Jag News
September 29, 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
9/30: No school
10/5: National Walk to School Day
10/6: PTO Dine-out @ Fajita Pete's
10/14: No School for students, End of the 1st Quarter
10/17: School Picture Day - DATE CHANGE
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
10/26: PTO Skate Party, 6-8pm @ Skate City
10/28: Halloween Parade & Class Parties (more info coming soon)
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: 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
Chess Club Sponsor
#BVTogether Community Survey
Blue Valley Schools and the Board of Education understand the importance and responsibility of future planning. In September, Blue Valley Schools started conducting a survey to learn how the community views potential facility projects, rates of taxation and perceived value. The first phase of the survey was conducted via phone to randomly selected participants. Now, patrons who may not have been called have an opportunity to provide input through an online survey.
All community members are encouraged to participate in a brief and confidential online surveyavailable through Oct. 3. Thanks in advance for your valuable interest and insight!
Learning Connection
Being flexible and adjusting on the spot are important tools in Heather Hall’s classes. Hall, a science teacher at Blue Valley West, knows that if, during a mid-lesson check-in, a group of students say they aren’t grasping the content as expected, she needs to quickly pivot. Evaluations like these are just one form of assessment offered in Blue Valley.
Blue Valley assessments are divided into two buckets: formative and summative. Formative assessments described as assessments for learning, provide teachers with information on how they can help a student grow. Summative assessments, characterized as assessments of learning, occur after instruction takes place.
Read more in this Learning Connection story about how teachers use assessments to ensure instruction is meeting the needs of students.
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
Information for School Halloween Costumes
I know Halloween isn't until the end of October, however I wanted to share some information about costumes at school before you head to the store or Amazon to purchase costumes. More information about the parties and parade will be shared at a later date.
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.
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