Clays Mill Elementary

Welcome back PreK students, elementary students, and HCMS students!

Wednesday, August 13, 2025 is the first day of school for all PreK, elementary, and HCMS students. HCHS students will return on Monday, August 18, 2025.


Parents, thank you for your continued support and for trusting us with your most precious gifts, your children. We are so excited to welcome all of the smiling faces back to school!

Please click on the link below to view the Student Code of Conduct.

https://v3.boardpolicyonline.com/b/halifaxcounty/s/562290

Here is the direct link to the August breakfast and lunch menus for each school.

https://halifaxk12va.nutrislice.com/menu

Halifax County Public Schools has Campus Portal so that parents can be active participants in their child’s academic progress. The Campus Portal is a communication tool that provides you with secure access to your child’s school information. It gives you access to your child’s attendance, schedule, grades, assignments, student to-do list, and behavior.

Staff will be available to help you set up your Campus Portal during Open House.

Download for Android
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.infinitecampus.parent.campusportalhybrid&pli=1

Download for iPhone
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/campus-parent/id1384542785

Please click on the link to view the updated attendance expectations.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uxof0DW6dJmbcJNHvBaQ8pvrGDHi6S1N/view?usp=sharing

Bus routes and school supply lists are published on the school website. You can access them through the following links:

https://www.halifax.k12.va.us/page/school-bus-routes

https://www.halifax.k12.va.us/documents/parent-student/school-supply-lists/442688

New SUN Bucks cards are on the way for automatically enrolled households! Please note that your benefits will not become available on SUN Bucks or SNAP EBT cards until July 18, even if you receive a SUN Bucks card in the mail before that date. Benefits will continue to be issued on a rolling basis, so households can expect to receive their SUN Bucks cards at different times.

SAVE THE DATE! Back to school open house will be held at all elementary schools on Thursday, August 7, 2025.

Please click on the link below to view the 25-26 HCPS calendar. https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/3536/HCPS/5105021/25-26_Calendar_REVISED_May.pdf

🥦 2025 🆓 Summer Meals start Thursday, July 3, 2025! 🌽 This will be our first weekly Summer Bulk Meal Pickup!! Please read all the details below ⬇️ to get the info you! Please share and participate to support our program! Option 1️⃣ Cluster Spring Elementary School Option 2️⃣ South Boston Elementary School Option 3️⃣ Sydnor Jennings Elementary School 📆 July 3, July 10, July 17, July 24, July 31 ⏰ Curbside times: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM 🍏 These Bulk Meals include 7 days of Breakfast and Lunch meals to include Entrees, Fruit/Veggies and Milk for the week. 🍕 Children are only permitted to receive one bulk meal bag per week. 🍊 ANY child age 1-18 years of age is eligible to receive meals. 🥨 There is no income verification needed to qualify or participate in this program. 🍔 Children do not need to live in Halifax County or attend Halifax County Schools to participate in this program. See you then!! Click on the link for more information about summer meals https://drive.google.com/file/d/12u9WAva7t4MAKdoA0JBDzjrQeBoOrbyK/view?fbclid=IwY2xjawK2vB9leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFnQ1F1OUs3WUt0MngxRTU0AR7sXpKRHkxMzMdudJ0NSRa2cYm5QhjpfmvARpZ7Z7AC6uInH7jEzsSb0abd1w_aem_TkqOd5HnsaZmhJF7ueH-PA

School is out, summer meals are in! Halifax County Public Schools is participating in the Summer Food Service Program. Meals will be provided to all children without charge and are the same for all children regardless of race, color, national origin, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation), disability or age, and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service. Meals will be provided, on a first come, first serve basis, at the sites and times listed below. Children must remain onsite while consuming their meals. Halifax Middle May 28 - May 30, June 2 – June 12 Breakfast 8:00-8:45 Lunch 11:00 - 1:00 Middle and High school students will both attend the Middle School Cluster Springs Elem. May 28 – May 30, June 2-June 12 Breakfast 8:00-8:45 Lunch 11:00 - 1:00 Scottsburg Elem. May 28 - May 30, June 2-June 12 Breakfast 8:00-8:45 Lunch 11:00-1:00 South Boston Elem. May 28-May 30, June 2-June 12 Breakfast 8:00-8:45 Lunch 11:00-1:00 Sydnor Jennings Elem. May 28 - May 30, June 2-June 12 Breakfast 8:00-8:45 Lunch 11:00-1:00 For the time period after summer school, July 3-July 31, meals will be provided by curbside pickup on Thursday, 11:00 -1:00 Meal kits will be distributed on a first come, first serve basis, at the sites and times as follows: Cluster Springs Elem. July 3-July 31 - 11:00 - 1:00 pick-up South Boston Elem. July 3 - July 31 -11:00 - 1:00 pick-up Sydnor Jennings Elem. July 3-July 31-11:00 - 1:00 pick-up

The last day of school for students will be Thursday, May 22, 2025. Students will be dismissed at the normal dismissal time. We hope you have a wonderful, safe summer!

Third graders at Clays Mill Elementary wrote messages to send off students into their summer break.

May students of the month learned about different ways to be creative. Creativity is using your imagination to create something new or solve a problem. The following students demonstrated creativity during the month of May. Congratulations to the following students: Owen Sanderson, Kingston Charity, Jaliyah Thaxton, Addison Looney, Drew Thompson, Gracie Crews, Roman Carrinton Perez, Da'Kari Fountain, Karsyn Henderson, Serenity Rutledge, Justin Castillo, Noah LaPorte, Langston Clay, Jase Moon, Lily Howard, and Nate Hughes.

Mrs. Harvey's science classes used the last few days of school to create watercolor representations of topics they covered in class this year.

During the month of April , the students at Clays Mill Elementary School focused on the Character Strong trait Courage. Students learned that courage means choosing what is helpful, right, and kind even when it is hard or scary. Congratulations to the following students for being named April Students of the Month: Gavin Sanderson, Logan Albert, Aubrey Throckmorton, Atalia Metz, William Messer, Bentley Bennett, Carter Anderson, Riley Conner, Wyatt Hutchison, Terri Pinkard, Blair Mead, Finny Crockett, Kenley Crute, Iceton Tuck, Zeke Allison, and Naiome Robertson.

Kindergarten appreciates all of our Community Helpers! Thanks for your time and sharing your occupation with us!

All after school and evening activities have been cancelled for today, Wednesday, May 14, 2025.

Thank you to Dan River Baptist Association for the hand-made bags filled with new books for our 2nd graders. Each bag was filled with 13 books that students can add to their home libraries. "A book is a gift you can open again and again." -Garrison Keillor