A Piece From The Principal's Puzzle

March

13 - Last Day of the Grading Period & Full Day Students

16-20 - Spring Break (NO SCHOOL)

23 - Spring Learning Challenge Due

28 - Greenpower Race

* Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, our kite day will be rescheduled. More details to come.

We are in the process of becoming re-certified as a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. As a result, your family should have received an email from Dr. Scott on Tuesday, March 3 with a unique code for a survey that will only take about 10-15. minutes to complete. It is a wonderful opportunity for each of us to reflect, be reminded of, and share what a great learning environment we provide our children at Blossomwood. If cannot locate the email, please email Dr. Scott and he can send you your family's code. (bradley.scott@hsv-k12.org)

Thank you for helping us!

As part of our Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) program, we recognize students that demonstrate our P.A.W.S behavior as well as the character word of the month. The character word for December was "endurance," and according to their teachers, the following students displayed this in and out of the classrooms. Congratulations to everyone!!!

Kindergarten- Tatum Oneal and Everett Pounders

1st grade- Leo Pignataro and Sebastian Perales

2nd grade- Jackson Haynie

3rd grade- Kaliyah Dulin, Jem Jones, and Max Moorer

4th grade- Alice Fitzgerald and Matilda Little

5th grade- Ny’Asia Thompson and Emily Shewbart

6th grade- Wilson Bishop

Mrs. Williamson’s class- Ashton Thompson

Several of our students recently participated in an essay contest about the Tuskegee Airmen. This is an annual event in which our students have set the standard and won several awards. This year we won multiple awards again! They will also be recognized at a future Huntsville City Schools Board Meeting on March 10 !

1st Place Winner: - Ann Tinsley Sanders - Blossomwood Elementary

2nd Place Winner: - Zoey Ferguson - Blossomwood Elementary

3rd Place Winner: - Kierstyn Bailey - Blossomwood Elementary

Honorable Mention: Cayden Woods - Blossomwood Elementary

The following sixth grade teachers were selected as Tuskegee Airmen of Excellence Award for outstanding support:

Mrs. Brandy Baugh-McKibbin

Ms. Sarah Carlson

Ms. Amber Starr

Each year we encourage our students to continue learning during the extended breaks such as Spring Break. This Wednesday, your child will bring home a sheet in his/her Blossomwood folder (as pictured below) with the directions for participating in the voluntary Spring Break Learning Challenge which includes a reading, math, and family event challenge.

More specifically, one ticket can be earned for completing the reading challenge, one ticket can be earned for completing the math challenge, and/or one ticket can be earned for completing the family challenge. To be clear, a student can do one, two, OR all three challenges. We will be giving away several donated prizes including gift cards for ice cream, wireless headphones, etc.

Please see below for additional details.

The record sheet (on the back) for the Challenge is due on Monday, March 23, 2026 to Dr. Scott. An adult signature is required at the bottom of the completed sheet.

Special thanks to our friends at Redstone Federal Credit Union! They have partnered with us again this year with guest readers, guest morning greeters at our car and bus entrances, and treat for our faculty/staff!

ACAP, which stands for the Alabama Comprehensive Assessment Program, is an online assessment designed to provide students, parents, teachers, administrators, and Alabama residents with information regarding student progress toward mastery of the Alabama Course of Study Standards.

• Students in grades 2-6 take assessments covering English language arts and math.
• Students in grades 4 and 6 are also tested in science.
• Each April all 2nd - 6th grade students will take the assessment. Below are resources to help parents understand what will be tested and there is a link to an online practice website that will show you examples of what the online test will look like.
• Students may also use the practice test to learn how to use the online testing tools so they may become proficient in the testing format.
• We encourage families to spend a few minutes reviewing the ACAP Practice Testing Portal as it will not only ease the level of stress often associated with testing but it will positively impact the students' scores.

Online practice link

• ACAP Practice Testing Portal - Then, click on the ACAP Summative Online Training Tools box

Don't forget ALL students at Blossomwood are welcome to a FREE breakfast and lunch from our cafeteria.

• If your child would like a breakfast, please remind them to come directly to the cafeteria upon arrival. We serve breakfast from 7:30 to 7:50 am which allows students to be in their classroom ready to learn at 8:00 am.
• If you have questions about your child’s lunch account, please email our cafeteria manager Mirtha Petty at mirtha.petty@hsv-k12.org.

If you would like to volunteer and become more involved at Blossomwood, please reach out to our parent coordinator, Ms. Chelsea Clay. She will be glad to help find a role just for you! In fact, part of her role as parent coordinator includes establishing a parent advisory committee, hosting parent events, leading parent trainings, building relationships with all parents in our school, and acting as a liaison between the parent community and the school.

Email - Chelsea.Clay@hsv-k12.org

The main function of the house system is to develop a sense of identity or belonging and to celebrate achievements. Schools with a structure or system like this cite the positive impact it has on the educational experience and school culture. Students report how it helps them form friendships and closer bonds with peers, and teachers share that students seem to enjoy seeing a connection with students in other classrooms as well as other grade levels. As a school, we also believe our new House System supports our school mission statement and vision.

During the first week of school or upon enrollment, all of our students and staff have the opportunity to digitally "spin" the wheel to randomly sort each student into one of four groups or houses — Emerald, Garnet, Onyx, or Sapphire.

Our House System is designed to:

1. Create school-wide community by creating opportunities for students to connect to staff and students in other classes and grades that share their house. Older students become natural leaders by mentoring and supporting younger students. Mentoring also extends to teachers and school staff members who are also assigned to a house.
2. Create a culture of belonging as students are recognized for accomplishments both academically as well as their choices related to behavior.
3. Emphasize building character through a reward system that goes beyond earning a piece of candy for doing something good. Each individual achievement adds to the collective house/group, making the reward hopefully more meaningful and social.
   
4. Provide opportunities to praise and accentuate positives for both individual students and collective groups of students.