Schedule of Events

Friday, September 26 - HERO store and Popcorn Day

September 29 - October 3 - Homecoming Week

Monday 9/29 - Super Hero Dress Up Day

Tuesday 9/30 - Hawaiian/Tropical Dress Up Day

Wednesday 10/1 - Western Wear Day

Thursday 10/2 - Class Colors Day (K-purple, 1st-red, 2nd-blue, 3rd-green, 4th-black, 5th-orange)

Friday 10/3 - Orange & Black Day

Friday, October 3 - Homecoming parade and football game

Wednesday, October 8 - Picture Day

Reminders

Football Tickets: Friday, October 3rd will be the next home Varsity football game. Students are able to purchase ticket for $1.00 in the office. Students are not allowed to carry in any backpacks or fanny packs and MUST be accompanied by an adult. Kickoff is at 7:00 pm and the Homecoming parade will start at 5:00.

HERO Expectations: Honesty, Earning and Giving Respect, Responsibility, and Orderly and Safe! Today we focused on being Orderly and Safe! Please discuss with your child how they can not only be orderly and safe at school, but in the community as well!

Attendance:Please remember the importance of attendance; attendance matters! Let's work on getting perfect attendance for the whole month of September!

8:48 am is the START of the school day

9:00 - 9:19 am is considered TARDY

Any time after 9:20 am is considered ABSENT

3:48 pm is the END of the school day

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.

STUDENT COUNCIL: Congratulations on the following students for being selected for the Pat Ham Student Council: Lillian Zuhl, Sammy Rust, Tyne Zheng, Hunter DeGraff, Ezekiel Mohr, Payton Sparks, Rozlynn Panczak, Kali Karnes, Paige Tumbleson, Gaia Ruiz, Harper Swisher, Je'Nora Lucas-Croom, Violet Dohm, Lailah Riggs, Landon Dohm, Kendall Runyon and Brooklyn Brown.

Message from our District Nurse: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fWPAq8AKsd-wrd8zYB2NxQIpdS8BhzN93gkG72eSUS8/edit?usp=sharing

BUILDING HIGHLIGHTS

Student Council 2025-26

Our student council members are currently running for board positions. This week our student body will be voting for our Student Council President, Vice-President and Treasurer. They have all done a great job creating amazing posters!

Congratulations to the new student council officers: President, Lailah Riggs; Student Involvement, Landon Dohm; Vice President, Kendall Runyon; Treasurer, Violet Dohm; and Secretary, Rozlynn Panczak. Thank you to everyone who ran for office. You all did a great job.

Patrick Hamilton Staff Spotlight of the Month

Mrs. Kurland is Pat Ham's Staff of the Month. She earned her bachelor's degree from Western Michigan University. Mrs. Kurland has been a teacher for the past 28 years and has shared her joy of learning with the 2nd graders, 3rd graders, special education and is currently teaching 1st garage. Mrs. Kurland, and her husband have 4 children and 1 grandchild together. Mrs. Kurland says the she loves seeing a child's face light up when they learn something new. Her favorite book to read to her class is First Day Jitters by Julie Danneberg. As a class, they talk about how we are all nervous for the first day of school even the teacher. Then they drink Jitter Juice to help calm our nerves. It is a great first step to building a classroom community.