Back to School

Good attendance is one of the most important factors in the academic success of your child. Please have your child at school every day possible.

We provide quality meals and nutrition education for students and families with great customer service. Menus will be available once the school year begins. For more information about our child nutrition program, click the link below.

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Back to School Form:

Elementary students have access to free breakfast and lunch, but we encourage families to help support the school's access to federal funding by logging into SmartChoice at enroll.tulsaschools.org and clicking on the “Back to School” form.

Electronic Meal Payments

Child Nutrition has upgraded their point-of-sale system which has changed where families can place funds electronically for meals and ala carte sales in the cafeteria. Families will now use MySchoolBucks by creating an account on the website at www.MySchoolBucks.com or on the mobile app. MySchoolBucks will allow accounts to be set up with an auto refill when a certain balance is met and send notifications as an account reaches low or negative funds.

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Drop Off/Pick Up

Please do not drop your child(ren) off before 7:00 a.m. Teachers are not on duty and supervision cannot be provided before that time. Children are to be picked up from school before 3:00 p.m., unless they are in tutoring or taking part in an after-school program. If that is the case students should be picked up promptly at 4:30 p.m.

All students enter the building through the front door.

In the afternoon, students are dismissed as follows:

• WALKERS - exit through the south door
• CAR RIDERS - are escorted through the east main entrance doors
• BUS RIDERS - load from the front ramp

If you are going into the school to drop-off/ pick-up your child be courteous and park in the outside lanes, so that others may move smoothly through the driving lanes. 

One extra minute of your time could keep your child safe from harm. 
The end of the school day is the most congested with cars, vans, buses, and CHILDREN.  Please follow the instructions of the person in charge of dismissal in the gym and in the parking lot.

Early pick up 

• Make sure your school has the accurate list of persons approved for picking up your child from school.
• Adults must present their photo ID pick up a student early.
• See TPS Regulation 2117-R: STUDENT PICKUP DURING THE SCHOOL DAY

Parents must come to the office to take a student out of school before dismissal time. The student will be called from the classroom to the office. All students must be signed out through the office. Students’ will be released only to those parents, guardians, or authorized adults listed on the Tulsa Public Schools enrollment form. Students are expected to remain on school grounds unless proper check-out procedures have been followed. School is dismissed at 2:35 p.m. When a child is picked up early, he/she is missing last minute instruction and the whole class is disturbed. Please make every effort to schedule doctor and dentist appointments after school hours. If a student is picked up more than one hour early, he/she will be counted absent one half day.

Tardiness

Parents must accompany their child to the office if he/she should be tardy. A tardy slip will be issued and will serve as a pass to class. Chronic tardiness (excused or unexcused), not only deprives you child of valuable classroom experiences, it also disrupts the continuity of the lesson for the other students. We are asking that you help your child develop a responsible work ethic by making sure he/she is present, on time and ready to learn. If a student is late more than two hours, he/she will be counted absent one half day.

There are to be no electronic devices out during the school day. Students may turn cell phones off and leave in their lockers during the school day.

Consequences:

1. Verbal warning
2. Teacher will take device for the day and a parent will be called
3. The device will be given to the office and released to a parent only
   • Parent conference
   • Student no longer allowed to have device in the building

Hawthorne Elementary nor Tulsa Public Schools is responsible for loss or stolen devices 

Enrollment is open until August 1.

When do I need to enroll my child?

• If your child is going to be 4 years old on or before September 1
• If your child is new to the district
• If you have recently moved

How do I enroll my child?

• Visit the Enroll page.
• You must supply the listed required documents.

Who do I call if my child has not returned home from school on time?

• First call the school
• If you do not get an answer, call transportation at 918-833-8100  
• Note: buses may run 10 minutes after the posted stop time.

Who do talk to about transportation for students with special needs?

• Call our special needs transportation representative at 918-833-8148 or csctrans@tulsaschools.org.
• Note:  There is a 3-5 day processing window for all new applications.

More Bus Route Information

• Visit Health & Wellness
• Includes required immunizations, health forms and tips for maintaining good health

• Visit our Student and School Safety page for more information.
• Make sure your child's school has your accurate emergency contact information.
• Please obey traffic signs and stay alert when driving in a school zone.

To view your child’s grades, attendance and other information:

• Parents - Student Grades
• Select “Create Account” and provide requested information
• Sign in using your created account and password
• Student data, including class schedules, will be available Aug 21.

To request a transcript, visit Student Records/Transcripts.

• 3 boxes of tissues
• Other supplies will be provided for Hawthorne students

Tops:

• Polo shirts can be long sleeve or short sleeve
• Appropriate colors are gray, black, white, navy blue and red
• Wednesdays – jeans and college shirt
• Fridays – jeans and spirit/school shirt or uniform shirt, t-shirt in school colors
• T-shirts allowed only on Wednesdays and Fridays
• No sleeveless shirts
• No writing, logos, stripes, or patterns
• Shirts must be tucked in

Bottoms:

• No cargo pants/shorts
• Jeans allowed only on Wednesdays and Fridays
• Pants should fit properly in all areas.
• Shorts must extend below the fingertips when the child is standing with hands to their sides
• Colors should be khaki, black or navy blue.