I have received a few questions about Friday being a NO SCHOOL day. In the Accelerate Ed curriculum, you may have noticed that there are lessons due on Friday. You do not need to be online Friday, but you will need to make up those lessons somewhere else. You can always work ahead, or you can spread them out over the next few days or go into next week. If your student is behind, it is my suggestion that they do work on Friday. Unfortunately, I do not have the ability to control the calendar within Accelerate Ed and we will need to keep this in mind as we near our longer breaks in November and December. If you have concerns about this, I can certainly relay them to Accelerate Ed on your behalf or you can contact them as well.
FREE FAMILY DAY AT THE WASHINGTON COUNTY MUSEUM! On Saturday, October 11 from 10:00am-1:00pm, you can get into the Washington County Museum for FREE! Join Museum staff and volunteers for a fall-themed FREE Family Day with a special story telling program by Emmy Blue at 11:00am. Children of all ages will have a chance to make crafts, explore the galleries and get hands-on in the museum. The museum is located at 120 E. MAIN STREET, HILLSBORO, OREGON.
ADOBE READER Please make sure that the computer your student is working on has Adobe Reader installed. They will need to do this in order to type into the PDF’s within the curriculum (mostly for 4th-6th grade). If they do not have Adobe Reader installed, answers cannot be saved and blank PDF’s will be submitted. If you have a district laptop, you will need to bring it in for this to happen. Below are links to the videos that will tell you how to do it:
Mac - https://view.vzaar.com/1340339/player
Windows - https://view.vzaar.com/1340217/player
Android - https://view.vzaar.com/1341505/player
FIELDTRIP! Coming up in a few weeks is our first fieldtrip to Jackson Bottom Wetlands here in Hillsboro. The field trip is on Thursday, October 23rd. We will leave and be back in time for your student to each lunch at home that day. I now have 5 committed parent chaperones, but need 4-5 more. Please let me know as soon as possible if you would like to come with us. Field trips are not required but are a really cool part of the elementary program at HOA.
PICTURE RETAKES! Mark your calendars! Wednesday, October 22 from 1:00-3:00 is our picture retake day. You can pick up a form the next time you are at school to pre-order pictures.
Scholastic Book Order forms were sent home if your student attended class this week. If you are interested in ordering books for your student, you can also go onto www.scholastic.com to set up an account. Our class code is MH739.
Thanks for everything, and as always, please let me know if there is any way that I can help you.