Hamilton Community Schools will be closed today, January 22, due to colder than. predicted temperatures and wind chills.
Tomorrow, Wednesday, January 22, 2025, Hamilton Community Schools will start on a 3 Hour delay to try and get the day in. Temperatures are predicted to rise as the day goes on. A 3 hour delay means that school will dismiss one hour later. Buses will run on a 3 hour delay in the morning and one hour later in the afternoon.
This may change in the morning as we will assess the temperatures and wind chills which may result in a closure. A decision on closing will be made no later than 8 am.
Mrs. Watkins will be sending a message as to how the 3 hour delay will impact morning and afternoon preschool IF it occurs.
Hamilton Community Schools will be closed onTuesday, January 21, due to very cold temperatures with wind chill temperatures getting colder throughout the day. It will be an eLearning Day with assignments being posted by 9 a.m.
NO ACTIVITIES or GAMES for Tuesday.
Hamilton Community Schools will be open after the 2 hour delay. Bundle up and be safe.
Hamilton Community Schools will begin on. a 2 hour delay for Monday, January 20th. We will assess temperatures and wind chills in the morning to determine if we are able to have school or not.
Parents:
i have just received the minimum wind chill from the National Weather Service and we are expecting wind chills in the Hamilton area at 6 a.m. for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday to be between -20 to -21 degrees at this time. These dangerous temperatures and wind chill will make it extremely difficult to have school each of these three days. We will monitor the cold carefully but be prepared at this time to have alternate plans for your children if we cancel school any or all of these 3 days. Little Marines Daycare will be open even if wind chills exist. Please note that when school is closed, we will not be able to provide food for your daycare children.
Reminder mini marine cheer camp forms are due tomorrow. $5 for all returning cheerleaders and $25 for any new cheerleaders. Practice begins Tuesday after school until 4:45pm. Practices are Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday next week with their performance being Friday night at 1/2 time of the basketball game. They will also get the opportunity to perform at our pep rally next Friday at the end of the day!
Hamilton Community Schools will be closed today due to road conditions. This is going to be an eLearning Day. Assignments will be. posted by 10 a.m.
Hamilton Community Schools will be delayed 2 hours on Thursday, January 16th, due to slick roads in the southern part of our school district. Little Marines Daycare will be open on time.
Students will NOW ride. Sorry.
BR
Beginning this afternoon, students who used to ride Bus #14 will not ride on Bus #6 which is our brand new bus! Mitzi remains the driver. This is a permanent change for the remainder of the school year.
At last night's Board meeting, the school board approved moving forward with extending our current referendum for another 8 years. Extending the referendum will NOT increase your property taxes. The tax rate is staying exactly the same as you are paying now. No new tax.
Our present referendum raises 2.4 million with 1.5 million dedicated to staff salaries and benefits. It is essential that we again pass it to operate HCS! The election will be on May 6th. Please pass the word... passing the referendum will result in no new taxes .
Questions? Please contact me, Dr. Bill Reichhart, Superintendent at william.reichhart@hcs.k12.in.us or by phone.
More information will be coming. We need your support for HCS and vote YES!
We have been made aware that PowerSchool, our Student and Staff information storage vendor, had a nationwide security breech by an unauthorized party who gained access to certain PowerSchool information. They immediately engaged their cybersecurity response protocols and have informed law enforcement. At this time, we are unsure as to the extent of the incident. However, PowerSchool has assured us they have taken appropriate steps to prevent the date involved from further unauthorized access or misuse. We are awaiting information and directions as to the next steps from PowerSchool. We will keep you informed as new information becomes available. We can confirm that HCS security systems have NOT been compromised, and that this is isolated to PowerSchool hosted off site.
We understand how concerning the situation is to our students, staff, and families. Please know we will do our best to communicate new information as we receive it f rom PowerSchool.
If you have any questions, please call our technology director, Mr. Shafer, at 260-488-2513.
The HCS Christmas Program is tomorrow night at 6pm. PreK-5th grade students should arrive to their classrooms at 5:30 PM. The program begins at 6pm. Enter at door 1. There will be hotdogs and Coke for sale as well as a free will donation bake sale. BASE camp students will be dismissed to their classrooms at 5:30pm. Don't forget to stop by the front of the school for our Photo Booth! We look forward to seeing you tomorrow night!
HCS will be going to school after the 2 hour delay ends.
Due to fog, Hamilton Community schools will be on a 2 hour delay for Monday, December 16th.
Busy Week ahead before break for our Marines! Come out and support these students!
The Clothing Drive is open today at the school until 2 PM. Please enter at door 8. We have a ton of donations and they are FREE! Please stop by and pick up anything useful for yourself or the kids. Feel free to pick up items for a neighbor or friend as well!! All are welcome!
Cheer students that are performing at halftime of the boys game tonight please drop off to door 1 at 6:45pm. Black pants, gym shoes and hair back please. Thank you!!
The PTO has decided to open the Santa Shop for any last-minute shopping tomorrow morning from 8-11am. All students, PreK-12, are invited to shop. Thank you!