Hixson Happenings

• Thursday, December 6-- Lion's Choice Fundraiser 4-8pm
  
• Friday, December 14-- School Play 6:30pm
• Saturday, December 15-- School Play 6:30pm
• Wednesday, December 19-- Sounds of Hixson 6:30pm
• Friday, December 21-- Last day of 1st semester
• Monday, December 24-Friday, January 4-- Winter Break
• Monday, January 7-- School Resumes

Come out and grab dinner for your family and support Hixson at the same time! Print out or show them the flyer and let them know you are supporting Hixson. They will give back 20% for us to use as we support kids. Money raised purchases books for the ELA literacy library, student activities and so much more! The fundraiser is from 4-8pm tonight!

Thank you to our amazing community of parents for the Webster Holiday House Tour on Sunday, December 2nd! It was a great success and would not have been possible without all of our volunteers. A special thank you to the parents who opened up their homes and also to our house tour coordinator, Jen Sauter, and volunteer coordinator, Connie Kroenung.

We are in full swing with our holiday families! We have five families and individual students being sponsored and it is gearing up to be another great year with our staff and families' support!

In addition to sponsoring families and collecting cash/gift cards we also do a winter break food basket. This basket again includes a holiday meal with additional food to help sustain families over this extended break. Click here to sign up to donate a food item. Please have all food turned into the office by December 13.

The last day for 1st semester after school activities is Thursday, December 13th.

Students should have brought home a yearbook order form. If you did not receive one, there are extra forms in the main office. The deadline to order is January 18, 2019. Orders should be turned into the main office.

Parents: If you have pictures from Hixson events, please consider contributing to the Hixson yearbook!

Please visit http://www.plicbooks.com/go/j7aBR and make sure to put your name and the event name in the tag line before clicking upload.

If you're looking for a stocking stuffer or gift for the holidays, Hixson T-shirts are available for purchase in the main office for $10.

Assistant Superintendent Kristin Denbow has begun a blog on learning. This month's post focuses on literacy instruction. You can read it here https://webstergroveslearningupdate.com/

For more information or to tryout, contact Eunice Harris @ HarrisFamily03@charter.net

Jr. Statesmen Baseball Steering Committee www.JrStatesmenBaseball.org

We are fast approaching the deadline for nominations for the WG Gifted and Talented program (grades 1-12) and the Gifted Fine Arts program (grades 2-8) to be submitted. To be considered this school year, nomination forms must be submitted on or before December 17, 2018. This deadline will be honored so that the evaluation process can be completed in a timely manner.

Students may be nominated for the Webster Groves Gifted and Talented Program any time during the year. Nomination forms are available at each school building from the gifted specialist. Nomination forms can also be downloaded from the Webster Groves Gifted & Talented curriculum webpage.

We are now able to resume first grade NNAT3 screening and anticipate completing screening no later than Nov. 30. We encourage first grade parents to nominate after the NNAT3 screening has been completed. Students that meet the screening criteria will be notified no later than Dec. 10. Those students that do not meet the screening criteria may still be nominated.

The Gifted Fine Arts program (grades 3-8) evaluates students in the spring of each school year. Students will be screened this school year, with programming to begin in the fall of next school year. For example, students in grade 2 may be screened this year, with programming to begin in their 3rd grade year. The student interview portion of the evaluation process will take place during the school day on Feb. 28, 2019 and March 1, 2019 at the Webster Groves Service Center. Transportation will be provided. There will be interview sessions, in the morning and in the afternoon each day. We are unable to accept nominations for this program after the Dec. 17th deadline.

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Website: https://www.webster.k12.mo.us/Domain/230
Location: 630 South Elm Avenue, Webster Groves, MO, USA
Phone: 314-963-6450