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Hoosier Road Elementary School's Newsletter for 1-18-19
Upcoming Events
Please visit the HRE website to find all of our upcoming calendar events by clicking here.
- NO SCHOOL ON MONDAY, JANUARY 21st
- Kindergarten and 2nd Grade CogAT Testing Window January 21st - February 1st
- City BBQ Dine to Donate January 23rd
- 4th Grade Production of The Lion King January 26th and 27th
- Hat Day for Hearts of Hope January 25th
- HRE STEAM Night February 7th 6-8pm
- 3rd Grade IREAD Testing Window March 18th - March 29th
- 3rd & 4th Grade ILEARN Testing Window April 22nd - May 17th
What's Cooking?
The HRE cafe staff is now serving breakfast and lunch on all school days to those students who would like to buy a school lunch. Hot and cold selections will be available. Student “lunch” accounts will be charged for both breakfast and lunch. For complete breakfast and lunch menus, please click here.
Note from the Office
Please remember to schedule lunch visits by calling 915-4240 between 8:00—9:00 AM the day of. Sorry, no advance lunch reservations can be handled.
Please remember that if you would like to purchase a school lunch,you must bring cash or a check for $3.36. The district no longer allows parents to charge their lunch to their child's lunch account.
When reporting an absence or late arrival, we will ask you for your child’s name, their teacher’s name and a brief reason for their absence. The direct line for our attendance is 317-915-4248. Even if you email the teacher, you MUST report the absence to the office! Thank you!
Rockets of the Month for December
Weekly GRIP Winners
Kindergarten: Ryder Alvarado from Mrs. May's class was caught showing Respect.
1st Grade: Xana Monroe from Mrs. Brockman's class was caught showing Integrity.
2nd Grade: Nathan Spangler from Mrs. Nulph's class was caught showing Integrity.
3rd Grade: Maksim Radovich from Mrs. Peterson's class was caught showing Purpose.
4th Grade: De'Scott Woods from Mrs. McMahan's class was caught showing Respect.
Dine to Donate
Please join us for our next Dine to Donate!
When: January 23rd
Where: City Barbeque
9367 Ambleside Dr.
*Print or show the flyer below to help raise money for HRE!
Hoosier Road 2018-2019 Yearbook Club
The Yearbook Club is looking for creative, hard-working, and motivated 4th grade students to create the 2018-2019 HRE Yearbook. All 4th graders may apply to be a part of the Yearbook Club. Membership is limited so members will be selected by a teacher committee based on their application. All applications are due on Wednesday, Jan. 23rd. Students will be notified if they have been selected by Friday, Jan. 25th.
The Yearbook Club members will be required to attend before school meetings in order to plan, design, and produce the yearbook. The first meeting will be Tuesday, Jan. 29th at 8:00 a.m. The rest of the meetings will be on Tuesday mornings during February and March (Jan. 29, Feb. 5, Feb. 12, Feb. 26, March 5, March 12, March 19). If there is a 2 hour delay or a snow day on our meeting day, we will NOT meet that day.
Students will be using a variety of equipment to design and edit the yearbook. Members will be using HRE equipment and their IPADS during meetings and are required to stay on task, work hard, and show GRIP. The school policy for internet usage will be followed.
Please let us know If you have any questions. Thank you!
Wendi Washburn & Leslie Fisher
Attention All 3rd & 4th Grade Parents
On Wednesday, January 23rd, students in grades 3-8 and 10 around the state will participate in a statewide readiness test to ensure our infrastructure, combined with the American Institute for Research (AIR), is capable of handling the volume of students participating in the ILEARN test later this spring. ILEARN is the replacement test for ISTEP. In order to prep your child’s iPad for this assessment we need you to download the “AIRSecureTest” app. The app can be found here:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/airsecuretest/id607002517?mt=8.
We ask that the app be installed by this Friday, January 18th. If you have a rental iPad, we will automatically push this app to your child’s iPad.
Should you need any assistance, please feel free to reach out to the school and ask to be connected to the Building Technician, Joe Wheeler.
HRE Pacer Night
Good News Club
Volunteers and Lunch Visitors
Hoosier Road Elementary always has many opportunities for parents to become involved. Whether it’s through volunteering in the classroom or a PTO event, attending classroom activities or even eating lunch with your child, you must have a valid background check on file and view the anti-bullying training on-line. Background checks are valid for three years. Please allow up to 6 business days for checks to be completed. Please follow this link for complete directions: http://www.hse.k12.in.us/ADM/parents/volunteering.aspx
We want you to be able to interact with our students but we also need to adhere to strict safety guidelines set forth by our school district. Look for an email from Safe Visitor Solutions which will issue a bar code unique to you. Please bring that bar code (on your phone or on paper) on your first visit to HRE so we may take your photo! Thank you for your compliance and for helping to keep all of our students safe.
Riley Cheer Guild Toy Room Donations
The students in room 31 (Mrs. McMahan) are STILL collecting items to donate to the Riley Cheer Guild Toy Room. The items must be new and unopened. There will be a box inside the door of room 31 to place your donations. Some ideas are: nail polish, Lego sets (all sizes), dolls, board games, Chapstick, Play-doh, coloring books, Crayola washable markers, and card games. For more information on Riley Cheer Guild go to cheerguild.org
The first delivery was made before Winter Break. We received a thank you from the RCG office.
We will make another one before Spring Break.
Book Donations for Preschool – Library Checkout & Hour of Code
If you are doing any cleaning lately and notice that you have a lot of board books or books that you are wanting to get rid of please think of donating them to HRE for our preschool program. Students are currently checking out library books and are keeping them at school and I’d love to turn your donations into books that they can take home and enjoy. Thank you for your consideration!
Mrs. Avery
Donations Needed
If you would like to donate supplies to our Maker Space, please see the following list of some needed items.
- beads
- wooden popsicle sticks
- tape (masking, regular tape, duct tape)
- markers
- buttons
- pipe cleaners
- construction paper
- string/yarn
Do you TWEET?
Text-A-Tip
Text-A-Tip is a program that allows students, parents or others to anonymously send a text or email message to our school resource officers and school administrators about concerns they may have for their own safety or the safety of others. Text-A-Tip will be actively monitored during the school day. It should not be used for emergencies—Call 911 if you need immediate help. For more information on how to submit a tip please use the link below.
Mental Health Concerns
If you or someone you know is at risk of self-harm, suicide, or harmful towards others, please contact one of the following (All lines are free, confidential, and available 24/7):
Community Health Network - Call 800-662-3445 or Text HELPNOW to 20121
National Suicide Prevention Hotline - Call 800-273-8255
LookUP - Call 800-284-8439 or Text LookUp to 494949
Mental Health Issues are common and treatable. Hamilton Southeastern Schools has a contract with Community Health Network and has a mental health therapist working with students in each of our schools. If you have questions or concerns please reach out to your school’s school counselor for further information.
Community Insider
Please click on the following link to view activities and upcoming events within the district.
https://www.hseschools.org/happenings/community-insider
Fishers Fusion Dance Team Winter Dance Clinic for K-6
Hoosier Road Elementary School
Email: name@hse.k12.in.us
Website: www.hse.k12.in.us/hre
Location: 11300 E 121st St, Fishers, IN 46037
Phone: (317) 915-4240
Twitter: @HRErockets