NEWS from the NEST

Dear Woodland Families,

Another great week occurred in the NEST! This week we completed another round of 6 Minutes to Fluency and 5 Minutes for Facts and on Friday we celebrated the end of August with PBIS Clubs. Students that achieved 85% or higher on their Dojo points from August were allowed to sign up/choose from over 28 Clubs school-wide. There is nothing more exciting to see over 500 students walking through the halls to a club of their choosing and interacting with a new teacher/peers/staff members. This builds community!

Administration Availability: Myself and Mrs. Aubrey want to make sure that ALL families understand that we are here to support our students, staff and families. I do want to make sure that all families understand that we will meet with you, but if you show up to the school unannounced we cannot guarantee that we will be available to meet. This is not unlike any other place of business. If you showed up to a bank, doctor's office, or attorney you cannot demand that someone see you immediately. Woodland is a place of business. Our main goal each and everyday is to make our students feel safe, loved and educate them. If there is an issue where you would like to meet with myself or Mrs. Aubrey, please contact the school and we will set up a time to meet. This ensures that we set aside time for you to be heard.

Punctuality: The Car Rider Line in the morning closes at 7:28am. Students are to be seated and ready to start the day at 7:30am. It is important to instill this habit now. Please help support us by making sure your Eagle is at school no later than 7:25. This gives them time to walk to breakfast and make it to their classroom by 7:30.

EGGcellent Eagle Tickets for Reading & Math Sheets: Please make sure that your Eagle completes their weekly homework BEFORE completing additional sheets from the newsletter. I reminded all students on Friday that EGGcellent Eagle Tickets are for going above and beyond. We want to keep encouraging them, but please make sure their weekly homework responsibility is completed.

AM Car Riders: This is improving, thank you! Please continue to help us in the morning by having your student ready to unload when arriving between the two awnings, giving buses the right of way, and being patient getting into the parking lot.

HOMEWORK: Please make sure that your Eagle is completing their work and turning it back into their teacher. All classrooms send home homework on Thursday and it's due the following Thursday. This instills responsibility and good learning habits from the beginning.

Here's to another great week in the NEST!

Please make sure to reach out if you need anything! We are here to help.

Eagles Fly Because They Try!

Mr. Thompson

Principal - Woodland Elementary

brandon.thompson@hardin.kyschools.us

Woodland Families:

We are very excited to pilot Portrait of a Learner at Woodland this school year. This school year we will focus on helping our eagles reach new heights as:

• Personal Champions
• Effective Communicators
• Active Collaborators
• Responsible Citizens
• Engaged Learners

Our plan is to focus on these competencies throughout the year by including opportunities in our classrooms and throughout the school building. We invite you to take part in the upcoming family nights that will be a part of this new academic endeavor for your student. Please assist us in helping your child embrace these skills that will challenge them to see themselves and education in a new light. The month of September we will focus on helping our eagles be personal champions and effective communicators. Information for how you can be involved is attached below. Thank you for your continued support as we reach new heights this year!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Aubrey

Assistant Principal - Woodland Elementary

precious.aubrey@hardin.kyschools.us

9/01/25 Labor Day (SCHOOL DISMISSED)

9/02/25 CANDY DRIVE begins!

9/05/25 Family Night at FREDDY's (5-8pm)

9/09/25 HIGH ATTENDANCE DAY (Pajama Day)

9/11/25 SBDM Council Meeting @ 5pm in WES Library

9/18/25 PTO Meeting @ 5pm in WES Library (last one before FALL FESTIVAL)

9/25/25 DOT DAY school-wide Celebration

10/2/25 FALL FESTIVAL (mark your calendars)

10/6/25-10/10/25 FALL BREAK (SCHOOL DISMISSED)

10/13/25 Parent/Teacher Conferences (SCHOOL DISMISSED)

Woodland Families:

Please read the definition below of bullying. This term is being used interchangeably with individual actions of students being unkind/mean to each other. While no ones wants anyone to be unkind/mean to anyone else, this is not bullying.

Bullying is when people repeatedly and intentionally use words or actions against someone or a group of people to cause distress and risk to their wellbeing. These actions are usually done by people who have more influence or power over someone else, or who want to make someone else feel less powerful or helpless.

