Dear Silver Hill Families,

I hope you are all well and enjoying the weekend.

We had a wonderful first full week with a lot of learning, creating, friendship-building, and fun!

Thank you for adhering to these guidelines.

PTO Meeting Monday Night at 6:30 pm - Zoom link will be shared soon.

As with all family updates and Jaguar Journals, this will be posted on our school website: https://silverhill.haverhill-ps.org/. 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!

For additional information about Haverhill Public Schools, please see the HPS Student Handbook.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Thank you! 

Sincerely,

Donna Martin, Principal

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.