A Piece From The Principal's Puzzle

OctoberOctober

26 - 30 Red Ribbon Week

31 - Fall Festival

November

6 - Veterans' Breakfast

11 - Veterans' Day (NO SCHOOL)

18 - Progress Reports

23 - 27 - Thanksgiving Holidays (NO SCHOOL)

December

17 - PTA Holiday Program for Grades K & 1

18 - 1/2 Day Students & End of Grading Period

Dear Blossomwood Families,

Earlier in the year we shared some tips for learning about your child's day. As requested we have included them again below.

1) What was the best part of your day? Why was it the best?

2) Tell me about how you helped someone today.

3) What was challenging about your day?

4) What are you looking forward to tomorrow?

How and when we ask these questions can make a difference in the response we receive. For example, we would not want to ask all of the questions on the same day. Perhaps, you could ask one or two of the questions and with time you might be able to determine which ones produce quality responses from your child. In addition, dinner time and during the ride home are often excellent opportunities for these conversations.

Lastly, here are a few suggestions to help produce positive conversations with our children:

1) Avoid interrupting.

2) Ask for more. ("Tell me more about that..." or "I'd like to hear more about that...")

3) Ask about their feelings. ("How did that make you feel?")

4) Validate feelings. (Let them know whatever he/she feels is normal.)

5) Share personal stories from your own life experiences.

Have a great week!

Sincerely,

Bradley A. Scott, Ed.D.

Principal

We had 89 students that chose to participate in the holiday learning challenge during Fall Break.

• Each student that completed the challenge during Fall Break received a coupon for a certificate to Dodge's convenient store for free food and snacks!
• In addition, the students received tickets for a special drawing for completing the challenge of reading for 20 minutes for at least five days, practicing math for 20 minutes for at least five days, and/or writing about a family event from the break.
• The prizes for the drawing included: passes to Flo jump park, passes to Ninja Games activity center, gift cards to Stars & Strikes, glow-in-the-dark headphones, remote control cars, the family game Monopoly, a stuffed animal of Stich and Nemo, wireless speakers with LED lights, a tumble tower game ! See the picture for smiles!

We will have another holiday learning challenge for Thanksgiving Break, Christmas Break, and Spring Break. Our goal will remain the same with us encouraging students to develop the habit of learning and reading on a daily basis.

Last Thursday, the students that met their Accelerated Reader (AR) goal enjoyed an AR party organized by Ms. Fuller. As you can see in the pictures, they had so much fun!

Please encourage your student(s) to meet their goal during this second nine-week report card period by reading every single day.

Congratulations to the following classes for winning an attendance trophy by having the highest attendance for their grade level in the month of September 2026:

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 account, please email our cafeteria manager Ms. 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