Dolphin Doings 12/1/2025 ☃️
Dear families,
We hope everyone had a wonderful and restful Thanksgiving. I know we spent time being reflective of our gratitude for the entire Harbordale community. We are thankful for our students, parents, teachers, and community members that help our school be an amazing place to work!
December begins testing for all our students. Please see the testing calendar below. It is imperative that students are well rested, come to school on time, and have a great breakfast the day of testing. Please mark these dates in your calendar and reschedule any appointments for your child during the testing windows.
We met our school-wide fundraiser goal for the Change Challenge! Students earned a Dress Down Day on Friday, December 5th. The Change Challenge earned almost $3,000. Congratulations to our top classes: Mrs. Goldstein 1st Place, Mrs. Webb 2nd Place and Mrs. Rothenberg 3rd Place. 🎉🎉
If you haven't heard, our school intermediate playground is getting a facelift. If you would like to vote on one of the proposals, please do so here: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1BfvvXVPSb/?mibextid=wwXIfr -- You can view the proposals here: https://www.harbordalehsa.com/playground-proposals/
Last but not least, there will be a special SAC meeting held on Tuesday, December 2nd at 2:15 p.m. in our media center to address our School Recognition Funds. If you are interested please join us for this meeting.
Have a great week!
Mrs. Kasdhin & Ms. Gordon1
Save the Date! Winter Sing-a-long on 12/17!🎵
Holiday Shop 2025 🎄❄️
Join us for Career Day 2026!
🌟 Know a family interested in Harbordale next year? Reassignments are open! 🌟
The biggest compliment we can recieve is having our current families reccomend our amazing school to prospective parents. The reassignment window is now open for next school year. If you have a friend or neighbor whose child is entering kindergarten next school year, please encourage them to come on a tour and find out why BCPS is the best choice!
Interested in Learning Chess? ♟️
All About Our Amazing HSA!
$2 Harbordale Elementary School License Plates. Ride with Pride!
$25 Umbrellas. Stay Dry!
$2 Sunglasses
$2 Harbordale Magnet
$25 Dri-Fit or Pique Polo (Cotton)
$12 T-Shirts Casual Friday. Adult sizes also! Parents can show off too!
All purchases benefit school & HSA. Orders are filled each week & sent home with your child.
Early Signups are encouraged! Go to harbordalehsa.com/birthday-messages to sign up!
Have photos for the yearbook? Use the QR code to upload them here!
Stay connected!
⭐Imporant School Reminders & Procedures ⭐
🥪School Breakfat & Lunch
School breakfast is free for all students. School lunch is $3.00 a student. If you are in need of free/reduced lunch prices, please apply online at myschoolapps.com. You can add money to your child's account by going to myschoolbucks.com or sending in cash with your child.
💁♀️Volunteers
In order to volunteer on campus, including helping at class parties, you MUST be an approved volunteer. You need to fill out the application yearly. Please apply today at browardschools.com/volunteer.
🕔Early Dismissals
Per School Board Policy, no student dismissals can take place between 1:30 and 2:00 PM. Please be mindful that like tardies, minutes students miss school can add up to full days missed. Please reserve picking up students early for emergencies.
🚘Change of Dismissal
All changes of dismissal must be made through CurbSmart by 1:00 pm. To create a parent account, you will need our school code 5305.
⏰Tardies
Students must be in their seats at 8:00 AM and ready to learn. Starting 8/26/2024, students not in their seats at 8:00 AM will receive a tardy. An accumulation of UV tardy minutes may lead to full day absences. It is Florida State Law that all students must be in school every day.
🍎Snack
Snack time is a daily part of our schedule from 9:00 AM to 9:05 AM. A snack is a small amount of food eaten between meals. Students may bring in a hand-held item like crackers, a bag of chips, string cheese or a piece of fruit. Items that require a utensil or dipping will be saved for lunch. We strongly encourage healthy snacks for our students.
🎈Birthdays
A child’s birthday is a very special time. We afford parents the option to provide a treat such as store-bought cupcakes or an individually wrapped snack for the class to celebrate this special day. However, we do not accept goody bags or balloons in the classroom. Please no balloons. Please no siblings under 18. 🎈
🪀Toys
With the generous donation of recess equipment from HSA, students have everything they could want or need for recess. Please do not allow children to bring in any outside toys, cards, or items from home that can distract from their learning.
👔Uniforms
We are a uniform school and uniforms must be worn daily. Our school uniform is a solid red or white collared polo and solid navy bottoms. Students may also wear a solid navy dress. Harbordale T-Shirts are reserved for Fridays only. Students must also wear closed-toed shoes daily. Please no black or khaki.
🧃Items from Home
Items forgotten and brought in late to school (lunchboxes, sweaters, water bottles) will brought to students during lunch time to minimize classroom disruptions.
😷Absences
If a student is absent due to a vacation, a special event, etc., assignments will not be available in advance. All missed worked will be provided upon returning to class. Students will be given 2 days for every day absent to complete the assignments. Please notify the front office via our online form, written note, or phone. DOJO notifications to classroom teacher will not excuse any absences. Click the link below to report your child's absence:
https://harbordale.browardschools.com/contact/report-an-absencex