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Hawk News

October 1, 2021

Picture of the Week

Mrs. Warren's class wrote pen pal letters to a school in Tonga where she taught English several years ago. She also wore her Tonga dress for the lesson on global citizenship.

Principal's Update,

GRAND OPENING CEREMONY

Don't forget to join us on October 4th from 4:00-5:00 for our Grand Opening Ceremony

The preschool parking lot area and front of the school will be blocked off during dismissal time that day. You can still enter the parking lot to park and pick up your student.

CONFERENCES:
Last Friday families were sent an email to sign up for Parent Teacher conferences. Please make sure you access Meet the Teacher to schedule yours today!

Highlands Elementary Meet the Teacher

Parents must be able to access their Infinite Campus account:

The information the parent enters into Meet the Teacher, must match what is in Infinite Campus. This means that they need to enter both the student first name, last name and student ID as well as their first name, last name and email exactly as it appears in Infinite Campus. If the parent does not know their child’s student ID, they should look in IC Parent Portal for that information.

Crosswalks:
The city is surveying and planning where the best locations will be for crosswalks along with the signage needed. A position is available on the St Vrain job listing site for a crosswalk monitor. If you or someone you know is looking for a part time job or something that might fit around their children's schedule, please let them know this is available. Meanwhile, please be aware of children entering from all sides of the school when you are dropping off. We ask that NO parents park on the south side parking lot as this is for bus pick up and drop off.

SUBSTITUTES:

There is a need for substitutes in the district. If you are interested in helping serve our school as a Guest Teacher (Substitute), please know that we have just instituted a new pilot pay tier structure for this 2021-2022 school year that increases the pay for our guest teachers. The starting pay is $115/day, but increases to $130/day after subbing for 20 days and increases again to $140/day after subbing for 80 days. We need your help! Please apply now at https://www.applitrack.com/stvrain/onlineapp/default.aspx . If you have any questions, feel free to email ball_ryan@svvsd.org.

Principal, Ryan Ball
ball_ryan@svvsd.org
@HESHawksSVVSD
hles.svvsd.org

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Week of Sept. 27th

Conference Meals: Next week kicks off our parent teacher conferences. We are looking for a few donations for drinks and desserts, you can sign up to donate here. We are also accepting monetary donations to help us cover one night of meals if that is more manageable for you. Scan the QR code below to donate now. Our parent community has been so generous and we appreciate all your support to ensure our new school gets off to a strong start!

PTO MEETING: Please join us for our second PTO meeting on October 5th at 7pm. We will be meeting in person at the Erie Highlands Clubhouse, since we are meeting in person we ask everyone to wear a mask so we can continue to meet in person. Please leave your children at home as we will still have the option to join us virtually via this link here. We will be celebrating our fundraiser and discussing many exciting upcoming events.

Trunk or Treat!: Save the date Friday, Oct. 29th 5-6pm for our first trunk or treat! You will be receiving more information from room parents on this soon. We are looking for businesses that would like to help us host this event. If you know of a business that would like to have a trunk at our school please send them this sign up genius. Our school will be having a contest to see which class can bring in the most candy (lbs.) per student so start stocking up your class now! The winning class will get a prize (TBD).

Spirit Wear UPDATE!: If your shirt bled when you washed it, please take a picture and send it to lauraamindon@gmail.com. She is our printer and will replace any that have bled with ones that will not bleed. We are sorry for this inconvenience. We will have more spirit wear so if you still need some it is available via our online shop linked here. Make sure to check it out!

Volunteer Opportunities: We are always looking for more volunteers! Please use this form to help out today!

Follow us! We have a facebook page linked here and we have a website linked here where you can enter your email address to get our newsletter! If you would like more information please email us at info@highlandshawkspto.com

Free Money: We have lots of ways our school can earn “free” money by doing things you already do!

King Soopers: Make sure to have our school listed as your community rewards school via king soopers. Follow this link for more information on how to sign up.

Mabel’s Labels: Go to campaigns.mabelslabels.com Search Highlands Elementary PTO before order!

Shutterfly: Use this link to shop on Shutterfly, our school will get a portion donated back to us.

Milk Caps For Moola: Have your child bring in washed milk caps in a sealed plastic bag to the school, we get $.10 for each cap.

American Furniture Warehouse: Mention Highlands Elementary School when you make any purchase and they will donate a portion back to our school.

Office Notes...

No School October 15th and October 18th

Picture Retakes October 28

Water bottles- please send you child to school with a water bottle with their name on it. Our fountains have been turned off. However, we have water bottle filling stations available to students. Thank you!

COURSE FEES-

Elementary materials fees of $10.00 will be assessed on September 15, 2021, and due by October 15, 2021.

Absences- You may call or email the office with any absences. If you email the teacher, please include Korri Winka (registrar/attendance) as well. winka_korri@svvsd.org

Important Links:

Infinite Campus instructions: Note ~ unless you are new as of September 1st, you will not need an activation key to access IC. Your username will be your email that you have in IC.
PARENT IC TUTORIAL

RevTrak instructions

Family Technology Resources

21-22 School Calendars

Please note that the Prek calendar can be different than the Elementary Calendar.

There will be a vision and hearing screening at your school on 10/21/21. Your
child(ren) may be on the list to be screened. Please encourage them to bring/wear their
glasses to school this day. If our screening indicates that your student needs further
evaluation, you will be notified by mail. Please contact Christina Haid haid_christina@svvsd.org if you have questions or concerns.

Each year, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15, by celebrating the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America.

The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee would like to invite you to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by reading and learning alongside your student with these fun interactive resources!

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

Please contact gerhard_denise@svvsd.org - Thank you.

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Upcoming Events

Grand Opening Ceremony - October 4 4:00-5:00
Parent Teacher Conferences 10/7, 10/11 & 10/13
No School 10/15 & 10/18
Hearing & Vision Screening 10/21
Late Start Days (start time: 11:30 a.m.) - Nov 3, Dec 1, Feb 2, Mar 2, Apr 6, May 4

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