HARASSMENT & BULLYING

KY Revised Statute of Harassment

KY Revised Statute of Harassing Communication

Harassment, as defined by the HCS Code of Conduct, is intimidation by threats or physical violence or actual physical conduct, the creation, by whatever means, of climate of hostility, intimidation, or the use of nicknames, written materials or pictures that are lewd, vulgar or profane. Reports of harassment should be reported to the teacher or school office IMMEDIATELY. Please be aware that harassment is an ongoing act and not a single incident. Our School Resource Officer will teach ALL classes a lesson on harassment and its implications.

Our school will maintain an Anti Bullying policy addressing procedures to provide a caring, friendly and safe environment for all of our students and staff so they can learn in a relaxed and secure atmosphere. In order to prevent the disruption of the educational process and the ability of all students to take advantage of the educational opportunities offered at Woodland Elementary School, any behavior defined as bullying will not be tolerated. This policy also addresses any issues identified by our stakeholders and issues required by state law. The Anti Bullying policy defines all forms of bullying as well as signs and symptoms of bullying, states the importance of responding to bullying, procedures for reporting, and interventions for both the offending student and the student who is a victim of bullying.

Our PTO is hosting a candy drive! We are collecting candy to give to students as prizes at the Fall Festival on October 2. Please consider donating a bag of candy between Sept. 2-30 to help us make this year's Fall Festival even more fun for our Eagles! The homeroom class that collects the most bags of candy will receive a prize!

I, myself, completed this form for my son that attends middle school and it took about 2 minutes to complete. This can help to ensure that all of our students continue to receive a free breakfast and lunch each day at school.

Last year Woodland was the first school in the district to achieve 100% of their families filling out the CEP form. We received an additional amount of funding because of this. We can do this! The link to the form is included right here.

English HIF public link
https://www.myschoolapps.com/Home/DistrictRedirect/HARDINHIF_KY?langid=1

Spanish HIF public link
https://www.myschoolapps.com/Home/DistrictRedirect/HARDINHIF_KY?langid=2

Please look above at the APP that you will need to download in order to stay in contact with Woodland via Rooms. Rooms is inside the HCS app. Rooms will be the way that you can communicate to your child's teacher and school. Teachers will begin using Rooms over the next few weeks. Please also make sure that your correct phone number is listed in Parent Portal so you receive the text messages that the district and Woodland sends out.

We have filled up several Taters already!

Each day a homeroom class has the opportunity to earn a Tardy Tater piece. How do they earn it? It's all tied into Attendance. Students must be present (not tardy) in order for the class to add a piece. After 10 day of only have one student missing from their class, the class receives a Tater Chip Party. We are wanting our Eagles to be at school each and everyday. We miss them when they are not here!

Check out these 1st grade Eagles! Working on Math fluency and using their fingers to count. We encourage them to use their fingers. Fingers are manipulatives and this helps to build foundational numeracy skills.

1st graders in Mrs. Holland's classroom working during 6 Minutes to Fluency. Students are working on tracking their words as they read or listening to the story being read aloud. This helps in students' pacing and fluency as we continue to build this skill.

Students will once again be eligible to earn EGGcellent Eagle Tickets for work they do from the Reading Passages and Math Fluency sheets posted on the Family Newsletter. Students can simply get a note from a family member stating that they read the reading passage for the week. Students can also complete the math problems on a blank sheet of paper and send those in as well. Please do not keep the printing from allowing your student to complete the work.

Students needs their first and last name and their homeroom teacher's name on their paper when turning these in. Can students complete work outside of their grade level? YES!

I will award students for grade level work that is either 1 grade level above or below the grade level that they are currently in.

For every Reading Passage a student reads = 2 EGGcellent Eagle Tickets

For every 10 math problems a student completes = 1 EGGcellent Eagle ticket

EGGcellent Eagle tickets will be drawn on Monday mornings this school year for a snack and prize.

1st Grade Reading Passage (Three Ducks)

2nd Grade Reading Passage (Pete the Parrot)

3rd Grade Reading Passage (Migration)

4th Grade Reading Passage (I Left it On the Moon!)

5th Grade Reading Passage (Responding to Natural Disasters)

6th Grade Reading Passage (Dr. Isabella Aiona Abbott)

All grades levels have a fluency standard.

The KY Math Standards state that students should be fluent in the following areas:

1st grade students to be fluent within 10 (addition & subtraction)

2nd grade students to be fluent within 20 (addition & subtraction)

3rd grade students to be fluent within 100 (multiplication & division)

4th grade students to be fluent in multi-digit addition & subtraction

5th grade students to be fluent in multiplying multi-digit whole numbers

This week we are starting out with 1st & 2nd grade students working with Addition & Subtraction and 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students working with Multiplication & Division facts.

