Highland Park Highlights
November 2023
Message from your Principal/Mensaje de tu Directora
Dear Highland Park Families,
We have started our second quarter of the year and are pleased with the instruction happening in the classrooms. STAAR scores from 2023 for the District have been shared with us and here is where Highland Park ranked:
8th place for 3-5 Reading
2nd place for 3-5 Math
1st place for 5 Science
I am so proud of our students and their hard work as well as our dedicated teachers and staff for ensuring high quality instruction for all of our students.
I want to thank everyone who attended our Rightsizing Neighborhood meeting. Your support of Highland Park is much appreciated. I want to especially thank Ms. Burstein, Ms. Muth, and Ms. Rodriguez for their advocacy. They collected hundreds of signatures and spread the word around the neighborhood about the potential closing of Highland Park. Their efforts helped ensure a great turnout at the Neighborhood meeting. I’m confident that the District heard your concerns and is taking everything into consideration. We will listen and watch the board meeting on November 13th to see what changes were made and if the board will approve the final Rightsizing plan.
I am thankful for my HPE Familia!
With gratitude,
Virginia Parker
Principal
Estimadas familias de Highland Park:
Hemos comenzado nuestro segundo trimestre del año y estamos satisfechos con la instrucción que se lleva a cabo en los salones de clase. Los puntajes STAAR de 2023 para el Distrito se han compartido con nosotros y aquà es donde se clasificó Highland Park:
8vo lugar para 3-5 Lectura
2do lugar para 3-5 Matemáticas
1er lugar para 5 Ciencias
Estoy muy orgulloso de nuestros estudiantes y su arduo trabajo, asà como de nuestros dedicados maestros y personal por garantizar una instrucción de alta calidad para todos nuestros estudiantes.
Quiero agradecer a todos los que asistieron a nuestra reunión de Rightsizing Neighborhood. Agradecemos mucho su apoyo a Highland Park. Quiero agradecer especialmente a la Sra. Burstein, la Sra. Muth y la Sra. RodrÃguez por su defensa. Recogieron cientos de firmas y corrieron la voz por el vecindario sobre el posible cierre de Highland Park. Sus esfuerzos ayudaron a asegurar una gran participación en la reunión vecinal. Estoy seguro de que el Distrito escuchó sus inquietudes y está tomando todo en consideración. Escucharemos y veremos la reunión de la junta directiva el 13 de noviembre para ver qué cambios se realizaron y si la junta aprobará el plan final de ajuste de tamaño.
¡Estoy agradecido por mi HPE Familia!
Con gratitud,
Virginia Parker
Directora
HPE CLUBS
We have a variety of clubs scheduled this year. See the chart below for one that interests you and contact the sponsor or ask your teacher for how to join.
Tenemos una variedad de clubes programados este año. Consulte el cuadro a continuación para encontrar uno que le interese y comunÃquese con el patrocinador o pregúntele a su maestro cómo unirse.
OCTOBER PICTURES
Felicidades to our Spanish Spelling Bee Winners!
Congratulations to 1st Place Itzari Munoz, 2nd Place Miguel De La Cruz, and 3rd Place Yuliana Guerrero. Itzari will go on to compete at the District level this month; we wish her the best! Thanks to Ms. De La Rosa and Ms. Hernandez for sponsoring the Spanish Spelling Bee Club.
Congratulations to our October Math Olympics Winners!
Congratulations to Ms. Gandy for winning another grant!
Students learning how to print 3-dimensional objects
McGruff the Crime Dog visited HPE
Students Engaged in Learning
Solar Eclipse Party
Cooking Club
OWLstanding Awards
Storybook Parade & Fall Festival
Ms. Rios' Class participated in a Book Tasting
2023-2024 HPE Staff
SHARED WITH YOU PREVIOUSLY
Highland Park Elementary
Email: Vparker1@saisd.net
Website: https://schools.saisd.net/page/135.homepage
Phone: 210-228-3335
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SAISDHighlandParkES/
Twitter: @SAISDHighlandPk