Hood-Case Elementary eNews
Hood-Case Highlights October 30th-November 3rd
Previous Highlights
Energy Educator of the Week
Congratulations to Our Energy Educator of the Week, Jackie Swaney! Thank you for always going above and beyond for Hood-Case!
Upcoming Events and Need-to-Knows
- October 23-November 14 Food Drive
- October 30-November 10th-Penny Wars-drop off coins during lunch time
- Thursday, November 9th -Skate Night
- Week 2 of Hood-Case Reads!
Thank you!
Hood-Case Families,
Thank you for all your donations for candy! Our academic night was a success because of your generous donations. HC staff would also like to thank you for your continued support of our monthly teacher treats! You all do not realize the smiles you are creating. Our staff looks forward to it every month and we need you to know how appreciative we are!
Positive Office Referral
These students earned positive office referrals for having great character! Way to go!
UIL
UIL Practice will practice this week:
- Spanish Storytelling (2nd/3rd) will practice Tuesday mornings at 7:15 in room # 206.
- Chess Puzzles (2nd-5th) will practice Tuesday mornings at 7:15 in room # 407.
- Creative Writing (2nd) will practice Tuesday mornings at 7:15 in the Art Room.
- Ready Writing (3rd-5th) will be practice Tuesday mornings at 7:15 in room # 408.
- Storytelling (2nd/3rd) will practice Wednesday mornings at 7:15 in room # 212.
- Number Sense (4th/5th) will be practice Wednesday mornings at 7:15 in the Science Lab.
- Oral Reading (4th/5th) will practice Friday mornings at 7:15 in room # 411.
Hornet of the Week Students
Students who have demonstrated trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship. Congratulations to this weeks winners!
Library
So excited about our participation in Hood-Case Reads! Keep up the excitement!!
5th grade: 82% participation WINNERS- received a ball or frisbee AND extra recess
4th grade: 39% participation
3rd grade: 31% participation
1st grade: 29% participation
2nd grade: 28% participation
Kinder: 26% participation
Pre-K: 22% participation
Hood-Case Reads!
We are now in week 2 of Hood-Case Reads! This week we will read only three chapters due to Halloween. Please remember to turn in your raffle ticket to your frog bucket in the pod after answering the question. Also feel free to listen to the chapters on our website in both English and Spanish!
Crazy 8s Club
Week 6 of crazy 8s will be Monday, October 30th from 4-5 pm. Remember to bring a small snack to enjoy as you are waiting for the club to start. Last week we enjoyed learning to play the crazy 8s card game. Students loved getting their own deck of cards.
Hornets PTO
Penny Wars
Penny wars is starting this week. It runs for two weeks. Bring your spare change with you to lunch. Remember pennies take points away; so you will want to put all your silver change in your grade level and save your pennies for the grade level that is in the lead!
Skate Night
Grab all your friends and join us on Thursday, November 9th from 5-8 for skate night!



