Week Sweet Sixteen

We can do it! 5 more wake-ups! We look forward to a fun evening tonight to socialize together at our Holiday Party! Thank you to our party planners!!

Info to Know...
Holiday Brunch: On Friday, we will have a special Holiday brunch catering from the Country House. Thank you to Cheryl Burns for organizing! 

Classroom teachers will eat during the Holiday assembly & non-classroom teachers & paraprofessionals will eat after the assembly. Non-classroom teachers & paraprofessionals, thank you for supervising the students during the assembly. There will be NO specials on Friday. 

5 Essentials Survey: As you know, each year we take the 5Essential survery: Here is the link:  https://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/survey/teacher/login/ .We appreciate real input in this process.  You should have received an email in recent days inviting you to complete the survey.  In addition, all 4th and 5th grade students will be asked to complete the survey as well.  In planning ahead, 4th and 5th grade homeroom teachers should plan for their students to complete this survey in class prior to January 31st.  It should take approximately 20 minutes.  All certified staff should complete the survey by January 17th, which is our first staff meeting of the new year.  We will end the staff meeting early that day for your time.  Once you complete the survey, please send me an email with the words DONE!   Your thoughtful input and time are greatly appreciated.  Thank you!

Apple Distinguished School Book: Our Book is Published in the iBook store here~you can download your copy here. Your students can find the book in Self Service under "books" to download and check out!

Winter F & P: Please benchmark any of your red and yellow students before Winter break. Fill in data here. 

Winter MAP Testing: Please sign up for Winter MAP testing here by today. Resource teachers: Please list your small groups and when you will be testing here.  Nancy has already made the sessions, so please check your sessions and the students in them. The sessions are listed by "HPT & your room number" and created by Nancy Watt. If you need any changes, please let Nancy know. 

Next Week...

• Monday, December 18th
• ELL Club
• Tuesday, December 19th
• Reading & Math Club
• Holiday Stories: Schedule Here
• Choir Concert at 7pm
• Wednesday, December 20th
• Band to perform at 7:40
• Thursday, December 21st
• Choir & Orchestra Concert at 8:30 in the gym
• Winter Parties at 10:00-11:00am
• Reading, Math & ELL Club
• Friday, December 22nd
• Jingle Bell Assembly at 8:30 in the gym
• Holiday Staff Breakfast during assembly
• Dismissal at 12pm

Check out Week 15 & 16's Story Here...

https://storify.com/kristinabeeler/hptpride-weeks-15-16

Holiday Sweet Smiles

Pawesome Staff

Thanks to all of the December birthdays for all of the awesome treats today!

Thank you to Kristy for putting together the Hachiko Challenge. And thank you to all of the classroom teachers for assisting with the challenge so all of the students could be successful and understand the importance of STEM concepts and come up with solutions to make their boats even better. Amazing!

Thanks to Noel, Ellen, and Donna for their perseverance and diligence to advocate for a student.

Thanks to Hazen for just being HAZEN. :)

Thank you all so much for the birthday cards, messages and gifts. I am so blessed to work with such amazing staff members and students. I love being a part of the High Point Team! Noel

Thanks to the delicious treats from the December birthdays! We needed that!

Noel and Ellen, so proud to work with you.

Thank you Sue for your patience and willingness to go above and beyond for our students.

Thank you Vicki for all you do! Your patience and kindness is appreciated.