September 26, 2024
UPCOMING EVENTS
The Annual Pumpkin Decorating Contest is coming up! Flyers will be sent home soon with all the details.
Tickets for the November 8 Annual Dinner go on sale tomorrow! Watch your inbox for more information.
Moms & Muffins will be held for Peninsula Jr. Kindergarten students on Wednesday, October 16, and for 3’s and 4’s on Thursday, October 17. All Pepper Pike Moms & Muffins events for early childhood will be held on October 16. More information coming soon in teacher newsletters!
PICTURE DAYS
Pictures will be taken at Peninsula on October 16 and 17. Pepper Pike Upper and Lower School picture day will be October 28 and retakes will be held on December 5.
PEPPER PIKE COMMEMORATIVE ORNAMENT
As a thank you for your generous donation of $100 or more to our Annual Fund, you will receive the Pepper Pike Campus Commemorative Glass Ornament. Donations are accepted through Tuesday, October 8. To view the ornament and donate, please see this flyer.
FALL FEST
Important Fall Fest updates! The event did sell out, but the farm has created a few more parking spaces, therefore we are releasing more tickets today for HCA families only. Reserve below! If it sells out again, continue to check the reservation link as it will work each time we get cancellations. If you have tickets you can no longer use, please email your campus coordinator so we can release them back into the system. Please carpool as you are able so that everyone can find parking.
Additionally, volunteers are needed for the fest. A little help goes a long way!
ADMISSIONS EVENTS FLYER
We greatly value your help spreading the word about what’s happening at Heritage. Please share this flyer with interested friends and families! There are also physical copies available for pick-up at both campuses.
CONVERT YOUR OHIO TAX DOLLARS INTO HCA SCHOLARSHIPS!
The state of Ohio’s Scholarship Granting Organization (SGO) tax credit authorizes donors who contribute to K-12 student scholarships through a certified SGO to receive a dollar-for-dollar reduction in their state taxes up to $750 per individual taxpayer ($1,500 per couple). Last year, families and friends of Heritage redirected over $300,000 tax dollars to HCA scholarships through this tax credit opportunity. If every HCA family participates this year, we have the potential to raise over $600,000! Learn more at https://www.heritageclassicalacademy.org/support.
ZOOM PRAYER MEETINGS
Please join us via zoom to pray with other Heritage parents, teachers, and administrators. Zoom prayer groups meet on Tuesdays at noon starting on October 1 and Thursdays at 9 p.m. starting on October 3.
Meeting ID: 841 3066 5990
Passcode: griffin
Meeting ID: 814 4090 4034
Passcode: griffin
HOT LUNCHES
Hot lunches are available weekly for all K-11th grade students. Chick-fil-A orders are due the Sunday before (served on Tuesday), and pizza orders are due the Monday before (served on Wednesday). Late orders cannot be accepted.
Peninsula and Pepper Pike Lower School families, please refer to the Orientation webpage for the lunch ordering procedures.
Upper School families, please use the following form.
ATTENDANCE REPORTING POLICY
Please note an important change to our Attendance Reporting Policy. For all attendance related communications including absences, tardies, mid-day appointments, and early pick-ups, please do one of the following:
1) Call the appropriate Attendance Line and leave a message.
Peninsula (330)-548-1738, Ext 1, Ext 1
Pepper Pike (330)-548-1738, Ext 2, Ext 1
2) Send an email to the appropriate Attendance Email address.
All absences, tardies, and mid-day appointments should be communicated by 9:00 a.m. Any end of day pick-up changes should be communicated by 1:00 p.m. Please do not contact the Campus Coordinator by email or by phone regarding Attendance related issues. Please continue to share attendance information with your student’s teacher, nurse (when medical), and the Attendance Line or Email.
FAMILY PORTAL ACCESS INSTRUCTIONS
All Parents and 9th through 11th grade students can access the Family Portal to view lesson plans, homework, grades, and more!
Please go to the FACTS Management webpage to begin.
Click on For Families and Family Portal Login.
The District Code, Username, and Password are the same for the Family Portal and the App.
The District Code is HCA-OH. Parents, use the username and password you created to set up a FACTS account when applying to the school. Students, use your first initial and last name (ex. Jsmith) for your username and use the password provided by your Principal.
HCA APP
Download the HCA app to stay current on all the latest information from HCA.
EARLY DISMISSAL
Next Thursday, October 3, is early dismissal.
All Academy and Full-Day Early Childhood students will be dismissed at 2:05pm.
Study Center students will be dismissed beginning at 2:25pm. Please do not arrive early for Study Center pick-up on Early Dismissal days as the line will be moving with Academy students until 2:25pm. You must come up Bronson Street so you can turn into the front pick-up line at 2:25pm.
There is no aftercare offered on Early Dismissal Thursday and clubs will not be held.
PRAYING MOMS
We invite Heritage moms to join together for prayer on the second Thursday of every month, to lift up the praises and petitions of our school. Beginning October 10, Praying Moms will meet from 8:30am-9:30am in the library. Please come and go as your schedule allows, and you are welcome to bring younger children with you.
PICK-UP
Thank you for helping keep our pick-up lines safe and moving! Even with the increase in students and families this year, we have not had to adjust our dismissal window (3:05-3:25pm). Thank you!
LUNCH VOLUNTEER SIGN-UPS
EARLY DISMISSAL
Next Thursday, October 3, is early dismissal. All students will be dismissed at 2:00pm. There is no aftercare offered on Early Dismissal Thursdays and clubs will not be held.
WEATHER REMINDER
Please send your children to school with rain/snow gear when the weather is inclement. We will take students outside for recess as much as possible.
LUNCH VOLUNTEER SIGN-UPS
Volunteers are needed! As a lunch and recess monitor, alongside HCA staff, you will assist in opening lunch items for younger students and cleaning between and after lunch periods.
The House Chant Competition was exciting! The students did an outstanding job introducing the Houses to our Pepper Pike Lower School students who, by their cheering, voted Iustus the winning House!
PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES
Parent Teacher Conferences will be held October 23 and 24. Upper School Parents will not necessarily have any conferences. If you have a specific need to discuss with a teacher, or a teacher requests a conference with you, a meeting will be scheduled. More information to come!
PSAT HELP
Starting tomorrow, September 27, our 10th and 11th grade students will learn about prepping for the PSAT during Rhetoric Seminar. The PSAT will be given to both grades the last week of October. Bess Lee, an HCA parent, will provide our students with test tips.
LUNCH VOLUNTEER SIGN-UPS
We need your help!
CHROMEBOOK & EMAIL POLICY FORMS
If you did not sign the Parent and Student Chromebook and Email policy forms or did not fill them out correctly, you will receive an email this week with the link. Please sign the forms using your name, rather than “yes” or “understood,” and complete them as soon as possible. Thank you!
Come out and support our teams!
ATHLETICS WEBSITE COMPLETE
The HCA Athletics Website is now available on the HCA Homepage! You can access all necessary team information including schedules. The basketball schedule, including practices and games, will be added soon.
CROSS COUNTRY & VOLLEYBALL MEDIA DAYS
Digital copies of photos will be emailed to parents in the near future!