All student school fees were posted on September 19, 2022 onto

student accounts.  Please check the Home Access Center for your

balance.  The preferred method of payment is to submit it online

through PaySchools Central. Payments are due by November 4,

2022.  If you have any questions regarding fees, please contact

Claudine Rightnour in the main office at rightnoc@hudson.k12.oh.us

or 330-653-1256. 

Hudson Community First invites parents and children preschool to age 12 to attend our Holiday Gift Shoppe, 10am – 1pm, or until supplies last, on Saturday, December 3 at East Woods Intermediate.  Parents can shop the craft fair while helpers from Hudson Middle School escort their children through the Holiday Shoppe helping them buy gifts for their family and friends.  Hudson Community First supports the integration of 40 developmental assets into a child’s life.  This event highlights the asset of Caring where young people place a high value on helping other people of all ages. 

The below welcome letter was sent to parents through Blackboard.

8/11/2022

Dear EWIS Families,

Welcome to the 2022-2023 school year.  We are so excited to welcome all returning families, 3rd graders, and new families to East Woods Intermediate School (EWIS)!  It has been a busy summer at EWIS.  We are welcoming 16 new staff members and roughly 50 new students.  I apologize up front for the length of this email, but there is a lot of important information to share with you before the start of the school year.  

Please let me start by introducing the administrative team at EWIS.  My name is Natalie Wininger and I am the principal at EWIS.  I am in my 24th year of education, 21 of those years have been here in Hudson.  I am also a Hudson graduate….Go Explorers!  Mr. Jeff Morris is the 3rd grade and half of 4th (Williams, Sutton, Maag, Flanders, Antes, Robbins, Benduhn, Koneval) grade assistant principal.  Mr. Morris has worked at East Woods for the past 10 years.   Mrs. Maureen Schreiner is the 5th grade and half of 4th grade (Mummey, Tremblay, Alesci, Harper, Binns, Goetz) assistant principal.  Mrs. Schreiner has worked in the district for the past 8 years.  We are looking forward to supporting each student and helping them grow as young men and women.  

Counselors per grade level

• 3rd Grade - Kristen Gilliland

• 4th Grade - Amy Dorsey

• 5th Grade - Alec Carey

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Class Lists Posting: You will be able to see your child’s teacher on Friday, August 12th at 4pm in Home Access Center How to login to HAC.pdf  (HAC). 

Open House: EWIS Open House is on Monday, August 15th, from 4:00-6:00pm.  Come in to meet your student’s teacher before the first day of school on Wednesday, August 17th!  Please feel free to bring any of your students supplies during this time.  You can leave all the supplies in your student’s locker.  If you order a supply box you can pick it up in the commons area before heading to your classroom.

First Day Of School: Wednesday, August 17th 

Start/Stop times: Students will be able to enter the building at 8:40am and the tardy bell rings at 8:55.  The day ends at 3:40pm. All walkers, bikers, and car riders will be dismissed first, followed by bus riders.  Students will remain in their homerooms until they are dismissed.  

Parent Pick Up and Drop Off Procedures: In order to make the environment safe and orderly for our students, we will continue to utilize specific procedures for the drop-off and pick-up of students.  Please click on this link Hudson-EWISTrafficMaps.pdf  to see the traffic map for drop-off and pick-up.  

Drop-Off: Students will be allowed in the building at 8:40 a.m.  The school’s responsibility for supervision begins at 8:40 a.m. when the students may enter the building and ends when the students are dismissed at the end of the day. (Students on school grounds before 8:40 a.m. or after dismissal should be under the direct supervision of their parent, coach, club supervisor or other adult.)

Parents will enter either Franklin Street or Evamere driveway.  They will access the access road between the Middle School and East Woods.  They will proceed around the circle in front of East Woods and drop off in front of the building.  Parents will exit through Franklin Street or Evamere.  Please pull all the way up to Door C (the cafeteria entrance) when dropping your child off.  This will help keep the traffic flowing.  It also helps if your children have all their belongings ready to go so they can quickly get out of the car.  

Please drive slowly and pay close attention to our students who are walking or biking to school.  

Pick-Up: In the afternoon, parents will follow the same process as parent drop-off.  Parents will enter through Franklin Street or Evamere driveway and go down the access road between the Middle School and East Woods.  Parents will follow the circle in front of East Woods to the front of the building where they will pick up their child.  Parents must have their child’s last name, first name written largely and boldly on a piece of paper on the dashboard, this will help us get your students to you in a timely manner.  Parents will exit East Woods through Franklin Street or Evamere.  

