A Message from your Admin. Team

Parent/Student Handbook

When you have a few minutes, I suggest that you pour yourself a cup of coffee, tea, or another beverage, and read our Parent/Student Handbook.  Link here  Familiarizing yourself with our rules and procedures will be a huge help towards our family-school partnership, and, likely, answer many questions about how UPES operates.

Arrival and Dismissal/News About the Union Parking Lot

This year, we will continue to have walkers at the Union and Pleasant doors, as well as buses in the Hawkins lot and parent car drop off and pick up in the Union parking lot.  If you are planning to drop your child off or pick your child up in the Union parking lot, we have changed the direction of the entrance and exit.  Please be aware of this and cautious of the new directions for safety purposes!

New Staff Updates

We are welcoming the following new staff members to Union Pleasant this September:

• Ms. Andrea DiCristofaro will be our new full-time  social worker.

• Mrs. Amy Adamchick, Ms. Jordyn Malinowski, Ms. Alice Leavell, and Ms. Sarah Lyle will be our new teacher aides.

• Dr. Matthew Dolegowski is our new Grade 1 teacher.

• Mrs. Faith Baer will be returning to UPES as our ENL Teacher.

• Ms. Wendy Decker will be our you Physical Therapist.

• Ms. Erin Dougherty is our Intern Psychologist working with Mrs. Ganey

• We welcomed the following cleaners to our building this summer:  Mr. Daryl Best, Ms. Tracy Kupka, Ms. Michelle Radder, and Mr. Andy Allen.  We also welcomed our new night custodian, Mrs. Janeth Schunk.

Staff Changes within our building:

• Mrs. Koselny will be moving to 2nd grade.

• Mrs. Walh will be moving to 3rd grade.

• Mrs. Maciuba will be moving to 3rd grade.

Arrival and Dismissal

There are three ways to arrive and dismiss at Union Pleasant. For the first two weeks of school, our PTSA coordinates many parent volunteers who help our children navigate their way to their new classrooms.  Thank you to our PTSA! Please see the videos attached that coincide with the arrival and dismissal plans that your child will use.

1.   Arriving and dismissing by our buses.  Fisher bus will be sending routes out closer to the start of the school year.

2.   Arriving and dismissing as a walker via either our Union or Pleasant doors.

3.   Arriving and dismissing by parent drop off or pick-up in our car line in our Union parking lot.

*** Please know that it is VERY IMPORTANT that we know where EVERY child is headed at dismissal time.  This week an Operoo Form was sent to have parents share their children's dismissal plans with our main office.  If you have not completed this form, please fill it out ASAP. If you did not receive it, please call our main office at 646-3280, option 1 to share your information with a secretary. 

During the school day, if you must change your dismissal plan, the best way to do this is to send a note in with your child that the teacher will see in the beginning of the day.  If a change must be made after your child arrives, we kindly ask that you contact our main office prior to

1:00 PM and ALSO send an email to mmurray@hcsdk12.org or jcarrig@hcsdk12.org indicating the change.  The end of the day can often be a busy time with students at specials or outdoors.  This will allow ample time for our secretaries to communicate the change of dismissal with your child's classroom teacher so that we ensure your child is dismissed at the proper location.  We appreciate your help and understanding with this matter!

Parent Volunteers - New this Year:

All volunteers must complete the online training each year, even if you have been trained in the past.  This includes class field trip volunteers.  Instructions are now found in the  Form Library of your Operoo account.  This includes the link to the training along with information on registering for an account.  We will need this done this well in advance of the date(s) you are planning to volunteer, as they must also be Board-of-Education approved before being a volunteer.  Thank you.  

Attendance Reminder

• Anytime your child is absent from school, a paper note must be sent to school with your child upon their return, stating the reason for the absence.  If you do not turn in the note, the absence will become an unexcused absence.  Parents, please check your child's report card for any unexcused absences and send in a note for those date(s).  If you are uncertain of the date(s), please contact  Margaret Duszynski in the Attendance Office in the morning at (716) 646-3288.

• Please call the Attendance Office each day that your child is absent.  Our phone number is (716) 646-3288.   A message can be left at anytime school is not open.   Please do not call the main office or email the teacher to report an absence.   

• If your child(ren) will be absent because of a vacation, please fill out a vacation form two weeks prior to your departure.  These forms are available in the main office, on our district website or click on this link: Family Vacation Form .

Union Pleasant Elementary School

150 Pleasant Avenue  Hamburg, NY 14075

Main Office Phone:   (716) 646-3280 option 1

Fax: (716) 646-3237

Attendance Office:  (716) 646-3288

Nurse's Office:  (716) 646-3287

To email the main office, contact Mary Beth Murray at mmurrayhcsdk12.org or Jenny Carrig at jcarrig@hcsdk12.org.