Hickory Creek Elementary School

Students use Clever to access Schoology, Microsoft 365, and other links for students. For online textbooks, students in grades K-5 use Clever.

Tuesday, September 16 is National IT Day!

THANK YOU , Mr. Cortes, for all that you do for our school!

Celebrate Freedom Week 9/22-9/26

Monday: Patriot Day
→Wear red, white, blue, stars or stripes
Tuesday: America’s Favorite Past Time
→ Wear sports gear
Wednesday: Hats Off to Freedom!
→ Wear hats
Thursday: Pursuit of Happiness Day
→ Wear things that make you happy/grateful
Friday: Celebrate Freedom
→ School Spirit Day

Sept. 15 – Volunteer/Room Parent Training 8:30AM
Sept. 15-26 – Hispanic Heritage Month
Sept 19 – Teacher Inservice (No School)
Sept. 24 – PTO Sponsored: Donuts with Grownups PK-1st 7:30AM
Sept. 25 – Picture Day
Sept. 26 – Character Counts Celebration: Fairness 9AM

Oct. 10 – First Quarter Ends
Oct. 13 – Teacher Inservice (No School)
Oct. 22 – Report Cards Issued
Oct. 20-24 – Red Ribbon Week
Oct. 24 – PTO Sponsored Fall Festival/Trunk or Treat 6PM
Oct. 30 – Character Counts Celebration: Responsibility 9AM

Families who have not yet logged in to the BusPlanner website or the Chipmunk app are strongly encouraged to create an account before the end of the school year.

This will help ensure that you are able to access your child’s 2025-2026 bus schedule for the 2025-2026 school year.

ParentSquare is used for items such as newsletters, snow day notifications, group chats, calendars, report cards, volunteer sign-ups and more. ParentSquare is now used for districtwide newsletters and announcements along with two-way communication.

1) Download the ParentSquare app from the Google Play Store or Apple Store.

2) Register your ParentSquare account with the email address that is connected to your student in Home Access Center (HAC).

In an ongoing endeavor to provide safety and security for students and staff, school access is required for every individual that is not a staff member of the St. Johns County School District. This is done through completion of the district’s Volunteer Application. Whether an individual is volunteering in some capacity or simply visiting a student or staff member/s for a meeting or presentation, completion of the application is required.

Complete the School Access Volunteer Application.

DISMISSAL CHANGES are accepted until 1:50 p.m. (M, T, TH, F) and 12:50 p.m. (W)

EARLY CHECK-OUTS (for any reason) must be completed by 2:00 p.m. (M,T, TH, F) and 1:00 p.m. (W).

Your respect for our dismissal policy helps maintain safety and security as we complete attendance/dismissal change/check-out reports accurately before students prepare for and move to their dismissal stations. It is often very difficult to locate students or get them ready to leave early during the last minutes prior to dismissal bell. Teachers and students are completing lessons, packing up, or on the move to dismissal stations.

Thank you for your understanding and compliance as we work together for all students’ scholastic success!

Please complete this online form within forty-eight (48) hours of your student’s return to school. If your student has been out for three (3) consecutive days, a note from the doctor is also requested. SJCSD Attendance Policy.

SUMMER MATH CONFERENCE

THANK YOU to our Hickory Creek School Advisory Council for sending 4 of our HCE teachers to the FCTM Math Conference this summer in Orlando. They came back and were able to train the staff on some of the cool math concepts that they took away from the conference!

CHARACTER CUP CHAMPIONS

The 2024-2025 Character Counts Cup has returned back to Hickory Creek! A huge congratulations to our athletes for taking 1st Place and to Coach Mecke and Coach McKay for all their leadership and support!

BATTLE OF THE BOOKS

Congratulations to our Battle of the Books participants who just took SECOND PLACE, missing first by just ONE point, in the Elementary North category (13 schools)! Big THANK YOU to Mrs. Espinoza for all of her support with our team.

FortifyFL is a suspicious activity reporting tool that allows any student, educator, parent or member of the public can report school safety concerns directly to law enforcement and school administrators
anonymously and easily through the FortifyFL app or at https://getfortifyfl.com/

Please Remember Hickory Creek Elementary is a Peanut Allergy Awareness School

School District News

ESE Parent Advisory Virtual Discussion “Building Bridges for Families: An Introduction to FND’s POPIN Program" on October 7

Please join us on October 7, 2025, from 6pm to 7:30pm for a virtual discussion titled "Building Bridges for Families: An Introduction to FND’s POPIN Program."

ParentSquare

SJCSD is pleased to launch ParentSquare as our unified communication platform for all schools. This adoption brings a consistent, modern approach to how we share information with families and staff. Learn more!

Guidelines for Generative AI

Please review these important guidelines for student use of generative artificial intelligence.

Instructional Materials Review - Grades 9-12 Health and Physical Education

The St. Johns County School District has begun its review of instructional materials for grades 9-12 Health and Physical Education. These resources are chosen from the list of materials submitted to the Florida Department of Education.

Instructional Materials Review - K-12 English Language Arts

The St. Johns County School District has begun its review of instructional materials for K-12 English Language Arts. These resources are chosen from the list of materials submitted to the Florida Department of Education.

FortifyFL

FortifyFL is a mobile app and web-based tool that allows students, parents, and community members in Florida to anonymously report suspicious activities, potential threats, or safety concerns related to schools. The app immediately forwards these reports to appropriate law enforcement agencies and school officials for rapid response.

School Access

School access (proceeding past the front office of any school) is required for every individual that is not a staff member of the St. Johns County School District. This is done through completion of the district’s volunteer application. School access is good for 3 years. For help completing the online application, please call (904) 547-3945.