Hansen Jr/Sr High Principal Update

It has been a busy and exciting few weeks at Hansen Jr./Sr. High! From Homecoming and Senior Nights to Halloween fun and the everyday successes happening in our classrooms, there is a lot to celebrate. One thing that continues to stand out is the Husky Pride shown by our students, staff, families, and community. Whether you fill the stands, support an activity, donate to our book drive, or encourage our students from home, your involvement makes a difference.

As we look ahead, we also hope our community will join us for our District-Wide Veterans Day Assembly on November 11. This is an important opportunity for our students, staff, and community to come together to recognize and honor the veterans who have served our country.

Thank you for continuing to show up for our students and support our Huskies! 🐾💚

Features in this month's newsletter:

1. ✅ News
2. 📅 Upcoming Dates
3. 💚 Booster Club Meeting
4. 🖤 Husky Gear
5. 🤼🏀 Winter Sport Schedules
6. 🍕November Breakfast & Lunch Menus
7. 🐾Hansen Jr/Sr High Beliefs

Thank you,

Mrs. Carter

A huge Husky Howl goes out to our incredible community for showing up and making Homecoming and our Volleyball and Football Senior Nights so special!

It was amazing to see our stands filled with families, students, alumni, and community members supporting our Huskies. The energy, involvement, and school pride throughout these events are what make Hansen such a special place. Whether you cheered from the stands, helped behind the scenes, participated in Homecoming activities, or simply showed up to support our students, you helped create memories they will carry long after the season ends. Senior Night is always bittersweet as we celebrate students who have given so much to their teams and our school. Seeing our community come together to recognize them made those evenings even more meaningful.

We are incredibly grateful for the way our community continues to rally around our students and our school. That is Husky Pride, and we loved seeing it on full display! Go Huskies! 🐾💚

Project Succeed is sponsoring a Book Drive to support the Hansen Jr./Sr. High School Library, and we would love our community’s help! We are collecting new or gently used books to add directly to our high school library collection for students to enjoy.

A library filled with current, engaging, high-interest books matters. When students can find books that connect with their interests, experiences, and reading levels, they are more likely to pick up a book, keep reading, and discover something they truly enjoy. Your donations will help us keep our collection updated and give students more choices.

📖 What: New or gently used books
📍 Where: Drop-off box located in front of Hansen Jr./Sr. High School
💚 Why: To put more great books directly into the hands of our students!

Clean off those bookshelves, find a few favorites your family is ready to pass along, or donate something new. Every book helps us build a stronger library for our Huskies! Thank you to Project Succeed for sponsoring the drive and to our community for continuing to support our students! 💚

At Hansen, PBIS (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports) is one way we intentionally build a positive school culture. PBIS focuses on teaching, recognizing, and reinforcing the behaviors we want to see, rather than only responding when something goes wrong. Our schoolwide expectations are simple: Be Respectful. Be Responsible. Be Ready to Learn. These expectations give our students a common understanding of what it means to be a Husky, whether in the classroom, hallways, activities, athletics, or throughout our community.

One strength of PBIS is that Tier 1 supports are designed for all students and should support the large majority of our student body. Currently, about 99% of our students are responding successfully to our Tier 1 supports. That is something worth celebrating! It means the overwhelming majority of our students are meeting schoolwide expectations without needing more intensive behavioral supports.

We also believe positive choices deserve recognition. Through Husky Howls, Husky Bucks, PBIS celebrations, extended lunches, and other incentives, we recognize students who demonstrate our 3 Rs and contribute positively to our school. PBIS isn't simply about rewards. It is about creating a school where expectations are clear, positive behavior is acknowledged, students feel connected, and everyone understands that they play a role in our school culture.

Every time a student helps someone, shows respect, makes a responsible choice, works through a challenge, or comes to class ready to learn, they are demonstrating Husky Pride. Those moments happen throughout our school every day, and they are worth celebrating!

Something we do every year—and something our students look forward to—is Trick or Treat the Hallways at the high school. Students show up in costumes (or not!), and we take a few moments to have fun and keep building relationships with our students. We play Halloween music, pass out candy, laugh at costumes, and create positive interactions between students and staff outside of the normal classroom setting. It may seem like a small tradition, but these moments help build connection, belonging, and a positive school culture.

Our students work hard, and we believe it's important to create opportunities to simply enjoy being together as a school. Traditions like Trick or Treat the Hallways have become part of who we are at Hansen, and another fun way to show a little Husky Pride!

