We hope you've had an easy transition into this new school year! It's never too early to check grades and attendance through PowerSchool. The link can be found on our website, or you may follow this link to the Parent Sign In page: https://marionco.powerschool.com/public/
We would like to welcome you to download our new app! This app works right alongside our website and is meant to help you stay in touch with your school and district happenings. Download today!
HES parents who pick up their children in the afternoons need to form only one line of traffic when entering the parent drive off of HWY 17. Once you veer off to the right when the road splits you will form two lines. When you exit, stay on the parent drive and do not cross over the median to the bus entrance. Thank you for your cooperation!
Important Reminder:
Welcome back to school! We would like to thank all of our law enforcement throughout the county for helping our students arrive safely every day!
During morning unloading of car riders, 1st grade thru 4th grade students may be unloaded in the front if and only if they have a sibling that is in either Pre K or Kindergarten and that child is being unloaded. Thank you!
Reminder: HES students who are car riders will be dropped off in the mornings and picked up in the afternoons at the following locations during the stated times: Students in Pre K and Kindergarten will be dropped off in front of the school each morning between 7:25 am and 7:45 am. Students in grades 1 thru 4 will be dropped off in the back behind the lunchroom each morning between 7:25 am and 7:45 am. Anyone arriving after 7:45 am must be checked in through the school’s office. In the afternoons, parents should arrive on campus no earlier than 2:30 pm for pickup of K-4 car riders in the back at the front of the gym. Students will be called to start loading cars at 2:50 pm each day.
School will resume for Marion County students tomorrow, August 9th, and motorists will be sharing the road with school buses once again. Please allow additional time in your daily commute to accommodate more traffic, including buses, on the roadways. Our Transportation Department operates with our children’s safety as its number one priority. Please help them keep our children safe by keeping a watchful eye for school buses and being mindful of the law which pertains to them.
HES parents are asked to bring any medications that their child will be taking during school hours with them to Open House tomorrow between 3 pm and 6 pm and check the medications in with the school nurse. Thank you.
Hamilton Elementary School has two positions posted with SPUR. One is for a full-time nurse with hours to work each day being from 7:30 am until 3:00 pm. The other position is for a part-time special education aide with hours to work each day being from 7:30 am until 12:30 pm. Persons interested in applying for either of these positions should complete an online application with SPUR and then call Gary McCarley, Principal at 205-921-2145 to let him know of your interest.
Just a reminder that all students entering 6th grade are required to have an up-to-date immunization record on file. Sixth grade students will need the TDaP booster. Please call your physician, health department, or pharmacy for assistance.
Hamilton Elementary School has a Janitor position open. It is 212 days per year with State Health Insurance and Retirement. For more information, please contact the school at 205-921-2145. Deadline to apply is August 2nd.
Even though we stay out of controversial sports rivalries, we found it amazing that Brazil's President Bolsonaro sported the Alabama cap that he was gifted by our very own 4th Grader, Vincent Colburn of Hamilton Elementary School!
A special thank you goes out to the Mayor and City Council of Hamilton for providing funds for HES to use in order to buy back-to-school supplies for our students. Through their leadership and generosity, along with using some of our Alcohol Tax Monies, we were able to significantly reduce the number of items that parents will have to provide for their children. Some of the items purchased by HES for all students include binders, glue sticks, pencils, paper, and Kleenex. Thank you Mayor and City Council!!!
Marion County Schools' 2022-2023 Calendar
Important Free and Reduced Meals Info for School Year 2022-2023
Attention HES parents and guardians, students have been assigned to teachers for the 2022-23 school-year and teachers will be contacting parents after they pick up their lists from the school. Due to some teachers being out of town, not all of them have picked up their lists which may be the reason you have not been contacted yet. Please do not call the school concerning your child’s class assignment. Your child’s teacher will be contacting you once she/he picks up the class list. Thank you for your patience!
We have open Special Education Teacher positions at Hamilton Elem. & Phillips High. There is also an opening for a Speech Teacher for Hackleburg and Phillips Schools, & a Counselor for Brilliant Schools. See & apply for all certified openings on the Teach in Alabama website.
From our Marion County 4-H:
Join us for some FUN 4-H Summer Day Camps! Just call us at (205)921-3551 to register. Space is limited on June 29th and July 1st. 🍀 If any high schoolers need ‘volunteer hours’ just call us-we always need helpers for day camps.
The H E S Summer Reading Camp for K thru 4th students and the H E S Summer Math Camp for 4th grade students will start on Monday, June 6. The camp will run from 8 am until 3 pm Monday thru Thursday with the last day being Thursday, June 23. Some 3rd grade students will be taking the ACAP Summative Reading Assessment on Monday, June 27. Only those students who met the criteria to be invited and then returned their signed letters of invitation will be allowed to attend. A free breakfast and lunch will be provided to all students who attend. If you want your child to eat breakfast, you will need to drop him/her off no earlier than 7:40 am and no later than 7:50 am. The school will be selling an afternoon snack with most items costing $1.00 each and a few items costing $1.50 each. Please send money each day if you want your child to purchase a snack. K and 1st grade students need to be dropped off and picked up in front of the school, and 2nd thru 4th grade students need to be dropped off and picked up in the back between the lunchroom and gym. Drop off will be at 7:40 am each morning and pickup will be at 3:00 pm. Please pickup your child on time each day. All students who arrive no later than 7:50 am will go directly to the lunchroom. Students who arrive after 7:50 am will need to be signed in through the office and then directed from there on where to go. Thank you!