Notes from the North Park Hive

Dear Families,

We have two weeks of school left - it's so hard to believe! Our Tiny Trojan preschoolers have finished their school year so now we focus on all the end-of-year events with our kindergarten students.

We will continue iReady testing for kindergarten this week. We are seeing tremendous growth and progress fro our students. We are SO VERY PROUD of their hard work and all that they have learned.

Graduation tickets were sent home last week. Please read the reminder sheet that was sent with the tickets as well as the graduation info found further down in the newsletter.

Thank you for supporting our staff for Staff Appreciation Week last week!! Wow! Our teachers loved all the items you helped sponsor as well as the many notes, cards, gifts and words of appreciation. Thank you so much!

It's pretty quiet on our calendar this week other than Career Day on Friday! We are excited to have an opportunity for your students to learn about different careers. As part of the event, students from the medical and nursing pathways at EC3 (Early College and Career Readiness Center for Hardin County Schools) will be visiting our kindergarten students on Friday. Students will get to participate in a "Teddy Bear Clinic" and learn about different medical and dental skills/tasks/hygiene. They have asked that each student bring a stuffed animal for the clinic. Students may also dress up as their favorite career that day.

The last week of school will have several special things, so be sure to read the newsletter and check communication being sent home.

Have a great week!

Please call the NPES office at 270-351-4464 or email laurabeth.hayes@hardin.kyschools.us if I can help you with anything!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Hayes (principal)

There are still group pictures left for most classrooms that you can purchase if you missed out. These are $13. Please call the NPES office at 270-351-4464 or stop by between 7:10-3:00 any day. We'd love for these to find homes if possible!

Help NPES receive money to help our students at no extra expense to you. You are already purchasing the items. Just scan your receipt and if there are any Box Top items NPES will receive $0.10 per qualifying item. Download the app and help us help your children!

In the month of April we earned $17.20 with your help. Let's see how much we can earn in April!

We LOVE seeing students reading at home with their families!!!! Read together at home and send in your leaves!

KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE 10 TICKETS EACH FOR GRADUATION. Tickets were sent home last week.

6:00 Graduation -

Kidd, Phinazee, Pence, Hernandez

Hodge, McKnight, Zumhingst, Goodman

7:15 Graduation -

Anderson, Kersey, Smalls, Scott

Leiser, Gill, Hamilton, Mowry

Thank you for understanding that we will NOT budge on this number of tickets and we will not make exceptions. We want the experience to be special and memorable, and it is NOT pleasant if there are not enough seats. You will be able to stream for additional family members. This is more tickets than most graduation ceremonies and many school events for my own children have only allowed 2 family members. Thank you for understanding as we strive to make it a great night for our students and families!

Kindergarten graduation will be May 20th at North Hardin High School (gymnasium) in the evening. We will have TWO sessions: one for 1/2 of the classrooms and one following for the other 1/2 of kindergarten classrooms. There will be a ticket limit per family. This is required in order to control the crowd and allow for it to be a pleasant experience for everyone. As future Trojans, it is very special for our students to "graduate" at North Hardin. There are many reasons why we conduct this event inside instead of outside. This is our third year in keeping this tradition and we have the event very streamlined and organized. We will share more specific information closer to time. We are very firm on our guidelines regarding graduation and will stick to those guidelines for everyone's best interest - especially our students. We will live stream the graduation via HCEC-TV, just like the high school graduations. This is a HUGE event (over 3000 people attended last year), and we appreciate your support and cooperation so that it is a great night!

We countdown the alphabet the last 26 days of school at NPES! This is a fun tradition that helps our students review letters and keeps the days fun and engaging for everyone! This is for PRESCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS (preschool will participate until school ends for them).

****PLEASE NOTE THAT APRIL 22nd is "G is for Gold" for Pirate Day and April 27th is J is for Jockey for the North Park Derby.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_SZZSFPAxI

Use the links below to play some really fun FREE interactive activities to practice counting, letter identification and letter sounds!

https://boom.cards/fastplay/d8ai (Identifying Letter Sounds)

https://boom.cards/fastplay/fcws (Counting)

https://boom.cards/fastplay/bkcm (Matching Uppercase and Lowercase Letters)