Mort Elementary School

MARK YOUR CALENDARS! 🗓️ It's almost time for Family Day at the Florida State Fair! Friday, February 13, is a non-student day of school.

Youth ages 17 and under will receive free admission to the fair until 5 p.m. with an admission-paying parent or guardian 21 or older.

While you're at the fair, be sure to stop by the Florida Center and check out the HCPS exhibit area! We'll also have many schools and students showing livestock in the barns. Please stop by and cheer them on!

For more information on the Florida State Fair, please visit floridastatefair.com.

🎉 Results are available!

Hillsborough County Public Schools Magnet & School Choice Application results are live online.
✅ If you received an offer, you have until Friday, January 30 at 11:59 p.m. to accept.

Don’t miss your opportunity to secure your spot!
👉 bit.ly/MagnetChoiceHCPS

Preventing the Spread of Communicable Diseases

Dear Parents:

We are asking you for your continued cooperation in assisting us to control the spread of communicable diseases. Our goal is to make our school a healthy and safe place for both students and employees.

We will call you immediately if your child becomes ill during school hours. You are expected to arrange for your child to be picked up as soon as possible. Our school clinic is not equipped or staffed to handle ill children for long periods of time.

Please inform us immediately if telephone numbers or other contact information on your child’s emergency card changes. The information on this card is vital for the safety and well being of your child.

Please do not send your child to school if any signs/symptoms listed below are present:

1. Vomiting or diarrhea within past 24 hours
2. Fever ≥ 100.4º within past 24 hours
3. Chills
4. Sore/red throat and/or congestion
5. Persistent coughing, sneezing, or shortness of breath
6. Loss of taste or smell
7. Red watery eyes
8. Rash
9. Earache, drainage from ear
10. Excessive mucus from nose (runny nose), particularly greenish-yellow mucus

Your child may return to school as soon as all signs/symptoms are gone for 24 hours without the use of medication to treat the above signs/symptoms or when your healthcare provider provides a written statement indicating your child is ready to return to school.

If your child has a communicable disease, please call the school and tell us the nature of the illness and when we can expect his/her return to school.

Thank you for working with us.

Sincerely,
The Office of School Health Services

We hope you will join us for our Conference Night on Thursday March 5th from 3pm-5:30pm. Frameworks will be hosting activities in the Parent Resource Center and our Community Partners will be in the Atrium.

There will be no classes for students on Monday, January 19. Regular classes will resume on Tuesday, January 20.

We hope you will join us for Dinner, a Literacy Workshop and Bingo on February 26th from 3pm-5:30pm.
Please scan the QR code in the flyer or RSVP here: https://forms.gle/PRoadSVA2qzMiuvp7

We are proud to announce a historic milestone for Hillsborough County Public Schools! Our 2024-2025 graduation rate is an impressive 90.9%, marking the highest rate in the district's history. 🎉🎓

This means 910 more students than the previous year crossed the stage, ready for college, careers, the military, or whatever their next journey in life may hold.

This achievement belongs to our entire HCPS family. From our staff and families to our community partners, thank you for helping our students succeed. Together, we are #LeadingTheWay!

New year. New opportunities. 🚦
Looking for stability, great benefits, and work-life balance? Attend our Transportation Job Fair on Wednesday, January 14, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

📍9455 Harney Rd, Thonotosassa

We offer medical insurance, retirement plans, free training, paid holidays, guaranteed hours, school calendar vacations, summer 4-day work weeks, and overtime opportunities. Hiring bus drivers and mechanics!

➡️ HCPSJobs.com

Students at Mort Elementary started their day singing and dancing with Jack Hartmann 🎶💃🕺 What a fun and energetic way to kick off a day of learning! 📚✨

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! To ensure we continue to provide high-quality, rigorous learning opportunities that meet the needs of our students and prepare them for college and careers, we are asking HCPS families to complete a brief survey.

The survey shouldn’t take more than a few minutes to fill out and will be a valuable source of information for us as we work to make our schools and district stronger.

You may complete the survey online using a computer, tablet, or smartphone now through Friday, January 23. Please check your email for a direct link from your school's survey coordinator.

We thank you in advance for your thoughtful responses and support.

Monday, January 5, is a non-student day. We look forward to welcoming students back on Tuesday, January 6.

We are incredibly thankful for the wonderful team from UnitedHealthcare who helped wrap approximately 400 gifts last week! 🎁 Your time, care, and commitment to supporting children and families helped make this season brighter for so many. We are so grateful for your support!

COZY UP AND GRAB A BOOK 📚❄️ Don't forget, the Superintendent’s Winter Break Reading Challenge is underway! Students in PreK–12 are encouraged to grab their favorite book during Winter Break and log every minute they spend reading.

Through Monday, January 5, students can record their reading in Beanstack (Visit hub.hcps.net and click on the Beanstack icon to get started).

Schools with the highest participation will earn a Reader Leader trophy and $500 for library books! Winners will be announced during Celebrate Literacy Week, January 26 through 30.

Let’s keep reading and #GetCaughtReading this Winter Break!

Please sign up to attend the 'How to set goals, build a budget, and save - Part 1 Workshop' presented by Chase on January 21st in the Parent Resource Center.

Please scan QR code in the flyer.

Spanish workshop - 12:30pm-1:30pm

English workshop - 2:00pm-3:00pm

Sending a special thank you to Schwarzkopf Elementary PTA for donating lots of wonderful board games for our Pop-Up shops last week. We greatly appreciate their generosity, kindness and support of our school and community.

A special thank you to Lutz Preparatory School for delivering approximately 1,000 pounds of non-perishable food to support our food pantry. Students, parents, and teachers worked incredibly hard to collect and deliver the donations. These food items were added to yesterday's distribution bags, and we are truly grateful for their generous contribution. They even included the sweetest holiday cards made by the students, which were shared in the food bags.