Henry Happenings

Principal Message

Dear Henry Families,

We had a fantastic first week of school! Hopefully you are following us on Facebook and/or Instagram to see all of the highlights in the first week. If not, check us out! Here is how you can find us.

Facebook: facebook.com/henryelementaryschool
Instagram: @pkwyhenrybulldogs

This week, we are excited to launch our school fundraiser in partnership with our dedicated Henry PTO, and we need your support! The PTO is working hard to help us raise funds for much needed new cafeteria tables, and together we can make this goal a reality.

To kick things off, please take a moment to watch the short one minute video below, which shares more details about the fundraiser. We are thrilled to partner with Booster to provide ALL of our students with a fun and memorable experience throughout the fundraising campaign.

You can help by logging on to MyBooster.com and sharing the fundraiser with family and friends through social media. Every share and contribution makes a difference! For additional details, please see the PTO section below.

Continue reading below for more information about: Curriculum Night Information, Henry Night with STL City Soccer, Fundraiser Information-Bulldog Dash, Counseling News, Author Visit and More!

Sincerely,

Dr. Jodi Oliver

Upcoming Dates

August 25 - Girl Scout Information Night @ 6:30 PM - Library

August 27 - PTO Boosterthon Bulldog Dash Kick Off

August 28 - Curriculum Night Grades 1-5 and Special Area

September 1 - No School - Labor Day

September 3 - Author Visit - Aaron Reynolds

September 5- Bulldog Dash

September 8 - PTO General Meeting @ 7:00 PM - Library

September 10- Half Day - 1:05 pm Dismissal

September 10, 11, 12- Boy Scouts Information Presentation During Townhalls

Henry Elementary Handbook

Henry Staff Directory

Become a Certified Volunteer Information

Staff Bulldog Brag

Curriculum Night - August 28 - Grades 1-5

Curriculum Night provides families with the opportunity to hear directly from their child’s teacher about the learning experiences and expectations for the current grade level.

After gathering feedback last year, we have refined our Curriculum Night format to better meet your needs. Each grade level team, along with our special area team, will present together in a shared space for those who wish to attend in person. Additionally, a virtual link will be provided for families who prefer or need to participate remotely. See the schedule for the evening below. We will send the links for the virtual presentations later this week.

4:30 - Special Area (Library)

5:00 - 1st Grade (Gym)

5:30 - 2nd Grade (Library)

6:00 - 3rd Grade (Gym)

6:30 - 4th Grade (Library)

7:00 - 5th Grade (Gym)

Boy Scouts Informational Presentation

On September 10th, 11th, and 12th, representatives from the Boy Scouts will deliver brief informational presentations to all students during grade-level town hall meetings. These presentations, each lasting approximately five minutes, are designed to introduce students to the Boy Scouts organization and will not interfere with regular classroom instruction.

If you prefer that your student not participate, please contact their teacher to request an opt-out.

Update Your Family Profile

Ensure we have the most up-to-date contact information for school and district communication by updating your Family Profile before August 18.
Update your Family Profile via Infinite Campus or the Infinite Campus Parent mobile app.
More details about the Family Profile.

Access the School Calendar

The Henry School Calendar has been updated for the 2025-2026 school year with school-wide events and information (as much as can be planned at this time).

Please click here to access a printable district calendar that includes days off school and early release days.
You can access the school calendar by visiting our website (click here).

Food Services

Explore the different options for depositing funds into your student's breakfast and lunch account.
Apply/reapply for free and reduced-price meals (families approved for free/reduced meals in 2024-25 will retain that status for the first 30 days of the new school year, but must reapply).
View the digital menus by school.

Author Visit - Coming Soon!

Henry is so excited to welcome author Aaron Reynolds on Wednesday, September 3rd. Aaron is the author and illustrator of many books, such as Creepy Carrots and Creepy Crayon. He will be promoting his new chapter book series featuring Jasper Rabbit, and his first book is called Jasper Rabbit's Creepy Tales: Troubling Tonsils. We would like to thank The Novel Neighbor, a bookstore in Webster Groves, for providing the opportunity to bring Arron to Henry! If your family would like to purchase an autographed copy of his books, you can order online here. A paper order form will also be coming home in the coming weeks.

Aaron will be presenting to grades K-2 in the library, and grades 4-5 will have the opportunity to live stream the visit from their classrooms. 3rd grade will be at specials during the visit and will have the opportunity to watch a recording of the visit at a later time. If you have any questions, or do not want your child to attend the visit, please do not hesitate to contact Mrs. Goyal at agoyal@parkwayschools.net.

New Cell Phone Policy/Device Policy

Parkway Schools will be cell phone-free starting with the 2025-26 school year, per a new Missouri law.
Cell phones and personal devices, including smartwatches, laptops, and tablets, must be turned off and put away during the school day at all K-12 schools.
Our Board of Education adopted a new policy that aligns with this new state law. You can read more about our policy and the state law below:
https://www.parkwayschools.net/families/cell-phone-policy

What Does "Off and Away" Mean?

Off and away means we should not see or hear a student's cell phone or device during the school day.

Away means the device is put away inside a student's bag or other place where it cannot be seen.

Off means the device is either turned off, in airplane mode, or placed in do-not-disturb mode.

The Henry PTO would like to welcome you all back to school. All year long we will be utilizing many ways to get our information to you. One of those is through Henry Happenings, so don't forget to scroll to the bottom of the email each week to find any updates and flyers for PTO hosted events. Paper flyers will be sent home on Fridays when applicable. And to get information out there in between the Sunday Henry Happenings and Friday Flyers, we will share info and links in our Facebook groups Henry Elementary PTO & Henry Elementary Parents and on our new Instagram page Henry Elementary PTO. We are also planning to use the PTO Website to share information again this year. But bear with us as the site is still a work in progress after the district updated all their webpages. We hope to gain access to updating our page soon. We will be sure to let you know when it is finished. To get things started, here is our calendar of events for 2025-26. Here's to a great year!

Samantha Stirling and Angie Phillion

Presidents

henrypto@gmail.com"

Sign Up for our Bulldog Dash!

Henry Elementary Families!

We’re ONE week away from the start of our Bulldog Dash fundraiser where we will have fun and build community while we work to reach our fundraising goal.

Curious about the event? Find an overview of our fundraiser HERE!

Key Information to help you during the fundraiser:

💵Goal: $20,000

🎁For: new cafeteria tables- 13 tables needed at $26,000 total

🎉Kickoff Date (in school): 08/27/2025

👟Event Date: 09/05/2025

Donations for our Bulldog Dash will be collected through our fundraising platform: MyBooster.com

How to Start on MyBooster.com:

Choose “Sign Up”
Enter your School
Enter your Personal Information
Once you sign up, it’s time to share via Facebook, email and text!

Tips for Success:

Set a goal for how much to raise and make a plan with your student on how to reach it.
Share, share, share using our easy online tools!
Make sure to thank everyone who supported you after you reach your goal.

Thank you for helping make our fundraiser a success!

Volunteer Sign Up

Henry is an amazing school, but we need your support to offer additional great opportunities for our children. Please look at the following list of activities to see if there is one or many items you can support. Some can be done from home and many are done on the weekend or the evening. If you have questions about volunteering please reach out to Kariroehr@gmail.com (Volunteer Coordinator).

Click here to find the volunteer opportunities!