Hiteon Highlights Newsletter

• Principal's Greeting
• Immunization Exclusion Day
• Hiteon "Soft Start"
• Attendance Matters
  
• Coffee Chats with the Principals
• Too Sick for School
• Love the Bus Week
• 2023-2024 Kindergarten Enrollment
• Hiteon Library Corner
• New Library Books
• #WHYYOUMATTER
• Hiteon PTC Corner
• Dining for Dollars
• PTC General Meeting
• Volunteer Opportunities
• Hiteon's Calendar
  
• Good for the Heart

Hiteon Community,

To this day, some of my closest friends were made while volunteering at my son and daughter’s school. There is something amazing that happens when a community gets together to plan and execute an event for hundreds of families. The feeling of accomplishment comes when families arrive and leave with excitement after gathering with friends and neighbors. The recent family PTC events (Movie Night and Breakfast Club) were no different. A HUGE thank you to the volunteers that made these events a big success. Thank you, also, to the families that were able to make it to these events. Your participation as a community is outstanding!!!

For parents that are wondering how they can participate in volunteering, please contact our volunteer coordinator at:volcoord@hiteonptc.org Additional information about how to become a member of the Hiteon volunteer team can be found here. Your time and energy will be appreciated and the memories and relationships you will form will last much longer than the events.

Wishing you a wonderful weekend!

Janet Maza, Principal

Jenny Read-Emslie, Assistant Principal

State law requires that all children in public and private schools have up-to-date immunizations or have a medical or nonmedical exemption.

Parents or guardians will receive a letter in early February if their child's immunization records show that he or she hasn't received the required vaccinations. Children won't be able to attend school or child care starting February 15, if their records on file show missing immunizations.

The Beaverton School-Based Health Center and the Merlo School-Based Health Center are both resources for families in the Beaverton School District to get immunizations

Hiteon Elementary students have a "soft start" to their day. What does that mean? Watch and see how important it can be for students to ease into their daily learning.

HITEON'S DAILY SCHEDULE

7:45 - Doors open & Cafeteria opens for breakfast

8:00 - School promptly begins

2:35 - Dismissal

Attendance is very important to student success!

According to BSD policy absences that are not medical in nature, such as vacations, will be marked as unexcused absence.

Tardy: School begins promptly at 8:00am.

Students that are not seated at their desk at 8:00am are considered tardy.

Unless they are in the cafeteria having breakfast. Unfortunately, this means that students that are in vehicles in the parking lot are still considered late if they enter the building at 8:01am.

Early Arrival: For your child’s safety, students must NOT arrive at school before 7:45am there is no adult supervision prior to 7:45.

Dismissal: Again, for student safety, all students must be picked up from school at dismissal time 2:35pm. There is no supervision after 2:35. Unless the student is involved in a supervised after-school activity. Students who stay on school property past dismissal of 2:35pm must have parent supervision.

We would like to remind parents about our guidelines for determining whether or not a student should come to school if they're ill. Please remember to visit our COVID-19 Protocols Information and Too Sick for School webpage for information about when to keep kids home from school.

If a student becomes ill during the school day, the student must go to the school's health room to be evaluated and then signed out by a parent/guardian. Students should not use their personal devices to communicate illness with parents directly. Please remind your students to inform their teacher and to visit the health room.

Join us as we celebrate the big yellow school bus February 13-17th. During Love the Bus week we invite parents, students, and staff to take a moment to thank Hiteon's bus drivers.

• We will be creating a paper banner that students will be able to write little notes on and will have it out on display on Monday (hopefully it's not raining).
• On Wednesday, we'll have hot coffee and breakfast treats ready for their arrival.
• We'll have students write thank you notes throughout the week and then deliver to our drivers on Friday 2/17.
• Students will be decorating boxes during Maker Space time and all the thank you notes will be collected in them to deliver to drivers.

We invite our Hiteon community to also join in fun by showing their appreciation to their bus driver during the week upon pickup or drop off.

On Wednesday, 2/15, all elementary students who ride their school bus will also receive a prize!

Are you ready to enroll your kinder aged student for the 2023-2024 school year?

Do you know a neighbor, family or friend that lives in the Hiteon attendance area that will have kinder age students for the fall?