Please drive slowly and pay close attention to our students who are walking or biking home.   

Buses: All buses will pick-up students in the bus lot between East Woods and McDowell.  Buses will exit through East Woods out onto North Hayden. Students who normally travel home on the bus each day must have a written note from a parent each time another arrangement for going home is necessary.  

Walkers/Bike Riders: Walkers and bike riders will be dismissed with parent pick-up.  Students are to walk their bikes when they are in front of any building, especially during dismissal.  Students are to stay on the sidewalks around the campus area until they are on the main roads.  

Doors to enter by grade level

• Door A - 3rd grade bus riders

• Door C - Parent drop-off and pick-up 

• Door K- 4th grade bus riders

• Door L - 5th grade bus riders

• Walkers & Bikers can use closest door to their classroom 

Attendance: If your child is going to be absent or late to school, please make sure to call the attendance line at 330-653-1300. This line is available 24 hours a day.  

Final Forms: Please make sure you complete Final Forms for your child as soon as possible.  If you have any questions about Final Forms, please email Claudine Rightnour at rightnoc@hudson.k12.oh.us. 

School Lunches:

Students are able to purchase breakfast and lunch at EWIS.  Breakfast is between $1.75-$2.00 and lunches are $2.75.  If your student wants to buy only milk, this will cost $0.50.  For more information on how to set up/add money to a lunch account, please visit the Nutrition Services website.

Medication Drop-off for the Clinic: Clinic staff will be available for medication drop off for families at Open House. 

EWIS Announcements: Announcements provide important information regarding the students’ school day, upcoming events or important need-to-know information. Subscribing to EWIS Announcements, delivers a link to your email inbox whenever the webpage has been updated. Subscribing to these E-Alerts is a great way to stay in the know! Please make sure you subscribe to the EWIS Announcements.  How To Subscribe to Daily Announcements.pdf

PTO Information: Please consider joining or renewing your Annual PTO Membership Today!

The annual Membership Drive is one of the biggest fundraising events for the Hudson PTO, allowing the PTO to support classroom grants and numerous school events including, Teacher of the Year, Bon Voyage, Hoedown, Right-to-Read Week and the Pancake Breakfast just to name a few. Please support and make these amazing events possible by joining Hudson PTO. The cost of an annual membership is $20 and covers all students attending the HCSD for one year.  Please find this information on hudsonpto.org. 

Job Opportunities at East Woods Intermediate School:

EWIS is currently looking for Lunch Aides and Special Education Aides!  This is a perfect opportunity to be a part of the East Woods Staff family!  If interested, please go to our Human Resources webpage to apply.  Feel free to contact Maureen Schreiner, assistant principal, at 330-653-1256 with any questions.

Upcoming Dates:

• 8/15/22 - Open House, 4:00-6:00

• 8/17/22 - First Day of School

• 9/5/22 - No School, Labor Day

• 9/22/22 - School Pictures

• 10/14/22 - No School

• 10/26 & 10/27/22 - Parent Teacher Conferences

• 10/27 - 10/28/22 - No School

• 11/02/22 - Picture Retake Day

• 11/7/22 - Ready, Set, Relax 

• 11/10/22 - End of the 1st Trimester 

• 11/11/22 - No School

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We are sincerely looking forward to working with each student and family.  East Woods Intermediate School is a special place, and this is going to be a wonderful year together!

If you have questions regarding this newsletter or any other information, please feel free to contact us at 330-653-1256.

We look forward to seeing you at Open House and throughout the year! Go Explorers!

Sincerely,

Natalie Wininger, Principal

Jeff Morris, Assistant Principal

Maureen Schreiner, Assistant Principal

To: EWIS Parents

Join or renew your Annual, PTO Membership Today!

Please support and make these amazing events and programs possible by joining Hudson PTO. The cost of an annual membership is $20 and covers all students attending the HCSD for one year.  Please note, Membership does not require your involvement in the PTO. You can be as involved as much or as little as you like.

To join and pay online, please visit the PTO website by clicking on the link below. Please note registration and payment is online only.  

JOIN HUDSON PTO

Thank you for your support!  

Please contact Susan Dukes at susandukes2@gmail.com if you have any questions.

Parental Access to Library Account

Like the public library, parents, guardians and students can now check school media accounts online to see what books students have checked out, when they’re due, any bills, options to renew and know when a book on hold is available for pickup. To launch this new initiative, simply click on this FORM (also posted on the library webpage) and submit the information.  Please allow up to three days to process and receive the instructions on account access.