POETRY MONTH
Did you know April is poetry month? Isn’t that cool? Mr. Phelps, our secondary Language Arts teacher, has invited us to be a part of celebrating poetry with his students. What you can do is bring in your favorite poem, or write one of your own, and we will display it on our poetry wall in the school. They will stay up all month for others to enjoy.
PARTNERSHIP WITH PARKS AND REC
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.
April 6-10
Monday and Tuesday – Face-to-face class 9:00-12:00 Dress as your favorite character!
Thursday – Fieldtrip to Poynter Middle School to see a play! Meet there between 9:30-9:45.
Friday – NO SCHOOL or CODING CLUB
UPCOMING SCHOOL SPIRIT DAYS
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).
April 13-14 – Crazy Sock Day
NO SCHOOL DAYS
April 10 End of Term, Grade Prep (Coding Club does not meet this day)
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.” We will not be taking a bus this time, but meeting there between 9:30-9:45, 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, please pick-up your student at Poynter Middle School at 11:00.
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.
That’s all for now!