We had a great first day back. It was so awesome to see all of our students !!
Just a reminder that NTI packets for DAYS 3, 4, 5 are due back to school. We will not accept any more after tomorrow. This is so we can turn in our attendance data to the district.
NTI packets for DAYS 6, 7 and 8 are due by Friday, February 20. If you need packets for days 6-10, please let your child's teacher know.
If you need to get coffee or breakfast and need your class covered please text me or call the office.
2 hour delay means buses will run 2 hours later than usual. Students will need to be in their classroom by 9:30 AM
NTI packets for days 3 4 and 5 are due back tomorrow Monday, February 9th.
We can't wait to see our awesome students back tomorrow.
Family Feast for kindergarten, third grade and Mrs. Ellis' class will be this Friday. Papers were sent home before all the snow. Please return forms to RSVP and pay in advance.
We WILL be in school on a 2 hour delay tomorrow. Staff are expected to arrive and sign in at your regular time.
Travelin Tom's will be at school around 9 AM for you to purchase with breakfast provided by the admin team.
If you need additional time or will need to be late please text or email just so we don't worry about you.
Doors will be open for us to accept students. We will need some assistants to help supervise once students arrive. Please bring games/cards/puzzles for students to play. We will not use any computers as they have been on them a lot the past 16 days.
I look forward to seeing everyone back refocused, refueled and ready to move Heartland 4ward !
We announced this yesterday but just wanted to send a reminder. There is NO SCHOOL on Friday, February 6, 2026.
This is just a reminder that tomorrow will be a regular snow day for Hardin County Schools. No NTI tomorrow, Friday, February 6th.
We are really hoping to see everyone On Monday.
Remember, NTI packets for DAYS 3, 4 and 5 are due when we return. Students will receive a treat for turning them in Monday.
Have a great weekend.
NTI Library Activity Day 8: Make a bookmark! See ideas on this site--https://www.easypeasyandfun.com/corner-bookmarks-ideas/
Hey Heartland- are you up for challenge?!
In hopes that tomorrow is our LAST NTI day, we thought we would challenge students with an attendance challenge. Here are the details!
1. Mrs. Heath will be live tomorrow at 8AM for her meet. You can access the meet with hesheath as the code. You will want to attend this as we have a surprise guest that will make an appearance at the end of Mrs, Heath's lesson.
2. While we know it can be difficult for students to attend their google meet, we do hope and want everyone to attend. Therefore, all students that attend their grade level google meet tomorrow for the whole time, will receive 25 extra points that will be added to their points to spend at the Bulldog Store. Preschool students will get to have a special snack with admin when we return to school.
3. All students should have already had packets for day 3, 4 and 5, therefore, all students that return DAYS 3, 4 and 5 packets on Monday (we hope) will receive an additional reward.
Let's make what we HOPE is our LAST NTI day count!
We hope to see everyone tomorrow.
Principals had a google meet today and were asked to do an attendance challenge for what we hope is our last NTI day. Some schools are doing pizza parties for those that return packets upon returning. HES admin team didn't think that would be "fair" since not all students have had a chance to get a packet AND that would be time we would be taking from instruction. Here is what we hope to do tomorrow. I wanted to send it to you first before we post it to parents.
1. For the 8AM meet, we plan on having a special guest appearance at the end of Mrs. Heath's lesson.
2. Those students that show up on your meet tomorrow will receive 25 attendance points to put towards their bulldog store balance. While we know not everyone will be able to get on a meet, we felt like this would be a little more reasonable. After each meet you should get a report of students that attended your meet, you will forward that to Mr. Mitchell and he will add the points for the students who attended your meet.
If you want to add to the "reward" feel free to do so, it is not required.
Hopefully this will be our last NTI day and we can really "play" it up.
1. For the 8AM meet, we plan on having a special guest appearance at the end of Mrs. Heath's lesson.
2. Those students that show up on your meet tomorrow will receive 25 attendance points to put towards their bulldog store balance. While we know not everyone will be able to get on a meet, we felt like this would be a little more reasonable. After each meet you should get a report of students that attended your meet, you will forward that to Mr. Mitchell and he will add the points for the students who attended your meet.
If you want to add to the "reward" feel free to do so, it is not required.
Hopefully this will be our last NTI day and we can really "play" it up.
Reposting
We apologize for the second message. There was a technical issue with the audio in the first message's video. It has been corrected in the video link below.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:
*Hardin County Schools will utilize Non-Traditional Instruction (NTI) on Thursday, February 5, 2026.
