Howbert Happenings!

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THIS WEEK

WALK-A-THON SPIRIT WEEK

Monday, 29th

• 🧦Spirit Day - Wear Wacky Socks
• Fairy Tale STEM Club: 2:50-4:00

Tuesday, 30th

• 🎩Spirit Day - Crazy Hat Day
• Cross Country Meet at Garry Berry Stadium: arrive at 3:30

Wednesday, 1st

• 🏖️Spirit Day - Beach Day
• COUNT DAY!!!!!

Thursday, 2nd

• 💤Spirit Day - Pajama Day
• School Custodial Worker Appreciation (Mr. Gidley and Mr. Todd)
• Cross Country Practice: 2:50-3:50

Friday, 3rd

• WALK-A-THON by Howbert PTO
• 🌈Spirit Day - Wear your class color!
• Soccer Training Camp: 2:50-4:30

NEXT WEEK

Monday, 6th

• Picture Retakes
• Fairy Tale STEM Club: 2:50-4:00

Tuesday, 7th

• Kindergarten field trip to Venetucci Farm

Wednesday, 8th

Thursday, 9th

• 4th grade walking field trip to Garden of the Gods
• PTO Meeting: 3:15-4:15

Friday, 10th

• Teacher Work Day: NO SCHOOL

Saturday, 11th

• Coronado Homecoming Parade 10am (more info below)

Parent/Teacher conferences will be held during the week of October 13th-17th after school and during the day on Monday, October 20th.

Your child's classroom teacher will send out a link to schedule your child's conference time this week. Sign up early so you can get the date and time that works best for you.

If you have any questions, please contact your child's teacher.

Mark Your Calendar!

Every student present that day will get a popsicle 🍧

🏃‍♀️Celebrating the 12th ANNUAL WALK-A-THON!🏃‍♂️

Friday, October 3, 2025 at 8:30am

Join us for our 12th Annual Walk-A-Thon! This is our one big fundraiser every year and it is always a great success! This year we hope to raise $20,000 to help supply our kids/school with needed technology, activities, and outdoor equipment. We know we can do it...with YOUR help!

In the weeks leading up to the Walk-A-Thon our students will be *safely* raising money by asking family, friends, parents’ coworkers, etc. if they would like to make a contribution. Donors can pay with cash, check or even online! Donations are a flat rate, not per lap.

🤑Fundraising is Sept. 19 - Oct.3.💰

Your student should have come home with a donation envelope last week. You can share the video below to help get the word out to your friends and family. https://youtu.be/sVPd_ecGyqM

On the day of the event our students will walk/run/roll/jog/skip/mosey laps around the school. It is not a competition and your donation is not dependent on the number of laps your child completes...we want everyone to have fun and get moving! We will have guests like the Coronado cheerleaders, local military soldiers, and more on hand to cheer our Hornets on!

We ask that EVERY student wears their “class color” as it makes it easier to track them and for a school-wide picture afterwards. Class Colors for the Walk-A-Thon are as follows: Preschool - ☁️White, Kindergarten-💜Purple, 1st- 💙Blue, 2nd- 💚Green, 3rd- 🔴Red, 4th- 💛Yellow, 5th- 🧡Orange. Please let us know if you need help acquiring a shirt...we can help!

We also will have fun incentives to help motivate our students to raise money: prizes, a special staff-served pizza party and a super-fun assembly for the whole school.

You can donate on Venmo @HowbertPTO (last four are 0182) or https://give.cornerstone.cc/howbert.

-Graphic by 5th graders and Spirit & Service Club Members Danika & Rowan

The Howbert Guiding Coalition (SAC) is a team of staff and parents/guardians that meet bi-monthly to learn about what is happening at Howbert Elementary, ask questions, and provide input.

Our first meeting will be on Wednesday, October 1st from 4:00-5:00 in-person at Howbert or online via Webex (click here to join meeting).

We encourage and welcome your partnership in the Guiding Coalition.

Agenda Items:

• 2025 School Performance Framework
• Howbert's Unified Improvement Plan (UIP)
• Updates on capital improvements and bond issue
• Your Input

Join us at the Coronado Homecoming Parade to represent Howbert Elementary and our outstanding school. Wear a Howbert shirt and/or bring along your outdoorsy gear🥾🎣⛷️ (walking sticks, fish net, woodland animal stuffies, etc.) to show that we are the Outdoor Learning School!

This year's parade will be on Saturday, Oct. 11th. Arrive by 9:30.

Students will use nature items to create bugs, bats, and owls!

Limited to 12 students (picked by lottery).

Oct. 7, 14, 28

2:50-3:30

Lunches will be provided for free to all students this year. Each student can choose to bring their own lunch or get one from the school. The lunch menu is located here:

https://www.d11.org/administration/operations/school/food-and-nutrition-services/fnsmenus

1. Click "View Your School's Menu"

2. Find and click Howbert on the "School" Drop-Down

3. On the right-hand side of the screen on the "Menu Plan" drop-down, select 25/26 Elementary Sunbutter Lunch (this just means that we are a school that doesn't serve peanut butter).

The Cougars Care Corner Market is now open for the 2025-26 school year!

Greetings,

I would like to share this exciting opportunity to participate in the Cougars Care Corner Market at Coronado High School.

The Corner Market is a food distribution site partnered with Care and Share to help meet the tangible needs of the community.

Everything is FREE, you just take what you need and leave enough for others. Everyone in the community may come on Thursdays from 3:30 - 6:00PM.

The Corner Market supplies fruit, veggies, non-perishable goods, snacks, school supplies, toiletries, hygiene products, and clothing items.

The Corner Market serves our entire community, so please utilize it! Coronado’s Corner Market is meant to be a distribution site for all West Side schools (come to us for resources so you don’t have to go to Care and Share individually).

The staff and students at Howbert love to have volunteers at the school supporting learning. If you would like to volunteer, please speak with the classroom teacher or contact the front office to share with us how you would like to help.

One of the first steps all volunteers must take, is to complete the Colorado Springs School District 11 Volunteer Application.

It is best to complete the application at least a week prior to visiting the school to volunteer.

Use your full legal name (on ID or drivers license) when completing the application.

Below is the link that will take you directly to the online volunteer application.

If you have any questions, please contact Amanda Jo in the front office (719-328-4211).

Your Howbert Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) has evolved from a PTA, which has been active since the 1980s and hosts many of the fun events that Howbert offers! We also facilitate the fundraising efforts for the school. With these we have provided such opportunities as:
-Family Game (BINGO) Nights
-Field Trips Supplies
-Tables & Shade Structures for outdoor classroom spaces
So much more! We are a relaxed organization that gladly welcomes all Howbert community members to join us for meetings, events, and volunteer opportunities. We highly encourage all parents and guardians to get involved at Howbert--it is so rewarding for your students and for YOU!
PTO Contact Info
howbertpto@gmail.com
https://howbertpto.wixsite.com/info https://www.facebook.com/groups/HowbertPTO