Dec. 17 is our Spirit Night with Pizza Hut! Order online and support HHE! Use the code R6. 🍕
The Hive was buzzing with Santa's Workshop Helpers on Friday! Check our Facebook page for more pictures. Monday is wear white!
Dear 5th grade Families,
After careful consideration and in light of Hurricane Helene, we are excited to announce that we’re reopening sales for the 5th grade ads for a final opportunity to make this moment special for your child. Sales will run from Friday, December 6th, through Sunday, December 8th—but please note, this is a hard deadline.
We care deeply about our students and families and wanted to offer this last chance to participate.
Visit www.jostens.com to place your 5th grade ads.
Interested in dance, theater, music, or creative writing? Apply by Mon., Dec. 9 to acGATEWAY, our Summer Visual & Performing Arts Opportunity. Visit www.acpsd.net/page/gateway, & email mmacgregor@acpsd.net with questions.
We hope you had a great Thanksgiving break! We look forward to seeing you Monday morning! Here’s what’s happening this week:
🎁 Santa Shop starts this week! Schedule is posted below. Please send Santa Shop money in an envelope on the day your child shops- NOT before. There’s still time to volunteer!
🎄 MAP Testing will be Tuesday and Thursday. Please arrive to school on time!
🤶🏻 Our 12 Days of Christmas Spirit starts Thursday. Please see events below so you may participate.
🎅🏻 Cookies with Santa is Friday from 5:30-7. Please see flyer below for more details. Please bring cash for this event.
Just a reminder that there is no school tomorrow, Thursday or Friday. Happy Thanksgiving!
'Tis the season to VOLUNTEER! December 2-6 our Santa Shop will be open. We are looking for volunteers to help our students shop. Please click the link below to volunteer:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4FA4AA2CA1FAC70-52756756-santa#/
The Santa Shop schedule may be found below.
Take a behind-the-scenes look at acGATEWAY in these videos created with last summer's students, get your application in, and get ready to audition for an experience unlike any other. Middle and High School acGATEWAY Student Video: https://youtu.be/qVQxpUwGcCk Elementary acGATEWAY Student Video: https://youtu.be/m1w8D-ScAX8 Applications for new and returning students are due by December 9. https://www.acpsd.net/page/gateway
Take a behind-the-scenes look at acGATEWAY in these videos created with last summer's students, get your application in, and get ready to audition for an experience unlike any other.
Middle and High School acGATEWAY Student Video: https://youtu.be/qVQxpUwGcCk
Elementary acGATEWAY Student Video: https://youtu.be/m1w8D-ScAX8
Applications for new and returning students are due by December 9. https://www.acpsd.net/o/district/page/summer-acagateway-program
This week is American Education Week. Please see below for our Spirit Days and lunch schedule for parents to join us. Wednesday is Early Dismissal. We will dismiss at 11:30. Thursday is Hispanic Heritage Night. Please check out our Facebook page as we are looking for volunteers for this event and our Cookies With Santa event. Friday is Pro Dads! Thank you!
Class Picture Day is Friday. Pictures are $15. Friday is also Make-up Picture Day. Proofs were NOT sent home this year. In order to view and order your child's pictures, please follow the directions below. The code is FE59324.
The application for the 2025 acGATEWAY Summer Arts program is now live on the Gateway webpage of the district website. Please visit https://www.acpsd.net/o/district/page/summer-acagateway-program to learn more about this free visual and performing arts opportunity for students in our District in grades 3-12. All students must submit an application to be considered, and an audition is required for all new student applicants.
Looking for HHE swag? Check out Communigraphics and order yours! Orders will be accepted through Nov. 15!
https://communigraphics-inc.printavo.com/merch/hhe-student-store?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR38EQ5-rkD0CxatxCrhCv5oHWMT7vgU_jw80tuwreLqCSe8yy25X7Sn220_aem_Tpg-D4kv9NY-wQo-GS3iXg
Class Picture Day is Friday. This is also Make-up Picture Day. 😀📸
Nov. 18 we will celebrate American Education Week. The Spirit Days are included below. In addition, please join your child for lunch during this week. Due to a scheduling conflict, the dates on the November calendar have been changed. We apologize for this. Please note the updated and correct dates on the flyers below.
Due to a delayed start tomorrow, Thursday, we are moving our Veterans Day Ceremony back to 11:30. Please join us at 11:30 instead of 10:00. We look forward to seeing you at 11:30.
Due to extensive rainfall that’s flooded, washed out, and led to road closures across our county, Aiken County Public Schools will operate on a two-hour delayed schedule tomorrow, Thursday, November 7. All schools and offices will open on a two-hour delay. Due to the delayed start, only lunch will be served tomorrow in our cafeterias. Students on half-day schedules, including Early Learning Special Education students and others, will not come to school tomorrow as buses will be unable to make mid-day routes. The Aiken County Career Center will not have morning classes. Students will report to their high school on a two-hour delay. Rainfall is expected throughout the night and into tomorrow. Please use extreme caution when traveling to school and work. If you encounter flooded roadways, please turn around. The safety of our students, staff, and families is most important.
2-hour Delayed Start tomorrow, Thurs., Nov. 7 due to extensive rain, flooded & washed-out roads that have caused road closures. Only lunch will be served. Please be careful. If you encounter flooding, turn around!
ONE POINT ABOUT THE ONE %
TODAY IS ELECTION DAY! PLEASE BE SURE TO VOTE!
Polls are open from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. on election day. To find your voting location, please visit www.scvotes.org.
For more Penny Tax Facts, visit www.acpsd.net/OneCent.
ONE POINT ABOUT THE ONE %
ON ELECTION DAY (TOMORROW, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5), AIKEN COUNTY VOTERS WILL SEE TWO QUESTIONS ON THE BALLOT FOR THE EDUCATION CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS SALES AND USE TAX.
One asks voters if they are in favor of the renewal of the tax and lists the projects and contingency projects that a renewal would directly benefit.
The other is only valid only if the sales tax is approved and asks voters if they are in favor of authorizing the district to bond part of the projected revenue to jump start the projects and begin improvements right away (instead of waiting for one cent sales tax funds to accumulate before beginning improvements).
For more Penny Tax Facts, visit www.acpsd.net/OneCent.
ONE POINT ABOUT THE ONE %
IF THE ONE CENT SALES TAX IS NOT VOTER-APPROVED IN 2024, IT WILL BE TWO YEARS BEFORE THE ONE CENT SALES TAX CAN APPEAR AGAIN ON THE BALLOT.
The Sales Tax question may only appear on the ballot in a general election.
Should the tax not pass by majority vote in 2024, it will be November 2026 before the One Cent Sales Tax appears again on the ballot. If the tax were renewed, over those two years $75 million in funding would have been dedicated to school facilities.
For more Penny Tax Facts, visit www.acpsd.net/OneCent.
