Scotland by Jake Powell

Hey it's Jake! Guess where I am? Scotland! I got here yesterday! Our plane landed at 7:45 a.m. in Scotland but it was 1:45 in Missouri! Our plane flew all the way across the Atlantic Ocean. What was cool about the plane was there was a little movie screen on the back of every chair. Before we flew to Edinburgh,Scotland we flew from Missouri to New Jersey. When we got here it was freezing! We walked around for a few hours last night and saw some really cool buildings. We slept for a long time last night! This morning the fire alarm woke us up at 11:00 a.m. but there was no fire. Today were going to a really old castle. Hope you guys have a good time at school.

Friday November 9, 2012

I hope you have had a great week; I know I have and I believe my students would say the same thing!  I have a lot of information to share with you today regarding many events scheduled here at Hawthorn and for the Park Hill School District.

Park Hill Education Foundation Fundraising Begins

A large envelop will be sent home on Monday to kick off the Education Foundations Scholar Dollars fundraising campaign.  The money raised through the sale of these value cards goes to support and enhance educational opportunities within the Park Hill School District.  This can take the form of scholarships for college-bound students or grant money for innovative teachers. The goal of the Education Foundation is for each child to sell 3 cards. For more information about the Education Foundation and their role in our school district please visit www.parkhillfoundation.org.

HAWTHORN FOOD PANTRY

We will continue the tradition of hosting a food pantry for those in need. Please send your child with pantry items throughout next week.

 

Personal Narrative Publishing Party!!

We are so excited to extend an invitation to all of our families and friends for our first publishing party of the year!!  The students have been diligently working to craft meaningful personal narratives and are excited to share them with you.  An invitation was sent home today, Friday Nov. 9th.  You have 3 opportunities to hear the children share their writing.  The dates are as follows:  Friday Nov. 16th from 9:30-10:30, Monday Nov. 19th from 9:00-10:00, and Tuesday Nov. 20th from 1:00-1:50.  Please check your schedule and RSVP for one of those blocks of time.  We hope you can join us!

School-wide Read In and Silly String Celebration

The Tuesday before Thanksgiving Break we will be celebrating the success of our Math-A-Thon by having a school-wide Read In from 10:00-10:30.  Later that afternoon we will join the rest of the school in the gym to watch Mrs. Cazzell's class spray silly string on Mrs. Hemaya and Ms. Erwin.  They earned this exciting reward by raising the most Math-A-Thon donations. 

Peek at the Week

Here is a copy of special dates to remember for the week of Nov. 12-16th

Click here for a printable version of the Peek at the Week



"Fall Back!" by Mrs. Coen

This weekend we "fall back" an hour.  I don't know about you, but I felt like falling back under the covers each time I heard the alarm clock this week.  Halloween is lots of fun and a lot more exhausting!  The good news...the week ahead looks a bit calmer.

 We have McTeacher Night on Monday from 4-8.  I hope to see some of you there.  I am signed up to work from 4-5, which is rather early for some families.  If I don't see you there, I am sure I'll see you in the paparazzi pics posted to the Hawthorn Facebook page.  :)  The money Hawthorn raises at McTeacher night is used to enhance your child's education.  Currently, we are looking at using the money raised to increase the technology in our classrooms. 

As the Peek at the Week states, book orders are due on Friday.  If you are wanting to place your order online you can follow this link to place your order:  Scholastic Book Clubs.  Our classroom code is: 1EENK.  If you would like to place your order via check, you can find the Scholastic flyer in your child's conference folder.

Yummy Math By:Jillian

Yesterday,we brought 5 pieces of candy for math.We did a math work sheet  that had math problems that involved candy.And if  we are good we get to have a piece of our candy at the       
end of the day .We also did a work sheet on venn diagram on 2 pieces of candy.Was math this fun when you where in school?

Art by Izack

At  art  we  painted  our  gargoyles. We  got  messy  painting  them.

reading Winn-Dixie by:Sarah

In reading we're working on making movies in our heads. Right now were reading Because of Winn-Dixie. It a good book. It a book about a girl and a dog. The girl's name is Opal she found the dog at a store called  Winn-Dixie .  That's why she called the dog Winn-Dixie. Have you read  Because of Winn-Dixie?

Haunted Gym By Jake Powell

On Wednesday the school made a haunted gym. It was so fun! There was a tunnel, balance beam, a rope swing, and all that crazy stuff! On the rope swing there were bleachers and you got on the rope and jumped off the bleachers. And then You jumped off the rope and landed on a mat! There was even a fake mummy! He was scary. Whenever you walk in there's the tunnel that I told you about earlier. Mrs. Bearce and the fifth graders helped us find our way around.