Hempstead Early Childhood Center

✨Thank you, PVAMU Santa’s Mobile Storytime, for spreading holiday cheer and the joy of reading with our students today! 🎄📚

🎶 On the 9th day of Christmas at the HECC, we’re ringing in the joy with Jingle Bell Day! 🔔✨ Let the festive tunes fill the air and spread the holiday cheer! 🎄

All Hempstead ISD offices and schools will be CLOSED for the Winter Break from December 22 - January 2. Friday, December 19, is an Early Release Day.

HMS and HHS - 11:30 AM

HECC and HES - 11:40 AM.

Staff will return on January 5, 2026, and Students will return on January 6, 2026.

🎄 12 Days of Christmas at HECC 🎄 Day 8: Christmas hats on and holiday cheer activated! 🎅🎁 From festive beanies to Santa caps, we’re topping off the season in style.

🎁 From sparkles to Santa—our favorite holiday shirts lit up Day 7!

Celebrating our November and December Hempstead Early Childhood Center 🐾 Tiny Cats of the Month! 🐾 For their kindness, curiosity, and big hearts in tiny packages! 💚 #BeBold #HigherHeights

⛄✨ Hempstead ECC Day 6—Snowman Day! These frosty friends melted our hearts. ❄️

Santa’s tiniest team reported for duty! Day 5: Elf Day at Hempstead ECC had the halls filled with pointy hats, happy feet, and Christmas joy. 💚❤️

💡Today was light up the tree! Our tiny cats truly were shining. 🎄

🎄✨ Teacher Christmas Game Time! Smiles, giggles, and a little holiday magic as we play for festive prizes. ❄️🎁

🎄 12 Days of Christmas – Day 3: Candy Cane Day! Our little learners brought the peppermint cheer with stripes, smiles, and lots of holiday spirit! ❤️🤍

🐾 Paw Print 🐾 https://app.smore.com/n/9uxpm

🎄Stockings hung with care and holiday socks everywhere! Day 2 was full of festive feet at Hempstead ECC. 🧦✨

💌❄️ Letters written, wishes made, and mailed straight to Santa! Our Tiny Cats loved celebrating National Santa’s List Day with our festive Santa Mailbox. 🎄

Another R.E.D. (Read Every Day) winner! 📖 ✨ Fill out the form front & back in the take home folder to receive a free book! 📚

I hope everyone enjoyed a wonderful Thanksgiving break and is ready for a great day back with our Tiny Cats tomorrow! Please take a moment to review the Paw Print for all the latest updates and information. https://secure.smore.com/n/9uxpm

Join Hempstead ISD for the annual Christmas Tamalada and Pupusada, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday, December 6, at the Hempstead Elementary School Cafeteria, 1340 13th St. Hempstead ISD families are invited to get in on the tamale making and learn from veteran tamale makers, who are volunteering their time to teach those in attendance. Each family will take home tamales and pupusadas. Free childcare will be provided for children ages 4 and up. Únase al Distrito Escolar Independiente de Hempstead (Hempstead ISD) para la tradicional Tamalada y Pupusada Navideña, el sábado 6 de diciembre, de 10:00 a. m. a 12:00 p. m., en la cafetería de la Escuela Primaria de Hempstead, ubicada en 1340 13th St. Las familias del Hempstead ISD están invitadas a participar en la elaboración de tamales y aprender de expertos tamaleros, quienes compartirán su tiempo como voluntarios para enseñar a los asistentes. Cada familia se llevará a casa tamales y pupusadas. Se ofrecerá cuidado infantil gratuito para niños de 4 años en adelante.

🍂✨ Thanksgiving Break is almost here! There will be no school November 24–28, 2025. Wishing all our families a joyful and relaxing holiday week! 🦃🥧

🍂✨ ¡Se acercan las vacaciones de Acción de Gracias! No habrá clases del 24 al 28 de noviembre de 2025. ¡Les deseamos a todas nuestras familias una feliz y relajante semana de vacaciones! 🦃🥧

Hempstead ISD is now accepting nominations for current KG - 11th-grade students to be screened and possibly placed in the Hempstead ISD Gifted and Talented Program for the 2026-2027 school year. El distrito escolar independiente de Hempstead (Hempstead ISD) está aceptando nominaciones de estudiantes actuales desde jardín de infantes hasta el grado 11 para ser evaluados y posiblemente ubicados en el Programa para Alumnos Dotados y Talentosos del Hempstead ISD para el año escolar 2026-2027.

🦃 Can You Find the Turkey? ✨ Our tiny cats turned them into something new! Here are some of November's Family Engagement Projects. 💚🐾