Hello HCP Families!

I hope everyone has had a great summer break and been able to do lots of the things that fill your soul. We are very excited to kick off the 2025-2026 school year next week! We are getting things ready to roll and hit the ground running. I have been meeting with our new staff to get them onboarded and brought up to speed, and some of them even pushed their boundaries and went on a team-building river rafting day with me last week! Check out the picture below and when we are back on site, as you meet them, see if you can recognize anyone who went. 

For our families who are returning to HCP for another of many school years, and our new families alike, I think we are going to have a wonderful year. If you have read “Principal Messages” from me in previous school newsletters, you have probably heard me mention the idea of “continuous improvement.” It is something that I value a lot. While we will likely never be without any challenges and problems, and we will likely never be perfect, we can always work to improve what we do, and the outcomes of our work. We already have so many great things going for us at HCP. We have many areas of success and many points of pride. My goals for this year are all around continuing to build on those, to make continuous improvements in the learning, achievement, and all-around growth of all HCP students.

Among some of the new things for this year, we have a new social studies curriculum (TCI) for our PYP (Primary Years Program) students. The program was adopted through the process of our group of teachers hearing many publisher presentations, selecting 3 programs to pilot last year, choosing which worked the best, having a period of open public review, and then board adoption. One of our board members, along with one of our other principals, and I all sat on that panel as well. 

We are also using a new program to teach phonics in our Kindergarten through 2nd grade classes, with lessons happening every single school day. The program, UFLI, was developed at the University of Florida Literacy Institute, and has been showing great results in primary reading. I am excited about this implementation, and very proud of the work our primary team and intervention teacher did last spring to prepare for implementing this year. If you have a child in K-2nd grade, there will be some differences from previous years around how reading foundations work looks. More to come on that. 

As always, thank you for your continued support in this educational partnership!

Mr. Myers, Principal

We have a number of staffing changes for this school year. We are excited as teachers move on to new challenges or other paths that are the next step for them and their familes. We are grateful for the contributions they have made here! We have a couple of our staff moving on to high school positions, at D.O. and elsewhere, along with one retirement. We are excited for each of them. To fill their places, we are excited to introduce our newest staff members, who you will see next week.

7/8 Science – Ms. Doupnik 

7/8 I & S – Mr. Dash 

7/8 L & L – Mrs. Patino

MYP Art/Design- Mrs Ehlert

3rd grade – Mrs. Johnson

5th grade – Mrs. Langstrom (Mrs Carroll will be moving to 3rd grade and Mrs Russell will be teaching reading along with Mrs Planas)

Counselor – Ms. Dalton (Ms. Amanda will also be here two days per week this year).

We are looking forward to a great year of collaboration and continuous growth!

The following lists will help prepare your child for the upcoming school year. This list is a voluntary contribution by each family for their student. As we move through the year we hope this list will meet all student needs for the year. As needed, teachers will keep you updated as we work together for a great 25-26 school year.

The annual forms are available online using your Parent Portal Account. To complete the Data Confirmation process click on the Student Info. tab, then select the Data Confirmation in the drop down box.

It is imperative that you complete the required forms and authorizations. We are requesting that all all families complete this process online by Friday, August 22nd.

Please click this LINK to access the Aeries Parent Portal which can also be found on our website or you can use the QR code offered below.

All students will be photographed. This is the individual picture we use for our composite class photo and the yearbook photo.

Make your child’s birthday a little more special by putting a special message on our Marquee or painting our Lockwood Rock.

This is a friendly reminder that prior to the first day of 7th grade (Thu. Aug. 14th) students must submit an updated immunization record showing they have had 2 doses of Varicella and a Tdap booster. Your child likely already has these vaccines, but we need an updated copy of their immunizations for our school records. If your child has not had their Tdap booster or 2 doses of the Varicella vaccine, now is the time to schedule it!

Thank you! – LUSD Nurses (Nurses@loomisk8.org)

 

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