Hoquiam School District is announcing changes for Thursday January 27, 2022. Due to transportation staffing shortages Hoquiam School District’s preschool program at Emerson Elementary will be cancelled for the day. There will be no Preschool on January 27th. At this time the transportation staffing appears to return to working levels on Monday. Kindergarten and 1st grade at Emerson are not affected by this cancellation.
UPDATE: Based on daily attendance data and Covid positivity rates, the district has decided to open up the high school home games to spectators under certain guidelines.
For our home contests the remainder of this week, January 23-28th, our spectator policy will increase to:
5 adults per player for both the home and away team
Regular admission prices will be in place
Masks must be worn by spectators at all time inside the building
Food and/or drink is allowed in the lobby or outside
Please sit in family pods and space out from other families
As always, our NFHS camera will run for all teams at our home contests.
We will stream Facebook Live if we can find a person to video. Anyone interested in doing the Live Stream please contact aduvall@hoquiam.net as soon as possible.
We anticipate shifting back to unlimited spectators on January 31st unless our Covid positive rates increase.
Hoquiam School District is announcing changes again for Wednesday January 26, 2022. Due to transportation staffing shortages Hoquiam School District’s preschool program at Emerson Elementary will be cancelled for the day. There will be no Preschool on January 26th. Kindergarten and 1st grade at Emerson are not affected by this cancellation.
Hoquiam School District is announcing changes for Tuesday January 25, 2022. Due to transportation staffing shortages Hoquiam School District’s preschool program at Emerson Elementary will be cancelled for the day. There will be no Preschool on January 25th. Kindergarten and 1st grade at Emerson are not affected by this cancellation.
Important changes regarding athletics effective immediately. Please see a message from the superintendent on our website www.hoquiam.net or find a link on our FB page.
Remote Learning Information for HMS - 1/21/22 - 1/31/22
Middle School students and families can access the complete remote learning schedule and links to their teachers remote classes by following this link https://www.hoquiam.net/o/hms/page/hms-remote-learning
In person learning/support will still be provided on a limited bases to predetermined groups of students such as students with disabilities, 504, EL, etc. you can contact the building principal or your child's case manager for further information. Door-to-door transportation will continue for those students to get in person support during remote learning.
Hoquiam Middle School will transition to remote learning beginning 1/21/20 and return to in person learning on 1/31/22. Please see the attached link to the letter from the Superintendent (https://5il.co/14j5d). Middle School students and families can access important information regarding remote learning on our district website www.hoquiam.net
Due to staffing shortages our community based Covid testing site at HHS is canceled for today. There is an open site this afternoon at Montesano Jr/Sr High.
PMG testing at HHS and HMS scheduled for today has been cancelled due to staffing shortages.
Community Based testing at Hoquiam High School has been cancelled for tonight due to staffing shortages with our community testing partner PMG. We will update Friday if there are any changes.
Vaccine Clinic January 11, 2022 4pm-7pm @ Emerson Elementary Cafeteria
Children between 5-11 years of age can attend and be given the first or second doses of the COVID-19 Vaccination. Students that participated in our previous clinic are eligible for their second does and should attend. Any students 5-11 wishing to be vaccinated may also attend and get their first dose. Hoquiam School District is partnering with Grays Harbor Public Health Dept. to bring this clinic to our community. If you would like more information on the vaccination clinic or to find out more information regarding our counties response to the COVID-19 pandemic please check out www.healthygh.org
Hoquiam School District will be closed January 7th. There will be no athletics or after school school activities. School will resume on Monday, January 10th.
UPDATE: Hoquiam School District will be shifting to a 1 hour Early Release. No PM Pre School. All athletics and after school activities are canceled.
2 hour Late Start. No AM Pre School
We’re thrilled to announce the new app for Hoquiam School District! Access documents, news updates, even emergency notifications! Download the app on Android: https://bit.ly/3hKOCXv or
iPhone: https://apple.co/3m0UrRY.
Due to icy road conditions this morning across the district followed by the expected tidal flooding around mid day the decision has been made to CANCEL SCHOOL for today Tuesday January 4th. All schools and programs in Hoquiam will be closed/canceled for today. Thank you.
Tuesday January 4th Hoquiam School District will be operating on our regularly scheduled half day schedule we use for Team Mondays with schools in the district dismissing early.
Dismissal Times by Building:
Emerson - 11:15 am
Lincoln - 11:20 am
Central - 11:25 am
HMS - 11:05 am
HHS - 11:00 am
This decision has been made due to significant impact to our community from tidal flooding that is expected to reach its peak at 2pm.
There will be no preschool programs and after school activities have been cancelled including athletics.
Students will be provided a breakfast and lunch.
The community Vaccination Clinic and PMG Testing are also cancelled. We will reschedule the vaccination clinic and make that announcement as soon as possible.
January 4, 2022 - 4:00pm - 7:00pm - Vaccination Clinic Returns to Hoquiam at Emerson Elementary.
If your child participated in the first clinic 3 weeks ago, it's time for the second shot. If you are interested in getting a first shot you can come as well. This clinic is open for any kids ages 5-11 years old. There will not be any vaccinations for adolescents or adults at this clinic. No appointments are necessary please drop in.
Good Evening and Happy New Year to all of our Grizzlies students and families. We are eager to get started back to school in the morning, If you have not heard yet; Our Lincoln Students and staff a super excited to open the newly remodeled Lincoln Elementary. Please go check out the Lincoln FB Page ( https://www.facebook.com/LincolnHSD ) and take a tour with Principal Nixon.
As we come back to school tomorrow it is very important that if your student is having symptoms of COVID-19 or has been a close contact with someone that has tested positive we ask that you review the Health Depts. Decision Tree at this link https://bit.ly/hsdSymptomTree
to see if your child should stay home.
With the rapid increase in the number of cases in our community it is very important to stay home if your child experiencing symptoms. Our priority is to continue in person learning for all of our students and we all must work together to be successful. Please contact your child's school to if you have any questions and/or to request school work. Each building will be following the Decision Tree for symptoms linked in this post.
To our Grizzly students get some sleep and we will see you in the morning!!
Hoquiam School District has partnered with Premier Medical Group and is offering Covid testing at HHS Gym TODAY from 10:30am-12:00pm. Testing is free and requires a registered account with PMG. This site is open to any one needing to be tested and not just students. Children under 18 will need to have a parent/guardian present to complete registration. If you are already registered with PMG there is no need to register again. For the latest information on the newest variant of Covid check out the Grays Harbor Public Health website www.healthygh.org