Howard Happenings
May 22, 2016
Celebrations
HOWARD SCHOLARS HAVE READ
17, 363, 980 WORDS
2, 863 BOOKS
Accelerated Reader Tally
Eckley - 3, 321, 178 Words Read
Markus - 3, 282, 420 Words Read
Sherren - 2, 889, 528 Words Read
Chapple/Marston - 516, 485 Words Read
Hill- 79, 757 Words Read
Zielinski - 8, 835 Words Read
Upper-Grade Students 400,000+ Club
- Angel Coleman - 1, 150, 905 (Baker Nash)
- Jeremiah Williams - 851, 767 (Baker Nash)
- Xavier Moreno- 661, 581 (Baker Nash)
- Nevaeh Wilson - 632, 228 (Baker Nash)
- Billy Johnson - 541, 040 (Baker Nash)
- Kassandra Nunez-Lopez - 489, 097 (Baker Nash)
- Isaiah West - 466, 285 (Markus)
- Brijae Quintana - 440, 314 (Markus)
Primary Students 40,000+ Club
- Alexis Musselwhite- 150, 939 (Chapple)
- David Castaneda- 137, 754 (Chapple)
- Allen Owens- 50, 351 (Chapple)
- Kamal Conyers- West - 49, 107 (Chapple)
Shout Outs
Thank you, Ms. Ratcliffe and Ms Willie for helping me with the skunk problem in portable 2!
Thanks again Mr. Sherren for all your help with science fair and taken down tables.
Thank you, teachers and after school staff for all your help with science fair projects. We had a great turn out this year!
Shout out to Mr. Gray for all your help this week with students.
Thank you Mr. Sherren for the donuts.
Shout out to Ms. Eckley for all your hard work to prepare for Literacy night.
Shout out to Ms. Winnie for your help on the yard and hallways.
Thank you Ms. Shepherd for sharing your paper fan idea for science.
Please let me know if you have a shout out you would like to see in our Howard
Happenings.
Yard Duty
Upper Yard-Sherren
Important Reminders
- Congratulations to our District Science Fair finalists: Larry, David, Mar'key, Demia, Jahisha, and Amani Please encourage your students to take their projects home.
- The window for SIRA opens this week.
- Foss Kits- Please inventory and drop off Foss kits by Friday 6/3 after school.
- Foss kits will be picked up Monday 6/6.
Please move all nonworking equipment (Desktop workstations that are Dell OptiPlex 760 models or lower, Laptops, Mobile phones, Tablets, Printers, Copiers, FAX machines, multifunction machines (No full size copy machines), Handheld devices, Scanners, Servers, Firewalls, Routers, Switches, Cords, cables, and small e-waste (no disks or trash) and CRT and LCD monitors) to the teacher's workroom for pick up this summer.
- Enter attendance by 10:30 am every day.
- Use this link to submit your PE minutes.
- Please continue to email any tech issues to Ms. Brown, so they can be resolved as soon as possible.
- To ensure student safety, it is important that all staff report to yard duty on time.
Week at a Glance
Tuesday
Cost Meeting 11 to 12
Dinner with a Scientist
Wednesday
Minimum Day
Family Literacy Night
Howard PD 2pm to 3:30pm
Thursday
Minimum Day
Howard Farmers Market 12pm to 5pm
Friday
No School
Important Upcoming Dates
No School 5/30
Howard Carnaval 6/2
5th Grade Promotion 6/8
Going Away Party for Ms. Diane 6/8
Last Day for Students 6/9
Last Day for Teachers 6/10
Howard End of the Year Party 6/10 at Mr. Sherrens
Odds and Ends
Clerical Corner
- Please submit attendance by 10:30 am daily
- Personal leave days must be requested 3 days in advance by completing a B form and submitting to Mrs Ratcliff.
- Incident reports should be filled out and submitted to the office for all head and major injuries (Incident reports do not go home).
- Ouch reports should be filled out and sent home for all minor injuries.
- Sign in and out daily with arrival and departure times.
- All independent study requests must be referred to Mrs Gross.