Early Release on Friday, November 14
The district's next Early Release Friday is scheduled for Friday, November 14. The 4 Year old FREE preschool program with Mrs. Care, Miss Ritsema, and Mrs. Warner will release at 12:00 p.m. PK-5th grade students will be dismissed at 12:15 p.m. The Full Day preschool classrooms with childcare will remain open for their regular hours, 6:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
If your child normally uses after school care on Friday afternoons, your child is automatically enrolled to attend care on all Early Release Fridays, unless other arrangements have been made.
Book Fair
During the week of November 17-21, we welcome the Paper Pie Book Fair to the ECC! Some of our teachers have created "wish lists" which will be available to view at the book fair. If you're interested in purchasing a gift for your child's teacher or classroom, please stop in!
The book fair will be located in our Library and will be open as follows:
- Monday, November 17: 4:00-8:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, November 19: 7:00-9:00 a.m. and 4:00-8:00 p.m.
- Friday, November 21: 9:00-4:00 p.m.
Upcoming Open/Closed Dates
The holidays are approaching! Please review our upcoming open/closed dates below:
- Wednesday-Friday, November 26-28: All programs CLOSED for the Thanksgiving holiday.
- Monday-Friday, December 22-26: All programs CLOSED for the holiday break. Note: there will be no tuition charges for the full day preschool and before/after school care program for this week.
- Monday, December 29: ECC is open for Full Day Preschool Program (tuition-based only) and PK-5th grade Before/After School Program. Care will be held at the Early Childhood Center from 7:45 a.m.-5:00 p.m. All other programs are closed.
- Tuesday, December 30: ECC is open for Full Day Preschool Program (tuition-based only) and PK-5th grade Before/After School Program. Care will be held at the Early Childhood Center from 7:45 a.m.-5:00 p.m. All other programs are closed.
- Wednesday, December 31: All programs CLOSED for New Year's Eve.
- Thursday, January 1: All programs CLOSED for New Year’s Day.
- Friday, January 2: ECC is open for Full Day Preschool Program (tuition-based only) and PK-5th grade Before/After School Program. Care will be held at the Early Childhood Center from 7:45 a.m.-5:00 p.m. All other programs are closed.
Before/After School Care families: A survey was sent out by your Site Supervisors to sign up for care during the week of December 29-January 2. If you haven't signed up yet, please do so as soon as possible.
There is a $55.00 charge for the before/after school students to attend on a non-school day, and your account will be charged the difference of $55.00 and your normal daily rate.
Important policy change for Before/After School Care students: Starting this year, if your child is signed up for childcare on Non-School Days (December Break, Spring Break, Mid-Winter Break), your account will be charged the daily rate whether your child(ren) are in attendance or not as we have intentionally created a staffing plan to account for these students.
Vacation Credit
Each full day preschool and/or PK-5th grade before/after school care family is able to utilize a one week vacation credit throughout the school year when childcare is not utilized in a one week timeframe, Monday - Friday.
If you would like to utilize your one week vacation for the week of December 29-January 2, please submit your request to [email protected]. Please note that the scheduling survey you completed regarding attendance during the holiday break is not used to issue vacation credits. A request must be made to the ECC office.
Toys for Tots
Toys for Tots has reached out to let us know that they plan to provide toys for students attending Hudsonville Public Schools.
Toys will be available for pick up on Saturday, December 20, at the Harley Davidson Hudsonville Location. You will be contacted by the Harley Davidson representatives directly, not HPS, to coordinate details of pick up.
If you are interested in signing up to receive toys for your child(ren), please complete this link.
The deadline to sign up is Monday, November 24.