Happy Halloween from the staff of HHES ! Thank you for spending time with us this week for our Book Fair and parent-teacher conferences. Please check out our parent newsletter for information on our upcoming events including our Veterans Day assemblies and PWT spirit night.
This week, HHES wrapped up our 2025 Kindness Campaign with a Kindness Shines Bright Spirit Day and our Unity Day! You can read more about our Kindness Campaign, recent student awards, and upcoming events in our parent newsletter.
I wanted to follow up with you regarding the cougar sighting at Hockinson Heights earlier today.
We were joined today by officers from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Officers, accompanied by search dogs Shelby, Andy, Shy, and Della, performed an extensive search of our nature trail and field area. The officers determined that the cougar was no longer in the area of our campus.
As a precaution, we will continue indoor recess throughout the day and our staff will continue to monitor the campus. DFW has issued some recommendations for HHES to increase campus monitoring and to decrease the chance of an animal sighting in the future. We will be working with DFW to implement their suggestions.
The safety of our students and staff is a top priority at HHES and we are grateful to the Department of Fish and Wildlife for their support. Please feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions or concerns.
Meredith Gannon
Principal
HHES Parents:
We want to make you aware that this early this morning I received a report of a cougar in the field behind the school. This sighting took place before school when no students were on campus. Out of an abundance of caution, we will move recess indoors today and will contact our partners at the Department of Fish and Wildlife for additional guidance.
We want to thank our HHES staff for their prompt reporting and action to ensure our students’ safety.
Meredith Gannon - HHES Principal
This week, HHES continues our Kindness Campaign and will host our first student recognition assemblies of the year. You can read about these events and other upcoming HHES events in this week's parent newsletter at https://secure.smore.com/n/8fpgb
I wanted to follow up with you regarding the cougar sighting at HHES earlier today.
Three officers from The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife joined us this afternoon to search the forest along the northern edge of our campus. After their two dogs (Shelby and Andy) performed an extensive 45-minute search, the officers determined that the cougar was no longer in the area. As a precaution, though, tomorrow we will keep students within the bounds of our upper playground. No students will be allowed to go to the lower fields or campus fringes. HHES staff will monitor the campus throughout the day.
The safety of our students and staff is a top priority at HHES and we will continue to follow our HSD safety protocols and to adapt as new circumstances arise. We want to thank the Department of Fish and Wildlife for their assistance in keeping our campus safe for our hornet students. Please feel free to reach out to me or Mr. Olson if you have any questions or concerns.
Meredith Gannon - HHES Principal
HHES Parents:
We want to make you aware that this morning Mr. Olson and I received a report of a cougar in the field behind the school. We immediately moved recess indoors and contacted the Clark County Sheriff’s Office and the Department of Fish and Wildlife.
We have initiated a modified Hold protocol for the remainder of the school day. All recesses will be held indoors and movement between school buildings will be limited for the rest of the day. We have staff members monitoring the field area where the animal was spotted. The Department of Fish and Wildlife will be sending support staff to our campus to assist us.
We want to thank our HHES staff for their prompt reporting and action to ensure our students’ safety. At this time, we anticipate that school will remain in session until regular release time today and that school will be in session tomorrow.
I will update you as additional information becomes available.
Meredith Gannon - HHES Principal
We have an exciting week coming up at HHES! Tomorrow is our PWT Night at the Battle Ground MOD Pizza and school picture day and this week, we kick off our Be Kind, Be a Hornet program with two spirit days (Thursday - red, white, and blue day, and Friday - team kindness sports day). You can read all about these events and more in our parent newsletter here: https://secure.smore.com/n/7gpf1
We are excited to welcome our HHES students in grades 1-5 back to school on August 25 and our TK and Kindergarten students on August 28! More information about class placements, upcoming events, and introductions to some of our new staff members can be found in our parent newsletter. Please continue to check our website and HHES Facebook for all back to school news. See you at the end of the month!
You can view the newsletter here: https://secure.smore.com/n/bz15u
