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December 2015 * Hamilton Elementary School
UPCOMING EVENTS
December Family Movement Calendar: http://tinyurl.com/DEC1516movementCalendar
December
7 Red Chess Club 8:00 AM
- 5th Gr. Art Club 4:10 PM
8 Choir Practice 4:00 PM
- Fit Girls Meet 4:10 PM
10 Choir Practice 4:00 PM
- Fit Girls Meet 4:10 PM
11 Spirit Day - wear a Hamilton shirt and show your school spirit
2nd Gr. Garden Day
Name That Book Practice
Last Day for Yearbook Orders: http://tinyurl.com/HES1516yearbookOrder
14 Blue Chess Club 8:00 AM
- 5th Gr. Art Club 4:10 PM
- Choir Winter Concert 6:30 PM
15 Fit Girls Meet 4:10 PM
17 Polar Express Pajama Day
18 Holiday Parties (See Schedule Below)
- No Lunch Visitors, please.
Holiday Party RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/HES1516holidayPartyRSVP
Dec. 21-Jan. 4 Winter Break/No School
HES Annual Food Drive
Hamilton Elementary will be holding a food drive the week of December 7-11, 2015. The food collected will be distributed to families in need in our area. Listed below is the list of items that we are collecting. You may send in any item you wish to donate on any day next week. Thank you in advance for your generosity!
- Canned foods, vegetables, soup, fruit
- Toiletries, personal items (such as toothpaste, toilet paper, soap, shampoo, deodorant)
- Granola bars, breakfast bars, juice boxes, fruit cups
- Peanut butter, canned tuna/chicken, etc.
Holiday Party Schedule
AM PK/PPCD 9:15-9:45 AM
1st Grade 1:15-1:45 PM
2nd Grade 12:15-12:45 PM
3rd Grade 11:15-11:45 AM
4th Grade 10:15-10:45 AM
5th Grade 9:15-9:45 AM
Kindergarten 2:15-2:45 PM
LS & PM PPCD 2:15-2:45 PM
Holiday Party RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/HES1516holidayPartyRSVP
Yearbook Sales Deadline - December 11
The hardcover books are only $35 each and can be customized for an additional charge.
If you have any pictures of school events or after school activities, please send them to hamiltonyearbookpics@gmail.com. Please include the name and date of the event as well as, names of students/people if you know it.
***All Day, Every Day***
PPCD and PreK
Nyle Arain
Ryde Arain
Jayden Chen
Kimberly Duplichan
Kalieb Holmes
Natalie Liu
Riya Viswanathan
Jacob Waterman
Kindergarten
Sam Ayinickal
Eric Biersdorfer
Lucy Bovermann
Morgan Carraway
Stella Cavazos
Kaitlyn Collins
Boima Faulkner
Kaydence Fowler
Levi Gallier
Jack Graves
Stephen Hall
Blake Magnuson
Cadence McDermott
Cohen Miller
Rohail Musani
Savannah Myers
Arya Prasad
Manasvi Rachakonda
Josiah Rodriguez
Britten Rundell
Abigail Wang
Hara We
First Grade
Aleksandra Albarado
Eva Alford
Maxine Alford
Jackson Barcik
Taylor Broussard
Samuel Casas
Nathan Chu
Tate Dodd
Katherine Duplichan
Abigail Fink
Gabriella Hsieh
Vincent Ledbetter
Richard Mallory
Maddox Nguyen
Ashley Pipes
Ethan Purba
Giriish Purushothaman
Claire Rodricks
Connor Sitton
Sebastian Solis
Lucia Spee
Eloise Spee
Dylan To
Finn Venker
Phi Vu
Brenner Wamhoff
Wenfei Yu
Second Grade
Brooklyn Allen
Jackson Aven
Lanelle Bovermann
Adela Cantu
Ada Dogan
Jakin Flores-Perez
Elaina Garza
Matthew Godfrey
Zachary Hamilton
