Jag News
October 7, 2022
Blue Valley Schools
Heartland Elementary School
Email: HeartlandElementary@bluevalleyk12.org
Website: www.bluevalleyk12.org/HRT
Location: 12775 Goodman Street, Overland Park, KS, United States
Phone: (913) 239-6300
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Heartland-Elementary/1560823470802598
Twitter: @HRTJaguars
Important Upcoming Events
10/14: No School for students, End of the 1st Quarter
10/17: School Picture Day
10/17: PTO Dine-out @ SPIN! Pizza (Corbin Park), 4-8pm
10/21: Spirit Day! Tie Dye Day
10/21: Quarter 1 report cards viewable after 4pm in ParentVue
10/21: PTO Movie Night (details below)
10/26: PTO Skate Party, 6-8pm @ Skate City
10/28: Halloween Parade & Class Parties (more info below)
10/31: No School for students, Teacher Professional Learning Day
10/31: PTO Dine-out @ BIBIBOP
11/8-11/10: Literati Book Fair
11/8: Family Book Fair Night (times TBD)
11/8: First Grade Musical, 6pm in the gymnasium
11/11: Spirit Day! Wear Camouflage
11/15: PTO Dine-out @ Culver's
11/21-11/25: No School, Thanksgiving Break
Information for School Halloween Parade and Parties, 10/28/2022
Please join us for our Halloween Parade and Parties! Below is an agenda of events and important information.
- At 2:15, students may begin putting on their costumes in their classroom, Room Parents are able to come into classrooms at this time to help with costumes and party set up.
- At 2:30, students will parade in their costumes through the school, outside along the recess sidewalk, around the basketball court, up the front sidewalk, and then reenter the building through the front entrance to return to their classroom to begin their party. All 5th grade classrooms will be in the gym for their party.
- If you plan to attend the party, remember to have either the “Halloween Event Ticket” ready on your phone or your ID to enter the building. The "Halloween Event Ticket" will be emailed to parents in a couple weeks. Hint: Entry into the building will be faster for those individuals with a ticket.
- All party treats need to be on the Nut-Safer food list and adhere to allergy information that has been specified by your room parent(s).
- After the party, if you would like to take your child(ren) home, please sign-out with the classroom teacher(s) before leaving.
Costume Guidelines to keep all Heartland students safe:
- Costumes are allowed at school, but will only be worn during parade and party. Please send costumes to school in your child’s backpack or a labeled bag.
- No costume props that are unsafe
- No weapons or replica weapons
- No costumes that impair the vision or movement of the wearer. Masks are allowed only during the parade.
- Shoes must be worn with costumes.
- No costumes that depict horror characters or are overly scary.
Chess Club Interest
Book Fair Volunteers!
Please consider coming to help out with the book fair this year! Volunteers get 20% off all books bought at anytime during the fair. The times your children will be visiting the book fair this year are listed so you can try to volunteer during each classes scheduled time! Thank you for your help. Click here to sign up.
PTO CHAIRS NEEDED
The PTO is still searching for a few people to help plan our Heartland events this year. The complete list of available positions is viewable here. If you'd like to join our group of committee chairs, we'd LOVE to have you! Our most urgent positions to fill are:
👉Paw Prints- this is a fun activity for parents to volunteer at Heartland with things like laminating, cutting, etc. The Paw Prints chair would coordinate volunteers.
👉Yearbook Shadows (for this year, will takeover next year)
Safe Schools Reporting
Blue Valley Schools is committed to promoting and fostering a safe environment in and around all of our schools. Through the convergence of physical and intellectual security measures, we are continuously working to prevent, mitigate, respond to and recover from a wide range of emergencies. Please check out available ways to report safety concerns.
Reminder
Birthday Book Club News
Thank you to all families who donated to Heartland Library’s Birthday Book Club. Your donation helps to library to purchase new library books for all students to read and enjoy. Not familiar with our program? Read below for more information.
Students at Heartland have a wonderful way to have their special day recognized for years to come. Our library’s Birthday Book Club is available to students in all grades. By donating $15 to the Library Media Center, your child will be able to choose a special book to be placed in our library collection and be the first student to read the new book.
Here’s how it works. Prior to your child’s birthday, he/she can come to the library and select a Birthday Book from our cart of brand new books in all different genres. A nameplate will be placed in the front of the book and your child’s picture will be taken and displayed with the book in the library. This program is optional but it does provide our library with exciting new titles throughout the school year. The average cost of a library bound book is $17.30!
You can make your donation anytime during the year by paying through this Heartland link: https://bvpo.bluevalleyk12.org or send in a check made payable to Heartland Elementary to the front office.
Nut-Safer Snacks at Heartland
Daily Snacks: Thank you for your support of our nut-safer snack plan at HRT. As a reminder: we ask that ALL daily snacks (i.e. snack time) for ALL students must come from the nut-safer food list as we have a significant number of students with life-threatening nut allergies. (click below for the link) If a student’s snack is not from this approved list, it will be sent home (and an alternate snack will be provided the first time) so we can help increase the safety for our students as a whole. Our continued focus this year, as an entire school, is to remain consistent on the daily snacks for student snack time in the classrooms—following the nut-safer list.
Please click HERE to access the Nut-Safer food list.
Birthday Treats at Heartland
Heartland Elementary’s policy for birthday treats prohibits students and parents from bringing birthdays treats from home—edible or non-edible. This is due to several factors including health, safety, and the preservation of instructional time. Birthdays are a special time for each child and as such, the school will provide recognition throughout the day and throughout the school through announcements, birthday book club from the library, classroom celebration routines, and more. If birthday treats are sent to school during the 2022-23 school year, they will not be distributed and will be sent home. Also, if you send it invitations to birthday parties, please include all students in the class, or they will not be distributed. Thank you for understanding and complying to this policy.
Volunteer Hours - Keep Track on PTO Website
Thank you for volunteering and taking the time to record your volunteer hours. Please don't enter hours volunteered in WHRT, Safety Patrol, or Heartland Helpers. Those hours will be entered by the school. In addition, though we appreciate all hours parents volunteer, only students are eligible for awards and therefore, their hours are the only ones needed to be entered here.
Once again, thank you. The time that you have given is appreciated. Click here to record student hours. Students will be recognized in May 2023.
Questions?
- Call the HRT office at 913-239-6300
- Email HeartlandElementary@bluevalleyk12.org