H.W. Harkness Elementary
(916) 395-4585
Our mission is to ensure EVERYONE learns at HIGH-LEVELS in a safe, supportive environment.
Harkness Highlight
Have you met our new PE teacher yet? Mr. A is new to Harkness this year and is already transforming our physical education program. He's also supporting us with crossing guard duty on 54th after school! Feel free to stop by to introduce yourself and welcome him to the harkness family.
-Mark Your Calendars-
10/1: Fall Picture Day
10/2: Custodial Appreciation Day
10/4: T1 Progress Notices
10/14- 10/18: Spirit Week
10/25: 4th-6th Kings Courtside Class
10/28- 11/1- Dia de los Muertos
11/8- Coffee and Community
11/11- Veterans Day- NO SCHOOL
--Click HERE to view events for the 24/25 school year--
-Important Reminders-
Emotional Regulation Tools Donation Drive- We are committed to ensuring a safe, supportive environment here at Harkness and want our students to learn strategies to both identify and regulate their emotions when they have big feelings. Our goal is for each classroom, along with our office and after school program, to have an emotional regulation toolbox. Please click HERE to view our Amazon Wish List and purchase items to donate if you're able. THANK YOU!
4th-6th Flag Football- Until games begin, practices will be on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays from 3:10 to 4:30. Please be sure to complete and submit paperwork this week. Games will begin at the end of September and will be on Wednesdays. We are excited to announce games for our division will be played at Harkness this year!
Volunteers/ Chaperones NEEDED- We desperately need parents/ guardians to become official volunteers so you can be chaperones on field trips. We would like to take our students on more field trips but cannot do so without YOU! Please stop by the office to pick-up a volunteer packet and talk with Ms. Debbie or Ms. Larissa about the process.
ParentSquare
Ms. Scheeline's Sunday Evening Viking Blasts will now be shared and stored in ParentSqaure, our new district-wide communication platform.
ParentSquare is a parent/ guardian engagement tool that helps school staff and teachers easily communicate and collaborate with each other. Click HERE to learn more about how ParentSquare works and to download the app on your phone.
You will receive all schoolwide communication through ParentSquare and, overtime, it is our hope that Harkness teachers will be communicating on ParentSquare, too!
24/25 K Registration
Kindergarten Registration is OPEN! To be eligible to register for kindergarten for Fall 2024, children must be five years old on or before September 1, 2024. Starting this year, all enrollment applications will be received online only.
If you would like to observe our TK and/or K classes before making your enrollment decisions, please contact our office to schedule an appointment.
Click HERE to learn more about Kindergarten Registration.
24/25 TK Registration
Parents/guardians will be able to register their student for transitional kindergarten online during open enrollment February 5th through 23rd. To be eligible to register for transitional kindergarten, your child must turn 5 between September 2nd, 2024 and June 2nd 2025. Starting this year, all enrollment applications will be received online only.
If you would like to observe our TK and/or K classes before making your enrollment decision, please contact our office to schedule an appointment.
Click HERE to learn more about transitional kindergarten Registration.
The Sacramento Unified School District prohibits discrimination, intimidation, harassment (including sexual harassment) or bullying based on a person’s actual or perceived ancestry, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, immigration status, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. For questions or complaints please contact the following staff: Title IX Coordinator & Equity Compliance Officer: Melinda Iremonger – 5735 47th Avenue, Sacramento, CA, 95824 – 916.643.7446 – melinda-iremonger@scusd.edu; Chief Human Resources Officer: Cancy McArn – 5735 47th Avenue, Sacramento CA, 95824 – 916.643.7474 - cancy-mcarn@scusd.edu; Section 504 Coordinator: Noel Estacio – 5735 47th Avenue, Sacramento CA, 95824 – 916.643.9412 – noel-estacio@scusd.edu.