Preston Hoang
Dominic Magnuson
Navya Mangula
Grayson Matlock
Madeline Milano
Hannah Morgan
Taylor Murray
Morgan Musgrove
Delaney Nelub
Tyler Owens
Tavin Patel
Lily Pemberton
Geraldine Pena
Gabriella Pena
William Rascon
Silas Sandh
Hannah Vaca
Wrigley Waldrop
William We
Zachary Wittliff
Third Grade
Anastasia Albarado
Alexis Allen
Adriel Aruba
Patrick Benyak
Juhi Bhatt
Ravine Cohen
Jonah Curtis
Nikki Dash
Nathan Dodd
Lara Dogan
Colton Goss
Sean Heaton
Parker Hodge
Morgan Jones
John Kelly
Jilene Lopez
Christian Luna
Alexander Martin
Maggie McEwen
Avery McSwain
Ria Nair
Vedhas Oltikar
Ava Pandya
Riya Patel
Alyssa Pipes
Harish Purushothaman
Kaushik Raman
Sadie Reich
Michael Riley
Emmy Rodriguez
David Sandh
Gabriella Shepherd
Grant Sitton
Anna Solis
Segen Spee
Kenton Stredic
Elizabeth Vick
Emma Vick
Emily Vick
Fourth Grade
Omofadesola Adekunle
Reese Alford
Kara Arnold
Royce Chatham
Emma Curtner
Quynh Dao
Elise Fawcett
Savannah Godfrey
Brenden Green
Genna Hyde
Erwin Kingston
Krithiya Krishnamoorthy
Anthony Lange
Annie Li
Georgia Marsh
Layton Matthews
Bailey McClendon
Kristine Ngo
Dhruv Patel
Kasen Patel
Binh Pham
Shayla Randle
Cynthia Reuben
Anya Rodricks
Victoria Salah
Aishwarya Shanmugam
Jace Smith
Justin Townsend
Eveline Wong
Ellen Zhang
Fifth Grade
Herbas Castillo
Anna Chaikin
Jake Choate
Avery Coleman
Sydney Cox
Rachel Gutierrez
Calder Hassel
Mariah Jacela
Nickson Mlay
Riya Pandya
Ai-My Pham
Kassidy Powell
Venkata Sarvepalli
Jessica Wargo
Ashlyn White
Alexander Willman
Attendance by Six-Weeks
The HES attendance goal for 2015-2016 is 98.5%.
Overall HES attendance by six-weeks:
1st six-weeks: 97.9%
2nd six-weeks: 97.0%
Second Six-Weeks Attendance by Grade Level:
PPCD: 95.4%
Pre-K: 94.96%
KG: 96.18%
1st: 96.35%
2nd: 97.32%
3rd: 97.61%
4th: 97.33%
5th: 97.50%
First Six-Weeks Attendance by Grade Level:
PPCD: 92.86%
Pre-K: 98.36%
KG: 96.86%
1st: 98.35%
2nd: 98.65%
3rd: 98.18%
4th: 98.38%
5th: 97.43%
PTO December Luncheon
12pm-2pm
Black's Market Table - Louetta Rd.
$15 per person
All parents/staff invited
RSVP to hamiltonptomembership@gmail.com by Dec. 8th
***Counselor's Corner***
Families in Need Donations
Thank you so much for your generosity! If you are donating a gift for our sister school project, please return the unwrapped gift to the front office by Monday, December 7th.
There are still a few bigger items that are available. These include, bikes, game consoles, dollhouses, etc. If you would like to contribute one of these items, please stop by the office area and choose an ornament, or you may contact our counselor at michelle.erickson@cfisd.net.
December Word of the Month
KIDS AND PARENTS can watch this together!
It's a BIG IDEA Show!
Be entertained and learn all about COMPASSION
Here is the video link: https://ct135.infusionsoft.com/app/linkClick/4595/6565c6d31515c681/167433/a7465f8c4d1abb8d
Caring enough to do something about someone else's need.
SAY IT: It’s easy to get wrapped up in yourself during the holidays—your own wish list, your own to-do list, your own traditions. So this month, we are focusing on a Big Idea that will remind us all to see the bigger picture.
