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Heroes Elementary School
Week of January 12
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What's Happening This Week?
What's Happening This Week?
Monday, January 12th
2:45-3:45 Jr. Beta Club Meeting in the Media Center.
Report Cards and Monday folders come home today!
6:00 Board of Education meeting at Empower College & Career Center Auditorium.
Tuesday, January 13th
PTO Meeting at 3:15.
Wednesday, January 14th
5th grade CHAMPS.
School Store open!
4:30 West Side School Council Meeting at JCHS.
Thursday, January 15th
School Store Open!
Friday, January 16th
School Store Open!
HES Spirit wear Day!
Enjoy the MLK Holiday weekend. No school on Monday!
School News and Important Information
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!
Heroes Elementary School has been named a 2025-26 National BETA School of Merit, becoming the ninth school within the Jackson County School System to earn the distinction this year. HES earned the honor due to its dedication to academic excellence and commitment to celebrating students' achievements. In order to be recognized as a School of Merit, schools must offer the BETA Club to all eligible grades, providing leadership development and service involvement that strengthens and builds students.
Heroes Elementary is planning a Multicultural Night for March 19, 2026!
We would love for our families to be part of this special event. Please complete the form to let us know if your family would like to participate.
Some ways you can help include:
• Participating in a multicultural fashion show
• Hosting a cultural booth or table
• Bringing a traditional dish to share
We can’t wait to celebrate the rich diversity of our HES community!
Registration for the 2026-27 Pre-Kindergarten Lottery is now OPEN! Families can visit www.jacksonschoolsga.org/prek to learn more about eligibility requirements. Pre-K programs are available at all seven JCSS elementary schools. The lottery drawing will take place in March, and families will be notified of their enrollment status.
🌟 We Need You! 🌟
Our PTO is looking for volunteers for several upcoming events, and we’d love your help! Your time and support make a big difference for our students.
Sign up here to get involved: Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities
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
✨ Yearbooks are now on sale! ✨
Visit TreeRing and enter our school code: 1017538231403910 to order today.
Prices:
Soft Cover: $30.03 (before tax)
Hard Cover: $37.67 (before tax)
Each yearbook comes with 2 FREE custom pages—personalized by you and printed in your book only!
Order by March 4th, 2026 to guarantee your copy! Proceeds from yearbook sales will be helping our students and staff.
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.
Mark your calendars! The Athens Rock Lobsters are hosting four JCSS Foundation nights! A portion of every ticket sold will be donated back to the Foundation to support staff grants and student scholarships! Tickets are on sale now! Visit www.jcssfoundation.org/upcomingevents.
It has been so nice to get back together after the holiday break.
We've jumped right back into learning and working together at Heroes!
Thank you to our Partners in Education!
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