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2026-27 General Information

Get Connected - Communication

Teacher/Classroom

  • Each teacher chooses different forms of communication including email, text messages or an app-based program

  • Many teachers use “take home” folders that can be found in your student’s backpack - they may contain forms needing signatures, completed work for review, or homework

  • Contact your student’s teacher if you are not receiving regular communications

Friends of Hawthorne

Hawthorne

  • The Hawthorne website contains front office info, a staff directory, links to important documents and more

  • The Hawthorne Happenings newsletter (hardcopy) is issued weekly at school. You will find a copy in your student’s backpack.

  • You may receive school-wide notifications from 775-503-0494, known as TalkingPoints; you can save this number in your phone or download the TalkingPoints app

  • Emails are also sent out by Principal Flavors and other admin/staff using the school messenger program

  • Hawthorne may also call with pre-recorded messages containing school and event information

  • The phone numbers and email addresses you provide to SPS via the Student Verification Form in The Source is what Hawthorne uses to communicate with families. If you are not receiving communications from Hawthorne, please call the front office at (206) 252-7210.

Seattle Public Schools (SPS)

Drop-off and pick-up

  • 7:30 a.m. - Breakfast starts and playground is open until their teacher is ready to line up and bring them into the classroom. There is no playground supervision before 7:30am so please do not drop your student off at school prior to 7:30 am.

  • 7:50 - The bell rings and students head into the school

  • 7:55 - Instruction begins

    • If your student is late to school, they must get a pass from the front office before going to their classroom

  • 2:25 - School ends Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Wednesdays at 1:10 is early release. Kindergarten families wait on the sidewalk just to the left of the front doors (Kindergarteners released into the small courtyard), all other students are released onto the playground.

    • Many teachers like to know how or who will be picking up your child so they can ensure they get home safely from school. Please talk to your student’s teacher to see if they need your school pick-up plan.

  • If you need to pick your student up early, check in at the front office and they will contact your student’s teacher

Lunch

Classes eat together in the cafeteria on shared lunch tables. The Hawthorne school lunch menu can be found here (use the drop down to select “LUNCH”) and cafeteria fees can be paid online through School Pay. Starting Fall 2026, one free breakfast and one free lunch for every student, every day, in every school! Contact Principal Flavors for more information.

Students can bring their own lunch. Food containing nuts can be eaten in the cafeteria, but students are asked not to share due to allergy concerns. Lunch boxes are gathered in the classroom each morning and then carried to/from the cafeteria for the lunch period. Please label your student’s lunchbox.

2026/27 Lunch schedule (includes lunch recess):

  • Kindergarten 10:30–11:05 a.m.

  • 1st & 2nd Grade 11:00–11:35 a.m.

  • 3rd Grade 11:30 a.m.–12:05 p.m.

  • 4th & 5th Grade 12:00–12:35 p.m.

Classroom snacks and treats

Most teachers serve a snack during the school day with families providing the classroom snacks. Teachers will notify families of any allergies within the classroom and usually request nut-free snacks. Classroom snacks should be store bought, individually-wrapped and easy to eat. Some examples are small bags of goldfish, granola bars and easy-peel cutie oranges.

Families are allowed to bring in special treats for birthdays and other celebrations. Please check with your teacher so they can plan for the treat. Again, it is requested the food be store bought and adhere to any classroom allergies.

Volunteers and visitors

All volunteers and school visitors must check in with the front office. Please enter through the main doors using the buzzer along Cascadia street and proceed directly to the front office.

To volunteer in a classroom, chaperone a field trip, or work independently with students, you must be a registered SPS volunteer. SPS has updated their volunteer approval and renewal process. Each volunteer must be recommended by a teacher or staff member. To start the volunteer approval process, please contact your student’s teacher.

Learn more about becoming an SPS volunteer here. Please call the front office with any questions.

Lost and Found

  • Label all your student’s clothing items (coats and jackets, gloves/mittens), water bottles, and lunch boxes, etc.

  • The lost and found is located in the cafeteria. Please check for missing items regularly.

  • FOH maintains the lost and found. Families are notified to collect lost and found items by a deadline with remaining items being donated.

Important links

About Friends of Hawthorne PTA

After school options

Preschools near by (for younger siblings)