Wednesday, May 22, 2013

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On behalf of the Harrison County School Board and myself, I would like to extend to you a warm welcome to the Harrison County School District.
The uniqueness of this district is reflected in the location of its schools in a variety of large and small communities. Each of these communities possesses a neighborhood atmosphere in which the school serves as a focal point. The culture, goals, and values of each community are respected and valued by school personnel. This appreciation of the community allows diversity; yet parents, teachers, and students across the district share a common focus. Together they work to provide the best education possible for the individual child.
Progress in this district is reflected through a technology enhanced curriculum, which addresses the needs of the individual child, a wide range of extra curricular activities, a diverse and successful sports program, and building programs, which are on-going to meet the ever growing student population. A greater emphasis on education throughout our state is beginning to produce results in the Harrison County Schools. As we strive to work closely with parents, teachers and the community, continued improvements are certainly expected.

 Henry Arledge, Superintendent of Education

Announcements

An Important Message from the CompassLearning Support Team

DOWNTIME for Odyssey
Starting Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 6:00pm CT
Ending Sunday, May 26, 2013 at 6:00am CT
To help improve overall performance of Odyssey, they will be performing database optimization tasks and routine maintenance to the Odyssey hosted site starting on Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 6:00pm CT for up to 12 hours. Odyssey will not be accessible during this time.

 
InformationNOW - iNOW

Harrison County School District has changed to a new student information system called InformationNow (INOW). We are now accepting applications from parents and guardians for online accounts that will allow them access to their children’s attendance, grades, discipline, etc.  Simply click on the link below to display the form in Adobe Reader format.  Once the form opens, print the form, fill it out completely according to the directions on the form, sign it and return the form to any school in the district with any one of your children.  Once the signed form is approved by the school district, within a few days you will receive a welcome email with your login name, password and directions for accessing the INOW website.   

Parent Access Registration

Home Portal

 
COMPASS LEARNING ODYSSEY

Our district has chosen to use Compass Learning Odyssey®, a Web-based curriculum, to enhance your child’s educational experience.  This program is linked to the Northwest Evaluation Association’s (NWEA) Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) to provide individualized instruction.  The activities are designed to meet your child’s needs based on the MAP score in each tested area.

Your child will use his or her HCSD user name and password to log in.  We are requesting that all students in grades 2—8 spend at least 15 minutes of home use per day working in this program.  Summer usage will help maintain skills and prepare your child for the upcoming school year.  

 

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ATTENTION PARENTS & STUDENTS

Parents can now access the HCSD Student Data through a link on the INOW home page.  Once a parent clicks on the new link in INOW, they will be directed to the site and allowed to log on using their INOW logon name.  Once logged on, parents will be able to access all the same data for their children that they would normally see in INOW (schedules, attendance, grades, discipline) plus other data they cannot access in INOW (including Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) scores, MCT scores and Cafeteria balances).  More data for parents will be added in the future.

Students can now access the site using either the internal or external address.  Students will log on using the same logon name and password they use to access any desktop at school   Once a student logs in, they will see the same data that parents see (restricted of course to the single student’s data).  Students can use this access to keep up with their assignments, grades, etc. in the same way they used the old Gradebook.

The internal address for the website (http://cofapps2/harcoapps) will still function for all users accessing the site from desktops connected directly to our district network, and this address is the preferred one for internal access.  In addition, we have opened an outside address for the site (http://apps.harrison.k12.ms.us/harcoapps) that will allow access from outside the district.

 
2012-2013 ONLNE MEAL APPLICATIONS
SUMMER ASSIGNMENTS

ATTENTION HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS!

Please check STUDENT RESOURCES or your high school web page for summer assignments.

 
HCSD SCHOOL BOARD MEETING SCHEDULE

Monday, May 20, 2013

Monday, June 3, 2013

Monday, June 17, 2013

Monday, June 24, 2013

All scheduled meetings of the Harrison County School District Board of Education are held at 5:30 P.M. in the Administration Building located at 11072 Highway 49, Gulfport, Mississippi. For more information please contact the Office of the County Superintendent of Education (228) 539-6503.

