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Heroes Elementary School
Week of May 11
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What's Happening This Week?
What's Happening This Week?
Monday, May 11
Monday folders come home.
2:45 Beta Club Meeting
Tuesday, May 12
Career Day!
Wednesday, May 13
Book Fair Starts Today!
Thursday, May 14
4:30 Title I Spring Meeting
5:00-6:00PM Book Fair late hours
6:00 Rising Kindergarten Parent Meeting
Friday, May 15
HES Spirit Wear Today!
8:15 PreK Field Day
HES Spiritwear today!
School News and Important Information
Important Safety Note
We have begun using our play fields for recess and for P.E. classes, which is so much fun for our students! This means we have students using the crosswalk between the school and the fields all day long. Please be very cautious if you drive along that side of the building. Thank you!
Attendance
Dear Parents, We want to celebrate that our school attendance data has already improved over last year! Thank you for helping us to achieve the goal of increasing student achievement by improving our attendance at school! When our students are in class every day at 7:40, our instruction time is maximized and our students thrive! Thank you so much for your partnership with attendance!
Classroom Deliveries
If your child forgets something at home or if you are brining a special treat for the class, please plan to drop items off at school prior to 10:30 a.m. This will help us to ensure we have time to deliver everything to classrooms. Thank you!
Transportation Update
Our bus routes have grown as our community has grown! In order to ensure the safe transport of every HES student, we are not able to accommodate additional students on bus routes that they don't normally ride. Thank you for understanding that we cannot accept notes for students to ride different bus routes home in the afternoons. Students may only ride the bus that serves their home address. Again, thank you for understanding. Your child's safety is our priority!
Nutrition Update
We are off to a happy, healthy start to the new year at HES! As part of the school wellness initiative, we provide times for breakfast, lunch and snack in our daily schedule. Please help us to ensure that water bottles only contain water and that food brought into school is not fast food from commercial establishments for these scheduled times. Thank you for your partnership!
The Jackson County Board of Education approved Ms. Aja Ledford as the new principal of Heroes Elementary School! Ms. Ledford, who has served as an assistant principal at HES since the school opened in 2024, will begin her new duties in July!
Our Spring Book Fair is almost here! We’ll be open May 13–20, and families are welcome to shop during End-of-Year Celebrations as well as on May 14 from 5:00–6:00 PM.
Be sure to visit our School Book Fair page below to set up your eWallet for easy, cashless shopping. It’s the perfect time to stock up on books for summer reading!
Our Rising Kindergarten Parent Night is next week! Join us on Thursday, May 14 for an evening of information and connection as you prepare for the upcoming school year.
Event Schedule:
4:30–5:00 PM – Title I Parent Meeting (Media Center)
Review of the 2026–2027 Parent Compact
5:00–5:45 PM – Spring Book Fair Open for Families
Shop for books and get ready for summer reading
6:00–7:00 PM – Rising Kindergarten Parent Night
Learn what to expect and how to prepare for kindergarten
We look forward to seeing you there!
The Jackson County School System is excited to announce its lineup of summer camps that will be offered throughout the school system. You can view all summer camps, contact information and registration links by visiting www.jacksonschoolsga.org/summercamps.
Our Pre-K Field Day will take place on Friday, May 15 from 8:15–9:30 AM at the HES fields!
We are in need of volunteers to help make the day run smoothly and fun for our students. If you are available to help, please sign up here:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C044AABA823A0FEC34-64015129-prek
Thank you for supporting our little learners!
Make your student's day extra special! 🎉 Get a personalized birthday shoutout on our outdoor digital sign for just $6! Your child's birthday shoutout will stay on the digital sign for the entire week of their birthday.
Proceeds will be used for media center resources and teacher celebrations.
Step 1: Pay on School Window
Step 2: Submit your Student's Information
Heroes Elementary is proud to partner with our community! Check out our 2025–2026 Partners in Education packages and learn how your business can support our students while gaining great visibility.
Field Days were so much fun this week! Thank you to Coach Mayfield and Coach Howell for teaching us so much about being healthy and for putting this special event together! We appreciated the support from our specials team, our teachers and staff, our PTO and our parents. Smiles all around!
Thank you to our Partners in Education!
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