August 21 Update

Good Afternoon Families of 5-8th Grade Students,

Friday, August 22 is our middle school back to school PTO swim party for our 5-8th graders. Permission slips are going home with students today and must be brought to the pool with a dollar for entry to the pool party. 5th and 6th grade students will swim from 6:00-7:00pm. 7th and 8th grade students will be from 7:00-8:00pm. We look forward to seeing your student there!

Starting Monday, August 25th, we will have a new traffic flow and drop off point for students. The main entrance is complete and we will now utilize this as the entrance point for all students. All 5-8 (and 9-12) students will enter the main entrance no matter how they arrive. The car drop off lane will now be the parking lot in front of the school. Please use the path shown in red on the map to drop students off. Students that are walking or biking will also enter the main entrance. Bike racks will remain in the same location. Once inside, students will make their way to the Aux Gym to wait for school to start. Students who are eating breakfast will go straight to the lunch room. Students will be able to drop off band instruments and take athletic bags to the Aux locker room as well. After school pick up will utilize the same traffic flow as in the mornings. At the end of the day, students will continue to exit the building out of the middle school academic wing. Those getting picked up in the car line will utilize the sidewalks to walk to the front of the building for their pick-up. We believe this will allow for a safer and quicker pick-up/drop-off process. We appreciate your flexibility as we have made adjustments in the new space as more phases of construction have been completed.

Our open house and PTO ice cream social will be held on Monday, August 25th, from 5:00pm-6:30pm. This will be a come and go event. We are excited to connect with you and get to know you and your child a little better. Teachers will be available in their classrooms to talk with or ask any questions you may have. Ice cream will be served in the commons area thanks to our wonderful PTO. We ask everyone to enter through the main entrance for this event. See the attached flyer for a meeting after this event for those interested in Science Olympiad. We hope to see you there!

As always, please reach out if you have any questions or concerns. You can email logan.schrag@usd460.org or call our office at 620-327-7111.

Logan Schrag

Principal 

Hesston Middle School USD 460

620-327-7111