SCHOOL NEWS
ADMINISTRATOR & TEACHER OF THE YEAR!

Henry Arledge, along with the Harrison County School District School Board recognized Natasha Williams, Principal at Crossroads Elementary  as the School District Administrator of the Year. Congratulations!

Henry Arledge, along with the Harrison County School District School Board recognized Debra Rogers, Teacher at D'Iberville High School  as the School District Teacher of the Year. Congratulations!

 
Saucier Elementary

Saucier Elementary is recognized as a Blue Ribbon School

Congratulations!

 

 

 
GROUND BREAKING FOR NEW SCHOOL

On Wednesday, December 5, 2012, Henry Arledge along with members of the School Board broke ground at the site of the new elementary school, River Oaks Elementary. The new school will be located on Three Rivers Road. The new school will be built for a capacity of 900 students with room for expansion. 

River Oaks Elementary will be open August 2014 for the 2014-2015 school year and will have 35 classrooms, offices, library, cafeteria, and gymnasium.

 

 
State & Federal Announcements
THE CHILDREN FIRST ANNUAL REPORT

THE CHILDREN FIRST ANNUAL REPORT

SECTION SOURCE: MDE/SY 2010-2011

 
NEW IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENT

The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) will require the Tdap vaccination for all students entering 7th grade beginning with the coming school year (2012-2013).

Click here for full details.

 
MEMA DISASTER ASSISTANCE

If you sustained losses or damage from Hurricane Isaac,
you may be eligible for disaster aid.
You can call to Apply: 1-800-621-FEMA (3362)
The TTY number is: 1-800-462-7585
For 711 or Video Relay Service, call 1-800-621-FEMA (3362)
For more information or to Apply:
www.DisasterAssistnace.gov
Or Apply on your smartphone at: m.fema.gov
When you apply for disaster assistance please have the following available:
 Social security number (including your spouse's)
 Private insurance information, if available
 Address and zip code of the damaged property
 Directions to the damaged home or property
 Daytime telephone number
 A telephone number where we can reach you or leave a message
 An address where you can get mail
 If you want your disaster assistance funds sent directly to your bank, provide the FEMA agent with your bank account type (savings/checking), account number, and routing number

Disaster recovery assistance for eligible recipients is available without regard to race, color, gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, English proficiency or economic status.

MEMA/FEMA DISASTER RECOVERY CENTER

Harrison County

County Farm Road Community Shelter

15035 County Farm Road

Gulfport, MS 39503

Hours: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Seven days a week, until further notice.

Register for disaster assistance with FEMA

By phone: 800-621-FEMA (3362) or (TTY) 800-462-7585

Online: www.DisasterAssistance.gov

 (Click here for printable version.)

 
RECOVERY ACT

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 was signed into law by President Obama on February 17, 2009. Click on the links below for more information.

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE RECOVERY ACT

HARRISON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AMERICAN RECOVERY & REINVESTMENT ACT OF 2009.

 
HARRISON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT REPORT CARD

Harrison County School District

(Part A: No Child Left Behind Act of 2001)

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 requires school districts to publish report cards containing certain information. The required information falls into three general areas: school improvement, teacher qualifications, and test data. A school that fails to make adequate yearly progress in achievement must be identified for school improvement. The report must contain information about the professional qualifications of teachers in core academic subject areas [English, reading, language arts, science, mathematics, foreign languages, arts, civics and government, economics, history and geography]. Highly qualified teachers are those who satisfied the NCLB criteria during the school year. The report must also contain achievement data for specific subgroups, two-year achievement trends and student participation rates.

Please contact the principal of your child's school if you have questions about this report.

Click here to view HCSD Report Card

MSReportCard.com