Husky Highlights
November 19, 2021
Upcoming Dates
Monday, November 29 - Gandy Dancer Ticket Money Due
Tuesday, November 30 - Make Up Photos / Retakes
Wednesday, December 1 - Gandy Dancer Christmas Show Trip for all students and families
Thursday, December 2 - Popcorn MONEY Due
Friday, December 3 - Popcorn Friday - 25 cents
Friday, December 3 - Santa Shop Money Due
Thursday, December 9 - PK Field Trip to Upshur Cinemas to see Encrypto
Friday, December 10 - Human Growth and Development Class for 5th Grade
Tuesday, December 14 - PK Gingerbread House Activity
Tuesday, December 14 - PTO 4:30 p.m.
Thursday, December 16 - Santa Shop Shopping Day
Wednesday, December 22 - Christmas Concert and Party at the Buckhannon Event Center
Wednesday, December 22 - 12:30 dismissal - Professional learning
Thursday, December 23 - End of 2nd Quarter / 1st Semester; No Students / Professional Learning Day for Staff
Watch Our Facebook page for Field Trip Photos from PK, 1st, and 2nd!!
School Photos
If you are NOT satisfied with your photos, please return the packet to school if you ordered them and the photographer will be here to retake. We will only retake photos if the packet is returned.
If you ordered the online version and are not satisfied, please call Miranda and ask that your child be on the retake list.
Make up photos and retakes will occur on November 30.
A December to Remember Spirit Days
Santa Shop
A paper copy came home last Friday.
It is time again for the Secret Santa Shop on December 16. The children can buy gifts for their loved ones for just $2.00 per gift, which includes gift wrapping and a name tag.
All shopping will occur on December 16….if a child is absent a volunteer will shop for them.
In the event school would be cancelled on December 17 the Santa Shop will be open the next day we are in school.
All money for gifts needs to be sent to school by December 3.
Volunteers Needed
If you can volunteer, please be at school on December 16 at 8:00 a.m.
Gandy Dancer - Last Day for Adult Tickets - DUE NOVEMBER 29
A paper copy was sent home last Friday.
The Gandy Dancer is a Branson / Broadway style musical show complete with theater lights, costumes, and professional singing and dancing. It is sure to capture everyone’s attention – students and adults!!
We will leave HES on December 1, 2021 at 9:30 a.m. Upon arrival at the Gandy Dancer Theater (on the Beverly 5-lane), we will enjoy sack lunches (packed by our cooks or parents) in the theater.
The live performance will last from 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. with a brief intermission for restroom breaks. Parents may sign their children out at the end of the performance as we exit the theater.
Buses will return to HES by 1:45 p.m.
We would LOVE for our families to join us in this adventure!!! Adult tickets are $13.00 (price has been rounded to even $$) per person. You can reserve your seat by completing the form below and returning it with your money. In the event of limited seating, tickets will be reserved on a first come first paid basis. The theater will hold approximately 200-250 people.
Student tickets are $11.00 (price has been rounded to even $$) each. Rather than doing a fundraiser at this time, we are asking parents to donate toward the cost of their child’s ticket. Remaining funds needed for the tickets will be sponsored by PTO and the school.
All students, PK – 5, will attend the show!!!
Christmas Concert and Party ............................ December 22, 2021
This year we are combining our Christmas Concert and Party into one day!!!
Our students will travel to the Buckhannon Event Center on Brushy Fork Road on December 22, 2021.
We ask parents to meet us there for the following activities:
9:00 a.m. Christmas Concert
10:00 a.m. Christmas Cuddlers Activity with visits from Santa
10:30 a.m. Christmas Read Aloud
10:45 a.m. Lunch and Christmas Dessert
Our cooks will pack a sack lunch or parents may send a packed lunch.
11:15 a.m. Return to Hodgesville Elementary School
Parents may sign their child out beginning at 10:45 a.m.
*** Christmas Cuddlers will be the stuffed animals that we have provided students each Christmas. The animal this year will be a polar bear.
Each student is provided a FREE animal.
If you want to purchase additional kits, the cost of each animal will be $12.00. Orders and payment for additional animals are due November 19.
