Welcome to Kindergarten 2026!

​Dear Silver Hill Kindergarten Families,

I hope you are all having a wonderful summer! If this is your first child at Silver Hill, Welcome!! We are looking forward to meeting all of you and your children very soon! 😄

At Silver Hill, we are busy getting ready for the upcoming school year. We are excited to work with you to help your children learn and grow! In this newsletter, you will find specific information for Kindergarten families.

As with all family updates and Jaguar Journals, this will be posted on our school website: https://silverhill.haverhill-ps.org/. Supply lists will be posted there as well. In addition to the Silver Hill Elementary School website, you can also find information on the Silver Hill PTO Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/silverhillpto/ to get updates and see all of the goings-on at Silver Hill!

Please enjoy the last couple of weeks of the summer, and do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Thank you! 

Sincerely,

Donna Martin, Principal

donna.martin@haverhill-ps.org

We are thrilled to be welcoming all of our new kindergarten students to Silver Hill this fall! It is such an exciting time for the students and their families! And for ALL of us!

Incoming kindergarten students participate in a screening prior to the start of school. This is an opportunity for the staff to begin to get to know your child. Children will work with a staff member one-on-one while a family member completes important paperwork. There will also be some time for children to play. Screenings will be held on September 2, 3, and 4, and typically last about 45 minutes.

Please use this link to sign up for a day and time for your Kindergarten student to be screened: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4AAFAC23A1FEC43-65131463-kindergarten

The week of August 24th, families will receive a phone call from a staff member to schedule a kindergarten screening appointment if they haven’t done so using SignUp Genius. 

Kindergarten Play Dates! Please join Principal Ms. Donna Martin and Assistant Principal Mrs. Kerri Hermann in front of the school for playing and popsicles! (Depending on the construction, we may be able to use the playscape in the back, but currently it is inaccessible). These two dates will be a wonderful opportunity for students and families to begin to get to know each other! Hope to see you there! (Older students welcome as well 🙂)

The first day for Kindergarten students will be Wednesday, September 9, 2026. 

There will be a Kindergarten Open House on Tuesday, September 8th at 9:30 am.

There will also be an Open House for all grades on Tuesday, September 1, from 4:00-5:30 pm. Although your child will not be assigned a teacher yet, please feel free to come by the school and tour the kindergarten classrooms and playscape.

Bus routes will be posted in August. For more information about transportation, please visit: https://www.haverhill-ps.org/transportation/.  

School Start Times/Half Day Times 

YMCA General Information:

Before School: opens at 7:00 a.m.

After-School: open until 6:00 p.m.

They are open on all early-release days. They are also open for full days at separate sites, and families will be informed.

They will have an information table at Open House.

Silver Hill uses the Child Care Weather Watch Chart to determine if there will be indoor or outdoor recess.    

What to bring to school? 

It is recommended your child bring the following items to school each day:  

 

Haverhill Public Schools is a one-to-one district, with each student receiving a ChromeBook. Students new to Haverhill Public Schools will be issued a ChromeBook the first week of school. Kindergarten students will receive a ChromeBook at the kindergarten screening.

HPS Student Device (Chromebook) Insurance: Haverhill Public Schools has chosen School Device Coverage (SDC) to insure the devices that will be given to your student as part of this year’s 1:1 device program. For only $20 per student, this insurance program will protect you and your student(s) in the event that your device is lost, stolen, or damaged accidentally over the course of the school year. Please follow this link for more information and to sign up. Haverhill Student Device Insurance

This information is also posted on the Parent and Student Resources page, Our Technology page, and the HPS Student Technology Device Policy (Spanish Version) document.

Cell phones and Smart watches are not allowed to be used during the school day. The expectation is that they are turned off and kept in the student’s backpack during school hours. They may not be used at any time during the school day, including lunch and recess. If a cell phone or Smart watch is seen by a staff member, it will be confiscated and turned into the main office. The device can be picked up at the office by the student at the end of the school day. Repeated offenses may require the parent to pick up the device and/or require the student to drop it off daily at the office.

Students are not allowed to bring toys from home into the school. This includes trading cards, fidget toys, figurines, toy cars, dolls or games. Toys are expensive for parents and we would hate for them to get lost or broken. Furthermore, toys brought from home can disrupt the learning at school. While we understand that children may wish to carry familiar toys with them and to show their friends items they consider precious, it has been our experience that bringing toys from home to school can create difficult situations to manage. The students have many toys and games to play with here at school. If toys are found at school they will be collected by staff for safekeeping and returned after school. Thank you for your cooperation and attention to this matter.  

Silver Hill follows the HPS Anti Bullying Policy (you can find this on the HPS website, https://www.haverhill-ps.org/parents-students/).  Please click here to read the HPS Bullying Prevention and Intervention Plan and view the incident reporting form.