Daily Announcements

WELCOME TO HOCKER GROVE  - THESE ARE THE DAILY ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE STUDENTS!

Wednesday 1/14/25

 Because of 6th Grade Family Night, there is no Jam Session this Thursday. 

 

-              StuCo will meet today in RM 105. All students are welcome.

 

-              Attention all cast and crew of Frozen. Today's Crew Day has been cancelled.

 

-              FCA is meeting today after school.

 

FEE PAYMENTS

·         The Online fee payment portal is now open and we appreciate your patience as student schedules are now finalized.    Go to www.smsd.org hover over the “Families” tab and click the link entitled “Pay Fees Online”.  The site can also be found at this link:  https://www.smsd.org/families/pay-fees.   You may also call the Hocker Grove Bookkeeper with Credit Card information to pay fees. 

·         Required fees include:  Instructional Resource Fee ($100.00), ID card ($5.00), and Elective Course fees (Art, Humanities, Industrial Tech classes-Robotics, Design & Modeling, Projects) 

·         Optional fees – Student Activity ticket and Yearbook – if a student does not want or need, these will automatically be deleted from the student’s account if it is unpaid at the end of first quarter.  The online system will allow parents the option to not pay these fees. 

·         KanCare 19 will no longer be accepted to help cover for fees.  For Instructional Resources fee and ID card fees to be waived will depend on Free and Reduced lunch qualifications.    Please contact our bookkeeper, Charla Stafford for help with this.  charlastafford@smsd.org or 913-993-0220 

·         If you need to pay by check, you will need to go to the pay fees online portal to find out your student fees.  Please make your check payable to Hocker Grove.  Mail your check with your students’ ID number to Hocker Grove, attn: Bookkeeper, 10400 Johnson Dr. Shawnee, KS 66203

 

DS BUS TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION

Check out the DS Busing website: https://dsbuslines.com/  NEW this year, all students must enroll via DS Bus Lines to receive busing. This includes both pay riders and those that qualify as free riders. Emails will be going out to the families and a link will be shared on DS Bus Lines website as well as the SMSD Transportation webpage.

 

School Bus Weather Alerts

If your child rides the bus to and from school, please be aware that at times pick-up and drop-off might be delayed. Consider signing up for the Textcaster late bus notification system, which alerts families via text when buses are delayed. You can sign up for Textcaster here: https://my.textcaster.com/asa/2795. If you have signed up for Textcaster and have confirmed your sign-up, you will receive a text in the event your child’s bus has been delayed.