PreK News: September 10, 2012

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Mrs. Heiting’s Classroom Newsletter

News for 9/10-9/13

I apologize for not getting a newsletter out last week!  With the Labor Day weekend and the short school week, time got away from me!

Last week our focus was on community helpers in the spirit of Labor Day.  We will again touch on jobs in our community later in the year as 3 days really didn’t do the topic justice!  We focused on helpers in our school, police officers, and fire fighters.

Thank you all for your cooperation with transitioning your child into the classroom in the morning!  We seem to have worked out all the kinks and everyone for the most part is starting their day off in a positive way!

Overall last week was a great week and we are looking forward to another awesome week of Preschool!

Show and Tell

I know a lot of the students have been asking about show-and-tell.  This week will be our first week to kick off show-and-tell!  Wednesdays will be our show-and-tell days.

Please encourage your child to bring something related to our theme for the week.  For example, this week we are studying shapes.  Specifically, circles, squares, triangles, and rectangles.  Having them choose something from home that fits one of these will not only tie into our theme but reinforce concepts every week!

Please make sure it can fit inside their backpack and that it is not valuable.  If it’s a toy, we will just show the class, not actually play with it.  I don’t want to be responsible for any damage J

We are looking forward to our sharing time on Wednesdays!

Theme This Week

Our theme this week is shapes!  We will be studying circles, squares, triangles, and rectangles as well as where we find them in every day life!

Skills We Are Working On

A large portion of any early childhood program is focused on learning and improving social skills.  We will continue to focus on the following and I encourage you to reinforce at home as well…

  • Table manners (please & thank you, excuse me, being respectful of others’ space)
  •  Sharing (includes sharing toys as well as space and time)

Feel Free to Contact Me

I now have my email up and running.  Feel free to contact me any time.  I know questions often come up in the evening.  Please don’t hesitate to ask!

PreK Newsletter in PDF

Guitar Class Begins

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Mrs. Varvel is beginning an acoustic and electric guitar class on Wednesday mornings from 7:15-7:50. If you are interested in participating you will need to bring a:

  • Guitar
  • “Essential Elements” guitar method book

Books can be purchased at Marbow Music in Chadron, Haggerty’s Music store in Rapid or can be ordered off the internet. This class is open to 4thgrade through high school students and will be focusing on beginning guitar skills.  Class begins Wednesday, September 12th! Hope to see you there!

Dream Room Architects

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Students in ITE 7 were given specific criteria and constraints for designing and constructing their own 3-D room in a scale model. Practical problem solving comes into play through the use of available space, material, expense and some construction code enforcement.

Student’s creative juices flowed as they were given the chance to build their virtual room. Accessories were the highlight, as they designed furniture from available materials and brought detail and personal touches that ranged from tiny clothes on hangers to huge flat screen TV’s displaying their favorite shows.

Critical thinking is the glue between abstract learning and practical life. Give your kids a problem and a plan and they might surprise you with the solution of what they are capable of doing when they apply themselves.

Purpose of the assigment:

To study and apply the engineering design process.

  •  Define the problem
  • Gather information
  • Develop a solution
  • Model the solution
  • Test and evaluate the solution
  • Refine the solution
  • Communicate your ideas

Where Are They Now?

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Dustin D. Huckfeldt

Dustin is the son of Dean and Vicky Huckfeldt. He graduated from Hay Springs High School in 1993 after which he attended some college.

Dustin has served our country for 19 years and will retire from the Navy in May 2013 as an E-6. Throughout his Navy career he has had the opportunity to visit many places: California, Tennessee, Virginia, Florida, Spain, Greece, Slovenia, France, Italy, UAE, Bahrain, Malta, Jordan, Iceland, Iraq, Kuwait, Canada, Germany, Japan, Colorado, Washington, and more.

When asked what at Hay Springs schools benefited him the most, he stated “the sense of what a team can accomplish.” His favorite memory of Hay Springs is that “it truly is a family.”

Currently, Dustin is deployed with an E/A 18 squadron to Misawa, Japan. He is making preparations for his retirement in May. His wife and daughter are awaiting his return to Colorado where they reside.

His advice to current students, “Enjoy it. High school is the last easy thing you will do.”

Alumni to be Featured on Website

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We are looking forward to featuring alumni in a bi-weekly series called “Where Are They Now?” The goal is to have enough participation from alumni to continue this throughout the life of the school website. There have been a few alumni contacted to get us started. We hope to include past graduates from many different years and current locations. If you are interested or have a suggestion for a featured alumnus, please feel free to drop a line to shannon@panesu.org with the information.

Breakfast Begins

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Hay Springs Public Schools will be serving breakfast every day that school is in session, beginning Tuesday, September 4.

WHEN: Tuesday, September 4, 2012

WHERE: School Cafeteria

TIME: 7:30 to 7:55 a.m.

COST: Regular Pay Students – $1.30

             Reduce Price Students – $.30

             Free Qualified Students – FREE

             Adults – $1.80

If you have questions about our new breakfast program, please contact Wendy Palmer, Food Service Manager, at (308) 638-4434.

Come and join us for breakfast!

Music Students Performing at Willow Tree

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Swing Choir Fun Camp students will be headed over to perform their Disney Spectacular show at the Willow Tree Festival in Gordon. The performance will be on Sunday, September 9th at 3:25 p.m. This performance is part of the “Cream of the Crop” series being featured at Willow Tree Festival over the weekend. Come and watch the show!

Swing Choir Fun Camp 2012 pictured at their June performance in Security First Bank – Hay Springs.

Join in the Fun at Read/Run Marathon

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Read/Run Marathon began this morning at 7am on the football field. We will be making laps around the football field every Monday through Thursday, 7:00 am to 7:45 am, for 10 weeks. It is your choice to run or walk, the days you will attend, and if you will attend the entire time or part of the time. The goal is for the participants to run/walk a total of 26.2 miles (a marathon) in 10 weeks and to read 26 books by January 10, 2013. We hope to see you here! Stay tuned for biweekly progress reports on this event!

Front Row L-R: Acacia Clark, Tianna Clark, Anthony Running Hawk, Baden Planansky, Hannah Wohl, Taylyn Hopkins, Brodey Planansky, Gabe Varvel, Joce Varvel, Braydon Binger; Middle Row: Sam Hindman, Ruth West, Jace Langford, Jessie Badje, Bryce Running Hawk, Kobe Encinia, Austin Anderson, Trent Reed; Back Row: Samantha Clark, Jacob Clark, Tony Hindman, Alberta Olson, Kris Badje, Tanna Badje, Raime Varvel, Reese Varvel, Ciara McCance, Alexis Olson, and Chris Adams. Not pictured: Event sponsor – Linda Kudrna
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