FOR YOUR INFORMATION: Location Changed for Regular Board of Education Meeting The Regular Meeting of the Hyde County Board of Education on Tuesday, February 4, 2020, at 5:00 p.m., has been changed to the conference room at the O. A Peay Complex, 1430 Main Street, Swan Quarter, North Carolina 27885

MES Student Government will be selling Candy Grams for Valentine's Day! Look for order forms being sent home. We have Lolli-grams for $1, Sweet Treats for $3, and Deluxe Grams for $7. Orders due by Feb 11th. Grams will be delivered to MES & MECHS on Feb 14th.

Our School System is committed to providing resources to all students and families to ensure emotional well-being, healthy living, and wellness in all aspects of one’s life. Thus, Hyde County Schools is pleased to inform our community of a partnership with Integrated Family Services that provides a Crisis CHAT line that is available for all staff, students, parents, family, and friends that will offer online emotional support 24 hours a day. Trained chat specialists are available to assist individuals who are depressed, going through a hard time, dealing with a crisis, need to talk, or having thoughts of hurting themselves. Any life issues may be discussed utilizing the Crisis CHAT line. The goal of Integrated Family Services’ Crisis CHAT line is to help you and others reduce stress and feel empowered to make healthy decisions. To utilize this free service, simply go to www.integratedfamilyservices.net and click the “chat with us” icon at the top of the page.

Gobble Gram orders due Friday! Send a Gobble Gram Card & BlowPop to your child & their friends for $1 each. Gobble Grams will be delivered to classrooms on Tues, Nov 26 (1st grade on Mon Nov 25). If you don't have an order form, just send the to/from info along with your payment.

MES Student Government will be selling Gobble Grams for $1 through Nov 22. Send a Gobble Gram Card and BlowPop to your child and your child's friends. Gobble Grams will be delivered to classrooms on Tues, Nov 26 (1st grade on Mon Nov 25). Order forms are going home today.

The Fall Art Exhibit and Fundraiser scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday, November 12th is now starting at 5:30pm until 7:30pm to allow parents and community members browse through the artwork before the PTO meeting starts at 6:00PM.

Mattamuskeet Elementary School is a host site for the Salvation Army’s Annual Holiday Food Drive! Let’s help them with their mission to feed families in-need during this holiday session. You can drop off any non-perishable food items in the box provided at the entrance of MES. We will be taking up donations until mid November!

Important update from Laker Sports! The away game for our middle grades football team against Bear Grass this afternoon (October 23rd) has been cancelled. Apologies for the inconvenience. Thank you.

The home football game scheduled for this afternoon has been cancelled and rescheduled for Monday, October 21st. No football practice this afternoon either. Volleyball Senior Night is also cancelled. Alternate plans will be informed soon.

Thank you so much to everyone who has reached out to our school system in different ways and have asked how to possibly help Ocracoke School in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian. At this particular time, they cannot take any physical items. However, if you would like to send a donation that will go to Ocracoke School, please send it to our central office so we can accept it on their behalf while they work on cleaning up! Please send all donations to: Hyde County Schools Ocracoke School Donation PO Box 217 Swan Quarter, NC 27885

Please check out the News section on our website for a public statement from our Superintendent of Schools regarding the storm aftermath and recovery efforts

Hyde County Schools Superintendent is having the spotlight on him to promote Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library! Video to come out soon! Stay tuned

Parent and students in grades 6-9 at Mattamuskeet Early College High School, would you like free internet service in your household and a refurbished desktop computer? Fill out and submit this survey to find out: http://bit.ly/hwgsurvey Check the news section for more details on this opportunity!

The Hyde County Schools' Board of Education is hosting its regularly scheduled meeting tomorrow at 5:00PM in the Information Highway Rooms at both the Mattamuskeet and the Ocracoke school campuses. Here is the agenda for your information.

Hey all, very excited to announce that Hyde County Schools is using a great new website service provider; APPTEGY. Soon, we will also launch a phone app for the school system. Stay tuned!

Slowing the Summer Slide! CLICK HERE to access the US Department of Education Bulletin: https://blog.ed.gov/2019/06/parent-like-pro-slowing-summer-slide/?utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_name=&utm_source=govdelivery&utm_term=