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Harlan Elementary

September 2-6, 2024

Harlan Elementary September 2-6, 2024
Harlan ElementarySeptember 2-6, 2024

September 2-6 Events: September 2-6 Events:

⭐️September 2nd Labor Day NO SCHOOL for STUDENTS ⭐️September 2nd Labor Day NO SCHOOL for STUDENTS

⭐️September 3rd Florence City Professional Learning Day NO SCHOOL for STUDENTS ⭐️September 3rd Florence City Professional Learning Day NO SCHOOL for STUDENTS

⭐️ September is Attendance Awareness Month - scroll down for 🍕 party info! ⭐️ September is Attendance Awareness Month - scroll down for 🍕 party info!

⭐️ September 5th - Kindergarten & 1st Grade Breakfast with My Buddy ⭐️ September 5th - Kindergarten & 1st Grade Breakfast with My Buddy

⭐️ September 6th - 1st 9 Weeks Progress Reports ⭐️ September 6th - 1st 9 Weeks Progress Reports

⭐️ September 6th - Falcon Spirit Ribbons $1.00 at Drop Off Line ⭐️ September 6th - Falcon Spirit Ribbons $1.00 at Drop Off Line

⭐️ September 9th Grandparent Luncheon ⭐️ September 9th Grandparent Luncheon

⭐️ September 9-13: Florence Homecoming Spirit Week ⭐️ September 9-13: Florence Homecoming Spirit Week

⭐️ September 11th - 4th & 5th Grade Breakfast with My Buddy ⭐️ September 11th - 4th & 5th Grade Breakfast with My Buddy

⭐️ September 16th - Free Flu Shot Clinic for students (parents must sign form) ⭐️ September 16th - Free Flu Shot Clinic for students (parents must sign form)

⭐️ September 16th - PTO Popcorn Fundraiser Begins (9/16-9/27) ⭐️ September 16th - PTO Popcorn Fundraiser Begins (9/16-9/27)

⭐️ PICTURE DAY is SEPTEMBER 19th!! ⭐️ PICTURE DAY is SEPTEMBER 19th!!

⭐️ September 19th - 2nd Grade Breakfast with My Buddy ⭐️ September 19th - 2nd Grade Breakfast with My Buddy

⭐️ September 26th - 3rd Grade Breakfast with My Buddy ⭐️ September 26th - 3rd Grade Breakfast with My Buddy

⭐️ September 27th - PTO Popcorn Fundraiser Sales Due ⭐️ September 27th - PTO Popcorn Fundraiser Sales Due

⭐️ Scroll down for grade level news! ⭐️ Scroll down for grade level news!

Remember - Students do not come to school Sept. 2nd or 3rd Remember - Students do not come to school Sept. 2nd or 3rd

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Attendance Awareness Challenge!

To celebrate Attendance Awareness Month, Harlan will be awarding a pizza party each week during September to the class with the best attendance! Please see the weeks provided below. In addition, each student from the class with the best attendance for the entire month of September will receive a gift card to McDonald’s.

Week 1 (September 2 - 6)

Week 2 (September 9 - 13)

Week 3 (September 16 - 20)

Week 4 (September 23 - 27)

Click the Image Below to Learn How to Access Textbooks at Home: Click the Image Below to Learn How to Access Textbooks at Home:

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Join your student for "Breakfast with Buddies" on these dates: Join your student for "Breakfast with Buddies" on these dates:

PTO Ice Cream Social - 5pm Thursday, Sept. 5th PTO Ice Cream Social - 5pm Thursday, Sept. 5th

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Registration not required - but help us get a head count: Registration not required - but help us get a head count:

Click here to RSVP for PTO Ice Cream Social

Grandparents Luncheon-Monday, September 9th

We hope the grands in our students' lives can join them for lunch on Monday, September 9th. Look for your student's lunch times below:

  • 10:30am-11:00am: Kindergarten: Swaim, Spence, Cottingham, Herring
  • 10:35am-11:05am: 2nd Grade: Thirkill, Johnson, Wright, Cornelius
  • 10:55am-11:24am: Mrs. Defoor
  • 11:05am-11:35am: 1st Grade: White, Darby, Harris, Thompson
  • 11:15am-11:45am: 3rd Grade: Aldridge, Edmonds, Carbine, Henry
  • 11:35am-12:05pm: 5th Grade: Sears, Rodgers
  • 12:00pm-12:30pm: 4th Grade: Bodley, Hobdy, Crawford, Finley

Parent Portal Login Instructions were sent home in folders. Parent Portal Login Instructions were sent home in folders.

Look for those instructions so you can check your child's grades! Look for those instructions so you can check your child's grades!

Florence Falcon Football Spirit Ribbons - $1 During Drop-Off - Dates Below Florence Falcon Football Spirit Ribbons - $1 During Drop-Off - Dates Below

Spirit ribbons on sale during drop off on 8/30, 9/6, 9/13, 10/4, 10/18, 11/1 Spirit ribbons on sale during drop off on 8/30, 9/6, 9/13, 10/4, 10/18, 11/1

Weekly Falcon Football Schedule & Spirit Themes: Weekly Falcon Football Schedule & Spirit Themes:

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Weekly "Spirit" Dress Up Themes:

  • 9/6: "Hawaiian" (H) vs. Albertville
  • 9/13: "Camo" (H) vs. Austin
  • 9/20: "Black Out" @Bob Jones
  • 10/4: "USA/Red-White-Blue" (H) vs. James Clemens
  • 10/11: "Neon" @Grissom
  • 10/18: "Pink Out" (H) vs Huntsville
  • 10/25: "Y2K" @Sparkman
  • 11/1: "Senior Citizens & Babies" (H) vs Oxford

Homecoming Dress Up Week: September 9-13 Homecoming Dress Up Week: September 9-13

Be On the Lookout for Flu Shot Clinic Info Coming Soon! Be On the Lookout for Flu Shot Clinic Info Coming Soon!