It's that time. Please visit the BSD website to complete the online Kindergarten Enrollment

Thanks to everyone who purchased books during the Hiteon's Scholastic Book Fair.

Hiteon's library has received a generous amount of books that will be available to our students to discover new adventures and learn the love of reading.

A huge shout out to our wonderful PTC for the support we received to make our #WHYYOUMATTER Project possible. Mrs. Sadlouskos and Mrs. Trout made a wonderful team reading, taking pictures, helping with quotes and then printing all those photos. Several of our staff gathered together and helped hang all those awesome pictures down our hallways to have them ready to showcase during our recent movie night.

The project was successfully received by students, parents and staff. Hearts are warmed when walking through the halls and seeing all the wonderful faces, smiles and quotes written by our students.

Join us on Wednesday, February 15th from 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM to hear about new volunteer opportunities, reports from the Principals, Fun Run updates (“How do I volunteer for that?!”) and upcoming events (SCIENCE FAIR! BINGO NIGHT! THE NEXT DINING FOR DOLLARS! AND SO MUCH MORE!) at Hiteon.

We’ll be meeting at Hiteon in Room A118 and on Zoom.

When: Wednesday February 15th, from 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

We look forward to meeting with you all!

Zoom Link - bit.ly/3H50Zv4

Meeting ID - 838 5394 5432

Passcode - 2023Hiteon

Whether you walk or bike a few blocks to school or close to a mile, your active commute is good for your heart, your whole body and it’s invigorating and fun! With colder winter weather, children spend less time playing outside, but a nice brisk walk or bike ride to school will help achieve their recommended 60 minutes of moderate exercise every day. This will help prevent childhood obesity and support healthy bones. Walking and biking to school is also a great way for kids to get the physical activity needed for healthy minds. Kids who are more physically active have better academic performance.

Studies are beginning to show that exposure to nature and free outdoor play can reduce stress and relieve ADHD symptoms. If that isn’t enough to get you out of your car, think about the air quality around a school when dozens of parents sit in idling cars while their children jump out. Air pollution has contributed to childhood asthma rates doubling between 1980 and the mid-1990s. Asthma rates remain at historically high levels and cause 14 million missed school days every year. Walking and biking to school is healthy for kids, healthy for communities, and healthy for the planet.

Ya sea que camine o ande en bicicleta unas pocas cuadras o más de una milla, la actividad física es buena para su corazón, para todo su cuerpo y también es divertida. Con el clima mas frio durante el invierno, los niños pasan menos tiempo jugando al aire libre, pero una caminata a paso ligero o en Bicicleta ayudarán a completar los 60 minutos que se recomiendan tomar diariamente, a prevenir la obesidad infantil y a mantener los huesos sanos. Caminar y andar en bicicleta a la escuela también es una excelente manera para que los niños realicen la actividad física necesaria para mantener una mente sana. Los niños que son más activos físicamente tienen un major rendimiento académico.

Hay estudios que están comenzando a demostrar que la exposición a la naturaleza y jugar al aire libre pueden reducir el estrés y aliviar los síntomas de ADHD (trastorno por déficit de atención e hiperactividad). Si esta información no es suficiente para que decida no usar su automóvil, piense en la calidad del aire alrededor de una escuela cuando docenas de padres se sientan en sus autos con el motor andando mientras esperan a que sus hijos se bajen. La contaminación del aire ha contribuido a que las cantidades de personas con asma infantil se hayan duplicado entre 1980 y mediados de la década de 1990. La cantidad de casos de asma se mantienen en niveles históricamente altos y causan 14 millones de días escolares perdidos cada año. Caminar y andar en bicicleta a la escuela es saludable para los niños, saludable para las comunidades y saludable para el planeta.

Janet Maza, Principal

Jenny Read-Emslie, Assistant Principal

Hiteon’s Mission Statement

Hiteon is a community dedicated to providing an educational experience in which everyone can reach their full potential and make positive societal contributions. We strive to enhance personal, community, and global identities while developing life-long learners.

Email: janet_maza@beaverton.k12.or.us
Website: https://hiteon.beaverton.k12.or.us/
Location: 13800 Southwest Brockman Road, Beaverton, OR, USA
Phone: 503-356-2140