The Hoover Hawk Times
"A Safe, Joyful, and Challenging Learning Community"
The Neshaminy community builds futures by empowering each child to become a productive citizen and a lifelong learner.
Every Friday is Red and Blue Day at Hoover Elementary School!
School Spirit Week was Fun!
Happy Women's History Month!
The Band Sounds Great!
These Students are Getting Ready for the S.T.E.A.M. Expo!
What Can We Do Better?
Aramark is excited to bring you their Student ViewPOINT survey, which collects feedback from students about their overall dining experience at our school. The insights gathered from this survey will help Aramark to enhance their food service program to better meet the needs and expectations of our students. For the first time, Aramark is going to invite elementary students to participate in this survey! It might be fun for you and your child to complete the survey together.
At the conclusion of the survey period, Aramark will publish a report summarizing the survey results. The online survey can be completed between February 24 and March 18, 2022. The online survey can be taken anywhere – in school, at home, or on the go, and it requires less than 15 minutes to complete (www.studentVP.com) .
I hope that you will support this important initiative to help us improve the service that we provide to our students.
If you have any questions regarding this survey, please contact Ms. Danielle Walter, Assistant Food Service Director, at dwalter@neshaminy.org .
Upcoming Events:
March:
- 7 - Day 1
- 8 - Day 2 - No Chess Club
- 8 - 7:00 pm - School Board Meeting - Maple Point
- 9 - 8:00 am - Band Rehearsal
- 9 - Day 3
- 10 - Day 4
- 11 - Day 5
- 11 - Autism Awareness Week T-Shirt Orders are Due
- March 13 - April 15 - National Deaf History Month
- 15 - 8:00 am - Chess Club
- 16 - 8:00 am - Band Rehearsal
- 19 - 9:00 am - 11:00 am - PTO Pancake Breakfast - Hoover
- 22 - 7:45 am - Orchestra Rehearsal - Stage
- 22 - 8:00 am - Chess Club
- 22 - 7:00 pm - School Board Meeting - Maple Point
- 23 - 8:00 am - Band Rehearsal
- 26 - 7:00 pm - Wizards Game - NHS - Gym 3
- 29 - 7:45 am - Orchestra Rehearsal - Stage
- 29 - 8:00 am - Last Day for Chess Club
- 29 - 6:30 pm - S.T.E.A.M. Expo - NHS
- 30 - 8:00 am - Band Rehearsal
April:
- 4-8 - Autism Awareness Week
- 5 - 7:45 am - Orchestra Rehearsal - Stage
- 6 - 8:00 am - Band Rehearsal
- 11-15 - School Closed - Spring Break
- 12 - 7:00 pm - School Board Meeting - Maple Point
- 19 - 7:45 am - Orchestra Rehearsal - Stage
- 20 - 8:00 am - Band Rehearsal
- 25 - PSSA Testing - ELA - Day 1
- 26 - 7:45 am - Orchestra Rehearsal - Stage
- 26 - PSSA Testing - ELA - Day 2
- 26 - 7:00 pm - School Board Meeting - Maple Point
- 27 - 8:00 am - Band Rehearsal
- 27 - PSSA Testing - ELA - Day 3
- 28 - 7:45 am - Orchestra Rehearsal - Stage
- 28 - 7:00 pm - Hoover Instrumental Music Concert - Hoover Cafeteria
May:
- 2 - PSSA Testing - Math - Day 1
- 2 - 6:30 pm - Hoover Chorus Concert - Hoover Cafeteria
- 3 - PSSA Testing - Math - Day 2
- 4 - PSSA Testing - Science - Day 1
- 5 - PSSA Testing - Science - Day 2
- 10 - 7:00 pm - School Board Meeting - Maple Point
- 17 - Election Day - Teacher PD Day - School Closed
- 24 - 7:00 pm - School Board Meeting - Maple Point
- 30 - Memorial Day - School Closed
June:
- 3 - Field Day
- 6 - Rain Date for Field Day
- 15 - Early Dismissal at 1:00 pm
- 16 - 9:30 am - 4th Grade Move Up Program - Cafeteria - 2 Tickets per Student
- 16 - Early Dismissal at 1:00 pm
- 17 - Early Dismissal at 1:00 pm
- 17 - Last Student Day
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Title I Goals for 2021-2022:
1. The percentage of students in second grade meeting Benchmark on the DIBELS Reading Assessment will increase by 5 percentage points from the BOY to the EOY test administration.
2. K-4 teachers will use iReady data to inform their planning in order to meet individual student needs resulting in 90% or more median progress toward Typical Growth on the EOY iReady reading assessment in each grade level.
3. K-4 teachers will use iReady data to inform their planning in order to meet individual student needs resulting in 90% or more median progress toward Typical Growth on the EOY iReady Math assessment in each grade level.
Our teachers have reviewed all Middle of the Year (MOY) data. Our students are improving their skills in Reading and in Math! Here is a snapshot of our Middle of the Year data:
1. 58% of our 2nd Grade Students met the Grade Level Benchmark on the MOY DIBELS Reading Assessment.
2. All grade levels (K-4) had at least 61% Median Progress Towards Typical Growth for Reading on the iReady assessment.
3. All grade levels (K-4) had at least 58% Median Progress Towards Typical Growth for Math on the iReady assessment.
Our teachers spent a large portion of their day on February 22, 2022 reviewing all of this data. They also used this data to inform their whole group and small group planning for the next several weeks.
We are on track to meet our Title I Goals for the End of the Year (EOY) assessments.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding your child's academic progress, or our Title I Goals, please reach out to your child's teacher. You can also email me at dglennon@neshaminy.org .
Title I Contacts:
If you have any questions regarding the Hoover Title I Plan for 2021-2022, or if you have any suggestions regarding how to improve the plan, please contact Joan Brooks or David Glennon.
- Joan Brooks - Reading Specialist - jbrooks@neshaminy.org
- David Glennon - Principal - dglennon@neshaminy.org
Herbert Hoover Elementary School
Website: http://www.neshaminy.org/Domain/1152
Location: 501 Trenton Road, Langhorne, PA, United States
Phone: (215) 809-6340
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hooveres/
Twitter: @david_glennon
