Harlan Elementary
March 31-April 4, 2025

Welcome Back from Spring Break on Monday, March 31st!
When your child is absent, please send an excuse note within 3 school days.
Make sure your phone # & email are up to date in PowerSchool to receive callouts
🍀 School Dances - GIRLS DANCE rescheduled due to weather! Stay tuned!
April Events:
🌷 April 1st - Colbert & Laud. Co. CPC Family Fun Fair - see flyer below
🌷 April 8 & 9 - ACAP Reading State Testing - ATTENDANCE IS IMPORTANT
🌷 April 17 - ACAP Science State Testing (4th gr only)- ATTENDANCE IS IMPORTANT
🌷 April 21 - ACAP Math State Testing - ATTENDANCE IS IMPORTANT
🌷 SEE IMPORTANT REMINDERS ABOUT ACAP TESTING BELOW
ACAP Begins Next Week - Attendance is Important!
IMPORTANT ACAP REMINDERS:
Blast Into the Past 90's Dances - Girls Dance this Saturday evening!
Harlan Core Value: Persevere
Show Choir on Tuesdays--Please make arrangements for pick up at 4:15
Robotics meets on Wednesdays - please arrange for pick up!
Supplies needed for Robotics!
Robotics students, remember to bring items from home if you have them!
If you have any of these items at home, please consider donating them to us!
Legos
Seeds
Tape
Rolls of masking tape
Lego tires x4
4 toy size wheels
Toilet paper rolls
Sharpie
Cardboard
Black rubber bands
Tinfoil
Bucket
Paper
Popsicle Sticks
Batteries
Rubber Bands
Paint--blue, purple, yellow, and pink
Plastic water bottles
Mini Screws
Round half foam ball
Fake grass
Hot glue gun
Hot glue
2 bowls
String
Fake animal
Colbert & Laud. Counties Family Fun Fair - Tuesday, 4/1/25!
Congratulations to these outstanding students:
Parent Portal Login Instructions were sent home in folders.
Look for those instructions so you can check your child's grades!
Please Make Sure Your Child/Your Child's Teacher Knows How They're Getting Home!
Bus Routes & Information:
🌟Healing Hearts is Available Anytime🌟
🩵Healing Hearts Group is Harlan's in-school grief support program offered to all children attending schools in Lauderdale, Colbert, and Franklin counties that we serve/have preexisting groups.
🩵Healing Hearts Group meets once per month and explores emotions, experiences, and responses surrounding grief in a safe environment with children that are already familiar with each other from school.
🩵Healing Hearts group is coordinated by a Healing Place counselor and Ms. Green.
🩵By filling out this form you are signing up your child to attend the group once per month. Healing Hearts meets at the discretion of the Healing Place and the school administration. By signing up you are not committing your child to attend every group if there is an absence, conflict, or important school event happening on the day that the group meets.
🩵If your child has attended Healing Hearts in previous years they will need to be registered again this school year! Participation requires a new form every year!
Register now: https://forms.gle/3parov5tr5czUEM58 - Click Here or Click/Scan the QR code
Extended Day Enrichment Program - EDEP After School Program
The pictures below provide information on our after school program.
- To enroll call 256-768-2700 and leave your name, number and student name for the director to return your call.
- The form to sign up for EdEP are available in the office.
With Integrity We Will Live Out the F.A.L.C.O.N. Way Here at HES!
Join Harlan PTO! It's only $5 and it goes directly to our school!
All Florence City students are provided breakfast and lunch free of charge!
Grade Level News
Kindergarten
Reading:
Letters Ee and Qq.
- Reviewing High Frequency Words- for, has. and, in, we, of, to, is, the, all, up, girl, I, have, his, it, him, as, am, had, see, on, but, did, a, can, go, he, at, you.
- Adding High Frequency Words: her, what
Math:
- Lesson 25- Word Problems with Both Addends Unknown.
Reminders:
- Your child needs a water bottle and snack every day.
- Check their red FALCON folder every night.
- Practice letters and sounds, going over HFW, writing first name, letters, and numbers every night.
1st Grade
Math:
- Lesson 21 Understand Tens and Ones; Lesson 25 : Add and Subtract Tens
Reading:
- The newsletters, stapled readers, and rapid reads are keys to achieving high scores.
- Review yellow sheet regarding tests and grading procedures for fluency, spelling, grammar, vocabulary, phonics, and comprehension.
- Beginning with Unit 7, there will be 3 TEST grades and 1 Daily grade.
Unit 7 Lesson 2 Test
- Roots and Seeds
Phonics:
- /m/ spelled _mb, /n/ spelled kn_ and gn, /r/ spelled wr_, /f/ spelled ph
Vocabulary:
- coating, float, place, structures, survive, store, edible, contain, purpose
Grammar:
- Possessive Pronouns
Spelling:
- lamb, gnaw, limb, gnat, numb, knee, comb, knob, know
Unit 7 Fluency Grading Scale
Words per Minute
A = 55 words & above
B = 48-54 words
C = 38-47 words
D = 29-37 words
F = 28 words & below
2nd Grade
Reading/ELA:
- Comprehension: Story: A Brand New American Family
- Grammar: capitalization and commas
Math:
- Lesson 28: recognize and draw shapes
Tests:
- Reading/ELA: None (Reading ACAP NEXT WEEK)
- Math: None
3rd Grade
Assessments:
-iReady Lesson 29 Assessment: Thursday, April 3
-U5L1 Reading Test: Friday, April 4
-U5L1: Spelling Test, April 4
Reading:
-Main Idea/Details
-Text Features
Grammar:
-Subject Verb Agreement
-Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement
Math:
-Liquid Volume
-Mass
4th Grade
Reading:
- Unit 4 Lessons 5 & 6 along with skills review as we prepare for ACAP next week!
Math:
Once we come back from Spring break, we will begin lesson 32 adding and subtracting angles.
We will also be getting ready for ACAP! Please be working with your child on their addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts. This will help them greatly to prepare for the test!
- Students can log into Xtra math online to practice these skills! It is a great website designed to give the students practice with their facts for 10 minutes a day!
- Don’t forget about our Montgomery field trip! Payments are to be paid in full by April 23!
5th Grade
- Reading
- Skills practice and review as we prepare for reading ACAP next week!
- Writing: Narrative Writing
- Math
- look for family letter for new lessons/skills
Communication is Crucial! Keep Scrolling for the Many Ways to Engage with HES:
Be Sure to Follow Harlan on Social Media & Online!
Download the Florence City Schools App
Contact Us Anytime!
School Secretary: Mrs. Yolanda Johnson Email: yjohnson@florencek12.org
Principal: Dr. Thomas Casteel Email: tcasteel@florencek12.org
Assistant Principal: Mr. Julian Smith Email: jsmith@florencek12.org
Location: 2233 Mc Burney Dr, Florence, AL 35630
Phone: (256)768-2700