If you were unable to attend last night's IREAD parent meeting, practice kits will be sent home with your child today. You can hit this link to view the slides that were presented last night. A Google Classroom with helpful links will also be shared with your student. Second Grade, if you would like your student to bring home their device nightly to utilize the resources in Google Classroom, please let your child's teacher know.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vRsOy9SB2e1ltwo2Tys_PWB_eBpYh4QPsI1xIuHTbietL4FwXSkkgC0aYnKHVBHuF92_yah7OI_oXmY/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=60000&slide=id.g264355cab4a_0_5
Homecoming tickets are on sale now! Cost is $15 and includes food, DJ, and fun games!  Students in grades 8th-12th are invited to attend on Saturday, Feb 22 from 5:30-8:00pm in the Main Gym.
Ticket purchases are due by Friday, February 14 . Thank you!
Attention all 2nd and 3rd Grade families: The IREAD meeting has been rescheduled for this Wednesday, January 29th at 6:00 p.m. in the Hamilton Cafeteria. Please attend to learn more about the IREAD Assessment, state mandated retention policies, and summer school. Your family will also be given resources to help your child prepare.
Trine University is offering FREE tax preparation services for low-income residents, individuals with disabilities, and those with limited English proficiency in Steuben County and neighboring areas!
Here’s what you need to know:
• When: Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:30 - 4:45 p.m., starting January 27 through April 14.
• Where: Trine University’s Ford Hall (corner of Darling Street & Thunder Drive).
• Who: Tax preparation is available for households earning $67,000 or less, those with disabilities, and limited-English-speaking individuals.
• What to bring: Social Security cards for all taxpayers and a government-issued photo ID for the main taxpayer(s).
Our team of IRS-certified accounting students will assist with tax preparation, and I'll be there to provide translation for Spanish-speaking individuals.
This is a wonderful way for members of our community to get help with their taxes at no cost. If anyone is interested or has questions, they can contact me directly at beattya@trine.edu or leave a message at (260) 665-4368.
Mini Marine Cheerleaders should report to school tonight at 7pm. Performance will be during halftime of the boys varsity game, which should be approximately 830pm. Please be sure cheerleaders have their hair back, black pants, and their light pink cheer shirt from December. Thank you!
Reminder cheer camp goes until 5:15pm tonight. Please pick up at door 1.
Cheer camp will still take place tomorrow until 5:15pm. Extra snacks will be provided. The students will be performing at our pep rally on Friday at 2:30pm and at 1/2 time of the boys Varsity game Friday night. Cheer girls should be here Friday night by 6:30pm.
Homecoming crowning will take place between the girls and boys Varsity game Saturday night at approximately 7-7:15pm
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.