Husky Happenings

Hello Husky Families-

Thank you to everyone that joined us at parent teacher conferences as well as our first PTO meeting last week. We enjoy partnering with you to support student learning and having some fun with our families too.

On Wednesday, 10/8 is our Walk, Bike and Roll day. We encourage you to join us for this fun event on our playground before school begins! We will have music and prizes as well as some photo opportunities.

On Thursday, October 9th our students will be participating in an assembly called Sones de Mexico. We are excited to have this group visit Hiawatha during Hispanic Heritage Month and listen to the sounds of the culture. The mission of Sones de Mexico is to promote greater appreciation of Mexican folk and traditional music and culture through innovative performance, education, and dissemination. We can’t wait to learn from this experience.

October will be a busy month with a lot of fun celebrations. Please take note of the “mark your calendar” section below with some of the upcoming events. We are excited to have our first PTO event coming up on October 15th. After our long weekend next weekend, we will all "need an extra boost" to get our day going. Please join us on the playground during drop off to purchase your cup of coffee, from DRIP Coffee on Wednesday, October 15th. This will be a great opportunity to mingle with some families and enjoy your coffee, while supporting our PTO!

Have a great week!

Jodi Meyer jmeyer@bsd100.org

September was a great start to our attendance booster. As a school we have a 95% attendance rate. Let's see if we can beat that in October. Congratulations to 3-JR for the BEST attendance for the month with 98.8% Keep up the good work!

Congratulations to the following classrooms that had 95% or better attendance this week.

Ms. Mc David and Ms. Judeh's Kindergarten
Ms. Castillo's 2nd grade
Ms. Custodio's 2nd grade 100%
Mrs. Arnold's 3rd grade
Ms. Rios' 3rd grade
Ms. Wolter and Mrs. Gage's 3rd grade
Ms. Pierson and Ms. Judeh's 4th grade
Mrs. Scott's 4th grade
Mr. Carlson's 5th grade
Ms. Antos' 5th grade
Mr. Harvey and Mr. Scianna's 5th grade

Theater Club

Monday, 10/6 3:00-4:00 p.m.

Thursday, 10/9 3:00-4:00 p.m.

Pop Darts Club

Wednesday, 10/8 3:00-4:00 p.m.

Husky Choir

Thursday, 10/9 7:30 a.m.

Here is some information on after-school care provider that operates in the community.

PAV YMCA – before and after-school program on school grounds – 708-749-0606

Purchase your custom school spirit wear apparel and Spiritwear Direct will ship the products right to your door.

https://www.hiawathaspiritwear.com/

We love birthday celebrations at Hiawatha and want everyone to feel special on their day. However this is a reminder that our school and district has a policy about bringing in baked goods for celebrations. Please help us to promote wellness and keep everyone healthy by not sending in edible treats. Non-edible treats such as pencils, erasers, stickers, etc can be brought in if you wish to send.

“Schools will support and promote good nutrition for students. In the event of celebrations, no food items (baked or purchased) are allowed for students due to food allergies and nutritional school policies.”

Please remember if you need to enter the building, you need to enter through door 1W on East Ave to gain a visitors pass.

Entry into our schools during school hours is restricted using access control and security vestibules, and security cameras are utilized to monitor building security throughout the district. Parents and other visitors coming into schools must check in at the main office. Visitors will be asked to identify themselves and the reason for their visit before gaining access to our buildings. Only one person will be allowed entry into the building at a time. Please do not hold the door open for other visitors behind you or allow others through the door when leaving. We ask for your support and cooperation in communicating with our front office staff and complying with all visitor security protocols.

Students begin entering the building promptly at 8:25. Please arrive by 8:20 to find your child’s classroom line and be ready to enter. Dismissal is at 3:00 and students will be dismissed on the playground. Please meet your child on the playground.

Please remember there is NO PARKING in our fire lane on East Ave or in the alley. If you are parking you will need to find street parking around the school and walk to the playground to pick up your child.