The district’s “Return to Learn” website has been relaunched with the operational plans for the 2021-2022 school year, and contains new resources including: “2021-2022 Return to Learn FAQs” in English and Spanish,”Return to School” flowcharts updated with health guidance for the 2021-2022 SY, “Close Contact/Quarantine Guidance for Schools,” and “Close Contact/Quarantine Guidance for Athletics.”
Do you follow us on Social Media? Be sure to check out the Hendersonville Elementary Facebook Page and follow us on Twitter! We’ll post important announcements and updates there as well as share all of the fun and exciting things happening in our school!
Has your contact information changed? Be sure to share that with the front office as well. That way we can be sure to have the most up-to-date information and can reach you when needed!
Also, be sure to add us to your contacts. Any phone calls received from the school will be from (828)697-4752. Any Swift K12 messages from our school specifically will be from (828)845-4376 and any Swift K12 messages from the HCPS district staff will be from (828)609-0266.
At Hendersonville Elementary School, we will provide a solid academic foundation for each child. We will encourage and empower students to achieve their academic best while emphasizing respectfulness and responsibility for success in life.
Hendersonville Elementary School earned an A+ grade for the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 school years! We are the only school in Henderson County with that distinction. In 2017-2018, we were proud to have Exceeded Growth. HES is one of only four schools in the state of NC to be honored as a Lighthouse School in 2018.
In addition to receiving another A rating in 2018-2019, HES also Exceeded Growth! In fact, HES ranked 3rd out of the 2600+ schools in the state that Exceeded Growth and was 1 of only 12 schools that received both honors.
Go Cubcats!
Hendersonville Elementary School has earned a three-year continuation of the NC Department of Public Instruction’s prior designation as a Prepared STEM School of Distinction. We are the only elementary school in WNC to have achieved this honor!
An “A” school this year, Hendersonville Elementary also achieved the highest growth index (5.14) among local elementary schools.
Of the more than 2,500 public schools in North Carolina, 119 of them received a performance grade of A and exceeded academic growth expectations. Hendersonville Elementary School is proud to be one of those 119 high performing schools. WRAL has the full report.
Hendersonville Elementary has received recognition for being in the top 1% of Title I schools in North Carolina and as a 2019-20 National ESEA Distinguished School Nominee in the “high performance” category. The Hendersonville Lightning has the full report.
Henderson County Public Schools will be closed for students and staff on Thursday, November 11 in observance of the Veteran’s Day Holiday. Schools will also be closed for students on Friday, November 12. Friday will be an Optional Teacher Workday for staff.
It’s time to order your yearbook for the 2020-2021 school year! Be sure to enter our school’s unique ID code: 4265421 when placing your order.
There will be no school for students on Monday, January 18, 2021 in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday. It will be an Optional Teacher Workday.
