Welcome to the 2023-2024 school year and thank you for an incredible first two weeks of school! The last two weeks at Hicks have been filled with new and returning smiling faces, We are beyond thrilled to be back and ecstatic to have our kiddos back in our updated building! Speaking of construction, there are still a few projects that are getting finished so thank you for your patience as the construction team works hard wrap up the finishing touches.
Eeeeekkkk!!!!!! :) TOMORROW is the BIG day!!! :) Hicks staff are all looking forward to welcoming our kiddos tomorrow morning for the first day of the 2023-2024 school year!!! I know I am messaging a lot between email, robo calls and dojo messages but I want to ensure that everyone knows the plan for tomorrow! We are SO excited to show off our BEAUTIFUL building on Wednesday, August 30th at 4:30-5:30pm for our open house! I know it feels odd having to do it differently this year because of our construction but please know we appreciate your understanding in advance. Our construction and custodial staff have working unbelievably hard to get the building ready so having a couple extra days was so beneficial for them.
Remember to watch the video I sent out showing you the new building entrance! I posted it last week on DOJO and on our David Hicks Elementary Facebook page for you to watch with your children so everyone feels prepared for tomorrow. We will have a TON of staff outside ready to help guide the children to their new classes. Please remember that parents will stay in their cars on arrival. We promise we have the staff to get our children to their classrooms safely. :) We are ready!
Give our sweet Hicks Hornets a BIG hug before bed tonight and remind them all how excited we are to welcome them tomorrow!!! It's going to be a FABULOUS year!!!
Love you all tons,
Mama Gee :)
Happy Summer Hicks Hornets! We are so happy to have the sun and warm weather here to stay. We will definitely miss our hornets over the summer, but can't wait to see your smiling faces in August. All students were sent home with a Summer Bridges Essentials Backpack earlier this week. We are hopeful that students will continue to practice their reading and math skills during our break with these materials. Any student that brings back their Summer Bridge book fully completed will earn a pizza party in the fall! Who doesn't love PIZZA? 🍕
A reminder that our building will be under construction for all of June, July and majority of August. That means our Back to School Open House will take place after the first day of school on August, 29th, 2023. That date will be communicated as soon as it is scheduled! Thank you for your patience and understanding!
Many of you probably saw the district communication come out but I wanted to personally let you know the exciting and PROUD news in case you didn't see it! Ms. Babyak has accepted the Principal position at Wildwood Elementary and Mr. Furca has accepted the Interim Assistant Principal position at Wildwood Elementary! Please be sure to congratulate them both on their well deserved promotions when you see them! They will make a great team and Wildwood is lucky to have them! We wish them well and they will ALWAYS be a Hicks Hornet and part of our Hicks Family! :)
Many of you probably saw the district communication come out but I wanted to personally let you know the exciting and PROUD news in case you didn't see it! Ms. Babyak has accepted the Principal position at Wildwood Elementary and Mr. Furca has accepted the Interim Assistant Principal position at Wildwood Elementary! Please be sure to congratulate them both on their well deserved promotions when you see them! They will make a great team and Wildwood is lucky to have them! We wish them well and they will ALWAYS be a Hicks Hornet and part of our Hicks Family! :)
A posting will come out from the district for our open Assistant Principal position and a fabulous team will help us find the best candidate for our Hicks Family! :) I promise to keep everyone posted along the way!
Below is our newest Hive Hangout edition! Please click the link below for all our newest updates!
This year we will be counting down to the last days of school! Follow the schedule below to see what children will be doing in school for each letter of the alphabet on the way from A to Z. Underlined descriptions remind you that you are supposed to wear or bring something special on that day. We hope everyone participates in our special celebration of all we have learned, from A right to Z!
NEWSLETTER: Hicks Hive Hangout - May 5, 2023
Good evening Hicks Families,
As you know we appreciate our Hicks staff ALL of the time but this upcoming week is dedicated to every single staff member! We are hoping that you can help us show appreciation for the hard work and effort that they put into your children every single day! We would love if you could encourage your son/daughter to write their teacher a letter or make them a card thanking them for ALL they do. We would also like to encourage you to send a message on DOJO or an email from you showing your appreciation too! :) We truly mean it when we say that we have the BEST and most dedicated staff in the world! They will love this small token of love from their students and families! Don't forget we celebrate ALL staff this week, not just classroom teachers so encourage your kiddos to write as many as they would like!
Staff to celebrate and write letters or make cards for any time this week:
Classroom Teachers, Specials Teachers, Resource Room/Special Education Teachers, Building Subs, Instructional Coaches, Interventionists, Lunch Supervisors, Food Service Workers, Secretaries, Paraprofessionals, Bus Drivers, Custodians, Speech Therapists, Social Workers, Occupational Therapist, Physical Therapist.
Thank you so much for your help in advance! You guys are the BEST! We LOVE our Hicks Family!
Mrs. Gee and Ms. Babyak :)
- Friday, April 28th - Popcorn Friday
- Monday, May 1st- Girls on the Run and Stride Practice
- Monday, May 1st- Friday, May 5th - Fifth Grade EMU Week
- Wednesday, May 3rd - Girls on the Run and Stride Practice
- Wednesday, May 3rd - No School - Professional Development Day
- Friday, May 5th - Popcorn Friday
- Monday, May 8th - Girls on the Run and Stride Practice
- Wednesday, May 10th- Girls on the Run and Stride Practice
- Friday, May 5th - Popcorn Friday
- Friday, May 12th - 1st Grade Field Trip to the Detroit Zoo
- Monday, May 15th - Girls on the Run and Stride Practice
- Wednesday, May 17th - Girls on the Run and Stride Practice
- Wednesday, May 17th - Jim Basketball Jones Assembly
If you are dropping off or picking up your student, this needs to be done in the FRONT loop. We may not have families dropping off or picking up in the back parking lot. This is a major safety concern and we need to ensure that our students and staff members are safe. Thank you!
I hope everyone had a nice weekend. Here is the latest copy of the Hicks Hive Hangout.
Happy Reading!
We are going to "pop in to some good books" and try to read 100,000 minutes as a school by the end of the month! There will be AMAZING prizes raffled out throughout the month to those who are helping us get to our goal and we are looking forward to a super fun celebration of reading all month long, so keep an eye out in your child's folder for more information after break!