Weekly Update

April 24, 2025

The 2024-2025 District calendar can be found here

School Hours

Student hours: 7:55-2:15 (M, T, Th, F)

Student hours: 7:55-1:15 (W-Early Release)

Office hours: 7:30-3:30

Activity Entrance Doors Open to Students: 7:30

Front Entrance Doors Open: 7:45

Upcoming Dates

April

Tuesday 29 | Spring Choir Concert @ 6:30

Wednesday 30 | Early Release @ 1:15

May

Friday 2 | HV Spring Carnival! 4:30-7:30

Wednesday 7 | Early Release @ 1:15

Thursday 8 | Elementary Conferences 8:00-8:00

Thursday 8 | Scholastic Book Fair 8:00-8:00 (open to families)

Friday 9 | Conferences 7:30-12:00

Friday 9 | Scholastic Book Fair 8:00-12:00 (open to families)

Monday 12-Friday 16 | Volunteer Appreciation Week

Monday 12-Friday 16 | Scholastic Book Fair (students only, during class time)

Wednesday 14 | Early Release @ 1:15

Thursday 15 | PAC Open House @ 5:00

Thursday 15 | PAC Meeting @ 5:30

Tuesday 20 | All Library books due today

Wednesday 21 | Early Release @ 1:15

Friday 23 | Book Bonanza

Monday 26 | Memorial Day Holiday - No School

A Message from our Principal, Mrs. Mitchell

We’ve had some pretty incredible achievements in our Music and PE programs these past few weeks! Our PE teachers have taken on a biking unit for our K-2 students and a unicycle unit for our 3-5 students. Our students’ growth has been so exciting! Over 100 students have learned how to ride a bike and many more have become more confident riders. Mr. Pulfrey and Mr. Gregory’s dedication to this unit and their desire to teach such an important life skill to ALL students here at HV is something I know so many of us are grateful for. There’s nothing like the joy I’ve seen on so many faces as they’ve started pedaling on their own for the first time!

Our 1st and 2nd graders performed in a music concert this week. Both grade levels were well rehearsed and prepared. They sang beautifully, played instruments with confidence and put on wonderful performances! A huge thank you to Mrs. Aldinger for her time and effort in preparing our students for such fantastic shows.

🌴 HV Spring Carnival! 🌴 Next Friday, May 2nd!!

Get ready to hula into fun at our Luau-Themed Spring Carnival on Friday, May 2nd from 4:30 to 7:30 PM! Join us for a tropical evening packed with island-inspired games, festive activities, and delicious food. Activity card and dinner ticket sales are available now using the link below. Purchasing ahead of time is highly recommended to make the most of your night in paradise! Volunteer opportunities are below — our events thrive thanks to the amazing support of our community. Mahalo in advance, and we can’t wait to see you there in your best luau gear!

Activity Card and Dinner Ticket Pre-Sales

Carnival Volunteers Needed!

The carnival is our second biggest fundraiser of the year, and we need YOU to make it a success.

With every event we host, it's the heart, dedication, and end energy of the our incredible parent volunteers who make it all possible. We're so grateful for those who jump in to help, and we'd love to make YOU a part of this ALOHA event!

We have a lot of shifts still available, please sign up now!

Carnival Volunteer Sign-Ups

Oregon's SEED Survey Coming Soon

Starting in May, Sherwood schools will administer the Student Educational Equity Development (SEED) Survey to students in grades 3-11, as required by Oregon law. This survey, from the Oregon Department of Education (ODE), gathers student feedback on their educational experiences to help improve support for schools and students statewide. The survey covers topics like academic opportunities, access to resources, and connection to school. It takes 10-20 minutes to complete.

Parents/guardians can decline their student’s participation. Students can also decline to participate by selecting the “I will not take this survey” option at the beginning of the survey, or they can skip any or all individual survey questions. For more information, including the survey in its entirety, please visit the ODE’s SEED Survey website. To access the opt-out form, please see the links below.

Parent Input for Student Placement

Each Spring, we give parents an opportunity for input regarding their child’s placement for the next school year. This is not a place to request teachers, as teacher assignments aren’t finalized at this point. As your child’s caregiver, you provide valuable information and insight and we’ll take your thoughts into consideration. We do our best to create balanced classes and cannot accommodate every request that is asked of us. With about 500 students, you can imagine placement is a very long, thoughtful process. The input form will be available until May 11th.

Parent Input for Student Placement: 2025-2026

Conferences

On May 8th and 9th, we will be hosting spring conferences at Hawks View. These days will be no school days for our students. All families will have the opportunity to sign up for a time to meet with their child's teacher. Sign-ups will be coming home via ParentSquare between 2:30-3:30 tomorrow (Friday, April 25th), so please be watching for those. Also, please pay special attention to the conference format, as some grade levels host student led conferences and some host parent-teacher conferences.

These days are set aside for the sole purpose of conferencing with families. If you need to miss due to a family trip or other reasons, teachers are not required to make up conferences at another time. If there are work samples or other artifacts that can be sent home, teachers will do so.

During conference days, our Book Fair will be open in the library for families to book shop! Additionally, our Lost and Found items will be near the library/front office. We have accumulated quite a few items over the last few months, so please come look for any missing items! All unclaimed items will be donated at the end of the year.

2025-2026 Kindergarten Information

If you have an incoming kindergarten student, or know someone who does, please feel free to share the newsletter link below with them. This newsletter contains all the information needed to get your child registered for the 2025-2026 school year. If you have any questions, please contact the office at 503-825-5400.

2025-26 Kindergarten Special Edition

'Tis the Season for Spring Field Trips and Events!

It’s time for spring field trips and events! Every volunteer must have a criminal background check completed each school year. Background checks can take 7-10 business days to process, so please plan ahead. We must have your clearance back before you can volunteer. Call the office at 503-825-5400 if you have any questions, or to check on your clearance.

Volunteer Information

5th Gr Moving to the Middle School Transition Class

If you would like the flyer in Spanish, please click here.

Scholastic Book Fair Coming Soon!

Our Spring book fair is May 8th through the 16th. The book fair will be open to parents and families on the conference days below. The remainder of the days, students will shop during their class library time.

May 8 - 8:00am-8:00pm
May 9 - 8:00am-12:00pm

We still have a few volunteer shifts available, if you would like to help out at the book fair. The links for volunteering and the eWallet are below.

Book Fair Volunteer Sign Up

Scholastic Book Fair eWallet