Hamilton Crossing Elementary School

🎵Last night our Hamilton Crossing Elementary School Chorus started our Fall Festival off right with a wonderful performance. Thanks to Ms. Crossan for her dedication and to our students for their hard work!🎵

**Our Spooktacular Fall Festival is almost here!** Join us on Thursday, October 23rd from 5:00 - 7:00 P.M. for a frightfully good time! FREE for all attendees: Games, Relays, Limbo, Cake Walk, Crafts, Photo Booth, & Prizes. AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE: Dunk Tank, Goods From 20+ Local Vendors, Food Trucks (Including Tarascos, Kona Ice, Tom's Coffee, and Butt's BBQ). Our HCES Chorus will kick off the event with a performance at 5:00. We look forward to seeing you there!

🎃 You’re Invited: Trunk or Treat & Haunted Trail Event 👻 The Student Government Association and Student Leadership Team warmly invite you to join us—and help spread the word—for our upcoming Trunk or Treat celebration on Thursday, October 30, 2025. • 🕕 Trunk or Treat: 6:00–7:30 PM in the Bus Lot Our school clubs will be hosting festive trunks and handing out treats for the community. • 🌙 Haunted Trail: 6:00–8:00 PM Additional student groups will be assisting with a spooky stroll through the Haunted Trail. We look forward to welcoming families, friends, and neighbors for an evening of fun, fright, and fall festivities!

🎃 Get ready for some fun at our Spooktacular Fall Festival! Check out all the spine-tingling details in the attached flyer! ✨ We can't wait to share this magical autumn celebration with our amazing school family! 👻

🎃 Get ready for some spooky-good fun at our Fall Fest! 👻Join our fantastic volunteer crew by clicking the link below! 🍁 Let's create unforgettable memories together! 🌟 https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0A4AADA823A0FA7-59371487-spooktacular

Bartow County Schools will celebrate National School Lunch Week when we return from Fall Break. The theme this year is "Taste the World: Your School Lunch Passport". We will offer fun options from each location throughout the week. Be sure to ask your student what they experienced in the cafe each day! Monday=Italy Tuesday=Mexico Wednesday=The Islands Thursday=England Friday=America

Attendance Matters and we had a LOT to celebrate our first quarter! We had 142 students with perfect attendance and a 95.72 attendance rate!! Great job parents ensuring your students are present to learn, unless sick! All 142 students received certificates so check their take-home folders! We are so thankful to The Mule House Pizza for sponsoring family meal incentives to award A+ Attendance this year. 🍕 Our K-2 and 3-5 winners were awarded by Gertie the Goose at Friday’s Pep Rally….Congratulations to Emari and Knox!!!! We look forward to our second drawing in December!!

Thank you Cass High School for sending football players and cheerleaders to boost school spirit on GaMe DaY!!! We appreciated the help during morning car rider and students loved seeing Colonels in action!! The Colonels take on the Cartersville Hurricanes tonight at home @ 7:30!! The game will be featured as the Georgia Public Broadcasting game of the week and can be streamed from home. Let’s GoOoooO Colonels 💙💛💙💛💙 https://ow.ly/GwbN50X3O1K https://ow.ly/ZePZ50X3O1M

💙Congratulations to our Star Students of the Month who demonstrated RESPECT! Way to go Knights!! 💙

It’s CHOCOLATE time at HCES!!! Permission forms have gone home to sell World’s Finest chocolate bars to raise money for our Knights! Sell as many boxes as you can for those prizes listed on your form! Savion found the GOLDEN ticket and received a GIANT bar of chocolate this morning!! 🍫

Thank you to all who came to our HCES Cicis Night this evening!! 🍕 It was a great turn out and lots of fun!! Mark your calendars for the first Thursday of every month!! We’d love to see you in November!

📅 Please see the calendar for our October Specials Rotation. 🌟Don't forget: Comfy clothes and sneakers on PE days make for happy movers and shakers!

