Hamlow Elementary Back-to-School Information

Welcome to the 2024-2025 School Year

Class Assignments

Class assignments will be emailed directly to families on Friday, August 9th, 7:00 p.m.

Open House

Open House will be held on Monday, August 12th from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.

First Day of School

The first day of school is Wednesday, August 14th, 8:25 - 3:20

1st & 2nd Grade students will gather on the playground pavement.  Classroom teachers will be out on the playground to pick up their students.  

Kindergarten students will arrive 8:40 on the 1st day of school and gather on the playground pavement to line up with their teacher.

Kindergarten Parents/Guardians feel free to stop through the Hamlow Gymnasium to grab a donut and some juice as part of the PTO Yahoo/Boobhoo Breakfast

School is dismissed at 3:20. 

Drop off/Pick Up Flow 

• Safety is the biggest priority when considering drop off and pick up 

• Staff are positioned around the building and cross walks to ensure the safety of everyone

• The entrance to the parking lot is located on the west side of the building off 145th ST.

• As you enter off Castlewood please refrain from parking in the front of the building. Drive along the pick up lane and pull toward the right lane to drop off/pick up your student. 

•  To keep students safe, please have them exit vehicles on the right side (building side) only, as vehicles may be passing on the left.  If this isn't possible, it would be safest to park in a stall before having your child exit the vehicle.

• After you have dropped off/picked up you may use the left lane to safely exit onto Castlewood.

• To help alleviate congestion at the entrance and when using this lane, please pull up to the orange cone by the crosswalk, indicated by the green star below

• Follow the flow of traffic illustrated on the diagram below.  

Second day and Students Entering/Leaving the Building

• Beginning on the second day of school, all students will be dropped off in the front of the building.

• Please know that staff are located at the front entrance as well as inside the building to direct students toward their appropriate area of the building after drop off.

• During the times of 800-825, Parents/Guardians should refrain from walking with their student into and through the building unless needing to drop forms/money off in the office.  This is for the safety of all students and staff.

• Any student arriving after 825 is considered tardy and should be walked into the office by their Parent/Guardian to be checked in.

• When students leave the building at any time during the day, they must be checked out of the office by a parent/guardian. 

• When students are dismissed at the end of the day for parent pickup by their teacher, all students will be located at the front of the building.

Attendance

Please call or email the school if your child is absent, arriving late, or leaving early.

402-786-2341

• Please feel free to leave a message.  The office staff will receive all messages left and mark students attendance appropriately.

• The office staff will communicate all attendance with classroom teachers.

• Email both the School Nurse, Joslynne Stauss and the Administrative Assistant, Dacia Peters, to ensure your message is received:

  • joslynne.stauss@district145.org

  • dacia.peters@district145.org

• If a call or email is not received, it is our policy to contact you.

Parent Portal

• Parents received an email in July about completing forms online. Thank you to everyone that has created a Parent Portal and completed your child's back-to-school forms. 

• If you need assistance with your Parent Portal, please use this link

  HERE 

• If you need access to a computer, please contact Teresa Erdkamp at teresa.erdkamp@district145.org or 402-786-2321

Before & After School Care

• The District 145 Foundation for Education (FFE) provides before and after school care via the Viking Discovery program.  

• The Viking Discovery sites are open from 7am-8am, 3pm-6pm on school days and from 7am-6pm on non-school days.

• Click HERE to learn more about FFE and Viking Discovery Program 

Breakfast and Lunch

Breakfast is served from 8:00-8:20. 

Students arriving on a late bus will be provided time to have breakfast at school. The student needs to indicate this preference in the school office when checking in.  

Pay online HERE   

Free & Reduced Lunch Forms HERE 

Classroom Snack Information

Parents of all students in grades K-5 have the opportunity to purchase daily classroom snack for their child this school year.  

Cost is $36 per semester or $72 per year 

Pay Via MySchoolBucks HERE 

Student Information (Immunizations Physical, Vision Exam & Birth Certificate) 

• This is a reminder that students will not be allowed to attend school until their original birth certificate physical, vision exam and immunizations are on file in the building.  

• All kindergarten students and students enrolling from a school outside of Nebraska are required to have all of the above.

District 145 and Hamlow Elementary Communication 

You will receive alert messages from your child's school via phone and/or email. There is no cost to you. Parent names and e-mail addresses need to be current in our student information database as the contact information is taken directly from our Power School system to be utilized within School Messenger. If any contact information has changed during the school year, please contact your child's school directly.

• To provide you the best in school communication for school activities and important school messages, you may receive text messages from 675-87.  

• All Hamlow communication send out via text messages will sent from this number and will indicate HES (Hamlow Elementary School) in the message. This will inform you that the district message pertains directly to HES.

Transportation

Our transportation department helps safely bring students to and from school each day from all corners of this area.  If you will need transportation for your student please call the transportation department at 402-786-3015.

Cross-town Transportation – If you live in Waverly and are close to our pickup and drop off sites, and would like your child transported to and from school, you may sign up at the Central office at 14511 Heywood, Waverly, NE.  There is a cost. If you are interested in cross town bussing please contact the central office between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. at 402-786-2321.

2024-2025 Staffing Assignments

Teaching assignments for Hamlow Elementary School are listed in the chart below.