So this week, set aside a few minutes to help us talk about compassion with your child. See if your child can tell you what the new value is and (even better) the definition. Then, gather the whole family and your favorite bouncy ball. Stand in a large circle and say the new value and definition while holding the bouncy ball (“Compassion—caring enough to do something about someone else’s need”). When you have correctly recited it, bounce the ball to your child to say the value and definition while holding the ball. If he or she doesn’t get it quite right, that’s okay! Just bounce the ball back to the person who started and say it again. Bounce the ball to your child until he or she can say the definition correctly and bounce it to the next person. Play continues like this until everyone in the family is able to say it correctly!
KNOW IT: Dig a little deeper this week with these discussion starters about compassion:
• What are some of the needs you see in the people around you every day? ?
• What can you do to help with some of these needs? ?
• Describe a time when someone gave up something in order to meet one of your needs. ?
• Have you ever given something up or overlooked your own needs to help someone else? ?
• When was the last time you saw someone showing compassion?
SEE IT: Now that you know what we say compassion means, and you know what compassion means to you, read the info below and SEE what other kinds of animals show compassion.
The orca whale is a magnificent creature, weighing as much as 18,000 pounds and growing as long as 32 feet— that’s almost as long as a school bus! Despite their large size and their strength, these whales look out for each other. If one whale is injured, the other orcas will lift it to the surface so it can breathe. And if one whale gets stuck on the beach, the others will even risk their own lives to try and save their friend. Now, you may not be as big as a whale but you can definitely show compassion in ways that are just as BIG!
BE IT:
Okay, you know just about all there is to know about compassion. Now, let’s take what we know and put it into practice. Malaria is a curable disease, yet nearly 3,000 children in Africa die from Malaria every year. It’s easy to forget about people who are suffering from a disease thousands of miles away because we don’t see them. But when we take the time to stop and remember and do something about their needs, we are demonstrating compassion. One way you can help prevent malaria is by purchasing a simple mosquito net. Open up the web search engine on your family computer, smartphone or tablet and go to biteback.net to learn more about how your family can help prevent Malaria in Africa.
Credit by Exam
Students in grades K-5 will have four opportunities during the school year to use “credit-by-exam” to accelerate to another grade level. Students will only have one opportunity to test for each grade level considered.
To apply to take the test to skip kindergarten, a student must be 5 by September 1, and registered in a CFISD school. To apply to take the test to skip grade 1, a student must be 6 by September 1, and enrolled in a CFISD school.
Students who earn scores of 80% or better on each component of the credit-by-exam will qualify to advance one grade. Only one grade level may be “skipped” each year. No retests will be given.
If you are interested in getting more information about credit-by-exam, please contact the school counselor, Michelle Erickson, at 281-320-7055 or michelle.erickson@cfisd.net.
Fall and Spring Testing
Students may be tested during the week of December 7-11, 2015, during the week of February 15-19, 2016, or for summer testing in June (dates to be determined), to accelerate for the upcoming school year (2016-17). Grade placement changes will be made at the beginning of the 2016-2017 school year.
· Testing will begin with mathematics, followed by reading/language arts and science, if required. 80% mastery on each test is required for advanced placement to occur.
· Campus testing will be administered by campus personnel.
Due dates and testing windows:
Application due date: Dec. 2, 2015 Testing Date or Window: Dec. 7-11, 2015
Application due date: Feb. 10, 2015 Testing Date or Window: Feb. 15-19, 2016
Watch D.O.G.S. - Dads of Great Students
It has been a great start to our 2015-2016 Watch Dog program this year! I trained a total of 45 dads for the first semester of volunteers, and they are all prepped and ready to go!
Thank you to the following dads for being our Watch Dogs in November:
Terry O’Mahoney
Randy Matthews
T Sandh
Hector Ramirez
Tim Meeks
Chad Shipes
Chuck Morris
Tom Flader
Todd Miller
Charles Strange
Vinh Le
Duane Iselt
Matt Bailey
If you are still interested in being a Watch Dog Dad for the spring semester, please click on the link below. In order to participate, you will need to be sure and also sign up for one of the two trainings left in the spring. It is embedded in the link below.
