Hillcrest Hawk Happenings
The official newsletter of Hillcrest Elementary Staff
Supporting, empowering, & championing every single student, every single day, in every single way.
September 28, 2019
IMPORTANT DATES
TO ACCESS THE MONTH-BY-MONTH CALENDARS for the whole year, click HERE. Please know that these are still works-in-progress, so check back often to see the updates. October has been updated with the mandatory morning meetings -- calendar invitations to follow!
MUST READ
IMPORTANT LINKS
NEW!!! Hillcrest Classroom Sign-out Sheet
NEW!!! Hillcrest Reading Log/Response Choices
Coming soon: 2019-20 Assessment Pacing Calendar (stay tuned)
Principal's Parking Spot
To nominate an individual for this special privilege, click HERE.
AIMSWEB update
Important PBIS Updates
PBIS Class Points Sheet: Teachers should leave their weekly class PBIS points sheet in Ms. Moczarski's mailbox by end of the day Friday or Monday morning!
Voluntary PBIS meeting for October to discuss our HAWKS matrix if anyone is interested to have input on Thursday, October 3 from 7:40 - 8:20.
Do you like makeover shows on HGTV? Join us for our very own makeover of the staff room (and adult bathrooms!) Pitch in on Friday, October 4 from 7:40 - 8:20 for a team effort to make the staff room and staff bathrooms pleasant places to be! Come with your ideas, and some elbow grease and muscle to clean and re-arrange things. Also, if you have anything from home that you would like to donate to make our spaces more comfortable, let Rachel and Randy know so we can tell you if you should bring it. Can't make it that morning? Feel free to lend a hand during a prep or lunch period, or spend a few minutes after school. See Rachel for ideas on how you can help! Special thanks to Rachel Moczarski and Jen Hayes for spearheading this endeavor!
Octobers monthly theme: RESPECT AND RESPONSIBILITY!
CLASSROOM LIBRARIES
Reminder: BEHAVIOR/DISCIPLINE TASK FORCE
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER FAMILY NEWSLETTER
ICYMI: MORNING ANNOUNCEMENTS
We are exploring some new ways to submit your announcements for the morning announcements. For the time-being, if you have something you would like to add to the morning announcements, click on this calendar doc and add it to the morning you would like it announced. Be careful not to type over someone else’s announcement. I know some people had difficulty accessing the document, but I have changed the settings to make sure everyone can edit the file.
Self-portraits update
Because of the size of the papers used, we won't be able to purchase frames for all of the self-portraits. We will instead have to mount them on construction paper before hanging them up outside of your classrooms. If you have turned your self-portraits in to me, I will be returning them so that you can have students mount them on construction paper. We should them hang them up in a line outside of your classrooms -- be sure to include the staff members' self-portraits for each staff member in our classroom, too!
reminder: Mandatory Compliance tRaining
- Hazardous communications
- Blood-borne pathogen
- Sexual harassment
- Prevention and Emergency Response in K-12 Schools -- Altaris.
- Digital Security & Protection
Please see Dr. Mosey's email; they all must be completed by October 4.
Literacy Night & BBQ OCTOBER 15
Sign up HERE to volunteer and to lend a tent! Thank you SO MUCH -- this will be a FANTASTIC event with your cooperation and support!
Remember: AMAZING things are happening every day. celebrate what's RIGHT
To watch the TEDx talk again (and again and again), click the link: CELEBRATE WHAT'S RIGHT WITH THE WORLD
Here are links to two related articles:
7 Reasons Why Your Brain Goes Negative, and How to Go Positive Instead
Reminder: NEW TRIMESTER DATES
As you know, we are moving to trimester this year from quarters. Here are the dates on how those trimesters are being divided up:
1st Trimester: 9/3/19- 11/27/19
2nd Trimester: 12/2/19- 3/20/20
3rd Trimester: 3/23/20- 6/26/20
The assessment pacing guide should be finalizes this week, so stay tuned for more information on that soon.
Reminder: Looking Ahead: Back to School Nights
Grade 5 October 10 at 6:30 PM
We will follow a similar format to last year for our Back-to-School Nights. We will begin with the Meet-n-Greet Fair in the gym, with a brief introduction and welcome by administrators, and then time in the classrooms with teachers. Departmentalized teachers will have to plan to have fewer slides so that parents can move between both classes.