PARTNERSHIP WITH PARKS AND REC
Okay, seriously, you’re going to want to sit down for this one. THIS IS HUGE, PEOPLE! HOA and Hillsboro Parks and Rec are working in collaboration to provide our elementary students with FREE (or reduced) activities! This is how it’s going to work...if your student is enrolled in 4 core courses at HOA (Math, LA, Science, and Social Studies), you will have $100 to spend in classes and activities in the Winter/Spring catalog. NOT the SUMMER catalog. If your student is enrolled in 3 core courses, you will have $75 to spend. If your students in enrolled in 2 core courses, you will have $50 to spend. If your student is enrolled in 1 core course, you will have $25 to spend. You will not get the difference back. This is BRAND NEW, so we’re still trying to work out all of the details with Parks and Rec. But right now, go grab a catalog and start making your wish list, but DON’T ENROLL IN ANYTHING YET. We are waiting on final district approval on how the whole money-thing is going to work. Please let me know if you have any questions.
VISION SCREENING
Students in grades 3 and 5 will have the opportunity to have a FREE vision screening here at HOA during their face-to-face class time on March 30-31. If your student is in grade 3 or 5, you will definitely want them here that day. Please let me know if you have any questions.
NEXT WEEK’S SCHEDULE
SPRING BREAK! NO SCHOOL! (Catch up, work ahead? Work on Science Fair projects?)
MARCH 30-April 3
Monday and Tuesday – Face-to-face class 9:00-12:00 WEAR SCHOOL COLORS! (orange and blue)
Friday – Coding Club 12:00-1:00
UPCOMING SCHOOL SPIRIT DAYS
March 30-31 – School colors day! (Orange and blue)
April 6-7 – Character Day! Come dressed as your favorite literary, film, or video game character. Please be school appropriate (no weapons, blood, masks, etc).
NO SCHOOL DAYS
March 23-27 Spring Break
April 10 End of Term, Grade Prep
May 25 Memorial Day (no face-to-face class Monday or Tuesday that week)
HOA SCIENCE FAIR The HOA Science Fair is on April 16 from 6:00-7:30 in our gym. I will be sending out a request to you all soon for volunteers to help run various stations at our Science Fair. Volunteers at this after-hours activity do not need to pass district background checks, so if that’s not something you’ve done (or a relative, like Grandma or Grandpa would like to help), please don’t let that be a barrier for you to sign up. This will be a great opportunity for you to get to know other HOA families or spend time as a family volunteering for a fun school event. I am really excited about all of the fun things we will have at our Science Fair this year!
APRIL FIELD TRIP!
We will be going to Poynter Middle School, right down Grant Street, on April 9 to see a student production of, “Monsters in My Closet.” I will have more specifics for you in the next two weeks. We will not be taking a bus this time, but meeting there, since it’s so close. I have 45 seats reserved for students and parents. If you would like, you can also drop off your student(s) with me to watch the play and go run an errand. They will need permission slips and a small entrance fee (last year, it was 50 cents). The play will be approximately one hour.
SCHOLASTIC We have a class code for online orders with Scholastic, it is MH739. It’s simple! Go towww.scholastic.com and register today! We earn points for books to build our classroom library!
7th GRADE FORECASTING Parents of 6th graders, if you were unable to make it to our parent meeting, please contact Brandi Tarrel, our school counselor, at [email protected] to arrange a time to come in and get information.
Spring Break is here! We’re on the home stretch!