***Kind Minds & PBIS***
Kind Minds December Challenge
This month, students will focusing on honoring HES "behind the scenes" staff member that help our school work, such as the custodians, cafeteria workers and office staff. Students will read the book, If Everybody Did by Jo Ann Stover and will be challenged by Leo the Lion to think about what Hamilton would be like if we didn’t have custodians to help us with our messes. What if no one answered the phones or took care of the front office? Who would help us with our lunches if the cafeteria workers did not work here anymore. Students will focus on honoring the “behind the scenes” people who help our school work. They will make them feel like a million bucks this month. Students will also be encouraged to high five the "behind the sceners" when they see them in the hallway to let them know that their hard work for our school is appreciated.
***News from the Library***
Earn a FREE ticket to 6 Flags! 6 Flags is all about having fun, and reading is fun, too! Read for 6 hours by January 19, 2016, and your student will receive a FREE ticket to 6 Flags (and earn their teachers a free ticket, too). Use the attached reading log and make sure it's completely filled out. Hours of reading and parent signature must be on the form to be accepted. Students may turn in the reading log between January 5th thru 19th. Students will receive a prize when they turn in the reading log, and the tickets will arrive the last week of school.
Read to Succeed Reading Log: http://tinyurl.com/2015READtoSUCCEED
Name That Book teams for 3rd, 4th and 5th grade have been selected. Remaining practice dates (and volunteers needed) are: December 11 and January 8, 15, and 22nd. The Grade Level Competition is January 26th during large group in the library. Winning grade level teams move on to the School Competition on February 9th at 4:30 in the library. This winning team will represent Hamilton at the District Competition on May 8th at 5:00 at the Berry Center. Get ready to Name That Book!
Congratulations to 5th grader Sophia Hinojosa who won the Junior Library Guild's Doodle Contest! JLG recognized the many outstanding entries from our campus, and had a tough time choosing an overall winner. Sophia received a hardcover book about doodling and a set of 72 colored pencils with case. The library is also receiving 2 copies of the book to be added to the collection in honor of Sophia!
***Birthday Book Club***
Kristopher Bell
Ian Esch
Elise Fawcett
Sam French
Trina Goetz
Aarav Goyal
Lia Harshbarger
Brayson Hrncir
Luke Jackson
Ian Kim
Cohen Miller
Seth Reese
Bethany Selz
Mary Silva
Nathan Wei
Box Tops 4 Education Collection Winners
The following classes were the top winners for this past collection period and have earned a sneaky recess pass:
- Ms. Schoech's Kindergarten Class
- Ms. Carraway's 1st Grade Class
- Ms. Haas's 2nd Grade Class
- Ms. Meek's 3rd Grade Class
- Ms. Arnoldi's 4th Grade Class
- Ms. Whittington's 5th Grade Class
***School Reminders***
Parent & Student Handbook
From the Attendance Office
MOVING? If you know you will be moving over the holidays, please let the registrar know before the holiday break.
Notes: When sending notes from home including transportation changes, please be sure to list your child's first & last name and homeroom teachers name.
Change in Phone Number: If you have a phone number change, please contact the registrar's office. This is the only way we have to contact you in case of an emergency for your student.
***CFISD Information***
CFISD District Information
School Messenger: Text Message Sign Up
The directions for adding text messages to your School Messenger account are in the link below. Next year, instead of using Remind 101, HES will be sending text messages via School Messenger. Please stay connected by adding the text message feature to your School Messenger account.
Directions for School Messenger: http://www.cfisd.net/files/6514/1080/3632/SchoolMessenger_Contact_Manager_-_Parent_Handout_CFISD.pdf
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Hamilton Elementary
Email: hamiltonelem@cfisd.net
Website: http://hamiltones.cfisd.net/en/
Location: 12050 Old Kluge Road, Cypress, TX, United States
Phone: 281.370.0990
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