Welcome to Hendricks Elementary
Home of the Happy Huskies!
Fall Break
Sept. 26-30, 2016
 Hendricks
Elementary, along with all other Cobb County Schools, will be
closed for the Fall Break during the week of Sept. 26 -
30, 2016.
Enjoy a relaxing and restful week. We will see everyone
again on Monday, October 3, 2016.
Fall Festival
Oct. 7, 2016
 Celebrate
the Fall season with us at our annual Fall Festival on
Friday, Oct. 7, 2016 from 4:30-7:30pm.
This event is very popular with parents and students alike.
Our staff does a great job with creating a fun atmosphere with
many games, foods and other activities. Purchasing a wrist
band will allow you unlimited games!
Download the PTA flyer for details
and wristband prices.
2017 Chick-fil-A Calendars
Now on Sale
 Chick-fil-A
Calendars for 2017 are now on sale at Hendricks. No need to wait
in line at the store! Simply
download the order form and return it with the payment to
school. Order by Friday, Dec. 9, 2016.
The calendars are $8 each and our school benefits from each
sale.
Munch & Math and Bites & Books
These one hour sessions are
designed to keep parents in the know about math and reading
standards our students are working on each quarter.
 Munch
& Math- Quarter 2 Friday, Oct. 21, 2016
11:30-12:30
Plan to meet with our Academic Coaches for discussions about how
to help your child at home with the 1st quarter math standards.
Refreshments will be served!
Download
a Munch & Math flyer for details.
 Bites
& Books - Quarter 2 Friday, Nov. 4, 2016
11:30-12:30
Plan to meet with our Academic Coaches for discussions about how
to help your child at home with the 1st quarter reading
standards.
Refreshments will be served!
Download a Bites & Books flyer for details.
Phenomenal Friday!
Mrs. Dutton Named Cobb Teacher of the Week
 Hendricks
Elementary was surprised on Friday, August 26, 2016 with a visit
from the Cobb County Phenomenal Friday team. Students were
greeted upon arrival by the Chick-fil-A Cow and some very sweet
dogs from the Mostly Mutts rescue organization. It was an
exciting way to start our morning!
One fifth grade student, Haley Gregory, was selected to name the
teacher who had inspired her the most during her years at
Hendricks. Haley named our Target teacher, Rachel Dutton, who
was then honored as the Cobb Teacher of the Week.
To read the full article on the CCSD website as well as to enjoy
some great photos of the day, please
follow this link or checkout the
CCSD homepage.
Thanks go out to all our friends at the Cobb County School
District who gave us this honor and made the day so much fun!
Volunteers Welcome!
Volunteer Orientation Sept. 8, 2016
Volunteers help a school to be great!
If you have considered becoming a volunteer for our school,
please join us for a Volunteer Orientation, Thursday morning,
Sept. 8, 2016. The meeting will be in room 202 from
7:30-8:00 AM. Please take a look at the
Volunteer Orientation flyer for complete information.
Contact Stephanie Jackson, our parent liaison, for more
details or to request information if you are unable to attend.
You may also view a list of volunteer opportunities in the
Parent Engagement section of our website.
Volunteers are the Heart of the
Community
Order Your Yearbook Today!
Hold on to school days memories by purchasing a
yearbook.
We will be using the Lifetouch company this year for a
wonderful yearbook filled with photos of the people and events
that will make the 2016-2017 year a great one!
Prices: Standard
cover $20, Standard Hard Cover
$25 (only 50 copies available)
Go to the
Lifetouch Yearbook order site and enter code:
12895817
Welcome new students!
Listed
below are items needed for
each child registering.
To register for school, you will need:
- The child's birth certificate
- Hearing-Dental-Vision Form (form #3300)*
- Immunization Form (form #3200)*
- Social Security Card
- 2 Proofs of residency - for example, current utility bill, current mortgage papers, current driver's license, etc.
* medical forms are available from a doctor's office
For more information, please contact our front office staff at 770-819-2387.
 New
Supply
Lists 2016-2017
The supply lists for the 2016-2017 school year are now
available. Download one with the button below and be ready for
summer bargain sales!
What to Wear to School?
Hendricks does not require uniforms for
school, but we do have rules for how students must dress.
Are you wondering what you can or can't wear to school? Please
read the Dress Code
information!
