A Piece From The Principal's Puzzle

February

16 - Presidents' Day (No School)

24 - BES Spirit Day at Steak Out (11am to 9 pm)

26 - Spring Pictures

March

2 - 6 - Read Across America Week (See graphic below)

13 - Last Day of the Grading Period & 1/2 Day Students

16-20 - Spring Break (NO SCHOOL)

26 - Kite Day during P.E. Classes

28 - Greenpower Race

As part of our Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) program, we recognize students that demonstrate our P.A.W.S behavior as well as the character word of the month. According to their teachers, the following students were great examples in and out of their classrooms. Congratulations to everyone!!!

Kindergarten- Emerson McGuire, Kimber Engle, and Simon Richards

1st Grade- Abel Phillips, Mason Barber, and Shep Thomas

2nd Grade- Jamilla Moore, Manuel Perales, and Christian Pearson

3rd Grade- Noah Luna and Connor Browning

4th Grade- Adilene Morales-Birrueta

5th Grade- Lyrik Jones

6th Grade- Trinity Cunningham

Mrs. Williamson’s class- Kingston Haygood

As part of the first grade Pawsome Readers Program, a different local celebrity reads to our first graders each week. Last week, we had our very own Blossomwood resident and Mayor of Huntsville, Tommy Battle! He read Green Eggs & Ham to our first graders!

Thank you, Mayor Battle for making time to support our students!

Congratulations to our Blossomwood students that participated in the recent Huntsville High School Feeder Pattern Talent Show! They did a great job and had so much fun celebrating each other!

As you are probably aware, the flu is really making an impact in our community right now. Our school nurses have shared a guide that may help your family to avoid catching the flu. Please see below for the link to the guides.

Don't forget ALL students at Blossomwood are welcome to a FREE breakfast and lunch from our cafeteria.

• If your child would like a breakfast, please remind them to come directly to the cafeteria upon arrival. We serve breakfast from 7:30 to 7:50 am which allows students to be in their classroom ready to learn at 8:00 am.
• If you have questions about your child’s lunch account, please email our cafeteria manager Mirtha Petty at mirtha.petty@hsv-k12.org.

If you would like to volunteer and become more involved at Blossomwood, please reach out to our parent coordinator, Ms. Chelsea Clay. She will be glad to help find a role just for you! In fact, part of her role as parent coordinator includes establishing a parent advisory committee, hosting parent events, leading parent trainings, building relationships with all parents in our school, and acting as a liaison between the parent community and the school.

Email - Chelsea.Clay@hsv-k12.org

The main function of the house system is to develop a sense of identity or belonging and to celebrate achievements. Schools with a structure or system like this cite the positive impact it has on the educational experience and school culture. Students report how it helps them form friendships and closer bonds with peers, and teachers share that students seem to enjoy seeing a connection with students in other classrooms as well as other grade levels. As a school, we also believe our new House System supports our school mission statement and vision.

During the first week of school or upon enrollment, all of our students and staff have the opportunity to digitally "spin" the wheel to randomly sort each student into one of four groups or houses — Emerald, Garnet, Onyx, or Sapphire.

Our House System is designed to:

1. Create school-wide community by creating opportunities for students to connect to staff and students in other classes and grades that share their house. Older students become natural leaders by mentoring and supporting younger students. Mentoring also extends to teachers and school staff members who are also assigned to a house.
2. Create a culture of belonging as students are recognized for accomplishments both academically as well as their choices related to behavior.
3. Emphasize building character through a reward system that goes beyond earning a piece of candy for doing something good. Each individual achievement adds to the collective house/group, making the reward hopefully more meaningful and social.
   
4. Provide opportunities to praise and accentuate positives for both individual students and collective groups of students.