Dear Parents,
It was wonderful to see so many of you at last night’s welcome back picnic. It was nice to see parents and students enjoying each other on such a balmy evening. Thank you to all who contributed food. Special thanks go to Ray Sapp and John Leonard for being our grill masters.
- NECAP Assessments begin the first week of October. Grades K – 2 are not tested. Grade 3 – 4 will have testing on Oct 4,5,6 and 11, 12, 13. Grades 5 and 6 will have testing on Oct 11, 12, 13, and 17, 19, and 20. Grades 7 and 8 will test on Oct 11, 12, and 13. Please help us by ensuring that your children attend school during the testing window. If you would like to contribute breakfast or snack items during the testing, we would appreciate your efforts.
- We will be hosting the WSSU Spelling Bee here at HES on Monday, October 3. Teams from Windsor, West Windsor, and Weathersfield will join us in our school library from 9:00 – 11:00 AM for grades 5 and 6, and 12:00 – 2:00 PM for grades 7 and 8.
Members of the 5-6 team are: Cami Rediker, Bronwyn Smith, Devon Beland, MollyThompson, Halsey Jones and Sara Kleber.
Members of the 7-8 team are: Hunter Brooks, Miranda Sweeney, Emily Fortier, and Jacob Farewell.
- We are still in great need of Volunteers. We could use someone for two hours per week in the office to some data entry, work with Mr. Cox on the bus schedule, filing, etc. I will need 1 or 2 people (more are welcome) to review a three year plan for school improvement in early November. I do not anticipate this to be a long term commitment. Also, Mr. Cox is trying to organize after school activities and needs parent volunteers to supervise and run them. If you can spare some extra time, please contact us.
- We have not yet hired a Part Time Kitchen Worker. This is a paid position for two hours per day. Send a letter of interest to me if you would like to be considered for the position.
- If you are planning a family vacation during regularly scheduled school days, you must write a letter to me detailing the days your child will miss.
- Mid Term grades close on September 30, so it is important that 7th and 8th grade students be up to date with their class work. I have enjoyed watching the soccer games and feel it would be unfortunate for students to lose team time due to ineligibility due to poor grades. Parents should check out Power School to determine which assignments are missing.
- I want to thank all of the ELF Volunteers for their work this week. The theme of this month’s lesson was spiders. Volunteers brought in living spiders to share with students. The stories of capturing “the Beast” and “Fang” were hysterical. I think the excitement of the parent volunteers made this an especially interesting lesson for the students.
- Finally, I want to honor Arne Wolz’s accomplishments in the Region 8 National dressage competition where he took three first place ribbons, and a second place and a third place. Arne belongs o the Green Mountain Horse Association.
Enjoy the first fall weekend. It is supposed to be beautiful. As always, give your child a hug from me.
Judy Callens
