade - https://www.remind.com/join/96khdk

Morning Arrival Notice

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Families are to use the left (outside) lane starting near the tennis court.  Please do not cross the double yellow line until you get on school grounds near the tennis courts when it turns into a single yellow line.  From that point cars are to remain in the outer lane the entire way around the building. No cars are permitted in the inner lane closest to the Jr. high building.  This lane is reserved for school buses only.  

When dropping off your child, pull all the way forward to the end of the median near Laird Avenue and the front tennis courts.    Doing so allows for students in multiples cars to exit at one time.  If all pull up directly across from the Jr. High main entrance one car at a time and then students exit, we encounter a great deal of congestion around the building.   

Please do not cross traffic at any time when departing school property in the direction of the Police Department.   Also, do not block the intersection near the Police Department.   Doing either hinders the bus drivers' ability to navigate the turn on to school property and delays student departure times.  Please use caution while on school grounds during both morning arrival and dismissal times.

Students can enter the building after 7:30 AM.  Homeroom begins promptly at 8:00 AM.  Student not in their homeroom at the 8:00 AM bell will be marked tardy.  A Grab-N-Go breakfast is served until 8:00 AM

Dismissal / Student Pick-Up Notice

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Students walking home from school or picked -up will be dismissed at 2:55 PM.

Families picking-up students are to wait in the designated area by the first initial of the student’s last name.  These areas are located along the curb near the front entrance to the Jr. High and along the hillside in the back of the building (near soccer/football field).   The locations students will exit the building and the designated pick-up areas are noted on the following picture by the first letter of the student’s last name.

After your child has entered your vehicle, please do not pull around other vehicle in order to quickly depart school grounds.  Use extreme caution when exiting school grounds via the outer lane to prevent an accident or injury.  The inner lane is designated for school uses only.  

Please do not cross traffic at any time when departing school property in the direction of the Police Department.  Also, do not block the intersection near the Police Department.   Doing either hinders the bus drivers' ability to navigate the turn on to school property and delays student departure times.  Again, please use caution while on school grounds during both morning arrival and dismissal times.

Student riding a bus home from school will be called to their bus when upon arrival.

Two Hour Delay Information
 In the event of Two-Hour Delay, the start of the school day will be two hours later than normal. The school day will start promptly at 10:00 AM.  Students riding a school bus are to be at the bus stop two hours later than the normally scheduled time.  Dismissal time will remain the same (2:55 PM).

Two-Hour Delay 

Schedule

• Walkers and pick-ups dismissed at 2:55 PM
• Bus riders remain in Period 9 until bus numbers are called over the PA System.

Early Dismissal Information

On planned Early Dismissal Days, the Jr. High will be dismissed at 11:20 AM.    The Jr. High has two Early Dismissal Schedules to prevent students from missing the same classes.  Students will receive notification of the schedule to follow.

Families

As we all know the weather is very difficult to accurately predict.  Therefore, we ask families to develop a plan with their children in the event the District has to call a Two-Hour Delay, an unplanned Early Dismissal or cancellation.   Additionally, we ask that families please notify the school office in the event of a change to any contact information.  This is very helpful to make certain that District phone blasts and emails are received.   

Another avenue utilized to make certain all are aware of cancellations, delays, etc. is via Remind.  If you have not already done so, please visit the section on this website and follow the steps to do so.  This is just another way we attempt to keep our families informed.  If you have more than one student at the Jr. High, please only select one grade level when registering for Remind notifications.