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Short Pump Elementary School

Family Resources

Family and Student Resources

  • Here is the link to the 2025-26 Student and Family Handbook. Please take the time to look through it with your child as it contains important information about Short Pump Elementary School.

  • Our SPES Family Dashboard is a one-stop shop for all of the links you’ll need. Check back as it will be updated as links are sent out to families!

  • Our 2026-27 Supply Lists are organized by grade level. Please consider donating wet wipes and/or tissues to our LAMPS (Library, Art, Music, PE) teachers. Thank you!

  • School and county events will be updated regularly via the 2026-27 SPES School Calendar. Stay tuned for the link!

  • Visit this link for a transportation note template that greatly helps our front office staff. We encourage you to use this, as needed, throughout the year!

  • Common Sense is the leading independent nonprofit organization dedicated to helping kids thrive in a world of media and technology. The organization empowers parents, teachers and policy-makers by providing unbiased information, trusted advice and innovative tools to help them harness the power of media and technology as a positive force in all kids’ lives. Stay informed about how to best incorporate technology into your child’s life: Age-Based Media Reviews for Families | Common Sense Media

  • Interested in volunteering? See what it’s all about in this video. If you would like to volunteer at our school, please see the guidelines and application on the HCPS website. We look forward to seeing you around our school helping out when visitors are allowed in the building!

  • Information about how Henrico County uses Response to Intervention.

  • Information about Gifted Programs

    Gifted Programs has a Gifted News Parent Page. This page contains a variety of informational articles on topics such as:

    • Helping gifted children develop friendships.
    • Helping your child develop habits of the mind.
    • Perfectionism.
    • "Twice exceptional."
    • Gifted 101.

    In addition, there are links to information about university and college enrichment programs for students in grades K-12.