Frequently Asked Questions

Our school address is 4303 Bright Rd. Dublin, OH 43016.  All cars will need to enter the school from Bright Road. The Emerald Parkway entrance will be utilized for buses and daycare vans only during arrival and dismissal times. Our office phone number is 614-717-6617. 

You can also contact the main office via email at  hopewell_info@dublinschools.net

The doors open at 9 a.m. and students will be considered tardy after 9:10 a.m.  School dismisses at 3:40 p.m. 

Kindergarten AM Hours 9:00-11:50 

Kindergarten PM  Hours 1-3:40

Parents are strongly encouraged to check their child’s backpack each day.  Weekly updates from the school are emailed each Friday afternoon.  The school website is updated frequently with resources and current events: https://www.dublinschools.net/HopewellElementary. Any other informational forms/fliers will be sent home via your child’s backpack or through our e-mail system. Some other social media options are our Hopewell Facebook or Instagram pages.

Communication between parents and school staff is essential to your child’s success in school. Teachers may be contacted by voice mail, e-mail, or by sending in a note with your child. Staff email addresses can be located on the school website at https://www.dublinschools.net/HopewellElementary.  Click on “Our Staff” at the top of the page.  In addition, Parent/Teacher conferences are scheduled in the fall and early spring.  Other conferences may be scheduled if the need arises.

The primary communication between the school and PTO is through email. The school sends a weekly email on Friday with important information and dates. We encourage you to visit the Hopewell website now and throughout the year for important information and current events. Please reference the Google Calendar (which you can subscribe to) that is linked to our Hopewell website.

All classroom volunteers will need to complete a free background check prior to volunteering or attending a field trip. If you are interested in volunteering this year, we encourage you to complete this as soon as possible.

In preparation for the upcoming school year, parents/guardians must create an Infinite Campus account (for new or Kindergarten families) and update the Emergency Medical Authorization (EMA) form for their children within Infinite Campus. Up-to-date EMA forms need to be submitted to your child’s school once every 12 months, and can be verified or changed at any time during the calendar year.  

Please be sure to include additional emergency contacts in the event that we are unable to reach you, or should you need someone else to pick up your ill child. The school cannot release your child to anyone not listed as an emergency contact. 

Dublin City Schools is taking an active role in promoting, supporting, and modeling healthy eating habits for our students. Food is not permitted for birthday celebrations at any DCS elementary school.  Instead of food related treats, celebration options may include donating a book, indoor recess game, small tokens for the class, etc.  If you choose to participate in one of these options, you can coordinate your choice through the classroom teacher or the office.  Any food items that are brought in will be returned home.

Dublin students have considerable choice in their style of dress and appearance.  Student appearance reflects an attitude of pride in self, school and community.  For all Dublin elementary school students, please refer to the Elementary Student Handbook for guidance.

Students are able to pack or they can select a lunch at school each day. Each teacher will take a daily lunch/breakfast count.

School meals will not be free for ALL students this year (only free/reduced approved lunch applications). If your family is experiencing financial hardship, we would encourage you to fill out the Free/Reduced meal application and return it to school as soon as possible. Paper copies of the application will be available on Meet The Teacher night or in the school office. The form is also available online by creating a Pay School account.  Please call the office if you need assistance in filling this out. Free/Reduced Meal Applications must be filled out EVERY YEAR in order to qualify. 

To purchase school meals, you can send in lunch money with your child or you can set up an account for your child by creating a Pay School Account. 

Meal prices are as follows: Breakfast $1.50 and Lunch $2.55. 

Arrival: Those arriving by car should begin to arrive at 9:00 am and should enter the side parking lot off of Bright Road ONLY.  A staff member will be available to assist your child with entering the side door into the school.  Please do not park your car or drop off in the front of the school, which will interfere with the buses. Students should only be released from their cars when there is a staff member present.  Those dropping students off are to remain in their cars during arrival.  If your child needs assistance exiting the car, the staff member on duty is happy to help. If you are arriving after 9:10 am, please park in the parking lot and walk your child to the front entrance to sign them in.  Walkers should enter the side door #14  beginning at 9:00 am.

