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.
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🥦 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!
All after school and evening activities have been cancelled for today, Wednesday, May 14, 2025.
Students in first grade classes at SBES recently had fun learning about butterfly life cycles. Thanks to the generosity of the Halifax County Public Schools Education Foundation seven classrooms were able to view, up-close and personal, the fascinating progress from caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly. Students enjoyed getting to know their caterpillars who became like class pets! Students liked naming them names like George! After what felt like a short time, students gathered around the nets to say goodbye as the butterflies flew away.
Due to dense fog, Halifax County Public Schools will operate on a one hour delay today, Monday, May 5, 2025. Employees follow code 1, report one hour late.
Interim reports for the fourth nine weeks are available for viewing on the Campus Portal. If you need assistance with the portal or need a paper copy of the report, please contact your child's school.
Any student that has completed grades PK-5 this school year is invited to participate in Summer Success. There will be fun learning activities with reading, math, and science!
South Boston Elementary fourth grade students had the option to complete a project and present it as part of their 4H activities this year. We are very proud of the students that advanced to the Halifax County and the District level competitions! For Halifax County, blue ribbons were awarded to Kaylyn Jennings, Sebastian DeLeon, Elise Lloyd, and Mykasia Birch. Jamarion Jennings and Charlie Whitt received red ribbons. Four students continued to the District level competition and won these awards: Elise Lloyd and Kaylyn Jennings, blue ribbons; Sebastian DeLeon and Mykasia Birch blue ribbons and overall high score purple ribbons.
Thanks to a teacher mini grant from the Halifax County Public Schools Education Foundation, fourth grade students at South Boston Elementary School had a program from the Danville Science Center STARLAB Portable Planetarium. They discussed the phases of the moon, various constellations, and characteristics of the planets.
As a reminder, schools will be closed beginning Monday, April 7, 2025 through Friday, April 11, 2025 for Spring Break. Students will return to school on Monday, April 14, 2025.
We hope that you have a wonderful, safe break.
Third-grade students had an exciting hands-on experience exploring force and motion! They designed and built balloon-powered cars, discovering how the force of air propels their creations forward. This engaging learning opportunity was made possible through the Halifax County Public Schools Education Foundation Mini Grant program.
First-grade students practiced counting by twos in an exciting, hands-on way using the Ozobot! They programmed the Ozobot to pause for three seconds at each star along the path, giving them time to fill in the correct numbers before the bot continued. This engaging activity made reviewing skip counting both interactive and fun!
Fifth-grade students engaged in an exciting hands-on project, building their own bristle bots using a vibrating motor and a battery. To bring their creations to life, they applied their knowledge of electrical circuits by designing and completing a closed circuit. This interactive STEM activity was made possible through the generous support of the Halifax County Public Schools Education Foundation mini-grant program.
First-grade students embarked on an exciting virtual field trip using VR goggles, bringing them face-to-face with amphibians, birds, fish, and mammals. This immersive experience allowed them to observe these animals up close and explore their unique characteristics in an engaging and interactive way.
The Southside Virginia Regional Technology Consortium (SVRTC) held an awards luncheon at Longwood University on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. Three educators from Halifax County Public Schools won awards. Kelly Weatherford from HCHS won the Instructional Support Award. Wanda Overby from Scottsburg Elementary won the Technical Support Award. Virginia Crutchfield from South Boston Elementary won the Technology Teacher Award. Congratulations to all of the awardees!
Report cards for the third nine weeks may be viewed on the Campus Portal. If you need assistance with the portal or need a paper copy of the report card, please contact your child's school.
As a reminder, tomorrow, Friday, March 14, 2025 is a professional development day for staff. Students do not attend school.
