Howbert Happenings!

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THIS WEEK

October 20-24th

🍂FALL BREAK - No School🍂

Monday, 20th

• Parent-Teacher Conferences

NEXT WEEK

Monday, 27th

• Star Party: 6:30-8pm

Tuesday, 28th

• RAK Assembly: 7:55-8:10
• Get Your Code On club: 2:50-4:00
• Nature Art Club: 2:50-3:30
• PTO Fundraiser - Panda Express (Garden of the Gods location)

Wednesday, 29th

• 1st Grade Walking Field Trip to Rock Ledge Ranch

Thursday, 30th

Friday, 31st

• Spirit Day - Wear your Halloween Costume and/or Crazy Hair
• Soccer Training Club until 4:30

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Students will be permitted to wear costumes on Friday, October 31st.

Halloween Costume Guidelines

Howbert Elementary has set forth the following guidelines for Halloween:

• Masks or face painting that cover a student’s full face is not permitted.
• No pretend, prop, toy, or facsimile guns/ weapons (swords, play knives, etc.) are allowed.
• Costumes that are overly graphic, promote violence or otherwise might logically be assumed to be offensive to others are not acceptable.
• All costumes must be sensitive to all religious and ethnic groups; free from any language or symbols that target or inappropriately identify groups of students.
• Hats or wigs will be allowed if part of a costume and they do not pose a distraction to the learning environment.
• Costumes should not include items with sound effects, lights or other components which might disrupt the classroom learning environment.
• Students who wear costumes that do not conform to the costume guidelines listed above will be asked to change their clothing or contact home to acquire an appropriate alternative.

Goal attendance rate is 95%.

Attendance rate for last week.

If you want to know real time information about the weather at Howbert Elementary, visit our Ambient Weather dashboard (linked below).

It has information about:

• Current temperature and "feels like" temperature
• Wind speed
• Rainfall
• Humidity
• UV Index

October 28, November 4, 11, 18th @ 2:50-4pm for 2nd -5th Grades in the Howbert Library

Lunches will be provided for free to all students this year. Each student can choose to bring their own lunch or get one from the school. The lunch menu is located here:

https://www.d11.org/administration/operations/school/food-and-nutrition-services/fnsmenus

1. Click "View Your School's Menu"

2. Find and click Howbert on the "School" Drop-Down

3. On the right-hand side of the screen on the "Menu Plan" drop-down, select 25/26 Elementary Sunbutter Lunch (this just means that we are a school that doesn't serve peanut butter).

The Cougars Care Corner Market is now open for the 2025-26 school year!

Greetings,

I would like to share this exciting opportunity to participate in the Cougars Care Corner Market at Coronado High School.

The Corner Market is a food distribution site partnered with Care and Share to help meet the tangible needs of the community.

Everything is FREE, you just take what you need and leave enough for others. Everyone in the community may come on Thursdays from 3:30 - 6:00PM.

The Corner Market supplies fruit, veggies, non-perishable goods, snacks, school supplies, toiletries, hygiene products, and clothing items.

The Corner Market serves our entire community, so please utilize it! Coronado’s Corner Market is meant to be a distribution site for all West Side schools (come to us for resources so you don’t have to go to Care and Share individually).

The staff and students at Howbert love to have volunteers at the school supporting learning. If you would like to volunteer, please speak with the classroom teacher or contact the front office to share with us how you would like to help.

One of the first steps all volunteers must take, is to complete the Colorado Springs School District 11 Volunteer Application.It is best to complete the application at least a week prior to visiting the school to volunteer. Use your full legal name (on ID or driver's license) when completing the application.

Below is the link that will take you directly to the online volunteer application.

If you have any questions, please contact Amanda-Jo in the front office (719-328-4211).

Your Howbert Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) has evolved from a PTA, which has been active since the 1980s and hosts many of the fun events that Howbert offers! We also facilitate the fundraising efforts for the school. With these we have provided such opportunities as:
-Family Game (BINGO) Nights
-Field Trips Supplies
-Tables & Shade Structures for outdoor classroom spaces
So much more! We are a relaxed organization that gladly welcomes all Howbert community members to join us for meetings, events, and volunteer opportunities. We highly encourage all parents and guardians to get involved at Howbert--it is so rewarding for your students and for YOU!
PTO Contact Info
howbertpto@gmail.com
https://howbertpto.wixsite.com/info https://www.facebook.com/groups/HowbertPTO