Florence City Schools is partnering with HNH immunizations (Health Heroes) again this year to offer free flu shots! The on-site clinic will be held SEPTEMBER 16th. Be on the lookout for more information and a consent form to be sent home soon!

Drop Off & Dismissal Reminders: Drop Off & Dismissal Reminders:

Please Make Sure Your Child/Your Child's Teacher Knows How They're Getting Home! Please Make Sure Your Child/Your Child's Teacher Knows How They're Getting Home!

Bus Routes & Information: Bus Routes & Information:

Click Here for Ecco Ride Bus Form

Congratulations to these outstanding students: Congratulations to these outstanding students:

🌟Back to School Means Back to Healing Hearts🌟 🌟Back to School Means Back to Healing Hearts🌟

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🩵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 Extended Day Enrichment Program - EDEP After School Program

The pictures below provide information on our after school program.


  • EDEP will begin on the 1st day of school.
  • 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 will be sent home with the students the first week as well.
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With Integrity We Will Live Out the F.A.L.C.O.N. Way Here at HES! With Integrity We Will Live Out the F.A.L.C.O.N. Way Here at HES!

August Core Value of the Month: FAMILY - We Are Kind August Core Value of the Month: FAMILY - We Are Kind

Mark your calendar for Fall Picture Day - SEPTEMBER 19th! Mark your calendar for Fall Picture Day - SEPTEMBER 19th!

Join Harlan PTO! It's only $5 and it goes directly to our school! Join Harlan PTO! It's only $5 and it goes directly to our school!

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September 2-6 September 2-6

GRADE LEVEL NEWS: GRADE LEVEL NEWS:

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Kindergarten

Reading: Letters Mm-Rr, rhyming words, parts of a book

Math: Comparing to 5



  • Practice writing first name correctly and numbers 0-5.
  • Check your child's FALCON folder for field trip information.
  • Send a snack and water bottle every day.

**Kindergarten Breakfast with Buddies-Thursday, Sept. 5th**

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1st Grade

Reading:

Open Court Unit 1 Lesson 2: Back to School

Phonics: /d/ spelled d; /n/ spelled n; /i/ spelled i; and /h/ spelled h

Comprehension:

• Asking Questions

• Predicting

• Sequence

• Cause and Effect

Writing:

• Writing Autobiographies

• Penmanship: Lowercase Letters i and n

• Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics

• Common and Proper Nouns


Math:
Lesson 3: Add in Any Order

Reminders:

-Check blue folder each night

-Practice writing lowercase and uppercase letters

-Practice writing first and last names

-Practice writing numbers 1-30

-Read stapled decodable reader

-Study newsletters each night!

-Study sight words on back of blue folder

-Review behavior sheet in blue folder

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2nd Grade

  • Reading:

    • Unit 1 Week 4 Skills (on newsletter)


    Math:

    • Lesson 3 (Solving One Step Word Problems)

    • Lesson 4 (Drawing and Using Graphs)

    • Thursday: Lesson 3 & 4 Test

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3rd Grade

  • Please begin practicing 0’s and 1’s multiplication facts. We will begin weekly multiplication tests this week.
  • Graded papers won’t come home due to the short week.

  • No reading test this week! Next reading test will be September 11.
  • Next math test will be on September 13.
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4th Grade

Reading:

- homophones and homographs

- cause and effect

- point of view

- text features

- opinion writing

*Assessments on these skills - Thursday & Friday, Sept. 5th & 6th


Math:

  • The test on Lessons 4, 5, & 16 (finding perimeter only) currently scheduled for September 13.
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4th Grade Lollipop Sale: BEGINNING TUESDAY

  • Every Tuesday students will have the opportunity to purchase gourmet lollipops
  • These delicious lollipops will be sold for $1.00 each
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5th Grade

Reading:

  • Finish & assess Unit 1 Lesson 3 "One Small Step" story
  • Please review Vocabulary and Spelling words every night with your child. 😊
    • Unit 1 Lesson 3 Comprehension/Vocab test - September 5th
    • Unit 1 Lesson 3 "Cold Read" & finish Text Dependent Writing - September 6th
    • Click Here for the Home Connection Sheet for the week

Math:


  • Wednesday: Finish Lesson 4: Multiply Using Multi-digit Numbers
  • Thursday: Lesson 4 assessment
  • Friday: Lesson 5 Session 1

All Florence City students are provided breakfast and lunch free of charge! All Florence City students are provided breakfast and lunch free of charge!

September Lunch Menu September Lunch Menu

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Communication is Crucial! Keep Scrolling for the Many Ways to Engage with HES: Communication is Crucial! Keep Scrolling for the Many Ways to Engage with HES:

Be Sure to Follow Harlan on Social Media & Online! Be Sure to Follow Harlan on Social Media & Online!

Harlan Elementary Facebook
Harlan on "X" (Twitter)
Harlan Florence City Schools Webpage

Make sure your phone # & email are up to date in PowerSchool to receive callouts Make sure your phone # & email are up to date in PowerSchool to receive callouts

Download the Florence City Schools App Download the Florence City Schools App

Florence City Schools Mobile App

Florence City Schools 2024-25 Calendar: Florence City Schools 2024-25 Calendar:

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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

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