Hero Happenings!

Your student will be in advisory class all day on the first day of school. Students will begin switching classes on the second day. Students will bring a folder home on the first day of school that will have forms that should be completed and returned on Tuesday. The other things that will happen on Monday are:

• Chromebook distribution for students with a completed Acceptable Use Agreement
• Team-building in advisory
• Overview of the Hellstern Handbook
• Orientation to the cafeteria and procedures for lunch
• Explanation of dismissal procedures
• Students will get schedules
• Tours of the building and classroom locations
• Administrators will host a school-wide zoom

Be sure and ask your student how his/her day went. Ask them about the "card system" that we are launching this year.

Please know that students will have ample opportunity to learn procedures, policies, and practices during these first weeks of school. If you ever have questions, do not hesitate to contact your child's teachers and ask.

Students will be required to wear masks inside the building. They can take them off outside and possibly during PE, depending on the activity. Students must also have them on the bus.

Sixth graders drop on the West side of the building (closest to Storms Orthodontics). The seventh graders will drop on the East side (closest to the football stadium). Bus riders drop in the front and parents should not drop students there unless they are parking and coming in the building. Please be patient during the first week of school, arrival and dismissal always takes a little longer.

Please remember the following things:

• Students should exit & enter vehicles using the vehicle door closest to the curb for safety.
• Cell phones should NEVER be used on school property in a vehicle - it's the LAW!
• Always pull as far forward as you can - students will walk to get to your car.
• At dismissal, students will stand on the same sidewalk every day. Each team has a designated area that they will wait. Again, PLEASE pull ALLLLLL the way forward, so we can load as many students as possible at a time.
• We now have a crosswalk across Har-Ber Ave.

We are doing supply lists differently this year with the goal being to eliminate unnecessary purchases. Each team will be responsible for creating a school supply list. The lists are linked here.

EVERY student at Hellstern will need the following:

• earbuds
• zipper binder w/strap ("Trapper-Keeper")
• backpack with laptop protection area built in
• paper & pencils
• water bottle (labeled with student name)
• PE shirt ($10 optional) OR provide a gray t-shirt for PE
• PE combination lock rental ($5) OR provide a combination lock

*All students are required to wear a lanyard w/an ID EVERY day. We provide the first one and you can buy extras for $5 (or if the first one is lost).

All other supplies needed will be on team lists. 7th grade students may have supplies needed for elective classes.

16 - Students first day!!

24 - Band meeting @ 6pm, Hellstern cafeteria

24 - Band rental night @ 6:30pm, Hellstern cafeteria

6 - No School - Labor Day

7 & 8 - Math MAP testing, 6th & 7th graders

14 - School Board meeting (5pm)

15 & 16 - ELA MAP testing, 6th & 7th graders

17 - HBHS Homecoming

20-23 - High School & Junior High student-led conferences

25 - Band Car Wash @ Speedy Splash, Elm Springs Exit (8-2pm)

27-30 - Middle School & Elementary student-parent conferences

27-Oct. 1 - Hellstern Book Fair

2021-22 Springdale District Student Handbook

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Website: http://hellstern.sdale.org/
Location: 7771 Har-Ber Avenue, Springdale, AR, USA
Phone: 479-750-8725
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