Jag News
October 28, 2022
Blue Valley Schools
Heartland Elementary School
Email: HeartlandElementary@bluevalleyk12.org
Website: www.bluevalleyk12.org/HRT
Location: 12775 Goodman Street, Overland Park, KS, United States
Phone: (913) 239-6300
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Heartland-Elementary/1560823470802598
Twitter: @HRTJaguars
Important Upcoming Events
10/29: BV Well Parenting Workshop (details below)
10/31: No School for students, Teacher Professional Learning Day
11/2: PTO Dine-out @ BIBIBOP
11/8-11/10: Literati Book Fair
11/8: Family Book Fair Night (times TBD)
11/8: First Grade Musical, 6pm in the gymnasium
11/11: Spirit Day! Wear Camouflage
11/15: PTO Dine-out @ Culver's
11/21-11/25: No School, Thanksgiving Break
Heartland Ranked #9 Best Public Elementary School in Kansas
The results are in and Blue Valley Schools continues to be the best in Kansas. Niche’s 2023 Best Schools in America ranks Blue Valley as the best school district and district with the best teachers in the state, Kansas City area and Johnson County. The district ranked 69 on the best school districts in America list.
Heartland Elementary ranked #9 (although it is #1 in our hearts).
Blue Valley and Heartland wouldn’t be at the top if it wasn’t for our exceptional students, teachers, families and supportive community. Together we’ve continued to create extraordinary opportunities for our students ensuring they lead successful lives.
Niche’s grades and ranking are calculated using dozens of public data sets and millions of reviews. View all Niche’s 2023 rankings online.
Learn more about Bond 2023
The Blue Valley community has an opportunity to invest in facilities, safety and technology that will benefit staff and students for years to come. In January 2023, all Blue Valley registered voters will receive mail ballots for the $251,250,000 bond election. Want to learn more? Website: Review the Bond 2023 website for information about voting, answers to frequently asked questions, school-specific project lists and more. Bond presentations: Did you miss Monday's meeting at Heartland? Make plans to join us for a community open house in January. Watch your email for more details about times and dates. Bond 2023 Video: Watch an informational video that highlights the opportunity to invest in facilities, safety and technology projects through Bond 2023. Feedback: Share your thoughts about the bond with us.
The Learning Connection: Math in Blue Valley
Do you know the four pillars of math in Blue Valley? The teaching and learning of math in Blue Valley have students engaged, working collaboratively, creatively and finding the flexibility within a math problem.
To learn more about what math looks like in Blue Valley classrooms, read this Learning Connection story.
🖤💛Spirit Wear Update💛🖤
Pre-Orders for Heartland Spirit Wear are in production and should be arriving to school in the next few weeks. Orders will be delivered to Heartland and sent home with students.
Please note, due to ongoing inventory challenges, there is a slight delay in fulfilling part of the Jaguar Vibes Long-Sleeve Hooded Performance Shirt order. We expect the inventory to arrive later this month and will send an updated communication at that time.
Safety Reminder
📸 Yearbook📸
Our Heartland yearbook chairs are collecting photos for the 22-23 school year. You can upload your Heartland memories right here all year long. The yearbook chairs are also looking for a photo enthusiast (or 2) that would like to take over as yearbook committee leaders next year. Chairs for the 23-24 school year would shadow with our chairs this year to learn the ropes. If you're interested, please contact hrt.pto@gmail.com
Book Fair
Our Literati Book Fair is November 8-10. Family Night will be November 8. Times are TBD. You can access details any time on our book fair page, including the sign up to volunteer. You can also find that link here.
To shop now, you can click here. At the top of the page, you'll see a "Shopping for Heartland Elementary School" notification. Give the arrow next to it a tap and a dropdown option for "START SHOPPING" should appear. From there, you can fill up your cart with all kinds of magical reading adventures!
Please contact Sara Brown sabrown92@gmail.com if you're able to help out with Family Night.
Food trucks for dinner will be onsite the whole time as well.
PTO CHAIRS NEEDED
The PTO is still searching for a few people to help plan our Heartland events this year. The complete list of available positions is viewable here. If you'd like to join our group of committee chairs, we'd LOVE to have you! Our most urgent position to fill is:
👉Yearbook Shadows (for this year, will takeover next year)
Birthday Book Club News
Thank you to all families who donated to Heartland Library’s Birthday Book Club. Your donation helps to library to purchase new library books for all students to read and enjoy. Not familiar with our program? Read below for more information.
Students at Heartland have a wonderful way to have their special day recognized for years to come. Our library’s Birthday Book Club is available to students in all grades. By donating $15 to the Library Media Center, your child will be able to choose a special book to be placed in our library collection and be the first student to read the new book.
Here’s how it works. Prior to your child’s birthday, he/she can come to the library and select a Birthday Book from our cart of brand new books in all different genres. A nameplate will be placed in the front of the book and your child’s picture will be taken and displayed with the book in the library. This program is optional but it does provide our library with exciting new titles throughout the school year. The average cost of a library bound book is $17.30!
You can make your donation anytime during the year by paying through this Heartland link: https://bvpo.bluevalleyk12.org or send in a check made payable to Heartland Elementary to the front office.
Nut-Safer Snacks at Heartland
Daily Snacks: Thank you for your support of our nut-safer snack plan at HRT. As a reminder: we ask that ALL daily snacks (i.e. snack time) for ALL students must come from the nut-safer food list as we have a significant number of students with life-threatening nut allergies. (click below for the link) If a student’s snack is not from this approved list, it will be sent home (and an alternate snack will be provided the first time) so we can help increase the safety for our students as a whole. Our continued focus this year, as an entire school, is to remain consistent on the daily snacks for student snack time in the classrooms—following the nut-safer list.
Please click HERE to access the Nut-Safer food list.
Birthday Treats at Heartland
Heartland Elementary’s policy for birthday treats prohibits students and parents from bringing birthdays treats from home—edible or non-edible. This is due to several factors including health, safety, and the preservation of instructional time. Birthdays are a special time for each child and as such, the school will provide recognition throughout the day and throughout the school through announcements, birthday book club from the library, classroom celebration routines, and more. If birthday treats are sent to school during the 2022-23 school year, they will not be distributed and will be sent home. Also, if you send it invitations to birthday parties, please include all students in the class, or they will not be distributed. Thank you for understanding and complying to this policy.
Volunteer Hours - Keep Track on PTO Website
Thank you for volunteering and taking the time to record your volunteer hours. Please don't enter hours volunteered in WHRT, Safety Patrol, or Heartland Helpers. Those hours will be entered by the school. In addition, though we appreciate all hours parents volunteer, only students are eligible for awards and therefore, their hours are the only ones needed to be entered here.
Once again, thank you. The time that you have given is appreciated. Click here to record student hours. Students will be recognized in May 2023.
Questions?
- Call the HRT office at 913-239-6300
- Email HeartlandElementary@bluevalleyk12.org