East Elementary Parent Newsletter
May 2018 Edition
Summer is Coming!
What a wonderful year we have had at East Elementary! We are so proud of your students and all that they have accomplished! We are thrilled with the progress they have made and are grateful we get to be a part of their lives.
May is the busiest month of the year so please take a close look at the events we have scheduled. We hope you are able to join us for some of them!
Thank you for the privilege of educating your children!
Melissa and Ashley
Teacher Appreciation Week: May 7th - 11th
This week is set aside in the state of Texas to honor our educators. Please take a moment this week to thank your child's teachers for all she does for them. A note or an encouraging word is always appreciated. We are grateful for our staff at East!
Our Spring Book Challenge - Meet Humphrey!
All students that submit their completed logs will earn a Reading Saves the Day spirit stick and families will be entered into a drawing for a Family Fun Basket which will include bowling passes, a Whataburger gift card, and the next book in the Humphrey series. One basket per grade level will be given away.
Summer Reading Program is Back!
UIL Reception
2018-2019 HISD Calendar
THE CHORE CHALLENGE
We finished up our DEAL Time this year with a chore challenge. Students were asked to complete a chore to earn money that they could then donate to our local park project. We are thrilled to share that students donated $627.44. This money will soon be given to help with the screen that will be purchased for Movie in the Park and the equipment that will be purchased for our park. Thank you for supporting your children and helping us to teach life long lessons about serving and working together as a team. We couldn't be more proud of them!
STAAR Testing for 3rd Grade: May 14th and 15th
Third Grade Parents - Please help us by ensuring your students get a good night's rest and arrive at school on time. We know they are going to do great!
Kindergarten Graduation
Please make plans to attend.
Graduation will be at 12:00 p.m. for students in the following classrooms - Thomas, Sallee, Orduna, Duncan, and Presley.
Graduation will be at 1:30 p.m. for students in the following classrooms - Gibson, Rushing, Pruitt, Taylor, and Baker.
Grade Level Awards and EOY Parties
Changes at East for 2018-2019
Also, we will be adding additional staff with our new growth. Courtney Thomas, who has served our campus as our counselor for the last 5 years, will now be our 2nd Assistant Principal. Barbara Stevens will be an addition to our administrative team as our Student Services Coordinator. This summer we will also be interviewing for and adding a Communities in Schools representative that will serve our East families.
It is going to be a wonderful year and we are excited to add PreK students and their families to our East family!
May Events
- May 3rd - College Day
- May 4th - Special Education Field Day
- May 4th - STAAR Lock-In for 3rd Grade Students and Parent Meeting @ 6PM
- May 8th - 12th - Teacher Appreciation Week
- May 10th - UIL Reception @ 6PM (I-4 Gym)
- May 14th - 17th - Campus Closed to Outside Visitors for STAAR Testing
- May 14th - Math STAAR Testing for 3rd Grade
- May 15th - Reading STAAR Testing for 3rd Grade
- May 16th and 17th - STAAR Testing Make Up Days
- May 18th - Humphrey Reading Challenge is Due!
- May 18th - Color Run
- May 22nd - Kindergarten Orientation at 6:00 p.m. for Incoming Kinder Students
- May 23rd and 24th - Wax Museum for 3rd Grade
- May 23rd - STAR Behavior Reward for Kindergarten
- May 24th - STAR Behavior Reward for 1st and 2nd Grade
- May 25th - STAR Behavior Reward for 3rd Grade
- May 25th - Kindergarten Program and Graduation
- May 25th - 3rd Grade Students visit Intermediate-4 Building
- May 28th - Memorial Day Holiday
- May 30th - End of Year AR Reward
- May 31st - Class Parties and Awards
- May 31st - Last Day of School and Early Release
Hallsville East Elementary
Website: http://www.hisd.com/hees
Location: 420 Galilee Road, Hallsville, TX, United States
Phone: 903-668-5984
Facebook: facebook.com/HallsvilleEastElementary