Congratulations to our 24-25 5th Grade Math crew!!! They were recognized at tonight’s board meeting as a Collaborative Team of Distinction for student performance on the Georgia Milestones Math Assessment. Way to go Mr. West, Mr. Bunch, Mrs. Gilliam, and Mrs. Hedden!! We are so proud of you and excited to see you surpass the bar again this year!!

🪿 Silly Goose - You have to come to school! We miss you when you aren't here! This year, we are focusing on the importance of strong student attendance with the help of Gertie the Goose. Each week, Gertie will honk with happiness for classes with great attendance. Today, Gertie visited the K-2 classroom with the best attendance last week and the 3-5 classroom with the best attendance. Mrs. James' 2nd grade and Mrs. Roberts' 3rd grade students were excited to have Gertie stop by and recognize their achievement! 🪿

🔔🏫🍎 Last night was the Bartow County School System's Teacher of the Year Banquet. We were so happy to have another chance to honor Mrs. Bell. Thank you, Mrs. Bell, for inspiring our students each and every day! 🍎🏫🔔

Under the Sea: Dive into Reading Book Fair — A Heartfelt Thank You As our Under the Sea: Dive into Reading Book Fair came to a close, I want to express my deepest gratitude for the overwhelming love and support I’ve received throughout the week. Your kind words, encouragement, and joyful participation have truly humbled me. While these fairs do help raise funds for our school, that’s only a small part of why I pour my heart into them. As a little girl, I remember the magic of the book fair—the excitement, the wonder, the joy of discovering new stories. Today, I get to witness that same sparkle in the eyes of your children, and it fills me with immeasurable joy and blessings. This year’s fair was a beautiful success, and that’s thanks to our incredible HCES community—our parents, students, and staff. It takes time, energy, and a whole lot of teamwork to bring a fair to life, and I could not do it without the amazing volunteers who work tirelessly behind the scenes. To each person that spent money and To each person who gave their time, thank you. A special shout-out to our decorating crew (Jamie Pavao, Courtney Landers, Nikki Lively, Julie Collier, Lisa Wilder, and Nicole Blue) who transformed our space into an enchanting underwater world and brought my vision to life. I’m especially grateful to Julie Collier, Ms. Shoop, and Mrs. Robertson for their unwavering support throughout the entire week. And heartfelt thanks to Julie Collier, Jessica Henderson, and her son Jeremy for staying late to help box up the fair—your dedication did not go unnoticed. HCES families, you are truly the best. We made over $4000 which goes to support our students and staff with literacy programs, technology, and books to name a few. Please know how thankful I am for another joyful, memorable book fair. With love and appreciation, Mrs. Collett Media Specialist

🎃 Coming Soon: Hamilton Crossing Elementary's Fall Spooktacular! 🍂
Get ready for a fun evening at our Fall Spooktacular Family Event—a celebration packed with festive vibes, community spirit, and just the right amount of spooky charm!

📅 Date: Thursday, October 23, 2025
🕔 Time: 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
🛠️ Setup Begins: 4:30 PM

We’re currently on the lookout for local vendors and food trucks to help make this event a scream! If you’d like to showcase your goods or serve up delicious eats, scan the QR code on the flyer to sign up and join the fun.

For more information, reach out to Randi Burlison at:
📧 randi.burlison@bartow.k12.ga.us

Howdy HCES!! Cass High School will celebrate homecoming week September 15th-19th Western Style!!! A parade will be at 6PM on Tuesday evening downtown and the Colonels will take on Cedartown Friday night!! We will participate in the fun of homecoming week to support the Colones and have a blowout spirit day that Friday!! 💙💛

🐝Have you heard the Buzz? Today we celebrated our August Star Students who demonstrated the relational value of Kindess. We also recognized students who received Kingdom Kudos from their teachers for participating in acts of Kindness. These students remind us all of how important it is to #BeeKind.🐝