 Office
365 Available for Cobb County Students
Microsoft Office 365 is a valuable tool and it is available at
no cost to Cobb County Students. Our students are able to store
files and other resources as well as view and retrieve them
using any computer anywhere. Students also have use of Microsoft
software; Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneDrive and OneNote.
For information regarding getting Office 365 set up for your
child, please follow these links:
--
Office 365 Support Page for Parents
--
Video explaining how a parent can give consent via email
for their child to use Office 365 in the Cobb County School
District
--
Video explaining how a parent can give consent via
Synergy ParentVue
Please take advantage of this very helpful
resource!
Georgia Parent Survey
At Hendricks, we strive to serve our
community to the best of our ability. Would you please
answer a few questions about how we're doing?
The Georgia Parent Survey is modeled after the student
survey and contains 24 questions. Parents may complete the
survey using their personal computer, smartphones or tablet.
All parents are encouraged to participate in the
Georgia Parent Survey because the data will be used as
part of the calculation of the School Climate Star Rating.
Survey responses are anonymous and will be submitted directly to
the Georgia Department of Education for analysis.
Individual data results from the Georgia Parent Survey will not be
available to the public and will not be posted online.
Triumph Learning
Hendricks families! Triumph Learning is an online digital
program to provide your child with meaningful,
standards-based practice in Mathematics.
Click on the icon below to provide practice for your child.
*This site is best supported in Google Chrome.
Your child’s teacher has sent home username and password log-in
information.
If you need further information or assistance with Triumph
Online, please contact the Hendricks Elementary Academic Coach,
Jennifer Shiers.
Steve Holman
Voice of the Atlanta Hawks
Supports Hendricks Summer Reading!
Listen to a
special message for Hendricks Readers!
If you need any help with logging-in or logging
minutes, please contact
Cynthia Coker, our school media specialist.
Are you reading, Huskies?
Be sure to Log Your Minutes
every week
at
Schlastic.com/summer!
Summer Reading Challenge 2016
Can we reach 1 Million Minutes?
Online Resources for Families from the Ga. Department of
Education
The Ga. DoE has made
a flyer full of great educational websites and apps which will
be of great help to families and students.
The flyers are 'clickable' when viewed online. To download
your copy, please click the links below.
Ga. Department of Education - Educational Websites
for Families
Ga. Department of Education - Educational
Apps for Families
 We
Love Volunteers
The work our teachers, support staff, front
office and administrators do is important to our school. It is a
full time job keeping a great school great!
We wouldn't have a lot of the special 'extras' that sets
Hendricks apart if it weren't for the hours that our volunteers
give to our school.
If you would like to be a Hendricks volunteer, please check out
all the ways you can help on our Parent
Involvement page.
We hope to see you around!
Visit Our Parent Resource Room
The Hendricks Elementary Parent Resource Room, located in room 202, is open weekly from
Monday - Friday, 8AM - 1PM
This valuable area of our school is a place where parents can borrow materials to supplement students' lessons and even find
self-help materials addressing all things about being a better parent. Please feel free to browse around!
You may contact our parent liaison, Stephanie Jackson, for more information.
 Yellow Tags for Bus Riders
If your child is 8 years old and under, regardless of their grade, they should come home with a yellow tag on their backpack for safety reasons.
The bus driver will give you a letter with further details about the yellow tag.
 Attention Car Riders
If your child will be a car rider in the afternoons at any time during the school year, you must request a car rider sign.
 Buzz-In System Now in Place
Our school has a new system for entering the building through the front doors. With this new system, visitors
need to "Buzz-In" after 8:10am. We know everyone will have many questions about the new system, so our principal has
written a letter to fill you in.
View the letter from Mr. O'Connell for more details.
 Hendricks Named a 2012 National Blue Ribbon School!
Hendricks Elementary - formerly Austell Intermediate - was named one of only 219 schools to be awarded the National Blue Ribbon for 2012. We
were one of seven public schools in the state of Georgia to receive the award that year.
We are so very proud of our students, teachers and community for being recognized by the United States Department of Education.
Congratulations Hendricks Elementary students and Staff!
Safety First in the Fire Lanes
Reminder from the CCSD Department of Public Safety
Per the Fire Marshall's Office, no one is allowed to park in a Fire Lane, whether there is a driver in the vehicle or not, at
any time other than the following:
- 30 minutes prior to the end of the school day and 30 minutes after the end of the school day (this does not include the After School Program nor any other activity at the school)
- passengers actively loading or unloading during the day (this would cover students unloading in the morning at the beginning of the school day)
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