Important News

Bullying Reporting Tool

HCPSS has launched a new bullying reporting tool that replaces the Sprigeo reporting system that has been in place for several years. This new tool is very easy to use and allows students, staff and family members to easily and confidentially report incidents of bullying. Acts of bullying can be critically detrimental to the learning environment at our school and…

Wellness Telemedicine Center at Lake Elkhorn

Sign-Up Today for the Lake Elkhorn Wellness Telemedicine Center! Our School Based Wellness Center (SBWC) is now offering telemedicine visits for students with Howard County Health Department providers! You must be enrolled to participate, so sign-up today! For more information or to enroll , click here . Telemedicine Flyer Telemedicine Flyer SPANISH What type of support can we receive? Sick…

HCASC Meeting: Wednesday, January 13, 2021

HCASC Flyer January 13 2021 To participate in the meeting students will need to: RSVP by Wednesday, January 13 at 12 p.m. using a google form https://bit.ly/35K4Aud (Links to an external site.) and *login with an HCPSS account. Download ZOOM for the meeting- it is a free app that works on a phone or computer. HCASC welcomes all middle and…

Rising 6th Grade Parent/Guardian Orientation, 2021

Click here to view the Rising 6th Grade Orientation presentation held at 6:00 p.m. January 25, 2021. Click here to view the questions and answers that were asked at Orientation. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Updated 1/8/2021: New Date - January 25, 2021 Flier: LEMS_Flyer_Rising_6th_Grade_Parent_Orientation_January_25, 2021

Parent Resource: "Behavior Talks"

HCPSS staff have created a series of videos for parents and guardians working to manage student behavior. The Behavior Talks modules are a series of brief trainings that share useful tips and tricks to promote student success related to behavior, social/emotional needs, or organization/self-management. Each module also includes a transcript of the video and all slides presented. Behavior is a…

LEMS Spelling Bee, 2021

Register Your Child for the Lake Elkhorn Middle School Spelling Bee! ASUNTO: Inscriba a su hijo(a) en el programa de deletreo de Lake Elkhorn! Ver más abajo para más detalles. This year, t he Scripps National Spelling Bee has developed an online testing platform that we will use for this year’s bee, since we are not physically at school. Unfortunately…

Attention 8th Grade Parents: High School Orientations, 2021

Atholton High School (AHS) 12/16 at 10:00AM - Virtual Middle School Visit - code: AHS-MSVisit1 Date Change! New date is 1/11 at 6:30PM - Virtual Parent Night - code coming soon! Hammond High School (HaHS) 12/14 - Pre-recorded Information Session will be shared with students on Canvas (Link sent to families via Canvas on 12/14) Date Change! New date is…

Preferred Names in Synergy, Canvas and Google

A new process will be enabled in January 2021 to allow students to show a preferred name in Synergy, Canvas and Google. Students can follow this process. Go to hcpss.me Go to Synergy Click on “Student Info” in the lower left Look for the “Preferred First Name” field to see what is there now. This name will show in Canvas…

Parent Night: Mental Health Matters

Please join us for a "Family Matters Parent Night" webinar style on December 10th from 5:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Nicki Salcedo, from Optum Health, will provide an overview of common signs and symptoms of emotional distress (in adults and children) and strategies to address them. A screen shot of the flyer is below, however the actual flyer with an…