Hózhó Academy Newsletter

Dear Hózhó Families,

Valentine Grams - Valentine Candy Grams will be for sale every morning in the gym until Thurs. Feb. 13th. Price is $1.00 each.

Enrollment - Register your Pre-K and Kindergarten child here! https://hozhoacademy.org/pre-k-and-k-registration/

Father Daughter Dance - February 22nd. ALL father figures welcome! Tickets can be purchased at the front office of any school building. See flyer below.

Hózhó Academy Student Art Show - Join us February 28th from 5-7pm in the Junior High multi-purpose room. All students are encouraged to participate! See the flyer below for entry and prize info!

If you have questions, please contact our front office at (505) 722-8922.

• February 12th - Ride the Bus Day

• February 17th - No School (President's Day)

• February 22nd - Father Daughter Dance (6-9PM)

• February 28th - Art Show at the Junior High (5-7PM)

• March 1st - Murder Mystery Dinner Fundraiser

• March 14th - Early Start (7:45)/Early Release (1:15) - 3rd Quarter Ends

School Breakfast/Lunch Menu

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Hózhó Athletics/Schedule

Congratulations to our Gardening Club and Project Venture for being highlighted in this month's NSLP newsletter!

This month, the USDA announced the latest recipients of the Healthy Meals Incentives Recognition Awards. We are overjoyed that Hozho Academy in Gallup, NM was recognized for Innovation in Nutrition Education for the Southwest Region!

Hozho Academy offers cooking classes at a local community pantry kitchen. Gardening teachers present a local fruit or vegetable for K-6 students, including its history, nutrition, and uses, and provide food samples. This school year, students have sampled sweet potatoes, wild rice, cucumbers, and Anasazi beans.

The Gardening Club and Project Venture hosted an amazing parent dinner where students cooked the entire meal! Food Service Director Eva Carpenter shared exciting updates on Hozho's food program. The students enthusiastically explained their school meals, detailing components and sharing their favorites.

Thank you, Hozho Academy, for your inspiring efforts to promote healthy eating habits among students.

Congratulations to our Hozho girls wrestling team at regionals and State qualifier Raine Miller!

Click Here for K-8 Weekly Lesson Summary

Second Grade: Empathy and Kindness

Your child is learning what empathy is, how it is connected to kindness, and ways your child can show empathy and kindness to others. Second graders learn that having empathy means feeling or understanding what someone else is feeling. Toward the end of the unit, they practice using empathy to think of kind acts they can do for others at school or elsewhere.

Why is it important? Research shows that children who learn the skills

in this unit are more likely to:

• Build stronger relationships

• Engage in positive behaviors

• Avoid aggressive behaviors

• Be more connected and compassionate

Practice at Home

What to Look For: Notice and praise your child when they notice how others are feeling and respond with kindness and empathy. You can say, “You saw that your brother was sad because he didn’t have any crayons, so you gave him some of yours. Good job having empathy and doing a kind act to help him feel better!”

Discuss: When reading books or watching a show, help your child practice having empathy for the characters. Ask, “How do you think that person feels?” or “What’s a kind act that would help them feel good?”

Practice: After your child has practiced using empathy to think of a kind act to do for others at school, have them think of a kind act they can do for someone they know. For example, an elderly relative, a neighbor who lives alone, or a friend who isn’t feeling well.

Hózhó Academy Charter School

Principal: Juliane Hillock principal@hozhoacademy.org

Email: office@hozhoacademy.org
Website: https://hozhoacademy.org/
Location: 515 Park Ave, Gallup, NM, USA
Phone: (505) 722-8922
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hozhoacademy
Twitter: @HozhoA