Friendly Reminder: Tomorrow is picture day!
Happy Friday 1st Grade Families! This week the students have been learning all about fire safety. To wrap up what we have learned, I have assigned a family fire plan sheet for homework this weekend. Please sit with your child and complete the plan, including drawing an evacuation map on the back. Students who complete the form and return to me by Wednesday will receive a prize. Thank you for helping your student be fire safe!
Tomorrow is popcorn Friday.
We are so EXCITED for our first Goodies for Grands morning at Hillsdale Prep tomorrow morning! Students are excited to sing and show their Grands their awesome school! Grandparents can arrive in the Gym a few minutes before 8:15 for Opening Ceremony! Grands are still welcome to come even if they did not already RSVP.
Don't forget to return your RSVP form for Goodie's for Grands to the office or to your child's teacher by tomorrow! We are excited to celebrate our grandparents and special grandparent friends Friday morning at 8:15 for opening in the gym!
Hillsdale Preparatory School's Fall Fest is coming up on Friday October 18th. Please use the link below and sign up to donate items or volunteer your time to make this event a HUGE success!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0A48ABAC22A0F49-fall
REMINDERS:
1) Parent Advisory Committee meeting tonight at 5:30pm. All parents are invited and encouraged to attend.
2) Tomorrow (10/3) there will be a half day for students. Dismissal is at 12:00. There will be no after school program tomorrow.
3) There is no school on Friday 10/4.
We are excited to announce that our schoolwide Fall Fundraiser will be with Thirty-One! 35% of all orders will go towards the school's science curriculum. Orders will be taken October 1st- 21st.
There are catalogs available in the office for browsing. Orders can be placed by using the following direct link:
https://www.mythirtyone.com/us/en/595011?pd+11471273
Join the Facebook event, created by consultant Mary Beale, to learn more!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1209449299241148/
or search "It's HPS Thirty-One Fall Fundraiser"
A large packet of October information is coming home today. It includes the October calendar, picture packets and flyers for all of the events this month. The picture packet already includes the student name and information. If you have more than one child please make sure you are sending back the right form with each child.You can also find a list of scheduled events on our website.
Tomorrow is popcorn Friday and casual day.
Box Tops for Education- Information regarding Box Tops is being sent home with each family today. They are phasing out clipping traditional Box Tops and will now be using an app. During the transition you can still collect Box Tops you find and send them into the school. Please read the letter being sent home to get more information regarding the app. Instead of a classroom competition we will be offering a school wide incentive. If the school earns over $500 every teacher will get to put a pie in Mrs. Fowler's face. If we get over $1000 we will have our first ever field day.
Spirit wear order forms are being sent home with students today. All orders are due with payment by Monday, September 30. Students can wear spirit wear to school on Fridays.
School Improvement Meeting- Wednesday 9/18 at 5:00pm.
The School Improvement Committee works with staff and administration to plan and evaluate school run programs for effectiveness.
Parents are needed on this committee. ALL parents are welcome and invited to participate. Can't wait to see you then!
Two-part message:
1) Order forms to purchase leftover 5K race t-shirts are coming home today. One form will be sent home per family. Please look for them with your youngest child.
2) Parent-teacher conferences will be scheduled by individual teachers during the week of September 30-October 3rd. Please look for communication from your child's teacher.
Tomorrow is popcorn Friday.
The Patriot 5K race is this Saturday, 9/15/19 at 8am at Michindoh Conference Center. Race day registration will take place 7:00-7:45am. We can't wait to see you and your whole family!
Those of you that signed up to donate items should bring them to the office by 4pm today. There are still many items needed, so check out the Signup Genius!
Don't want to participate in the race, but want to attend and help the school? Sign up to be a volunteer to assist in making this AMAZING event run smoothly. We couldn't make the race a success without all of you!
SIGN-UP GENIUS:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0849adab2aa6fa7-patriots1
POPCORN The 7th & 8th graders are going to be selling popcorn on designated Fridays throughout the year. They are earning money for their 8th grade trip to Gettysburg and Washington D.C. We will be adding the sale dates to our monthly calendar. We will also be sending out reminders each week of the sale. Popcorn will cost 50 cents per bag. Classroom teachers will take the orders and collect the money on Friday morning. Popcorn will be distributed during lunch.Thank you for supporting our 8th grade field trip. September sale dates are: 9/13/19 & 9/27/19.
HPS is updating the way that we celebrate our monthly character pillars. Staff will be awarding Patriot Prize tickets to students who stand out by demonstrating the characteristics for the pillar of the month. Tickets can be earned by students Monday through Thursday of each week. On Friday, teachers will be notified which students in their classrooms were awarded a Patriot Prize. This entitles them to dress in casual clothes on the first day of the next week. Stickers will be placed in your child's planner or on their shirt to notify you of their reward. Stickers will have the date written on them as a reminder of which day your child may dress in casual clothes. Only children that have a sticker may dress in casual clothes on these special days.
In addition to earning a casual day we will also be placing a certificate with your child's name in the lobby, by the pillar in which they are recognized. Each of those students will be entered into a prize drawing. At the end of each month there will be two student names pulled; one from K-3 and the other from 4-8. These two students will receive a special prize from the staff here at HPS for being a role model of the school. If you have any questions about our new way to celebrate the pillars of the month please contact your child's teacher.
Please sign up to donate items or volunteer your time at our upcoming Patriot 5K race by using the link below.
Haven't signed up for the race yet? There's still time to register online or on race day!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0849adab2aa6fa7-patriots1
Mrs. Medrano would like to welcome Bently to our class! We now have 11 students in kindergarten! Yesterday we had the privelge to have visitors from Gautemala read a story in Spanish at storytime! Thank you Josué for inviting your Abuela (Grandma) and Abuelo (Grandpa) to come read to us!
