News & Notes
Veterans Day Program
In honor of Veterans Day, Heritage Elementary would like to recognize and celebrate our loved ones who have served or are currently serving in the military to help keep us safe and free.
If you or a loved one - living or no longer with us - would like to be recognized in our 5th grade Veterans Day Program on Wednesday, November 11, please email a photo to atcooper@greenville.k12.sc.us by Monday, November 2. Photos can be from the time of service
or more casual - they do not need to be in uniform.
Along with the photo, please include:
• Veteran's Name
• Branch of Military • Years of service and any war or conflict they participated in.
• Student's Name / Staff Member's Name (You may list more than one)
• Student/Staff Member Relationship to the Veteran
We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday, November 11, 2026 in the Heritage Elementary Cafeteria. The program will begin at 8:00 a.m. and conclude at 8:45 a.m.
Attendance
Regular attendance is crucial in the success of every student. Here are a few reminders to help you and your student have a successful year at Heritage Elementary:
• The building opens for students at 7:00 am.
• School starts promptly at 7:45 am.
• No early dismissals after 1:45 pm.
• School is dismissed at 2:15 pm.
• Students should be picked up from school no later than 2:30 pm.
• Students are allowed to miss 10 school days each year.
• Any absences beyond the 10th absence require a doctor's note.
• A parent must send a note within three days of any absence or it will remain unexcused.
• A student must attend at least 3 hours or 180 minutes to be counted present for the day.
Submit a note for your child's absence.
Doctor's notes or parent notes can also be faxed to 864-355-6046 or emailed to cawalker@greenville.k12.sc.us . For more information please call Chryse Walker, our attendance clerk, at 864-355-6001.
NEW School Cash/Online Payment System
All Greenville County Schools are now utilizing a new online payment system called School Cash/Online. Parents will use this web-based payment system to purchase various items pertaining to their student(s) throughout the school year with the exception of cafeteria funds. Cafeteria funds can still be added through the MySchoolBucks app. All other school related purchases such as field trips, field day shirts, yearbooks, fundraisers, etc. may be purchased through the School Cash/Online system. Parents are encouraged to create an account and add their students. As each school creates items pertaining to individual students or grades it will be visible to the parent to make the purchase. Below is the link to begin setting up your account.
Visitor and Volunteer Guidelines
Do you plan on volunteering or chaperoning on field trips? If so, Greenville County Schools has implemented additional security checks for school volunteers. All volunteers must submit an online application to the district and receive clearance from the district before volunteering or chaperoning any school field trip.
Please visit GCS School Visitor and Volunteer Guidelines page for complete details. There you will find links to apply for Level I or Level II clearance. Anyone who wishes to be considered for chaperoning on field trips MUST be approved as LEVEL II.