Hodgesville Elementary

We need some more help for our Santa Store. It takes some special elves to help our kiddos shop. If you can or would like to help, please let us know. We we will need at least 2 more workers on Tuesdays since it is the littles and another 2 per day to help it run smoothly. Below is the elf schedule thus far. Tuesday Savannah Hall Amy Moore Amanda Durant Lelsy Gower Wednesday Amy Moore Amanda Durant Sheri Karickhoff Thursday Amy Moore Amanda Durant Friday Amy Moore Amanda Durant **We will also set up Monday afternoon around 1 if anyone would like to help set up.**

Friendly reminder that make up pictures are tomorrow, Monday 12/2!! Also our Santa Store will be open next week. If you want your child to shop, please return the form that was sent home with money. This helps us plan on how much to buy/prepare for! We also need volunteers to help kids shop! Each day certain grades will shop during recess and then Friday will be make up/extra day Tuesday 12/10, prek, kindergarten and 5th Wednesday 12/11 1st and 4th Thursday 12/12 2nd and 3rd If you want to help times will be roughly 11:30-1:30

Happy Thanksgiving to all our HES students and families!!! I hope you are enjoying a wonderful break and I will see you soon!! -Ms. Lewis

School menu for December

Good Afternoon Families!! What a wonderful day we had yesterday. Every student at HES was gifted a brand new coat, hat and gloves from State Farm. We are so very thankful. It looks as though we may need them Thursday/Friday. With the impeding weather, please dress students appropriately. We are also postponing our STEAM Night and rescheduling for 3/27.

A couple of quick reminders for this week Thursday 11/21 -make up pictures -picture money due -STEAM night 5-7 there will be food at STEAM night as well as several door prizes!!

If you need dinner tonight, come out to Buffalo Wild Wings from 4-9. Mention this picture or tell them you want to support our school and we get a percentage of the check!!

Happening this week of 11/12 11/12 spelling bee for 4th and 5th grade For those students interested 11/13 Buffalo Wild Wings Fundraiser 4:30-9:00 Go in tell them you want to support HES. 11/14 birthday table for November

Thanksgiving Dinner Day-- If you are planning to eat with your child on Thursday 11/21, our Thanksgiving Dinner meal, please let the office know by 11/12 so we can order and prepare enough food! We are not doing a special activity, but know some families like to come and eat with their students. We want to ensure we make enough, so please call ahead by 11/12 so we can be prepared. Thanksgiving lunch will be served on 11/21. Thank You

Girl scouts is for grades k-5. If you cannot make it, let us know and we will get you the paperwork.

Girl Scout Sign Up!! We will be starting a troop at HES! Sign ups will be Thursday 11/7 @5:30 at the school in the cafeteria. Troop leaders will be there to compltete the sign up process with you!

We have a busy week this week at HES!! It is Red Ribbon Week so take a minute and see the dress up days on the flyer attached. Tuesday 10/22 is our PTO Trunk OR Treat and looks like we have 15 trunks!! It is goong to be Maniac Mountain Haunted House in the field from 6-7. Set up can start around 5:15. Please pay attention to parking area and trunk area so we can keep pur kids safe! Wednesday is the pumpkin patch trip to TJ’s Greenhouse for grades 2/3/4/5. Grade 2/3 will be at the greenhouse from 9:30-10:30 Grades 4/5 will be there from 12:30-1:30 Thursday is the pumpkin patch trip for grades PK/K/1. PK will be at thenpatch from 9:30-10:30 K/1 will be there 12:30-1:30

Happening This Week at HES!!! Monday -PreK will get to sample and cooks eggs from our school chickens Tuesday -All classes will get to partake in Eddie Eagle Gun Safety with our PRO Officers Wednesday -No school for students Thursday -Birthday table for October -Picture Day -Family Conferences 4-7 Friday -report cards come home

Happening this week and some other information! -students will learn about fire safety from the Warren District Fire Department ! -please turn in your parent teacher conference forms asap so that teachers can get schedule made. -please get shirt order forms in as soon as possible as well - permission slips need turned in for the pumpkin patch trip…please note the date change (we switched the days each group goes) 23rd is now 2/3/4/5 and 24th is now pk/k/1 More details will come home this week -Halloween parties will be on 10/29 in the afternoon. Sign up sheets for party items will come home this week -we need supplies (boxes, bubble wrap, etc) and pumpkins for our pumpkin drop.

FYI--Social Studies Fair Info

Happening this week at HES! Thursday is Career Day!! We have several presentations for the students to hear about various careers! Students can dress up as their further career! Outfits must be school appropriate and little to no accessories please! Other Information: -we have sent home or they will come home tomorrow several flyers about events and other information. While some events are a ways away, we want you to get the calendars marked so we can have some great turnouts!! -make sure you get your family conference time selection sheets turned in soon so teachers can make the schedules.

Tomorrow night is movie night!!! If you would like to send anything in for the concession stand please do so tomorrow morning. Looks like we will be moving it to the gym due to weather so please use the front entrance. $5 gets your whole family in and then you can buy snacks and water from the concession stand. We are showing Hotel Transylvania! Doors will open at 6:30 with the movie starting at 7:00 Bring blankets or chairs to sit on!!

FYI-- 2023-2024 Balanced Scorecard Released

Good evening families!!! We have our first big PTO event this coming Friday! We are hosting Outdoor Family Movie Night! It will be at 7pm in the back field. In order for this event to help support our students we need to raise some money. That being said we are in need of donations of candy bars, chips, etc to sell at the concession stand! We hope the weather holds off, but even with rain we will just move it to the gym!! Any donations would be greatly appreciated and we hope to see you and your family there!!

Happening this week Thursday we will be celebrating all birthdays in July August and September! Lunch times are below PK @11:20 in the classroom K12 @11:25 in cafeteria 345 @12:05 in cafeteria If parents want to eat a school lunch we need to know by 8:30 that morning and lunches are $4.43.