Huskie Highlights 9/23-9/27

Monday 9/30

Tuesday 10/1

Wednesday 10/2

Thursday 10/3

• Y5/K Assembly on Playground Expectations

Friday 10/4

• PAWS Pass Drawing
• Library Visit
• Kindergarten Field Trip - Johnson's Pumpkin Farm

Sunday 10/6

• PTO Trunk or Treat Event 2:00-4:00 pm in the Hemlock Elementary Parking Lot (Sign up below)

September is one of my favorite times of the year. It’s a feeling of new beginnings, fresh starts, and warm fall colors. It’s hard to believe it, but we’ve already completed a month of school! I hope you are getting into the grove of your school routine, whatever that looks like for you and your family. More things on our calendars, practice schedules, sporting events, and early bedtimes. Bags to pack, lunches to be made, and folders going back and forth. It’s a lot to balance and keep track of. And one thing has been sneaking between home and school that you may be unaware of…GERMS! Yep, you may have noticed, that stuffy noses, coughs, and sore throats have been surfacing all around us. But not every sniffle and stuffy nose needs to stay home from school. We can’t stop all the germs from spreading, but we can minimize how they are spread by washing our hands. Good hand hygiene is the #1 thing to help keep us healthy. Germs are sneaky and they can last on our hands for 3 hours! Did you know one germ can multiply into 8 million germs by the end of the day? When we touch our eyes, nose, and mouth with germs on our hands, we are more likely to become sick. When we cough and sneeze into our hands, we spread germs on everything we touch. And since we don’t know what germs are on every surface, it’s important to wash our hands. This month's nurse presentation in the elementary classrooms is on handwashing. Students get to see “pretend germs” with a lotion that lights up with a black light. After washing their hands, we checked again to see how well we washed the germs away. It’s a great lesson to learn at any age.

Check out this attachment with links included to find out more ways to keep your family healthy this school year.

If you are looking to volunteer in the school this year, please contact the office to get a background check form completed. All parents interested in helping pop popcorn, assist in classroom projects, attend field trips, or any other interaction inside the school must a background check on file each year.

Just as a reminder, please send your student with a water bottle so they can stay hydrated throughout the day. If you are choosing to add any flavoring to it, please make sure the water stays clear to avoid any messes. Thank you for your help with his.

THe PTO fall fundraiser for Little Caesars pizza kits will run from October 1st - November 1st. See the flyer below for more details.

We are thrilled to be able to provide lots of different services for our students. Groups will be starting soon. They support our students' social, emotional, and behavioral health as they learn skills to be successful in and out of school. If you are interested in any of the groups below, please use the QR Code to sign your student up.

Noach Garchow 10/1

Adalyn Johnson 10/3

Layla Vogler 10/3

Lincoln Brooks 10/7

Aubree Hildebrant 10/7

Graham McKeage 10/9

Neil Benjamin 10/10

Dima Willard 10/12

Chase Gulick 10/13

Kaitlyn Carpus 10/18

Naomi Calhoun 10/19

Gracie Brabaw 10/23

Lane Curran 10/25

Ava Coston 10/25

Mackenzie Dalton 10/26

Kenley Alaniz 10/27

Adalynn Pinet 10/28