The one team that is the busiest this week is our middle school girls' basketball team. The play Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. You can catch them in action both Monday and Tuesday after school.

Parents of Middle and/or High Schoolers:

If you would take a moment to complete this survey, specific to the career and technical education at the Hot Springs School District, it would be greatly appreciated. We work with the Western Consortium in many projects and this is one. The consortium continues to enhance what each school district can do to provide for our students; their partnership was meaningful and continues to be with our new CTE building and the programs offered within. Examples are our chemistry, art, FFA, welding, construction, Family and Consumer Science programs.

Career and Technical Education Parent/Guardian Feedback

The purpose of this survey is to gather reflections from parents of middle and high school students regarding their knowledge of Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs that may be offered at your school.    Your responses will be used as part of the CTE Comprehensive Needs Assessment (CTE-CLNA).  The CTE-CLNA is a process of looking at the current CTE program to discover its strengths as well as perhaps challenges in order to identify opportunities to further strengthen the local CTE program.     Thank you for your input.

https://forms.gle/TXa9NGyxoUXaBd7F7

Members of the Hot Springs FFA were able to travel to the National FFA convention in Indianapolis this week. They heard from motivational speakers, watched National level contests, visited a college and career fair and student workshops. It was a wonderful learning opportunity for our Hot Springs FFA members and a memorable experience! 

What a great group to represent the Hot Springs School District at All State Choir.

Attendance Matters
Chronic absenteeism is when a student misses 10% or more of the school year. That’s only 1.5 days a month – and it adds up— missing 10 percent or more of school days due to absence for any reason—excused, unexcused absences and suspensions—can translate into students having difficulty achieving in middle school and eventually graduating from high school.

Attendance is monitored at all grade levels. If your child misses 15 or more days of school this year, state and federal reports indicate your child as chronically absent. At the elementary and middle school level, this is also a part of the report card "grade" for that school building. Absences due to illness, appointments, family vacations, etc are all absences and can add up quickly.  For Hot Springs's school calendar, a student is labeled chronically absent when they miss 15 or more days of school. 

As stated previously, nothing can replace direct instruction from our teachers. Online programs can provide learning activities and practice, but it does not replace the expert in the field nor the human touch that the classroom environment provides. Individuals that are more than ready to assist in creating a plan for your child to be at school more consistently consists of Mr. Klinkhammer, Mrs. Trevillyan, Mr. Nelson, Ms. Dumire, SRO McMillan, Dr. Cumbow, and your child's classroom teacher(s).