Woohoo! Super Seventh Week

Happy 3 Day Weekend!

Thank you for another great week. Yesterday was World Teacher Day. Thank you for everything that you do for our students!!

It was wonderful to recognize over 25 students who are demonstrating friendship in our classroom. Thank you for nominating your students.  

We hope you enjoy every minute of this 3 day weekend. Find time to relax and enjoy time with family & friends. Please take pictures of these memories to share with us during the blog. 

Info to Know...

Erin's Law Presentation: Every staff member needs to attend on Tuesday. The schedule is here.  The presentations will be held in the Music room. Thank you to Katie Knopf for being flexible. Please let us know if you have any questions. 

On January 24th, 2013, Governor Pat Quinn signed into law Erin’s Law, which requires all Illinois schools to provide age-appropriate child sexual abuse prevention education for students K-12, annually.

F & P: Please make sure you enter all of your student's F & P data by October 31st. The data sheet can be found here.

Anchor Charts: All of your anchor charts are such wonderful displays of actual student learning. Please send any anchor charts charts down to the gym next Friday so we can display them during the board meeting. We will return them to you on Tuesday morning. Thank you!

Bus Evacuation Drill: This drill is going to be on Wednesday, October 18th. Please sign up here for a time slot.

Staff Meeting on Wednesday: 

• Begin at 2:40 in Media Center for 5 minutes to go over IPI day 
• Classroom teachers will meet with room parents to plan parties
• Classroom Teachers: Please make sure your room parents are aware of the party meeting
• The rest of the meeting will be dedicated to GCN trainings which are due on October 31st.

Save the Date: On Thursday, October 24th, we will be having "Girl with a Cape" visit High Point. She will be doing two assemblies in the morning. You can read about the presentation here. We are excited to have Amy back at High Point School. More information to come. 

Next Week...

• Monday, October 9th 
• No School
• Tuesday, October 10th
• Erin's Law Presentations with Tom Kress in Music Room. Schedule here. 
• No Math 
• Wednesday, October 11th
• School Spirit Day: National Teddy Bear Day
• Staff Meeting: Please meet for 5 minutes in the media center prior to the room-parent meeting
• CST Team Meeting at 1:30
• Thursday, October 12th
• Paw Collection
• Lockdown drill at 2:00
• Friday, October 13th

Looking Ahead...

• Monday, October 16th
• Behavior Team Meeting at 1:30
• Art Club
• Board Meeting at High Point School at 7pm in the Gym
• Tuesday, October 17th
• 3rd Grade Peer Coaching All Day
• Wednesday, October 18th
• SIP Meeting at 7:00 in Art Room
• Thursday, October 19th
• Spanish & Arabic Club
• Friday, October 20th

Technology Tidbits..

Apple released iOS Update 11.0.2 this week. It is a recommended update as it does contain minor bug fixes for iPad. If you have any issues with updating, please submit a helpdesk ticket. Thank you. 

To update, open Settings on your iPad and navigate to General > Software Update. You will need at least 50% battery to perform the update, or be connected to a power outlet.

Pawesome Staff

Thank you to my 4th grade team, you are the best and make everyday so much fun!

Thank you to my team for all your support with starting TCI

Thanks Noel for sharing ideas about how to support a student better in class

Thank you Nancy Watt for your constant help guidance, I so appreciate all of your hard work and patience.

Nancy W., thanks for all your assistance! Don't know what I'd do without you!

Thanks Amy for shopping for the fitness balls!

Thank you to Sue Feinberg for covering my duty in the Hornets School Store this week!

Thank you Nancy W. and Katie K. for helping my substitute.

Thankful for my High Point Vanguard "Family" - what a great, productive day we had!

Thanks to Kristin for creating the new student of the month certificate for recognizing our students for the monthly themes. If you haven't seen it, ask a student. They're PAWESOME!!!

Thank to the High Point staff who are this year's Vanguard group. You created a whole lot during your day together. We look forward to seeing what you learned when you share with your teams!

Thanks to Donna, Noel and Ellen for caring so much for one of their students to help her keep up with her learning.

Thanks to all the staff who helped out with PAW and ticket turn in yesterday.

Thanks to Sharon for getting the inspirational sign for the office! It's perfect!

Thank you to Cheryl and Kristin for all your support!

Thanks for setting up the pizza order Elise!

Thank you Hazen for always being available to jump in and help with everything!!! We appreciate you!

Thank you Elise for all you do! You are my right hip! So much appreciate you!

Thank you to Denise Hazen for supporting me as I figure out my new role & how best to support our kids & parents

Thank you to Cheryl F for being a great mentor and friend in my new role!

Pawesome Moments 

Sweet Max

Pumpkin Patch Cuteness

Check out our #hptpride story of week 7 here. 

Ryan Beeler's Soccer Smile