Harlan Elementary
October 28-November 1, 2024

EXTRA! EXTRA! Check out the link below for 1st 9 Weeks Featured Falcon Awards
October Events:
🍁 October is Bullying Prevention Month
🍁 Look for PTO spirit order form on Tues & return on Thurs
🍁 October 28th-November 1st - RED RIBBON WEEK (see details below)
🍁 October 29th - Last day to buy Student Council BOO GRAMS 50¢ each!
🍁 October 30th - 4th & 5th Grade Luncheon
🦃 November 1st - Final Football Spirit Ribbon Sales - $1.00 at Drop-off
Looking Ahead - November Events/Dates:
🦃 November 1st - Final Football Spirit Ribbon Sales - $1.00 at Drop-off
🦃 November 6th - Veterans Day Program
🦃 November 8th - 2nd 9 Weeks Progress Reports
🦃 November 11th - Veterans Day Holiday NO SCHOOL
🦃 November 25th-29th - Thanksgiving Break NO SCHOOL
RED RIBBON WEEK
This year's theme is "Life is a Movie: Live Healthy!"
Student Council is selling BOO GRAMS!
Tuesday is the last day to purchase a BOO Gram for a friend or teacher! 2 for $1
Show Choir on Tuesdays--Please make arrangements for pick up at 4:15
Join your 4th & 5th Graders for Lunch on Wednesday, Oct. 30th
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!
FINAL Football Spirit Ribbon Sale will be this Friday, November 1st
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
Ms. Bodley reads Dozens of Dachschunds: A Counting, Woofing, Wagging Book
Please Make Sure Your Child/Your Child's Teacher Knows How They're Getting Home!
Bus Routes & Information:
Congratulations to these outstanding students:
Florence Parks & Rec Youth Basketball Registration Now Open
🌟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!
October 21-25
GRADE LEVEL NEWS:
Kindergarten
Reading: Letters Dd and Pp, blending final sounds, HFW- of
Math: Lesson 10- Making 10
- Your child needs a water bottle and snack every day.
- Check their red FALCON folder every night.
- Practice writing first name, letters, and numbers every night.
1st Grade
1st Grade Reminders
Open Court Unit 3 Lesson 1: Science Cycles
Phonics:
• /ks/ spelled -x /e/ spelled e /ed/ and /d/ spelled -ed
/t/ spelled -ed
Comprehension:
• Main Idea and Details
• Sequence
Writing:
•Writing Descriptions
•Simple Sentences
Math:
Lesson 8: Subtract to Compare in Word Problems
Reminders
-AR begins 10-7
-Check blue folder each night
-Practice writing lowercase and uppercase letters
-Practice writing first and last names
-Practice writing numbers 1-35
-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 4 Words
Spelling words: Words on Newsletter
Grammar: Adjectives
Comprehension: Informational Text
Math:
Lesson 11: Tell and Write Time
Tests:
Reading/ELA: Comprehension and Vocabulary Test (Wednesday)
Math: Unit 2 Assessment (Wednesday)
3rd Grade
Reading:
Unit 2 Lesson 4 Reading Test - Tuesday, October 29
Unit 2 Lesson 4 Spelling Test - Tuesday, October 29
Math:
Lesson 12 Quiz - Tuesday, October 29
Things to Know:
-Field Trip is on Friday, November 1st.
-Please remember that parents ARE welcome to attend, but must provide your own transportation and pay the $5 to the museum once you arrive.
-Teachers will also have a check-out sheet for anyone who would like to take their child back with them.
-Students should wear their green class shirts (if purchased), tennis shoes, and a jacket.
-We will be outside most of the day. If your child did not purchase a class shirt, please have them wear another green shirt OR falcon colors so that we can easily spot our kiddos out.
4th Grade
- Finish Unit 2 Lesson 3
- Home Connections with spelling & vocab words, story info, skills for the week
- Unit 2 Lesson 3 Assessments: Tuesday & Wednesday, Oct. 29-30
- Begin Unit 2 Lesson 4
Math:
- We have been studying multiplication and word problems since we returned from fall break.
- Our next math test is tentatively scheduled for October 29.
- Please continue to work with your child on their addition, subtraction, and multiplication facts!
- Please check your child's take home folder every night.
Don't forget about the 4th Grade Domino's Fundraiser: https://store.dominos.cards/44699
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:
- Finish Unit 2 Lesson 3 -- Assessments Tuesday & Wednesday
- Begin Unit 2 Lesson 5
Math:
Monday
- Lesson 16 (Multiply Decimals)
- Lesson 16 Family Letter
- Tuesday
- Lesson 15-16 Quiz (Lesson 15 Family Letter)
- Multiply Decimals by Whole a Number and by a Decimal
- Wednesday - Friday
- Divide Decimals
- Lesson 17 Family Letter
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