Harlan Elementary
April 14-18, 2025

When your child is absent, please send an excuse note within 3 school days.
Make sure your phone # & email are up to date in PowerSchool to receive callouts
April Events:
🌷 April 16 - Grandparents Luncheon - join your grandchild for lunch!
🌷 April 17 - ACAP Science State Testing (4th gr only)- ATTENDANCE IS IMPORTANT
🌷 April 21 - ACAP Math State Testing - ATTENDANCE IS IMPORTANT
🌷 SEE IMPORTANT REMINDERS ABOUT ACAP TESTING BELOW
🌷 Friday, April 25 - NO SCHOOL (FCS Professional Learning Day)
📚 April 25 - May 2 - Spring BOOK FAIR!
Lunch Times:
Life Skills: 10:55-11:25am
Kindergarten: 10:30-11:00am
1st Grade: 11:05-11:35am
2nd Grade: 10:35-11:05am
3rd Grade: 11:15-11:45am
4th Grade:
- Finley & Hobdy: 12:00-12:30pm
- Crawford & Bodley: 12:15-12:45pm
5th Grade: 11:35am-12:05pm
4th Grade ACAP SCIENCE THIS Week - Attendance is Important!
IMPORTANT ACAP REMINDERS:
Spring Book Fair April 28th - May 2nd!
April FALCON Way Focus:
We Serve Others
Show Choir on Tuesdays--Please make arrangements for pick up at 4:15
Robotics meets on Wednesdays - please arrange for pick up!
Supplies needed for Robotics!
Robotics students, remember to bring items from home if you have them!
If you have any of these items at home, please consider donating them to us!
Legos
Seeds
Tape
Rolls of masking tape
Lego tires x4
4 toy size wheels
Toilet paper rolls
Sharpie
Cardboard
Black rubber bands
Tinfoil
Bucket
Paper
Popsicle Sticks
Batteries
Rubber Bands
Paint--blue, purple, yellow, and pink
Plastic water bottles
Mini Screws
Round half foam ball
Fake grass
Hot glue gun
Hot glue
2 bowls
String
Fake animal
Florence Falcons Boys Basketball Summer Academy
Details:
Dates: May 27th-28th (Tuesday and Wednesday)
Time: 8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
Location: Coffee Gym
Grades: 3rd Grade-6th Grade (Boys)
Price: $75 *(Additional in-house child: $50)*
You can either scan the QR code on the graphic OR click the sign-up link below:
Goodnight Harlan
Dr. Casteel Reads I am SuperKid!
Special Guest Reader, Author Sally Murray reads her book for us!
Congratulations to these outstanding students:
Parent Portal Login Instructions were sent home in folders.
Look for those instructions so you can check your child's grades!
Please Make Sure Your Child/Your Child's Teacher Knows How They're Getting Home!
Bus Routes & Information:
🌟Healing Hearts is Available Anytime🌟
🩵Healing Hearts Group is Harlan's in-school grief support program offered to all children attending schools in Lauderdale, Colbert, and Franklin counties that we serve/have preexisting groups.
🩵Healing Hearts Group meets once per month and explores emotions, experiences, and responses surrounding grief in a safe environment with children that are already familiar with each other from school.
🩵Healing Hearts group is coordinated by a Healing Place counselor and Ms. Green.
🩵By filling out this form you are signing up your child to attend the group once per month. Healing Hearts meets at the discretion of the Healing Place and the school administration. By signing up you are not committing your child to attend every group if there is an absence, conflict, or important school event happening on the day that the group meets.
🩵If your child has attended Healing Hearts in previous years they will need to be registered again this school year! Participation requires a new form every year!
Register now: https://forms.gle/3parov5tr5czUEM58 - Click Here or Click/Scan the QR code
Extended Day Enrichment Program - EDEP After School Program
The pictures below provide information on our after school program.
- To enroll call 256-768-2700 and leave your name, number and student name for the director to return your call.
- The form to sign up for EdEP are available in the office.
All Florence City students are provided breakfast and lunch free of charge!
Grade Level News
Kindergarten
Reading:
- Long Aa.
- Reviewing High Frequency Words- for, has. and, in, we, of, to, is, the, all, up, girl, I, have, his, it, him, as, am, had, see, on, but, did, a, can, go, he, at, you.
- Adding HFW: said, that
Math: Lesson 27- Count teen numbers.
Reminders:
- Your child needs a water bottle and snack every day.
- Check their red FALCON folder every night.
- Practice letters and sounds, going over HFW, writing first name, letters, and numbers every night.
- Children's Muesum & Deibert Park Field Trip April 29th. Please turn in form and money by April 25th.
1st Grade
Unit 8 in Reading begins Monday, April, 14th
Please review the Fluency Grading Scale
Unit 8 Words per Minute
A = 60 words & above
B= 52-59 words
C= 44-51 words
D= 35-43 words
F= 34 words and below
Open Court Unit 8- Lesson 1: Animals From Head To Toe
Phonics:
•/oo/ spelled ew, /oo/ spelled u_e, /oo/ spelled oo
Spelling:
new, flute, drew, rude, stew, tube, blew, tune, flew
Vocabulary:
pecks, beak tie, believe, energy, notes, sensitive, resting
2nd Grade
Reading/ELA:
Story: United States Citizenship​
Grammar: Verb tenses
Math:
Lesson 31: Adding Using Arrays​
Lesson 32: Even and Odd Numbers
Tests:
Reading/ELA: 5.2 Comprehension Assessment; 5.2 Grammar​
Math: Friday Unit 5 Test
3rd Grade
Assessments:
OCR Unit 5 Lesson 2 Reading Test: Wednesday, April 16
OCR Unit 5 Lesson 2 Spelling Test: Wednesday, April 16
Lesson 31 iReady Assessment: Wednesday, April 16
Reading:
-Main Idea
-Compare/Contrast
Grammar:
-Prefixes
-Past, Present, and Future Tense Verbs
Math:
-Geometry
4th Grade
4th Graders will take the ACAP Science test this week on Thursday! Please make sure to get a good night's sleep, eat a good breakfast, and be at school ready to show what you know! We got this!
Reading:
- Unit 5 Lesson 1: Paul Revere's Ride
- Assessments on Paul Revere's Ride Wednesday & Thursday
Math:
We will be working on characteristics and classifying 2D shapes.
Students have been given study packets.
Here is a copy of it for you would like to help them study! https://quizlet.com/1026244255/2d-shapes-flash-cards/?i=2harvs&x=1jqt
- The test on this lesson is tentatively scheduled on April 18.
- Don’t forget about our Montgomery field trip! Payments are to be paid in full by April 23!
5th Grade
- Reading
- Open Court: Unit 4 Lesson 4-Why is the World Green
- Unit 4 Lesson 4 Assessments Wednesday & Thursday
- Writing: Narrative Writing
- Math
- Math ACAP is next Monday!!
Communication is Crucial! Keep Scrolling for the Many Ways to Engage with HES:
Be Sure to Follow Harlan on Social Media & Online!
Download the Florence City Schools App
Contact Us Anytime!
School Secretary: Mrs. Yolanda Johnson Email: yjohnson@florencek12.org
Principal: Dr. Thomas Casteel Email: tcasteel@florencek12.org
Assistant Principal: Mr. Julian Smith Email: jsmith@florencek12.org
Location: 2233 Mc Burney Dr, Florence, AL 35630
Phone: (256)768-2700