PM Kindergarten Arrival: Kindergarten students being dropped off by car for the PM K session should be dropped off at Door 17 (Enter the Bright road parking lot and pull up to the sidewalk- there will be a sign noting K drop off).  Arrival starts at 12:55 PM for Kindergarten. An adult will be there to pick them up. If you arrive after 1:00 PM, please walk your student around to the front entrance to sign them in.

Dismissal: Dismissal starts at 3:40 pm.  Students leaving by car will exit through the playground doors at dismissal.  Students are required to wait with staff members until they are dismissed.  Please do not take your child, unless released by a staff member.  This helps ensure that we account for all students during dismissal.  Those picking up students by car can line up in the side parking lot on Bright Road only.  Car riders should have a sign displayed in the front of their dash for expedited dismissal.  Signs will be distributed during the first week of school. Students will be released to families in the order of cars in the line.  Parents are to remain in their cars during dismissal. The staff on duty will assist your child if needed with opening/closing the car doors.  For your child’s safety, students are only permitted to enter cars through the passenger side.  Walkers will be released at dismissal through Door 14.  This is an effort to reduce the amount of congestion at the side doors.   If you drive to pick them up, please stay in the car pick-up line. Please communicate with your child how they will be going home on the first few days of school. Daycare bus riders will be dismissed through the front doors.

You should arrive at your bus stop at least 5 minutes prior to your scheduled time for pick-up and drop-off. Bus routes are posted a few days before school starts in August. Any additional questions regarding bus transportation can be directed to the Transportation Department at 764-5926 or the school office at 614-717-6617.

If alternate transportation is needed on any given day, please email BOTH your student’s classroom teacher as well as, hopewell_info@dublinschools.net or send a note with your child to be given to their teacher and the office.  If a note/email is not received, the child will go home as they normally do.  Be sure to discuss any transportation changes with your student prior to arriving at school. 

For any emergency transportation changes made AFTER 3:00 PM, you must call the front office at 614-717-6617.  

Please email the Hopewell attendance link, hwes_attendance@dublinschools.net as soon as possible when your child is going to be absent from school. State law requires that an automated phone call regarding your child’s absence be sent if we do not receive a written notification, either by email or parent note.  You can also call the automated attendance line at (614)-718-8911, but an email is HIGHLY preferred and recommended as that email will serve as written notification. 

It is always important for students to be at school to receive consistent instruction from the classroom teacher. If you know in advance your child will be absent, please complete a Pre-Arranged Absence Form (obtained in the office at least five (5) days in advance. Please note, completing a Pre-Arranged Absence Form does not automatically excuse your child’s absence.  Vacation, for example, is not an excused absence.  In the event of extended health-related absences, please inform the clinic.

In order to promote student achievement, Dublin City Schools, in accordance with Section 3321.4 of the Ohio Revised Code, expects that students be in attendance on a regular basis. House Bill 410 states that attendance will be recorded in hours and absenteeism will be defined as “excessive absence” or “habitual truancy”.

 Excessive absence:

38 or more hours (6.6 days) in one calendar month with or without a legitimate excuse65 or more hours (just over 11 days) in one school year with or without a legitimate excuse

Habitual truancy:

30 or more consecutive hours (just over 5 days) without a legitimate excuse42 or more hours (just over 7 days) in a school month without a legitimate excuse72 or more hours (just over 12 days) in one school year with a legitimate excuse

 If you would like more information regarding HB 410 you can visit the Ohio Department of Education at http://www.education.ohio.gov/ and search House Bill 410.

Under no circumstances is a student to be dropped off and allowed to enter the building by themselves, when tardy.  If arriving late, parent/guardian must accompany their child into the office to sign in.  Students leaving early will be signed out by a parent/guardian at the office.  Staff will call a student’s room and the student will come to the office.  Please know that House Bill 410 states that students’ attendance is counted in hours, including tardy and early leave.

The Latchkey program is a privately run program that provides care at Hopewell before and after school.  There are no services after AM Kindergarten or before PM Kindergarten.  You can contact Latchkey by calling 614-793-0871 or by visiting their website at https://dublinlatchkey.org.