IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THE START OF THE YEAR!

✅ 📬 Teacher Placement 📬

Your child’s homeroom teacher assignment can be viewed online:

Home Access Center (HAC) opens:
🗓️ Friday, August 15 at 3:00 PM
🔗 HAC Login (email techsupport@ssdcougars.org for login issues)

✅ 📝 Required Forms (One per child) 📝

You will need to know your child’s teacher in order to complete the following forms. Please complete these by the first day of school!

First Week Dismissal Survey (for half-days: Aug 26–28)
🔗 First Week Dismissal Survey
Emergency Dismissal & Pick-Up Verification
🔗 Emergency Dismissal Form
Emergency Medical Card
🔗 Emergency Medical Card Form
Acceptable Use Policy
🔔 Links will be sent by the Technology Department. Students must complete this to use district devices and network.

✅ 📚 Parent Resources 📚

Helpful info including absences, report cards, and the student handbook:
🔗 Elementary Resources Link

🔗 Additional Resources (Free and Reduced Lunch info/application, Safe Schools Week, Pesticide letter, Dismissal procedures, etc.)

Weekly updates are posted in Cougar Paws:
🔗 Cougar Paws Link

✅ Race for Education Pre-Kickoff Letter & Donation Form:
🔗 RFE Pre-Kickoff Letter

🔗 RFE Donation Form

Thank you for your continued support in making Sabold the Greatest School on Earth.

✏️🎒25-26 School Supplies📓✂️

The deadline for ordering school supplies online has passed. EPI is still offering the kits, but the cost is significantly increased because all future orders will go directly through them. The grade level supply lists are linked below for anyone who will need to shop for supplies on your own. Happy Summer! ☀️

2nd grade supply list.pdf

2nd Grade

3rd grade supply list.pdf

3rd Grade

4th grade supply list.pdf

4th Grade

5thGradeSupplyListfor 2025-26.docx

5th Grade

*A note about water bottles -

Please do not send glass water bottles to school as they can fall and break. Thank you!

Upcoming Important Dates

August

8/18 - New Student Orientation - 5:00 PM, Sabold Cafe - Only for students new to SSD
8/18 - Sabold Welcome Back Event! Popsicles w/the Principal - 6:00 PM, Sabold Back Fields CLICK HERE for more info.
8/20 - 2nd Grade Drop In Day - 2:00 @ Sabold - Drop in any time between 2:00-3:00 to meet your teacher and see your classroom. 2nd grade only
8/26 - FIRST DAY FOR STUDENTS - HALF DAY - 11:45 Dismissal - no breakfast or lunch served
8/27 - Half day for students - 11:45 dismissal - no breakfast or lunch served
8/28 - Half day for students - 11:45 dismissal - no breakfast or lunch served
8/29 - SCHOOL CLOSED

September

9/1 - SCHOOL CLOSED
9/2 - First full day of school
9/3 - Race for Education Kickoff Assembly - RFE packets come home
9/4 - Back to School Night - in classrooms - Grades 2 & 3 6:00-7:00 PM, Grades 4 & 5 7:30-8:30 PM
9/5 - Spirit Day - Cougar Pride! Wear Blue and Gold!
- Pretzels will be provided FREE to all students. We will have a GF alternative available for students who need one.
9/10 - RFE labels due back to school

October

10/2 - Fall Picture Day
10/3 - Half day for students - 11:45 dismissal
10/3 - Harvest Fun Night - Mark your calendars! More info to come...
10/8 - Home & School Meeting - 5:00 PM, Sabold Cafe

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HAPPENINGS IN SSD AND THE COMMUNITY, PLEASE VISIT THE "DISTRICT AND COMMUNITY" PAGE

RIGHT TO KNOW NOTICE (click here to expand and see the document)

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Please mark coats, sweatshirts, water bottles, etc. with your child's name (or first name and last initial, or at least initials). Thank you!

MARKING YOUR CHILD'S ITEMS WITH THEIR NAME IS THE BEST WAY FOR US TO GET ITEMS BACK TO THEM QUICKLY!

Arrival/Dismissal Procedures

PLEASE BE ADVISED

We have a few cars that are still attempting to turn left off Thomson into our parking lot during dismissal. Turning left into the lot causes backed up traffic and cuts in the line of waiting cars. This is not permitted. Springfield Police Department will be monitoring the situation and addressing any cars in violation of this procedure. Please adhere to all traffic and dismissal procedures in place. The information can be found below.

Car Line Reminders:

· STUDENT SAFETY IS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY!

· No left turns into the lot. It’s not nice to cut the line, so please don’t do it!

· Please enter the queue, remain in your car, and follow staff directions.

· Pull all the way up – staff will guide you.

· Waiting cars line up along the curb. Moving vehicles flow to the left lane.

· Watch out for buses! They enter/exit using the straight driveway and move alongside/behind the school.

· No cars are permitted to enter the straight driveway during arrival/dismissal. Please be respectful of this important safety procedure!

Sabold students and staff thank you for keeping us all safe!

Dismissal_Carline_Procedures_2022-2023.pdf

Helpful Forms and Other Information

HAC - Update your contact information

Free & Reduced Lunch Information

Safe Snack Letter

SSD Safety Message

SSD Publicity & Photo Release

School Medication Administration

School Safety and Security Web page

Learn more about the Springfield School District measures to maintain safe and healthy learning environments for our students on the school district website. You can access the page by visiting this site- https://www.ssdcougars.org/parents/school-safety-security

We thank you for all that you do to support the health, safety, and welfare of our children.

Get connected. Stay in touch.

Keep up with what is happening in SSD by following us on the social media sites listed in this link:

https://www.ssdcougars.org/community/connect-with-us

Inclement Weather Information

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2 Hour Delay Information

Please note the following in the event SSD is on a 2 hour delay schedule.

Doors open for students at 10:30AM.
Students enter homeroom at 10:45AM.
Instruction starts at 11AM.
There is no breakfast service.
Dismissal occurs at the usual time of 3:30.
Information about before/after care is communicated directly from the YMCA.

Emergency School Closing Information

In the event of an emergency school closing due to inclement weather:

Communication informing parents of the closure will be sent from the district.
Sabold will utilize the emergency dismissal cards parents completed at the beginning of the school year to determine how students will be dismissed.
- Any changes to these dismissal procedures should be communicated directly to the classroom teacher. (Please note, teachers may not see an email with dismissal changes during the school day.)

Virtual Learning Day Information

Sometimes when school is closed due to inclement weather (snow day, for example), SSD will operate on a "Virtual Learning Day" model. Information about district-wide Virtual Learning Days can be found using the link below.

SSD Virtual Learning Day information