November 22nd,  2024

Eric Leopold, Principal

Scott Millbrook, Assistant Principal

-Quick Reminders

-Future City Projects

-Kona Cocca Truck

Family Game Night update!

- Drive Thru Mobile Food Distributions

-Parent Teacher Organization (PTO)

-Hayes Happenings!

-District News, Events, & Community Information

-Volunteer Application

-Advisory of phones outside of school

-Reminders from the office

November 27 - 29: Thanksgiving Break - NO SCHOOL 

December 2: NO SCHOOL

December 3: Classes Resume

December 23 - January 3: Winter Break - NO SCHOOL

January 6: NO SCHOOL

January 7: Classes Resume

- Winter is here and so is the cold. At this age, we have outdoor recess year-round. Please make sure students are dressed for the weather. Boots, hats, gloves and coats will ensure students are comfortable outdoors as well as indoors in dry clothing. Students are also permitted to keep extra clothing in their locker in the event that they need to change during school hours. 

 

-We have had a lot of illnesses lately. To ensure that we are mitigating the spread of germs, students may not return to school until they are 24 hours free of fever, vomiting and diarrhea without the use medication.  

Future City is a hands-on cross curricular education program that brings STEM to life for students. Many of our 6th graders have been hard at work researching, writing, designing, and building their floating cities. This week students presented their cities to our judges.

Thank you to Kona Ice for stopping by and serving a special treat to the students today!

Family game night was a success! Thank you to the staff who made this evening possible. Thank you to the families who attended; everyone had a blast!

 

Below is a flyer from the Greater Lansing Food Bank. For more information, visit Greater Lansing Food Banks website. 

We have an outstanding joint PTO with Beagle Middle School. They have provided several incredible opportunities for our students and staff over the past few years. To stay current on updates and meetings, click here.

The next meeting will be on Tuesday, December 10th at 6:30 pm at the Beagle Media Center. Families may also attend this meeting virtually. Click on the link above for more information. 

*No new episode this week*

The school news is a completely student-led operation. They work hard creating and putting together content each week! They analyze and critique each episode as a class on Mondays and aim to improve each week. Thank you for supporting and encouraging our students. Here is a link for the November 15th episode. 

View flyers and more of what the school district shares in newsletters about events, news, and information by visiting: GLcomets.net/Upcoming

If you plan to volunteer or need to enter the building for an extended period of time, please fill out this application. This is REQUIRED when coming to volunteer in our building. It takes a couple of days for the background check to be completed, so please plan accordingly based on your volunteering schedule

We have started getting reports of questionable activities that students are doing with their phones outside of school hours. Of course, we don’t monitor student phone usage as phones are not allowed during the school day at Hayes. That said, students often tell us about TikTok and YouTube videos that they watch after school that most parents would not find appropriate for 10 and 11 year olds. Once students see alarming things, they cannot unsee them. We also are occasionally asked to intervene in inappropriate SnapChat or Instagram conversations that happen outside of school. Most social media sites require members to be 13 years old before even creating an account, but kids often bypass that by simply saying they are old enough. For the safety of all, if you allow your child to have a cell phone, please consider setting parental controls and carefully monitor their use.

Reporting absences: you may use our attendance email address: HAAttendance@glcomets.net or call the attendance line at (517) 925-5333. 

Medications at School: All medication needs to be brought to school by a parent/guardian.  This includes all over the counter medication (cough drops, Tylenol, Motrin, etc).  Prescription and over the counter medications require a doctors order for the school to administer them, that includes creams, lotions. and cough drops. You will find medication authorization documents at this link. -Lisa Bentley, Medical TA: bentleyl@glcomets.net

To ensure the safety of all students, our staff will not call students to the office to leave early for the day until the person picking them up has presented a valid photo ID and completed the sign-out process. Please plan accordingly for appointments, allowing extra time for this procedure. Additionally, it's important to keep your student's contact information current. If someone not listed on your student's emergency contact list arrives to pick them up, we will not be able to release your student to them.

Home transportation changes:

2pm is the cut-off time if you need to change the means of transportation which your student normally takes (i.e. normally takes the bus, but will be parent pick up instead). 

School Arrival: 

Classes start at 7:40 am

 

School dismissal: 2:25 pm

 

Half day dismissal: 10:45 am

 

COVID Reporting:

to report a positive covid case, please complete the COVID-19 Reporting Form

 

 Office Hours:

7:00 am - 3:15 pm