Osos Outreach Newsletter
October 28, 2019-Issue 12
Dance and Cheer Highlights!
A Note from the Medical Assistant:
LAST WEEK FOR Crazy Socks Sale!
Order online as well! https://go.wehelptwo.com/campaign/?campaignid=3180
1. Each pack of socks has 3 pairs.
2. Each pack costs $12
3. For every pack we sell, we get to donate one pair to a family in need in Austin.
4. For every 90 packs we sell, we provide a prosthetic leg to a person in need in another country.
SALE ENDS THIS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1ST!
LET'S CHANGE LIVES!!!!!
Use this link!
#HSIPROUD #WEHELPTWO
Veteran's Day is coming up!
Thank you!
This Week!
National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month!
October is National Bullying Prevention Month
An announcement will be made at the start of each week for the weekly theme students can participate in within the classroom and around campus. Here is the link to the "Stomp Out Bullying" website.
The Week of October 28th
Start the Week With Conversations Amongst Your Peers
- Meet with fellow students and discuss how you can Change The Culture at your school.
- Use our Student Participation Toolkit to begin conversations on how your school can be judgement and bully free.
Hold a discussion in your classroom where you allow students to openly speak and discuss their experiences with bullying and cyberbullying, and how these experiences have effected them and how they dealt with these moments.
PTO Announcements
All proceeds will go towards a Winter Teacher Appreciation Event!
*We are seeking volunteers and accepting donated bags of candy to go into the Scare-O-Grams to help make this fundraiser a success! For every half hour of volunteer time or bag of candy donated, your child's name will be entered into a drawing to win a HALLOWEEN SLIME PRIZE PACK!
**Please be sure you include your child's name AND grade on your Bag of Candy so they can be entered into the contest. Winners will be announced and receive their prize pack October 31st!
Be sure to get your order of HSI-Austin PTO calendars that feature HSI student artwork!
All funds raised from the calendar sales will be used towards helping the PTO continue to support programs and activities at HSI!
Calendars will be delivered to your child's classroom the final week of school before Winter Break!
(checks payable to HSI-Austin PTO)
Next Week!
pennies for patients begins soon!
Each year we work to run a fundraiser for a charity called Pennies for Patients, a service learning program that helps raise critical funds for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS). Since we are participating, we receive exclusive STEM Curriculum created by this organization which also gives a look at real LLS-funded scientists! (https://www.penniesforpatients.org/)
Our school can earn gift cards for supplies and kids can earn fun thank-you gifts to remind them of the children they're helping through their efforts!
You will see your student come home with their boxes starting the week of Monday, November 4th and we will finish our fundraising on Friday, November 22nd.
UPCOMING EVENTS!
Parent Engagement Opportunities
Parent Volunteers!
Math is Everywhere!
Math in Action!
The best part about math is that it’s everywhere you look and we use it everyday! With that in mind it’s a cinch to help your students practice wherever you are! If you are stuck in traffic take that time to quiz your kiddos on their multiplication facts, 3rd-5th.
When you’re at the grocery store have them show off their rounding skills by asking them what dollar amount the items you need are closest too! For example if a carton of eggs says it’s $1.62, is it closer to $2 or $1? A sweet treat is a great motivation tool and learning manipulative! Lay some out and encourage your student to eat some and then ask questions such as, “Do you have more or less than before you ate some?” Small snacks also work great as counters! “How many blueberries do you have on your plate?” “If I take two away how many do you have left?”
Let’s not leave math in the classroom, let’s make sure we see math in action everywhere!
Home Visits
BUILDING LEADERS
Parents, please help us with the initiative by reminding your scholar to have his or her shirt tucked in each morning!
You may contact Ms. Gomez at jgomez@harmonytx.org should you have any questions. Thank you!
HSI Osos Calendar
2019-2020 HPS Austin District Academic Calendar
Tutorial Schedule
Club Sign-Ups
Please remember students cannot sign up for clubs on the same day they have tutorials.
K-12 GRADE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH MENUS
Student & Parent Handbook
This year's handbook is now available online! Please take time to review this handbook with your students and use it as a reference throughout the year.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LMg5Kyapq1c6So0l1oxfVlae075SLyyN/view
CONTACT US
Email: achankin@harmonytx.org
Website: http://hsiaustin.harmonytx.org/
Location: 2124 E St Elmo Rd, Austin, TX, USA
Phone: 512-300-0895
Facebook: www.facebook.com/hsiaustin/
Twitter: @HSI_Austin