Hidden River Newsletter
Week of May 22nd - 26th, 2023
Weekly Reminders
- SAVE THE DATES:
Next Week: (5/29-6/2)
Mon., May 29th - No School (Memorial Day)
What's in the Newsletter?
- School Information
- Classroom Updates
- Rotary Award Recipients
- 8th Grade Group Bike Ride
- Flipside
- Summer Meal Sites 2023
- Family Feedback Form
School Information
8th Grade Ceremony Save the Date! (and time change): The 8th Grade Recognition Ceremony will be on Tuesday, June 13. Ceremony at 9:30 AM in the East Gym with light refreshments to follow. Invitations will be sent home with students a week prior to the ceremony and students may be allowed to leave with their parent or guardian after the ceremony.
8th Grade Valleyfair trip: is on Wednesday, June 14th! Permission slips will be sent home with students in Social Studies class on Monday, May 22nd. Tickets are $20 (includes buses). Scholarships available. Students will not be returning to Hidden River until 6:15 PM and will need a ride home from school. See permission form for more information. Please contact Laura.Byard@spps.org or 612-444-2167 with questions.
Classroom Updates
FRENCH PROFICIENCY TEST
The make-up test will be on: Wednesday, May 31 in room 1101 from 8:30 am.
Please, encourage your student to bring and have their iPad fully charged, with the GOOGLE CHROME app installed on their device.
For any information, please, email Ms. Halina Solachava-Chamutouskaya halina.solachava@spps.or or Ms. Rachel Payia Yang rachel.payia-yang@spps.org
AVID COLLEGE FAIR - Highlights
This year, the AVID students at Hidden River expanded the college fair so that every single HR student and family member had the opportunity to attend. Over 600 people attended the college fair on May 18 or 19. A huge shout out to the AVID students for their college research, creativity, and professionalism. The purpose of the college fair is to educate students and families so that students finish high school with choices (trades-, college-, and job-ready)!
Rotary Award Recipients
Every year, St. Paul Rotary Club recognizes 8th grade students across the district who
have been leaders in their school and school community. Hidden River staff had an
opportunity to nominate 8th graders that:
- Good attendance.
- Improvement in attitude, effort and achievement.
- Overcoming a hardship.
- Special effort involving another student.
- Helping make their school a better place.
There were several students nominated and only nine were fortunate enough to be
recognized those students are:
- Kowsar Abdala
- Simona Borghesi
- Kyla Brown
- Riley Erickson
- Morador Lor
- Amira Rios-Cortez
- Rahiem Ruddock
- Mar’Quise Taylor
- Zade White
Show them love! They will be receiving recognition from St. Paul Pioneer Press (name
in the paper); a $25 dollar Gift card from Target and a Certificate for their
accomplishment. The school will receive a Rotary Award Plaque that has the names of
these wonderful students.
Group Bike Ride For 8th Graders
With the transition to high school - and the lack of yellow school busses to transport kids to and from school - it often falls on family to establish new routines. Metro Transit cards are provided to high school students who live outside of a walking distance, but many students choose to ride bikes. We are trying to gauge the interest in organizing a group ride from Hidden River to Central High to help our 8th students think about how that might work for them. We'll go over how to choose a good bike route, and how to make your way through traffic and approach Central safely.
Requirements: Student must be in 8th grade at Hidden River, and have their own bike and a helmet.
If your student would be interested, please fill out this form and let us know. If we have enough interest, we'll try to get it organized by the end of the school year.
Any questions: email wendy.caucutt@spps.org
FLIPSIDE
https://www.spps.org/cms/lib/MN01910242/Centricity/Domain/10148/Summer%20Registration%20fillable.pdf