Hermosa Family Newsletter

January 22nd - 26th

Hornet Families,

It's a great week to be a Hornet! Check below for the happenings from this week and the upcoming events coming up.

Attendance

Attendance is crucial for your child's academic success. Regular attendance helps them stay engaged, understand concepts thoroughly, and build strong relationships with teachers and peers. Missing school can lead to gaps in learning and make it challenging to catch up. Being on time to school helps your child learn the importance of punctuality and minimizes classroom distractions. Your support in prioritizing attendance and being on time sets a positive example and reinforces the value of education in your child's life.

Make-up Work

If a student is ill, they are responsible for any make-up work. Students/parents should check with the teacher for missing work.

5th-8th Grade Friday Opportunity

Friday, January 26th will be the first Friday Opportunity for 5th-8th grade students from 8:00-12:00. This is a time to catch up on work or get additional help. If you want your child to attend, click the link below to sign-up.

https://forms.gle/4Fjjb2Kviu5EUUR77

Theater Troupe

Theater Troupe will meet Friday, January 26th from 12:30-3:30. They have been busy learning their lines and it is awesome seeing their excitement for the performance on March 14th.

Mark Your Calendars

Mark your calendars for February 15th at 6:00 for our 2nd Annual Elder's Wisdom. Mrs. Smith's 4th grade and Ms. Venhuizen's 5th grade will celebrate and honor two members of the Hermosa community, Stringbean Svenson and Maxine Knapp.

Have a great weekend and enjoy the beautiful weather.

Principal Paris

Yearbook Sponsor Letter

Counselor's Corner with Mrs. Graveman

Greetings!

This week in classroom lessons 8th graders did not start South Dakota My Life. Instead, we started our Thoughts, Emotions and Decisions unit with Second Step. In the first lesson, students explored the difference between stress and anxiety. Second Step defines stress as an emotional and/or physical response to something external. For example, we have feelings of stress when there's an upcoming test or we have an argument with a friend. Anxiety is defined as persistent, excess worry that feels out of your control. Kindergarten and first graders did a great job thinking about something in their life that causes them to worry and what they can do to regulate themselves to feel better.

Next week 2nd and 3rd graders will dive into their Empathy and Kindness units with Second Step. 2nd grade will learn about empathy and how it is the ability to understand how someone else is feeling. In understanding empathy, we are able to offer kindness and support when it's needed. 3rd graders will explore how to build new friendships through kind acts. The second Kindergarten class will read "Little Spot of Anxiety," learn about anxious emotions and brainstorm a ways to self-regulate to feel better.

Enjoy the beautiful weather!

Staff or Student Celebration or Shoutout

Did you catch a staff or student doing something awesome at school or in the community? Please let us know so we can help celebrate and give them a shoutout here at school. Click the yellow button below and let us know who and what they did to deserve a shoutout!

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