Patrick Hamilton Elementary

Patrick Hamilton Elementary Weekly News

January 10, 2025

From the Desk of the Principal

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END OF DAY CALLS and PICK UPS: You must call the office by 3:00 p.m. to make arrangements for your student to go home a different way. This is a policy that we have had in place and unfortunately have to enforce. Thank you for your anticipated cooperation.

Cold Weather: Cold weather as arrived and this means we need families to start sending students to school with warm coats, hats and gloves. Please make sure they have a change of shoes as well so they are able to remove their boots when they arrive at school.

Bus Rider Families: Please ensure you arrive at the bus stop for pickup and are prepared to board the bus 5 to 10 minutes early each day. This will help the drivers maintain their schedule and adhere to the designated routes. Thank you!

Outside Lunches: The district does not allow outside lunches to be delivered or brought into school for the students.

Sick Children: Please call the office and report that you are keeping your child home due to illness. The Cass Van Buren Health Department requires our school to report illnesses every week.

Schedule of Events

January 16 - PTO Meeting 5:30

January 17 - Popcorn Day

January 17 - District Spelling Bee at DMS

January 20 - NO SCHOOL

January 20 - Board of Education Meeting 6PM @PAC

January 23 - Vision Screening

January 31 - HERO Raffle

Building Highlights

Ms. Hoover and Mrs. Conlin are pictured here with the latest HERO Raffle winners. Autumn Hartman is a 4th grader in Mrs. Tallis-Crowners class, and Makia Brownlee is a Kindergarten student is Mrs. A's class. Congratulations to both of our winners! We are looking forward to the next HERO Raffle drawing which will take place on January 31st.

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Mrs. Russell, our art teacher, has started a little friendly competition between Pat Ham and Kincheloe to see who can design the best snowman. Elijah has designed a great snowman.

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Mrs. Brinkers kindergarteners are hard at work building with Mrs. Swisher.

Mr. Suvarna's fifth grade class is hard at work on learning how to round decimals.

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Mrs. McIntyre's class is working as a group on text work. The theme of this assignment was understanding settings in a story.

Reminders

Just a few reminders as a we are coming back from Winter Break in regards to the daily schedule.

School opens at 8:39 for Breakfast

Bell to start the day is at 8:53

Tardy is 9:01 - 9:19

Morning Absent is 9:19 - 11:50

Afternoon Absence is 11:50 - 3:40

If your child comes into the building after 9:01, they are considered tardy.

If they come in after 9:19 they are considered absent. In order to have it excused, you must either sign your student(s) in or call the office.

If you have any questions, please call Mrs. Ruff.

Student of the Month

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Sophia Goins is our Patrick Hamilton Student of the Month. Sophia is a great example of an excellent 2nd grader. She works incredibly hard to get her work done, even going as far as to sacrifice some of the recess time to get it done. Her favorite subject is math. Congratulations to Sophia - we are very proud of you!

Helpful Links!

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Transportation Website: https://www.dowagiacschools.org/page/transportation

Transportation App: My Ride K-12

Apple App: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/my-ride-k-12/id6443848115?platform=iphone

Microsoft App: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tylertech.myridek12&hl=en_US

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Form Link

Please click the link to give any staff member a shout out!

Building Information

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Principal:

Nicole Conlin

nconlin@dowagaicschools.org

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Secretary:

Jessica Ruff

jruff@dowagiacschools.org

Drop Off Time: 8:39 a.m.

Breakfast: 8:39 a.m.-8:51 a.m.

Building Times: 8:51 a.m.-3:47 p.m.

Half Day Dismissal: 12:01 p.m.

Phone: 269-782-4450

Fax: 269-782-4469

Social Media

Patrick Hamilton Website:

https://www.dowagiacschools.org/o/phes

Patrick Hamilton Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/PatrickHamiltonElementary/

Lunch Menu:

https://dowagiacschools.nutrislice.com/menu

District Website:

https://www.dowagiacschools.org/

District Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/dowagiacschools/

GO CHIEFTAINS!