If you would like to purchase an animal for a younger sibling, please contact Miranda at 304 472 3212 ext. 2704.
We are THANKFUL for our Bus Drivers!!
We are THANKFUL for our bus drivers and transportation department!!!
Steve Curtis, Kyle Linger, Randy Starkey, Jennifer Ervin, Aaron Anderson, Norm Workman, Jodie Akers, and Stephanie Bennett.........we appreciate all you do for our students and our school!!
Thanks to your dedication we are able to have our students at school safely and to take some awesome field trips!
THANK YOU!!!
PK Explores Cranberries
Popcorn Friday
We also need volunteers to help pop popcorn at 4:15 on the evening before the 1st Friday.
If you can help pop popcorn, please be at school on December 2 at 4:15 p.m.
PAX Leader of the Week
3rd, 4th, 5th Grade Social Studies and Science Fair
Inclement Weather Days
Important Dates for Upshur County Schools
Important Dates
November
November 22-26- No School- Thanksgiving Break
November 29- Midterm (Second Quarter)
December
December 22- 12:30 Dismissal - Professional Learning
December 23- No School - Professional Learning and Faculty Senate
December 23 – End of Second Quarter/First Semester
December 24-31- No School- Christmas Break
January
January 3- First Day Second Semester
January 7- Grade Cards Go Home
January 14- 12:30 Dismissal - Professional Learning
January 17 – No School – Martin Luther King Jr. Day
February
February 3- Midterm-Third Quarter
February 3- 12:30 Dismissal- Professional Learning
February 4- No School- Out of School Environment (OSE)
February 18- No School – Out of School Environment (OSE)
February 21- No School- Professional Learning and Faculty Senate
February 24- Family/Teacher Conferences at B-UHS 4:00-6:00pm
February 24 -Golden Horseshoe Test at B-UMS
March
March 1- Family/Teacher Conferences at B-UMS 4:00-6:00pm
March 3- Family/Teacher Conferences at all Elementary Schools 4:00-6:00pm
March 8- End of Third Nine Weeks
March 14- Grade Cards Go Home
March 19 – History Bowl at B-UHS
March 25 – 12:30 Dismissal-Professional Learning
March 28-April 1- No School-Spring Break
April
April 13- SAT School Day – Juniors at B-UHS take SAT at school
April 14- 12:30 Dismissal- Professional Learning
April 15- No School – Out of School Environment (OSE)
April 18- No School- Professional Learning and Faculty Senate
April 19- Mid-Term Fourth Quarter
May
May 10- No School- Election Day
May 17- Fred Eberle Graduation at 6:00pm
May 19- Move Up Day for incoming Kindergarten, 6th and 9th grade students.
May 19- 12:30 Dismissal – Professional Learning
May 20- No School – Professional Learning
May 27- 12:30 Dismissal – Professional Learning
May 27- Last Day for students
May 27- End of 4th Quarter/Second Semester
May 27- B-UHS Graduation – 6:00pm at B-UHS
June 3- Final Grade Card Sent Home
Our Family Handbook - Also available on our website
Our Vision, Core Beliefs, and Goal
Our Core Beliefs / Mission
We at HES are dedicated to providing all students with knowledge and skills to become college and career ready in an environment emphasizing the PAX Good Behavior Game, which includes peace, productivity, health and happiness with the core belief “I better my world, and I better myself.”
It is our desire to:
- Provide a nurturing, consistent environment which emphasizes the development of the individual child’s social, emotional, physical, and academic growth.
- To teach all children so they may achieve their highest academic potential utilizing authentic learning experiences, to build a foundation to become college and career ready, and to be lifelong learners.
- To guide all children in becoming leaders, problem solvers, and listeners.
- To encourage appropriate relationships through parent and community involvement in the school.
Our Goal:
Hodgesville Elementary School will have an increase of at least 1.0 GE growth for 40% of our students as based on beginning of the year to end of the year data for 2021 – 2022 end of year assessments for Math and English Language Arts.
Hodgesville Elementary School
Email: jlphilli@k12.wv.us
Website: hes.upshurschools.com
Location: 917 Teter Road, Buckhannon, WV, USA
Phone: 304 472 8924
Facebook: facebook.com/hodgesville