HHES Families:
We are excited to offer Transitional Kindergarten to 4-year-old students at Hockinson Heights Elementary. Transitional Kindergarten (TK) is a full-day preschool program. The goal of the TK program is to get each student ready for a successful Kindergarten year by providing a high-quality early-learning experience. TK students receive instruction in reading, writing, mathematics, and social skills from a Hockinson teacher who specializes in early childhood education. Students participate in specialist classes, and attend lunch, and recess during the school day. If your student will be four by August 31, they may be eligible to attend Transitional Kindergarten at HHES. Families interested in having their child attend TK in the 2026-27 school year can complete the TK Interest Form for the 26-27 school year. Our office will call interested families to schedule a screening assessment appointment in late March or early April. Eligible students will be invited to register for TK after the screening assessment. Please note that due to state regulations, we are unable to offer boundary exceptions for the TK program.
The Washington State Legislature is currently considering changes to the TK program at the state level. We are confident that we will be able to offer TK next school year, but are awaiting additional information from the legislature on the number of classes we will be able to run. We will begin TK screening appointments in March and will continue with TK enrollment after the conclusion of the legislative session.
We look forward to welcoming our new hornet students to campus next year! Should you have any questions or if you need help with completing the interest form, please give our office a call at 360-448-6430. We’d be happy to help you!
Meredith Gannon
HHES Principal
HHES Families: Our latest parent newsletter has information about upcoming Candy Gram sales, recent HHES award winners, and an update about fifth grade from Superintendent Marshall. You can read more about these stories and other upcoming events here: https://app.smore.com/n/9j2ag
HHES Families:
Thank you to the many families who attended our Science Fair yesterday and to the student scientists who displayed their work! It was another great week at HHES. Next week, we have our PWT coin challenge and report cards will be sent home. You can read more about this and other HHES news in this week's family newsletter.
It has been such a joy having our hornets back on campus this week! You can read more about the students recognized for the their hard work at this week's assemblies, changes to our report card, and upcoming events in the latest HHES parent newsletter.
HHES Families:
This week, we had a wonderful week of celebrations at HHES! You can read more about our Spirit Week, Holiday Giving Drive Assembly, and more in this week's family newsletter! As we set off for Winter Break, we wish you all happy holidays! We hope that the break is full of fun family time and lots of rest. We look forward to seeing you in the new year!
https://app.smore.com/n/bgt3v
We are getting some questions about whether the HSD is on a normal schedule and we want to confirm that all Hockinson schools are on a normal schedule today, 12/18.
2 Hr. Late Start
Today, Wednesday, Dec 17, the Hockinson School District is on a 2 hr. Late Start due to lack of power and road debris.
All bus routes will operate on a 2 hr late pick up schedule with no AM service for Cascadia Tech and AM Preschool.
We will update you should power not get restored in a timely manner.
All HHES buses will be running approximately 20 minutes late today Thursday, Dec. 11. We regret that transportation for a field trip fell behind schedule. This delay will likely impact all HSD bus riders K-12.
We will send out additional updates should these delays change or if there is any other news relating to this issue.
We apologize for this inconvenience.
Read it here: https://secure.smore.com/n/njcwp
HHES Families:
Here is our latest HHES Family Newsletter. In this newsletter, you can read about our Holiday Giving Drive, our recent awards assemblies, upcoming PWT events, and see a student video about our new HSD Strategic Plan. You can read more here: https://app.smore.com/n/x1u69
HHES Families: You can read about this week's Veterans Day Assemblies and upcoming school events in our family newsletter at: https://secure.smore.com/n/dcg9p
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