We are excited to offer a FREE community dinner, catered by Vespas.

EVENT DATE: February 21, 2023, @ 5:30 PM - 7 PM

Please RSVP by February 13, 2023

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0A48ADAF2AA0F58-hiawatha1

If you have any questions, please reach out to Nikki Mayhue at HiawathaPTO@EWSD.org

EWSD Portrait of a Graduate Meeting Dates: *** New date & time ***

Meeting 4: February 6th from 3:00 to 4:30pm via Zoom. Here is the link

Sign up to take part

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PTO Meeting - February 14th from 6:00 to 7:00pm

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Community Dinner - February 21st from 5:30 - 7:00pm - In our cafeteria

3rd grade students have initiated a student led group called the Earth Rangers, with support from Alice Weston. The group had its first full meeting on Thursday during the lunch/recess block. The group of 3rd graders will continue to meet on Thursdays through the end of the school year. In the first meeting, students worked together to brainstorm projects in the following student generated goal areas:

• Learning and teaching others about how to protect the environment at Hiawatha

• Reduce, reuse, recycle

• Making arts and crafts from natural objects

• Working outside on the Hiawatha property to learn about nature and help the earth be healthy

Zoom, zoom, zoom, we’re going to the moon! That is, if you’re a kindergarten student at Hiawatha. In music class we learned a fun song about taking a rocket to the moon and played various instruments with it. We have also explored instruments with other songs in music class. Students are doing a fabulous job learning how to play different instruments together as a class.

First graders have learned all about forte and piano (loud and soft) in music. They have played singing games to explore forte and piano. They especially love waking the grizzly bear with a loud roar, and helping others find a key by singing louder and softer. They will begin learning rhythm patterns in the next few weeks.

Meanwhile, second graders are on their way to becoming experts at beat and rhythm. They have learned to identify the difference, and they have worked on stepping the beat while clapping/singing the rhythm. They are reading and playing rhythm patterns with quarter notes and eighth notes, and will continue to work on new challenges of playing rhythms with instruments. They have also done a fabulous job learning a folk dance called Alabama Gal. It’s probably one of our favorite activities this year!

Third graders have been learning about the instrument families in the orchestra. They are becoming experts at identifying the instruments and what sounds they create! They discovered the story of Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Prokofiev, in which the characters are portrayed by instruments in the orchestra. We will continue to learn about orchestral works and composers as we dive into more musical concepts and skills.

During the Winter months, please remember to send your student to school every day with the items listed below.

We go outside every day when the wind chill temperature has our "Feels like" temperature higher than zero degrees.

• hat
• pair of gloves or mittens
• coat
• snow pants
• boots
• change of clothes
• indoor shoes

If students do not have boots and snow pants, they will still go outside but need to stay on paved areas of the playground during recess. This is done to keep them dry.

Please pack indoor shoes for your student to wear inside the school building. Wearing wet snow boots is not only uncomfortable but makes for wet floors, which can lead to injury.

Need Winter Clothing Items?

If you need assistance with obtaining winter gear, please contact Nurse Reyna or Mrs. Grykien. Health Office: (802) 857-7740.