Howbert Happenings!

THIS WEEK

🎯Target Math for invited 4th and 5th grade students

Monday, 23rd

• 🏀Basketball Practice until 4:00
• 🤖 Vex Robotics Club until 4:00

Tuesday, 24th

• ❤️Random Acts of Kindness Assembly: 7:55am
• 🌲 Nature Club until 4:00
• 🚗Pinewood Derby car assembly at 3:00

Wednesday, 25th

• 3rd grade field trip to Pioneer Museum

Thursday, 26th

• 🏀Basketball Game at Rudy Elementary, girls at 3:30, boys after. LAST GAME!
• 🎹Group Piano Lessons until 3:50

Friday, 27th

• 🕺 School Sock Hop Dance sponsored by Howbert PTO
• 5:00-5:45pm ~ Sensory Friendly and/or Younger Grades (Pre-K, K, 1st grades)
• 5:45 - 7:30pm ~ All grades welcome!
• More info below ⬇️

NEXT WEEK

School Social Worker Appreciation Week! Thank you, Mrs. Dani Horne!

🎯Target Math for invited 4th and 5th grade students

Monday, 2nd

• 🤖 Vex Robotics Club until 4:00

Tuesday, 3rd

• 🌲 Nature Club until 4:00
• 📖Yearbook Club until 4:00

• ⭐3rd Grade Field Trip to USAFA Planetarium
• 🎹Group Piano Lessons until 3:50

Friday, 6th

CHECK OUT (AND SUBSCRIBE!) TO THE HOWBERT CALENDAR ONLINE

for up-to-date additions and edits to this list!

https://howbert.d11.org/calendar

We are in the process of building a list of building and campus improvements that would make Howbert an even better place to learn.

Please take a few minutes to answer five questions about improvement ideas using the link below.

We would greatly appreciate your ideas!

Howbert is considering an opportunity to offer before and after school care next year right at Howbert Elementary.

Below is information about Leading Edge, a care provider that is a partner with District 11.

🚩 If you are interested, please fill out the form linked below.

Leading Edge: Before & After School Programs at Howbert Elementary School

K - 5th Grade

Our Dedicated Teachers & Engaging Activities Inspire Children To Explore & Excel

We have partnered with D11 to bring our innovative and affordable programs to other schools in your district, and we’re looking to see if there is enough interest to run at Howbert Elementary School in the 2026-2027 school year. Discover all we can offer your children and family:

• Academic Enrichment & Homework Support
• Socialization & Relaxation
• Physical Play
• Flexible Scheduling
• Safe and Nurturing Environment

See the flyer attached below for program options and pricing as well as other details.

Goal attendance rate is 95%.

Attendance rate for last week.

Email: Lgeorge2@uccs.edu to arrange pick up of your patches

1. Two winning designs will be flown to the International Space Station (ISS)

with our Mission 21 experiment and returned back to Earth after being

on the ISS for 4-6 weeks.

2. All ages and grades are welcome to participate.

3. Please include student name and grade for all patches. You can put this on the

back of the patch but please use pencil so it does not show through the design.

4. All mission patches must be 3.5 inch × 3.5 inch or smaller. A template to print is

included at the end of this document.

5. Designs should reflect pride in your community and participation in the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) described below.

6. Students are encouraged to consider the Mission 21 Experiment described below

in their design.

7. There is no restriction on the type of paper or inks to be used, but it must NOT

be card stock or cardboard. Patches submitted on card stock or cardboard will be

rejected.

8. Patches can be in black and white or full color.

9. All patches must only consist of a single sheet of paper and ink, crayon, colored

pencil, pencil, etc.

10. Patches cannot include multiple layers or glue of any kind.

11. Examples of prior submissions are at the back of this file.

12. For full details regarding the contest please see: SSEP Mission Patch Design

Come to the second annual Howbert family dance! This year it is SOCK HOP themed.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 2026

5-5:45pm:

Sensory Friendly

and/or Grades PK-1

Music will be more quiet, lights will be on.

5:45-7:30pm:

All ages/grades welcome

Darker, louder music, strobe/LED lights

Please note that this is a family event.

All children must be accompanied by an adult. Thank you!

• Come dressed in your best 50s clothes (or just any party clothes)--there will be a best dressed contest.
• Music from a real DJ!
• Photo Booth
• Games
• Food (please bring cash, no cards accepted)

The staff and students at Howbert love to have volunteers at the school supporting learning. If you would like to volunteer, please speak with the classroom teacher or contact the front office to share with us how you would like to help.

One of the first steps all volunteers must take, is to complete the Colorado Springs School District 11 Volunteer Application. It is best to complete the application at least a week prior to visiting the school to volunteer. Use your full legal name (on ID or driver's license) when completing the application.

Below is the link that will take you directly to the online volunteer application.

If you have any questions, please contact Amanda-Jo in the front office (719-328-4211).

UPCOMING VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

🔽SIGN UP USING THE LINKS BELOW🔽

• Sock Hop Dance - Feb 27th. DANCE SIGN UP
• Please contact your student's teacher or the front office for additional volunteer opportunities.

Your Howbert Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) has evolved from a PTA, which has been active since the 1980s and hosts many of the fun events that Howbert offers! We also facilitate the fundraising efforts for the school. With these we have provided such opportunities as:
-Family Game (BINGO) Nights
-Field Trips Supplies
-Tables & Shade Structures for outdoor classroom spaces
So much more! We are a relaxed organization that gladly welcomes all Howbert community members to join us for meetings, events, and volunteer opportunities. We highly encourage all parents and guardians to get involved at Howbert--it is so rewarding for your students and for YOU!
PTO Contact Info
howbertpto@gmail.com
https://howbertpto.wixsite.com/info https://www.facebook.com/groups/HowbertPTO

Lunches will be provided for free to all students this year. Each student can choose to bring their own lunch or get one from the school. The lunch menu is located here:

https://www.d11.org/administration/operations/school/food-and-nutrition-services/fnsmenus

1. Click "View Your School's Menu"

2. Find and click Howbert on the "School" Drop-Down

3. On the right-hand side of the screen on the "Menu Plan" drop-down, select 25/26 Elementary Sunbutter Lunch (this just means that we are a school that doesn't serve peanut butter).