ATTENDANCE POLICY We do not have the elementary attendance policy finalized yet, so you all get a pass this week too! Online families, please make sure that your student is working in OdysseyWare daily and staying on pace. Parents, please be checking in OdysseyWare to make sure your students are completing their work on time in all of the subjects that they are enrolled in. Some students did not know that they needed to scroll down to see work due in additional courses.
Monday, September 17
11:00-12:00 OdysseyWare Support
12:00-1:00 Grades 3-6 PE
Tuesday, September 18
11:00-12:00 OdysseyWare Support
12:00-1:00 Grades 3-6 PE
Wednesday, September 19
12:00-1:00 Grades 3-6 PE
FIELDTRIP PERMISSION SLIPS Only 29 field trip permission slips have been turned in this year, and we have 47 students in the grades 3-6 elementary program. Please email me if you aren't sure if you filled one out for this year (permission slips don't carry forward from year-to-year, new ones must be filled out). Forms are available here at HOA and can be filled out anytime before the fieldtrip later this month.
ODYSSEYWARE SUPPORT SESSIONS Next week we will have two OW support sessions, Monday and Tuesday 11:00-12:00. This is for the student and parent to get help with the OdysseyWare curriculum. Due to the importance of the parent role, the parent should attend with the student. It is a drop-in help session, you don't need to stay the entire time, or if your student is doing well they do not need to attend.
PARENT CONNECT Our next Parent Connect Meeting is Monday, October 1 from 11:00-12:30. Please contact our Homeschool Consultant, Angela Lorenzo, with any questions, [email protected].
FACEBOOK/INSTAGRAM This year, we will have a closed group on Facebook that will be used share information and photos throughout the school year. Search HOA Elementary 2018-2019 in Facebook and request to be added, or use this link https://www.facebook.com/groups/HOAelementary/. You will need to answer a question about how you are connected to HOA (only parents or guardians of students will be approved). Some people are having trouble finding the group in Facebook. You may need to click on "Groups" once you've typed the name into the search bar. We also have a school-wide Instagram, just search Hillsboro Online academy and request to follow.
SEPTEMBER FIELDTRIP Our first fieldtrip will be Thursday, September 27 from 12:00-1:30 at Jackson Bottom Wetlands. The bus will leave from HOA at 11:45 and return at 1:45. You can also provide your own transportation, but please let me know in advance. Your student should have eaten a full lunch and wear appropriate clothing and shoes for the weather as our fieldtrip will be fully outside. In addition, I would LOVE to have a few more parent volunteers attend. Please fill out the volunteer application on the district website, https://volunteerapplication.hsd.k12.or.us/,as soon as possible, and let me know if you'd like to attend.
Lastly, if you are a new family at HOA this year, I would love to hear your HOA story and how you came to enroll with us this year. Knowing your story helps me to know how to best support you and your student(s). (Your stories will not be shared publicly, it's just for me.)
Have a great week!