Parent-Teacher Conferences are right around the corner. They will be held in individual teacher classrooms on Thursday, October 25, 2012 from 4:15 pm until 8 pm. Report cards will be available in the office and need to be picked up PRIOR to you attending your conference. Parents and students are encouraged to attend the conferences together. We look forward to seeing you!
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Our class butterfly surrounded by individual butterflies.
The second and third graders are participating in a Symbolic Migration. We read Hurry and the Monarch, a story about a tortoise and monacrch butterflies. The story told about the migration of monarchs from Canada and the United States to Mexico each fall and their return the following spring. The second and third grade made individual paper butterflies with their name, school, and town. These butterflies will arrive in Mexico about the November 2, the same time the monarchs arrive. They will be joined by thousands of other paper butterflies from the United States, Canada, and Europe. You can see the places that have sent symbolic migration butterflies on the map at http://www.learner.org/jnorth/maps/symbolic_fall2012.html. In the spring, these butterflies will be sent north, but each student will receive a different butterfly. I wonder where our students’ butterflies will go and where ours will come from. To learn more about this project go to the Journey North website.
After reading The Man Who Walked between The Towers, the fourth and fifth graders did a little research on the Twin Towers and 9/11. They recorded their findings on a website called VoiceThread. You can check it out at this link. https://voicethread.com/share/3423565/ This was a learning experience in many ways. We had some technical difficulties and had to find which microphones worked. Students learned to find information then put it into a short comment, then record that comment.
Kindergarten and first graders have learned to link from the HS Hawks home page to the Hay Springs School Library page. Each class has a page with activities they can do. These activities build computer skills, language skills, and math skills. Students can access these activities and others on the site from home as well. The link for the library page is http://mrsmatthews.hshawks.com/
The Book Fair is coming next month. Sales will begin on Monday, October 22, 2012 after school and continue throughout the week. Students will get a sneak peak at some of the books and the authors who wrote the book during the week before the sale. As always the fair will be open all evening during Parent-Teacher conferences.
An added feature this year will be our online book fair. The online book fair will be available from Wednesday, October 17, 2012 until Tuesday, November 6, 2012. All proceeds from the online book fair will be credited to our school. Orders made online will be shipped free of charge to the school. The address for the online store is: http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/hayspringselementaryschool or click below.
Area Youth Basketball League – December through January, GRADES 3RD THROUGH 6TH
Signup Times
October 14 @ CHS Football Field 1:00-3:30p.m.
October 15 @ PAC 5:30-7:00 p.m. (Top South entrance)
October 21 @ CHS Football Field 1:00-3:30 p.m.
October 23 & 24 @ Falco (during Tackle Football equipment Check-in 5:30-7:00 p.m.)
Cost is $35.
If you can not attend on any of these registration dates you may also print off a registration form and mail it to: Chadron Community Recreation, P.O. Box 4, Chadron, NE 69337. Registration fee and form are due by November 1st. Cost of the Program is $35.
Lifting weights provides students with an opportunity to improve their overall health and physical attributes. The students are learning that lifting weights can be a lifelong exercise that they can do well throughout adulthood. The students have learned that technique is very important when lifting. Safety is also a very important part of weight lifting. Students have learned that not only is safety an important part of lifting but lifting together also builds a trust and respect for each other. Parents can be more involved in their child’s lifting by encouraging their child to reach and then set new weight lifting goals.
With the coming of Fall, it’s time once again to reflect on the contribution that elders have made to the Hay Springs community. Since Biblical times, the word “elder” has been used to describe an older person with authority who is entitled to respect. To Arabs, the elder was the revered leader, or “sheikh” of a tribe. To Native Americans, elders were and continue to be the respected keepers of a tribe’s cultural heritage and language.
To Hay Springs, elders are those people who have contributed to the economic, political, social, and spiritual heritage of this community. They are the ones who, through their lifetime of experiences and accumulated knowledge, are best prepared to teach younger members of the community how to build on the past, in order to excel in the future. The Elders’ Wisdom program is an opportunity to honor one or two elder members of the Hay Springs community for their contributions past and present.
The Hay Springs High School Video Production Class, under the supervision of new teacher, Mrs. Melissa Efta, is currently organizing Elders’ Wisdom 2013. Students in the class are learning skills and techniques to create a visual presentation for the program. Several dedicated community members are helping Mrs. Efta gather the information and feedback necessary to select one or two elders for the program. Please contact Mrs. Efta at the high school if you would like to be involved in organizing or carrying out the program, or to nominate an elder to be honored.
This year Volleyball and Football Parent’s Night will be on separate evenings. Volleyball and Cross Country Parent’s Night will be held on Tuesday, October 16th against Hemingford with Football Parent’s Night following on Friday night, October 19 against Potter-Dix. These games are the final home games for the regular season. This will allow parents to enjoy both evenings without having to miss either event.
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