*Friday, February 6, 2026, will be a traditional SNOW DAY. That means that no instruction will be provided on that day.
We encourage our students, staff and families to listen to this message (see YouTube link) from HCS Superintendent Terrie Morgan. She answers some questions she has received about this prolonged time away from our physical classrooms: https://youtu.be/Sl03X8cC8es
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:
*Hardin County Schools will utilize Non-Traditional Instruction (NTI) on Thursday, February 5, 2026.
*Friday, February 6, 2026, will be a traditional SNOW DAY. That means that no instruction will be provided on that day.
We encourage our students, staff and families to listen to this message (see YouTube link) from HCS Superintendent Terrie Morgan. She answers some questions she has received about this prolonged time away from our physical classrooms: https://youtu.be/Sl03X8cC8es
Here's the plan for the rest of the week.
We can't wait to see our students back in school next week.
Mrs. Morgan will be doing an announcement shortly that we will be on NTI tomorrow. Thursday.
NTI Day 7 Library Activity
Update for tomorrow
Our parking lots have been plowed today, so if any of our families need to get packets they can. Our sidewalks are not cleared but the parking lot is.
Packets are being housed in two filing cabinets located outside of our main office entrance. Drawers are labeled by grade level.
Students still have the option of doing their work online or making copies of the packets.
We hope to see our students soon!
Stay safe and stay warm!
Packets are being housed in two filing cabinets located outside of our main office entrance. Drawers are labeled by grade level.
Students still have the option of doing their work online or making copies of the packets.
We hope to see our students soon!
Stay safe and stay warm!
NTI day 6 library activity
Listen to the story, It Must Be Winter
https://youtu.be/2rVxNihcNHU?feature=shared
Share the jokes from the story with someone at your house!
Looking forward to seeing our students online tomorrow.
Mrs. Heath will be online at 8 AM to share a story. We hope you can join us.
Google meet code hesheath
NTI updates- read carefully
As you have probably heard, we are on NTI day 6 tomorrow, Tuesday, February 3rd.
Since not everyone has an NTI packet for Day 6, here will be some options for you to try. If these options do not work, please do not worry, we will work with you to ensure your child has an opportunity to make up the work.
1. Attend your designated Google meet. Teachers will be going over packet work with you.
2. Teachers will be sharing the packets online- if you are able to print your own copy, please do so. (students still have the option to do all the work online if they prefer)
3. If you are not able to print your own copy of the packet work, students can write their answers on a separate sheet of paper and send it back to school when they come back.
4. NTI packets are available at the school. We have placed grade level packets in filing cabinets outside the main entrance. Please note, our parking lot has not been plowed and is still very slick. Please know we are not expecting people to come get packets either, we just wanted to have them available in case a family wanted one.
5. If you are not able to do any of the above, teachers will give students a packet upon returning to school. Students will then have 10 school days to return completed packet work.
Since it was not originally planned to use NTI days past day 5- we will work with you to ensure all students have the opportunity to get their NTI work completed.
Please don't hesitate to reach out to us or your child's teachers for questions or concerns.
Stay safe and warm.
As you have probably heard, we are on NTI day 6 tomorrow, Tuesday, February 3rd.
Since not everyone has an NTI packet for Day 6, here will be some options for you to try. If these options do not work, please do not worry, we will work with you to ensure your child has an opportunity to make up the work.
1. Attend your designated Google meet. Teachers will be going over packet work with you.
2. Teachers will be sharing the packets online- if you are able to print your own copy, please do so. (students still have the option to do all the work online if they prefer)
3. If you are not able to print your own copy of the packet work, students can write their answers on a separate sheet of paper and send it back to school when they come back.
4. NTI packets are available at the school. We have placed grade level packets in filing cabinets outside the main entrance. Please note, our parking lot has not been plowed and is still very slick. Please know we are not expecting people to come get packets either, we just wanted to have them available in case a family wanted one.
5. If you are not able to do any of the above, teachers will give students a packet upon returning to school. Students will then have 10 school days to return completed packet work.
Since it was not originally planned to use NTI days past day 5- we will work with you to ensure all students have the opportunity to get their NTI work completed.
Please don't hesitate to reach out to us or your child's teachers for questions or concerns.
Stay safe and warm.
HCS will conduct Non-Traditional Instruction (NTI) on Tuesday, February 3, 2026.
