Harlan Elementary
September 16-20, 2024

September Events:
⭐️ September is Attendance Awareness Month - scroll down for 🍕 party info!
⭐️ September 16th - Free Flu Shot Clinic for students (parents must sign form)
⭐️ September 16th - PTO Popcorn Fundraiser Begins (9/16-9/27)
⭐️ September 19th - 2nd Grade Breakfast with My Buddy
⭐️ SEPTEMBER 19th is PICTURE DAY!
⭐️ September 26th - 3rd Grade Breakfast with My Buddy
⭐️ September 27th - PTO Popcorn Fundraiser Sales Due
⭐️ September 27th - Kindergarten Field Trip
⭐️ September 28th - TVBA Girls Basketball Tryouts (see below)
What an OUTSTANDING Homecoming Week! Check our Facebook page for great pics!
Congratulations to Our Harlan 2024-25 Peer Helpers
Attendance Awareness Challenge!
To celebrate Attendance Awareness Month, Harlan will be awarding a pizza party each week during September to the class with the best attendance! Please see the weeks provided below. In addition, each student from the class with the best attendance for the entire month of September will receive a gift card to McDonald’s.
Week 1 (September 2 - 6)
Week 2 (September 9 - 13)
Week 3 (September 16 - 20)
Week 4 (September 23 - 27)
September 2-6 Top Attendance Classes:
Ms. Crawford's Class
Mrs. Hobdy's Class
Ms. Spence's Class
Flu Shot Clinic September 16th!
Florence City Schools is partnering with HNH immunizations (Health Heroes) again this year to offer free flu shots! The on-site clinic will be held SEPTEMBER 16th.
Students must have returned their signed consent form to receive flu shot.
Join your student for "Breakfast with Buddies" on these dates:
Fall Picture Day - SEPTEMBER 19th!
Angel Tree Sign Up is Sept 18-20
Click the picture above to visit the Salvation Army of the Shoals Facebook page.
Angel Tree sign ups take place on:
- Wednesday, Sept. 18 - 9:00am-5:00pm
- Thursday, Sept. 19 - 9:00am-7:00pm
- Friday, Sept. 20 - 9:00am-5:00pm
Where:
- The Salvation Army of the Shoals located at 1601 Huntsville Rd., Florence, AL 35630
Click the Image Below to Learn How to Access Textbooks at Home:
Parent Portal Login Instructions were sent home in folders.
Look for those instructions so you can check your child's grades!
Florence Falcon Football Spirit Ribbons - $1 During Drop-Off - Dates Below
Spirit ribbons on sale during drop off on 8/30, 9/6, 9/13, 10/4, 10/18, 11/1
Weekly Falcon Football Schedule & Spirit Themes:
Weekly "Spirit" Dress Up Themes:
- 9/6: "Hawaiian" (H) vs. Albertville
- 9/13: "Camo" (H) vs. Austin
- 9/20: "Black Out" @Bob Jones
- 10/4: "USA/Red-White-Blue" (H) vs. James Clemens
- 10/11: "Neon" @Grissom
- 10/18: "Pink Out" (H) vs Huntsville
- 10/25: "Y2K" @Sparkman
- 11/1: "Senior Citizens & Babies" (H) vs Oxford
September 28th - TVBA Girls Basketball Tryout Info
Please Make Sure Your Child/Your Child's Teacher Knows How They're Getting Home!
Bus Routes & Information:
Congratulations to these outstanding students:
🌟Back to School Means Back to Healing Hearts🌟
🩵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.
- EDEP will begin on the 1st day of school.
- 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 will be sent home with the students the first week as well.
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!
September 16-20
GRADE LEVEL NEWS:
Kindergarten
Reading: Reviewing all letter names, rhyming words, sight words "go" and "I"
- Math: Make 3, 4, and 5
Reminders:
- Continue to practice writing first name and numbers to 5.
- Check your child's FALCON notebook every night.
- Field trip money and permission slips are due Monday September 23rd.
1st Grade
Unit 1 Lesson 3: Test Wednesday, Sept. 18th
Phonics:
• /p/ spelled p; /l/ spelled l and ll; /o/ spelled o; /b/ spelled b
Comprehension:
• Predicting
• Sequence
• Making Connections
• Access Complex Text
• Sequence
Writing:
Writing Autobiographies
Penmanship: Lowercase Letters l,t,n, iGrammar, Usage, and Mechanics:
Singular and Plural Nouns
Math
Lesson 4: Missing Addends Test Wednesday, Sept. 18th
Reminders
*Field Trip to Isbell’s Farm October 25- Cost $20 per student
-Check blue folder each night
-Practice writing lowercase and uppercase letters
-Practice writing first and last names
-Practice writing numbers 1-30
-Read stapled decodable reader
-Study newsletters each night!
-Study sight words on back of blue folder
-Review behavior sheet in blue folder
2nd Grade
Reading:
Vocabulary: Lesson 5 words
Spelling words: Lesson 5 & 6 words
Grammar: Capitalization
Comprehension: Realistic Fiction
Math:
Lesson 6: Adding Two Digit Numbers
Tests:
Reading/ELA: Lesson 5 Comprehension Assessment (Thursday)
Math: Lesson 6 Quiz (Friday)
3rd Grade
Assessments:
Lesson 6 Math Test (Breaking Apart Multiplication Equations) - September 18th
OCR Reading Test - September 19th
Spelling Test - September 19th
Reading Skills:
Main Idea and Details
Sequence of Events
Irregular Plurals
Capitalization, Punctuation, Quotations
Math Skills:
Multiplication Fluency - 0, 1, 2
Breaking Apart (Decomposing) Multiplication Equations
Looking Ahead: 3rd Grade Breakfast with Buddies - September 26th
4th Grade
- Monday, 9/16
- Finish Assessments for Unit 1 Lesson 4: "Seeds of Change"
- Tuesday - Friday
- Unit 1 Lesson 5: "Nelson Mandela"
- U1L5 Home Connections
- Assessments for Unit 1 Lesson 5: "Nelson Mandela" Monday/Tuesday, 9/23 & 9/24
- Comprehension & Vocab from the story
- Text Dependent Writing
Math:
- Next week in math, we will begin our studies on multiples and factors.
- Our next Math test will be September 20!
4th Grade Lollipop Sale: BEGINNING TUESDAY
- Every Tuesday students will have the opportunity to purchase gourmet lollipops
- These delicious lollipops will be sold for $1.00 each
5th Grade
Reading:
- Monday, 9/16
- Finish Assessments for Unit 1 Lesson 4: "The Great Serum Race"
- Tuesday - Friday
- Unit 1 Lesson 5: "Hatchet" (excerpt - Chapters 8 & 9)
- U1L5 Home Connections
- Assessments for Unit 1 Lesson 5: "Hatchet" Monday/Tuesday, 9/23 & 9/24
- Comprehension & Vocab from the story
- Text Dependent Writing
Math: Home Connection Lesson 6 & Home Connection Lesson 7
- Monday - Tuesday (Understand Place Value)
- Wednesday - Thursday (Powers of 10)
- Friday -- Math Assessment Lessons 6 & 7
All Florence City students are provided breakfast and lunch free of charge!
Communication is Crucial! Keep Scrolling for the Many Ways to Engage with HES:
Be Sure to Follow Harlan on Social Media & Online!
Make sure your phone # & email are up to date in PowerSchool to receive callouts
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