"We exist to cultivate the hearts and minds of our students in the pursuit of Truth, Goodness and Beauty." |
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8th Grade Spots Available |
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Community Investment
If you haven't started your Community Investment gift, today is a great day to begin! The giving calendar starts in July and runs through June of 2022.
Community Investment is an annual, parent lead, giving campaign, and supports such programs as teacher salaries, health benefits, professional development, classroom and athletic supplies, specials classes (such as art and music), and building/property maintenance. Click HERE to see a short video featuring our Director of Academy Giving, Mr. Daniel Ruiz, where he breaks down the importance of Community Investment.
Every family's participation, at any level , is appreciated and vital to supporting our teachers and students.
Will you partner with us to help sustain and improve Great Hearts Forest Heights? We thank you sincerely for considering.
If you have any questions, please email Mr. Ruiz at daniel.ruiz@greatheartsforestheights.org. If you're ready to start your donation, click the Donate Now button, and click HERE to watch Mr. Ruiz walk you through the donation process.
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Free Breakfast and Lunch!
This school year, Great Hearts Texas will be offering healthy meals every school day to all students at no cost! We are excited about this opportunity from Texas Department of Agriculture to serve over 8,000 students in Texas. (Note: Second meals will be charged full price. A La Carte items such as milk will be charged if purchased without the full meal.)
While no further action is required from your students to participate, we highly encourage you to fill out the Free and Reduced Application for other discounts and benefits to our school. Please see full information and instructions in the email link immediately below.
***The 2021-2022 Free and Reduced Lunch Applications are now available to complete online. You may apply online at mymealtime.com.***
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Fall Sports
We are very excited about the Fall Sports season here at Great Hearts Forest Heights. This year kicks off with our Athletics program, offering the following for Fall Sports:
6th - 8th Grade:
- Cross Country (Boys & Girls)
- Flag Football (Boys)
- Volleyball (Girls)
3rd - 5th Grade:
- Soccer (Co-Ed)
- Volleyball (Girls)
For our Middle School, we will be holding tryouts beginning the week of August 16, 2021 from 4:00pm to 5:30pm.
Volleyball tryouts will be in the MPR for that week and will move to Oxford United Methodist Church the following week. Cross Country and Flag Football will be from 4PM to 5:30PM in the front field of Oxford United Methodist Church.
We will need a physical (click here) before any student is allowed to try out. Please return the form via email to Mark.Gately@greatheartsforestheights.org. Please note the importance of this form, as we want our students protected and ready for practices and games.
For our Elementary Sports, we will be teaming up with the YMCA, to provide Great Hearts only teams within their league. We will be sending out a sign-up sheet in the next two weeks that will need to be returned, again via email, with payment through Configio. The start dates are as follows:
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Soccer: First practice: September 7th with a special skills clinic on September 18th. Practices will be once a week at Oxford United Methodist Church. Times are TBA.
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Volleyball: First practice: October 4th. Practices will be once a week at Great Hearts Forest Heights MPR. Times are TBA
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School Uniforms
The Great Hearts Forest Heights Uniform Guide has been updated to include our rising 8th grade class! Please view it here and purchase uniform items, as needed. We have two uniform providers for the 21-22 school year, Dennis Uniform and FlynnO’Hara. All retail stores are closed until further notice. Please purchase online or call in your order.
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Forest Heights Online Store:
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Forest Heights Online Store:
Flynn O’Hara will be offering free shipping on all orders until our stores are able to reopen.
If you think you may qualify for financial assistance, please fill out our Financial Assistance Request Form. Details below.
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Meet the Teacher
You are invited to come and meet your scholar's teacher on August 9 and 10. There are two time slots available on each day for your convenience. 4:00pm to 5:00pm and 5:30pm to 6:30pm. Please be sure to bring all of your scholar's supplies so they will have nothing to carry in on the first day of school. For more information, please email info@greatheartsforestheights.org. We'll see you there!
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Grade Level Meet Ups
We want to invite you and your family to our Grade Level Meet Up at Big'z Burger Joint, 2303 N. Loop 1604 W. These Grade Level Meet Ups are meant to be a time where you and your family can come and meet the grade level team, our administration, and get a chance to mingle with other families in your scholar's grade level. You may arrive any time between 4:00pm and 7:00pm. Please be aware that you still must attend Meet the Teacher on August 9 and 10. Please see the schedule below, and we can't wait to see you there.
Kinder thru Second Grade: Tuesday, August 3, 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Third thru Fifth Grade: Wednesday, August 4, 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Sixth thru Eighth Grade: Thursday, August 5, 4:00pm - 7:00pm
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Parents of all in coming 7th Graders for fall of 21-22 school
year
There are 2 immunizations that are required by the State of Texas for all 7 h grade students. They are:
- Meningococcal Conjugate MCV4
- Tdap
If your student has received these 2 vaccinations, please provide a copy to the school/nurse as soon as possible.
You may either drop off a copy at the school or email a copy directly to:
Great Hearts, by State mandate, is required to have these vaccinations on record by the first day (8/11/21) of school for all 7th graders.
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Classics to Keep
Your child's class will utilize these classics books found in the link below during the school year. Parents and students are strongly encouraged to purchase these books for their own personal collections so that they can write in them and keep them allowing students to develop their own impressive personal library of classics over the course of their academic career with Great Hearts.
Families who do not purchase the texts, their students will be given access to a copy of these books as part of their curriculum. Students should not mark these books provided by Great Hearts and will be asked to return the books in good condition once their class has finished working with them. Students will be held responsible for damaged or lost books that belong to the school.
Please use the ISBN's found in the Classics to Keep list to order your books. You may also visit Barnes and Noble at La Cantera, where you will find a display made specifically for Great Hearts Forest Heights with all the Classics to Keep.
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Family Handbook
Our Family Handbook is updated and available for the 2021-2022 School Year. The Family Handbook is loaded with lots of very important information in regards to policies and procedures. Please take the time to read through our entire handbook. We encourage you to read pertinent portions with your students, such as the mission statement, dress code and honor code. Please note that we revise the handbook annually, so reviewing it is important for returning families, as well as new. The provided handbook clarifies many details essential to being a part of the Great Hearts Forest Heights community. You can find the Family Handbook on our website by clicking HERE.
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Come Join Us
We want to take this opportunity to invite you to join us. We are interested in finding parents who want to be involved and volunteer their time to shape the GHFH community in a way that matches their unique skillsets. No matter if you are retired, work from home, work in the office or work in the home, there are opportunities for all. Please take a moment to complete the PSO Volunteer Interest Form. This Interest Form does not obligate you for PSO next year but will serve to gauge interest as we begin to assemble committees for the 2021-2022 school year. More information will be forthcoming about background checks (which are required for all volunteers) over the summer months.
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8th Grade Spots Available
We have low and no waitlists in 8th Grade for the 2021-2022 school year. Tell your friends and family to submit an application today by clicking the link below!
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2021-2022 School Calendar
The 2021-2022 School Calendar is now available to view on our Great Hearts Forest Heights website. To view it, you may click on the link below. If you have any questions, feel free to email info@greatheartsforestheights.org or call the front desk.
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Office Hours
Office hours are weekly, Monday through Friday from 8am to 4pm.
Summer Hours:
Campus Closed June 7 - July 9
Email will be checked during this closure on Monday's and Thursday's.
Please call us at (210) 892-3665, option 0 or email us at:
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Great Hearts Forest Heights | Website
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