5-17-2020: The HCS Week Ahead at a Glance

• 5/19:  7:00 - 8:00 
• 5/26:  10:00 - 11:00 
• Interested community members should contact HCS District Clerk, Jennifer Green ([email protected]) for meeting link and access info.

• Thursday, May 21 between 12:00 - 7:00
• Friday, May 22 between 8:30 - 4:00

Building administrators are working with staff to “Bag and Tag” all items in classroom desks, hall, PE and band lockers. Bagged and tagged items will be available for pick up from the ES and HS Main Entrances on 5/21 and 5/22 (at times indicated above). Our approach to distribution of personal items will resemble our approach to distribution of instructional materials / devices. Items will be organized alphabetically by grade level for quick collection.  Mrs. Klaehn and Mrs. Wright shared additional logistical information regarding the process for pick up of belongings which may be accessed via this link.  

• Thursday, May 21 between 12:00 - 7:00
• Friday, May 22 between 8:30 - 4:00
• Please see the email from your child's band director for specifics.

• Thursday, May 21 between 12:00 - 7:00
• Friday, May 22 between 8:30 - 4:00

1. In effort to memorialize our shared experience and UNITY during the extended closing due to COVID-19, both buildings would like to offer HCS students the opportunity to decorate (via any medium - paints, markers, etc) a rock which captures their message/symbol of HOPE and UNITY.   We hope to identify an appropriate, on campus location where rocks will be assembled as a “Rock Garden of Hope.” As interested, please have your child bring their decorated rock (no larger than 4 x 4 x 4) to school on May 21 or May 22 when you pick up their personal belongings from HCS. 
2. To capture a glimmer of our shared experience and UNITY during the extended closing due to COVID-19, both buildings would like to invite HCS students to create a poster which captures their message of HOPE, UNITY and/or WE MISS YOU.  Posters will be placed in classroom windows (facing out) for all to see! As interested, please have your child bring their decorated poster  to school on May 21 or May 22 when you pick up their personal belongings from HCS.
3. If you have any questions about the “Rock Garden of Hope” or the posters, please reach out to either Margie Wright, ES Principal, or Addie Klaehn, Interim Secondary Principal. 

• Marybeth Tonkery will be communicating and coordinating directly with applicable families surrounding the pick up of any medications and/ or other health related items. 
• It is anticipated that all medications will be scheduled for pick up on May 28th. 
• More information will be forthcoming from Marybeth Tonkery.

• Due to the recent events surrounding school closures that were required due to COVID-19, HCS would like to gather accurate and updated information regarding our student's internet service and the ability that each student, family and/ or resident has or does not have to connect to the internet. Your response and participation in this survey is greatly appreciated, the information will help us better prepare in the future if we ever need to close school for an extended period of time. It will also assist us in advocating for resources needed to ensure all residents within the HCS boundaries have the ability to connect to high speed quality internet service at an affordable price.
• Please answer a few short questions at this link.

• Tuesday, May 19: 6:00 - 7:00
• Thursday, May 21: 4:00 - 5:00
• Interested community members should contact HCS District Clerk, Jennifer Green ([email protected]) for meeting link and access info.

• AlertNow and Connect utilize the industry's most Advanced Answering Machine Detection (AAMD) software. The systems start the broadcast immediately upon telephone pickup; simultaneously, they are listening for interruptions. If the systems are not interrupted by noise or someone speaking within the first 3.5 seconds, the message is delivered. If the systems detect a greeting longer than a few seconds, the systems treat this as an outgoing message from an answering machine and will stop playing, wait for silence (usually after the beep), and then start the message over so that it can be recorded in its entirety.
• While the software is 98% accurate in distinguishing live vs. machine, errors can occur if the person repeatedly says "hello" or answers in a noisy environment (i.e. traffic, children playing, loud music or television, dog barking, etc.). Generally in these situations, the systems stop playing the message. They are waiting for silence to start the message over. In a noisy environment, where silence is unattainable, call recipients can press the number 1 on their telephone (for AlertNow), or * (for Connect), and the message will play from the beginning without interruption.