Harlan Elementary
March 17-21, 2025

***Robotics will NOT meet this week! See below for more info!***
When your child is absent, please send an excuse note within 3 school days.
Make sure your phone # & email are up to date in PowerSchool to receive callouts
March Events:
🍀 School Dances - GIRLS DANCE rescheduled due to weather! Stay tuned!
🍀 March 18th - Social Media for Families presented by Laud. Co. Chief ADA
🍀 March 19 - Report Cards
🍀 March 21st - NO SCHOOL for STUDENTS (FCS Data Analysis Day)
🍀 March 24th - 28th - SPRING BREAK, NO SCHOOL
Looking Ahead:
🌷 April 1st - Colbert & Laud. Co. CPC Family Fun Fair - see flyer below
🌷 April 8 & 9 - ACAP Reading State Testing - ATTENDANCE IS IMPORTANT
🌷 April 17 - ACAP Science State Testing (4th gr only)- ATTENDANCE IS IMPORTANT
🌷 April 21 - ACAP Math State Testing - ATTENDANCE IS IMPORTANT
click image below for more info
Remember we are out of school Friday & all next week!
Students return Monday, March 31st!
Blast Into the Past 90's Dances - Girls Dance will be announced soon!
Show Choir on Tuesdays--Please make arrangements for pick up at 4:15
Robotics will NOT meet this Wednesday!
Supplies needed for Robotics!
We will not have ROBOTICS practice on Wednesday.
Students should use this day to find supplies around their house as we will be recycling materials.
If you have any of these items at home, please consider donating them to us!
Legos
Seeds
Tape
Rolls of masking tape
Lego tires x4
4 toy size wheels
Toilet paper rolls
Sharpie
Cardboard
Black rubber bands
Tinfoil
Bucket
Paper
Popsicle Sticks
Batteries
Rubber Bands
Paint--blue, purple, yellow, and pink
Plastic water bottles
Mini Screws
Round half foam ball
Fake grass
Hot glue gun
Hot glue
2 bowls
String
Fake animal
Colbert & Laud. Counties Family Fun Fair - Mark Your Calendar!
Congratulations to these outstanding students:
Parent Portal Login Instructions were sent home in folders.
Look for those instructions so you can check your child's grades!
IMPORTANT ACAP REMINDERS:
Please Make Sure Your Child/Your Child's Teacher Knows How They're Getting Home!
Bus Routes & Information:
🌟Healing Hearts is Available Anytime🌟
🩵Healing Hearts Group is Harlan's in-school grief support program offered to all children attending schools in Lauderdale, Colbert, and Franklin counties that we serve/have preexisting groups.
🩵Healing Hearts Group meets once per month and explores emotions, experiences, and responses surrounding grief in a safe environment with children that are already familiar with each other from school.
🩵Healing Hearts group is coordinated by a Healing Place counselor and Ms. Green.
🩵By filling out this form you are signing up your child to attend the group once per month. Healing Hearts meets at the discretion of the Healing Place and the school administration. By signing up you are not committing your child to attend every group if there is an absence, conflict, or important school event happening on the day that the group meets.
🩵If your child has attended Healing Hearts in previous years they will need to be registered again this school year! Participation requires a new form every year!
Register now: https://forms.gle/3parov5tr5czUEM58 - Click Here or Click/Scan the QR code
Extended Day Enrichment Program - EDEP After School Program
The pictures below provide information on our after school program.
- To enroll call 256-768-2700 and leave your name, number and student name for the director to return your call.
- The form to sign up for EdEP are available in the office.
With Integrity We Will Live Out the F.A.L.C.O.N. Way Here at HES!
Join Harlan PTO! It's only $5 and it goes directly to our school!
All Florence City students are provided breakfast and lunch free of charge!
Grade Level News
Kindergarten
Reading:
- Letters Ee and Qq.
- Reviewing High Frequency Words- for, has. and, in, we, of, to, is, the, all, up, girl, I, have, his, it, him, as, am, had, see, on, but, did, a, can, go, he, at, you.
- Adding High Frequency Words: her, what
Math:
- Lesson 24- Addition and Subtraction Word Problems to 10.
Reminders:
- Your child needs a water bottle and snack every day.
- Check their red FALCON folder every night.
- Practice letters and sounds, going over HFW, writing first name, letters, and numbers every night.
- NO SCHOOL for students 3/21-3/28. Enjoy your Spring Break!!!
1st Grade
- Lesson 33: Identify Shapes; Lesson 35: Understand Breaking Shapes into Equal Parts
- Test Thursday, 3-19
Reading:
- Unit 7 Lesson 1 Continued
- Lots of changes beginning this week! The newsletters, stapled readers, and rapid reads are keys to achieving high scores.
- Review yellow sheet regarding tests and grading procedures for fluency, spelling, grammar, vocabulary, phonics, and comprehension.
- Beginning with Unit 7 Lesson 1, there will be 3 TEST grades and 1 Daily grade.
Testing for Unit 7 Lesson 1 begins 3/17
Unit 7 Fluency Grading Scale
Words per Minute
A = 55 words & above
B = 48-54 words
C = 38-47 words
D = 29-37 words
F = 28 words & below
2nd Grade
Reading:
- Comprehension: Story: The Green Grass Grew All Around
- Grammar: possessive nouns and pronouns
Math:
- Lesson 27: Line plots
Tests:
- Reading/ELA: Unit 4 Assessment (Wednesday,)
- Unit 4.5 Comprehension, Grammar, and Spelling test (Thursday)
- Math: Lesson 27 test (Thursday)
3rd Grade
-Unit 4, Lesson 5 OCR Test - Wednesday, March 19
-Unit 4, Lesson 5 Spelling Test - Wednesday, March 19
-Lesson 28 iReady Assessment - Thursday, March 20
Reading:
-Author's Purpose
-Comprehension Strategies
Grammar:
-Commas in a Series
Math:
-Measuring Volume
-Review Time
4th Grade
Reading:
- Unit 4 Lessons 3 & 4 along with skills review!
- "Masters of Illusion" & "Plants Found a Way"
- Check messages from your child's teacher for test dates!
Math:
- Lesson 31: measuring & drawing angles using a protractor
- Lesson 31 Test: Thursday, March 20th
Don’t forget about our Montgomery field trip! Payments are to be paid in full by April 23!
5th Grade
- Reading
- Unit 4 Lesson 3: "Alejandro's Gift"
- Latin roots cred, imag, anim, & ord/ordin
- Writing: Narrative Writing
- Math Lessons 28 & 29 CONTINUED (watch for Family Letter about the skills)
- Lesson 28: Understand Categories of Two-Dimensional Figures
- Lesson 29: Classify Two-Dimensional Figures
Communication is Crucial! Keep Scrolling for the Many Ways to Engage with HES:
Be Sure to Follow Harlan on Social Media & Online!
Download the Florence City Schools App
Contact Us Anytime!
School Secretary: Mrs. Yolanda Johnson Email: yjohnson@florencek12.org
Principal: Dr. Thomas Casteel Email: tcasteel@florencek12.org
Assistant Principal: Mr. Julian Smith Email: jsmith@florencek12.org
Location: 2233 Mc Burney Dr, Florence, AL 35630
Phone: (256)768-2700