Another Great Week!

Fostering a love of reading is a goal for us here at HBB! We recognize that all students must be reading at grade level by the time they leave us because there is no other skill more essential to a child’s success in school. In an effort to support our struggling readers we will begin our Walk to Learn block during the week of October 17th. Many things take place during Walk to Learn from independent reading to enrichment but one of the most important aspects of Walk to Learn is our interventions for struggling readers.

During Walk to Learn we have all staff in the building, including administrators, counselors and special subject teachers, available to assist in providing interventions to struggling readers. All interventions are short term and are provided in response to data that suggests a child is struggling. Our goal is to ensure they don’t fall behind and that we provide the essential foundational skills so that each child can meet with success in the classroom. Should your child come home and tell you they are in a group there is no need to panic. Most children struggle at some point and we are just taking extra steps to ensure they keep pace. If there is a chronic or serious concern, please know that we will be sure to let you know and if you have any questions or concerns at all, do not hesitate to reach out to your child’s teacher.

BOXTOPS
For all those who have collected BOXTOPS, the deadline for submission is October 14th. There are prizes for the classes with the most BOXTOPS collected and a trophy for each classroom with the highest total so start sending them in!

Clubs
If your child is interested in participating in a club please be sure to submit the from as soon as possible. Please also be sure to include alternate choices. Clubs will be filled on a first-come first-serve basis.  Please click on the After School Clubs section of the blog for more information.

Fire Station Open House

Mass Pass 

Brian Lies
Thank you to the PTA for bringing back Author and Illustrator Brian Lies.  The first grade students really enjoyed his visit!

Character Word of the Week Winners
Congratulations to our first winners of the year!