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Join in the festivities, celebrating Hammond High School's 40th Year/Homecoming. Pancake breakfast in the cafeteria from 8:30 AM to 10 AM. Adults $7.00 all you can eat pancakes w/2 sausage platter. Kids age 6 and under $3.00. Parade kicking off from KC Village Center Amherst House at 10:30 AM. Calling all future Golden Bears to march in the parade (ie…

Students can be dropped off at school at 9:00am. Please do not drop off students prior to the school day start time. We do not have staff supervising students before the start of the school day and would not want your child outside unsupervised.

Yes, the rumors are true!! We are giving injections for the in-school flu clinic this year. Atholton’s clinic will be on Friday, October 21, 2016. The time will be shared in early October. Consent forms were sent home in the Friday folder. HCPSS will use the injectable vaccine for our school flu clinics this fall in place of the nasal…

If you know of a change in dismissal in the morning before the student leaves for school, please send in a note. If there is a change during the day, please call the school. We do not want to rely on email to communicate timely information in the event that the staff member is out or simply does not see…

It’s Box Top time! Students can submit Box Tops to their homeroom teacher by October 10th. The homeroom with the most collected wins a prize!!

We are looking for a parent or parents interested in working on the school yearbook. So, if you are creative, organized and/or like taking pictures…we need you! If you are interested in helping please contact Miss Secula via email. Melanie_Secula@hcpss.org‬

MONTHLY READING CALENDARS WILL BEGIN IN OCTOBER. Calendars encourage and motivate students to read outside of school and begin building the foundation for becoming lifelong readers, not simply school time readers. In each grade, reading homework is a requirement and can be noted on monthly calendars by an adult or the student him/herself. Calendars will be due at the end…

The MAP assessment is designed to measure a student’s academic achievement and growth over time in reading and mathematics. Together with other classroom-based information, MAP results can help teachers make instructional decisions that match the needs of each child. MAP is a computer adaptive assessment. In a computer adaptive assessment, as a student responds to questions, the test responds to…

Yes, the rumors are true!! We are giving injections for the in-school flu clinic this year. Atholton’s clinic will be on Friday, October 21, 2016. The time will be shared in early October. Consent forms were sent home in the Friday folder last week. HCPSS will use the injectable vaccine for our school flu clinics this fall in place of…

Rather than raising funds through door-to-door sales, AES parents elected to conduct a donation drive. This will allow the PTA to put 100% of money towards student programs rather than splitting the profit with an external vendor. This donation drive serves as the PTA’s major fundraiser this year and our goal is 100% family participation! All donations are 100% tax…