Happy Halloween, Huskies! 🎃🐾

🦃November

• November 2-3: State STUCO
• November 3: Election Day (Voting available in the Community Gym)
• November 3: JH Girls Basketball vs. Murtaugh 4:00
• November 3: JH Wrestling @ Valley 4:30
• November 5: JH Girls Basketball @ TFCS 4:00
• November 7: JH Wrestling @ South Hills Middle School 9:00
• November 10: Interim Math ISAT
• November 10: JH Wrestling @ Gooding 4:30
• November 11: District-wide Veterans Day Assembly in HS Gym
• November 11: Interim ELA ISAT
• November 12: JH Girls Basketball vs. Valley 3:00
• November 12: Midterms Quarter 2
• November 13: Student Success Day from 8:00-11:00
• November 13: St. Luke's Mobile Mammography from 9:00-3:00
• November 14: Craft Bazaar in all 3 gymnasiums from 10:00-4:00
• November 16: First Day HS Wrestling
• November 16: JH Girls Basketball vs. O'Leary 4:00
• November 16: HS Girls Basketball @ Lighthouse 6:00
• November 16: School Board Meeting in HS Library 7:00
• November 17: JH Wrestling @ Oakley 4:30
• November 18: FFA District Creed, Job Interview, Opening Ceremonies, and Best Informed Greenhand
• November 18: JH Girls & Boys Basketball vs. Sun Valley 3:00
• November 18: HS Girls Basketball @ Bliss 6:00
• November 19: HS Girls Basketball @ Shoshone 6:00
• November 20: FFA Jerome Invitational 8:30-4:00
• November 21: JH Wrestling @ Canyon Ridge 9:00 (Robert Stuart Invite)
• November 23: HS Boys Jamboree @ Carey 6:00
• November 25 & 26: No School (Thanksgiving Break)
• November 30: JH Girls Basketball @ O'Leary 4:30
• November 30: HS Boys Basketball vs. Shoshone 6:00

🎄December

• December 1: JH Wrestling @ Kimberly Middle School 4:30
• December 2: JH Girls & Boys Basketball @ Dietrich 3:00
• December 2: FFA Animal Parent Meeting for Barn 4:00
• December 2: HS Boys Basketball vs. Oakley 6:00
• December 3: JH Girls Basketball vs. Oakley 4:00
• December 4: HS Girls & Boys Basketball @ Sho-Ban 4:00
• December 4: HS Wrestling Dahlke Duals @ American Falls 1:00
• December 5: HS Wrestling Dahlke Duals @ American Falls 9:00
• December 5: JH Wrestling @ Minico High School 9:00
• December 7: HS Girls & Boys Basketball vs. Jackpot 6:00
• December 8: JH Wrestling Districts @ Declo 3:00
• December 8: HS Wrestling @ Filer 5:00
• December 9: JH Girls & Boys Basketball vs. Bliss 3:00
• December 9: FFA District Agronomy & Milks 4:00
• December 10: HS Girls & Boys Basketball vs. Bliss 6:00
• December 11: Student Success Day 8:00-11:00
• December 11: HS Wrestling Tim Mathews Tournament @ Jerome High School 3:00
• December 11: HS Boys Basketball @ Lighthouse 6:00
• December 12: HS Wrestling Tim Mathews Tournament @ Jerome High School 9:00
• December 12: HS Girls & Boys Basketball vs. American Heritage 1:00
• December 14: HS Girls & Boys Basketball @ ISDB 5:00
• December 15: HS Girls & Boys Basketball vs. Richfield 4:30
• December 16: Finals
• December 16: JH Girls & Boys Basketball @ Camas 3:00
• December 16: HS Wrestling @ Minico High School 5:00
• December 17: Finals
• December 18: HS Boys Basketball @ Shoshone 6:00
• December 18: HS Wrestling Tournament @ Twin Falls/Canyon Ridge 1:00
• December 19: HS Wrestling Tournament @ Twin Falls/Canyon Ridge 9:00
• December 21: School Board Meeting in HS Library 7:00 (may change)
• December 18-January 3: No School (Christmas Break)

Our Hansen Jr/Sr High Booster Club is a great way to get involved and support our students, athletes, activities, and school community! We would love to have parents, families, and community members join us.

Our upcoming meetings are November 2 and December 1, all at 6:30 PM in the high school library. Come share ideas, lend a hand, and help us continue building Husky pride throughout our school and community.

Looking to show off your Hansen Husky pride? We have two great ways to gear up this year!

🐾 SHOP LOCAL — RAE RAE’S CLOSET
Additional Husky gear is available locally through Rae Rae’s Closet! Support local while grabbing some great Hansen gear for students, families, and fans.

To order, contact Rae Rae through her Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057304455922

Or email: raeraescloset@outlook.com

🐾 SHOP ONLINE — BSN SIDELINE STORE
Our Hansen Huskies BSN Sideline Store is also open with a variety of apparel and gear featuring Husky logos, sports, and activities!

Shop here:
https://sideline.bsnsports.com/schools/idaho/hansen/hansen-school

Even better, purchases through our BSN store give 10% back to Hansen Athletics!

Whether you shop local or shop online, there are plenty of ways to represent the green and black this year!

Sport schedules are subject to change. Please check with coaches and the district website/calendar for any updates. Thank you!

The Hansen School District, working collaboratively with all stakeholders, will develop the skills and qualities necessary to create lifelong learners and productive citizens.

The Hansen School District staff is committed to seeing each student experience success and graduate from high school. It is our intent to have students enroll in postsecondary education or productively enter the workforce to pursue their career aspirations immediately following high school graduation.

At Hansen Jr/Sr High School we believe:

• respectful relationships are key in and out of the classroom.
• educators will foster an environment where diversity is celebrated, passion is nurtured, and every day is filled with joy, laughter, and acceptance of all.
• educators will hold high expectations to inspire growth and achievement while demonstrating grace, understanding, and support of all students and colleagues.

Hansen Jr/Sr High School

Principal: Mrs. Staci Carter

Main Office: Ms. Tiffany Conk

Counselor: Mrs. Jessi Torrero

Website: www.hansenschools.org
Location: 550 Main St. S., Hansen, ID 83334
Phone: (208) 423-5593
Facebook: Hansen School District