Huffman eNews
April 2-6
Used Book Fair-This Week Only
This week Parkway Hills Baptist Church is hosting the Used Book Fair at Huffman. There will be 1500 gently used books for students to pick from and purchase.
Each book will cost 25 cents or students can use a yellow ticket. Students can earn a yellow ticket by displaying the IB PYP Learner Profile Traits during the week. The book fair will only be open during lunch time from 10:30-1:30 in the library. A big thank you to our friends at PHBC for their time and efforts to encourage more reading!
Fine Arts Night and General PTA Meeting-Thursday April 19th
Important Dates
4/16-4/20-Used Book Fair
4/19-PTA General Meeting and Fine Arts Night
4/20-Yearbook Orders are Due
*Grade specific dates can be found in parent emails from your child's teacher.
IB PYP Update
What do students learn in the PYP?
With the IB PYP, we are committed to structured inquiry as the vehicle for learning. Six transdisciplinary
themes provide the framework for exploration and construction of knowledge. Teachers and students are
guided by these transdisciplinary themes—as they design units of inquiry for exploration and study.
Through this process, students develop an understanding of important concepts, acquire essential skills
and knowledge, develop particular attitudes and learn to take socially responsible action.
What does “transdisciplinary” mean?
Transdisciplinary is the word that IB uses to describe a discipline that applies across all disciplines—it is
interconnected and can be applied across all subjects and applied to real life. A transdisciplinary
concept stretches across math, science, English language arts, social studies, the arts, personal, social,
physical education and ties it all together; it is not isolated to one subject. For example, the idea of change
affects math, science, ELA, social studies, the arts, personal, social, physical education—the IB PYP strives
to demonstrate this through learning, giving understanding to a real life world.
Upcoming STAAR Dates
Round 2
May 14th
- 3rd and 4th Grade Math
May 15th
- 3rd and 4th Grade Reading
May 16th
- 5th Grade Science
May 17th-18th
- 3rd-5th Make Ups
World Language Website
April Staff Birthdays
2nd-Kristen Salamanca
3rd-Chara Rollins
4th-Amy Moore
6th-Katie McDermott
16th-Dawn Farlow
17th-Mary Palmer
19th-Steve Attig
23rd-Wynita Harmon
24th-Mary Terhune
25th-Nick Helton
28th-Katie Broyles