1st Grade Math Fluency Sheet

2nd Grade Math Fluency Sheet

3rd Grade Math Fluency Sheet

4th Grade Math Fluency Sheet

5th Grade Math Fluency Sheet

Follow the directions in the link to obtain a Parent Portal. All families are encouraged to make sure that they have access to their student's Parent Portal. This is where all attendance and grades are housed for your student.

https://www.hardin.kyschools.us/parents/parent-portal-account-how-do-i-get-one

All educators in the state of KY in the public school systems must use the Kentucky Academic Standards. All of the programs that we use at Woodland align to these standards. If you are ever wondering why your student is learning a specific skill or concept in their grade level, you can look to these for guidance.

In order to increase our daily attendance, last year we started Tardy Taters at Woodland. Each day that a homeroom class only has 1 student late/absent from school then the classroom gets to add a piece onto the Tater. Once the class has received 10 days of only missing one student or achieving 100% attendance, then the class will be rewarded with a certificate and a Tater chip party. Classrooms proudly display their certificates out in the hallway. At the end of the school year, the class with the most complete Tardy Taters will receive a class Pizza Party! Last year we filled 153 Tardy Taters. Let's see if we can beat that number in the 25-26 school year.

Do you want to help, but you don't want to go out and buy and drop it off at the school? Click here to help send supplies directly to the school. Thanks in advance!

https://a.co/6QhXhhx

Woodland does have a Wellness policy that is a SBDM (Site Base Decision Making) policy about no outside food coming in for birthday celebrations. We do celebrate every student in a monthly celebration on the last Thursday of the month. Students are given a treat provided by the cafeteria, we sing Happy Birthday, and each child gets a Happy Birthday pencil. If you would like to do something additional, please reach out to your student's homeroom teacher. You are always welcome to send in a trinket/prize/pencil for the students in the class. You can also contact the school and come and eat lunch with your student if you are able to do that. With the ever growing number of students with known and unknown allergies, we do not allow large batches of food (cupcakes, brownies, etc.).

Some suggestions in lieu of food:

• Stickers
• Glow bracelets
• temporary tattoos
• Bubbles
• Play-doh
• Side walk chalk

Thank you for your understanding and support.

If there is a change in your student's transportation, please fill our the form linked here. We must have transportation changes in writing for documentation purposes.

The link is https://forms.gle/39qw9qqqjnXccMtR9

Here is the important information regarding how parents can view and pay for field trips and complete permission slips for their students.

To get started, parents need to complete a two-step sign-up process:

1. Create a free SchoolCash Online account.

   • Visit https://hardin.schoolcashonline.com and click on "Register."
   • Fill in your first name, last name, email address, and create a password.
   • Choose a security question.
   • Select "Yes" to receive email notifications (no promotional emails will be sent).
   • Check your email for a confirmation message (remember to look in the Spam folder if it doesn’t appear).
   • Use your email and password to log in.

2. Add your student(s) to your account profile and make a payment.

• Sign in at https://hardin.schoolcashonline.com.
• Navigate to "My Account" at the top of the page.
• From the dropdown menu, select "My Students."
• Click to add a child:
  • Type your school board name and choose your school from the list.
  • Enter your child's details (up to 8 students can be added).
  • Click "Confirm."
• Select the item you wish to purchase and click "Add to Cart."
• Once finished adding items, click "Continue" to make a payment.

Are you looking for child care after school? The district provides child care, at a low cost, to families. Please visit the link to check it out and fill out the application or you can call 270-769-8800 and ask to speak to Amy Wood. If you are interested please act quickly. Spots do fill up. Thank you!

https://www.hardin.kyschools.us/school-aged-child-care-sacc-1

If you are interested in being a volunteer, this video explains how volunteers can complete a background check (which they need per law and policy).

https://youtu.be/jd8mltg9bmM

Some points of note:

• HCS will send a request for a background check to the Administrative Office of the Courts EVERY FIVE YEARS. The AOC charges the district a $10 fee for each check administered. We ask the volunteer to pay for that background check processing fee.
• We will only ask for a processing fee every five years instead of every year. We ask for the background check form to be completed each year in order to maintain a clear record of the current school year's volunteers.
• The background check will not be processed until the Superintendent’s office has received $10 for the background check and a copy of the receipt issued by the school. For instance, if an adult who has never volunteered becomes a volunteer in 2024, they will not have to pay for another background check until 2029.