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Weekly Bulldog Bits
Week of December 11th, 2023
A new way to get information weekly about Hirsch and our Bulldogs!
The Hirsch Holiday Wishing Tree is back!
Looking for the perfect gift for your child's teacher, Specialist, Librarian, or the school? Starting Friday, December 8th, stop by the front of the office to take an "ornament" with your person's wishes. Attach the "ornament" to your item and you have the perfect gift! Feel free to take a picture and leave ornaments for others to use, especially if it's an item that the person would benefit from multiple donations! We thank you for your generosity!
December 15-22 is Winter Spirit Week!
We are celebrating Winter Spirit Week from Friday, December 15th through Friday, December 22nd!
Friday, 12/15 - Official Ugly Sweater Day - Wear your favorite Ugly Sweater!
Monday, 12/18 - Winter Wonderland Day - Wear Blue and White!
Tuesday, 12/19 - Warm and Cozy Day - Wear your favorite cozy holiday shirt or sweater!
Wednesday, 12/20 - Candy Cane Day - Wear Red and White!
Thursday, 12/21 - Holiday Headgear Day - Wear your favorite holiday headband or hat!
Friday, 12/22 - Polar Express Day - Wear your favorite pajamas to celebrate the last day of school before break!
Early Release - Friday, December 22nd for Grades 1-5
As a Reminder - Friday, December 22nd is an early release day at 1:34pm for Grades 1-5.
Kindergarten will have a regular dismissal at 1:45pm.
Hirsch Yearbooks are on Sale Now!
Don't miss out on this year's memories!
Purchase your Yearbook at ShoobPhoto.com
Soft Cover Yearbook Price $15 (+tax) Before 1/31!
The deadline to purchase your yearbook is April 19th.
Viola Blythe Food and Toy Collection Barrels
We are now accepting canned food and new toys for the Viola Blythe Community Center. The barrels are located in the office, and we will be accepting donations until Monday, December 11th.
Viola Blythe Toy Drives normally provides gifts to approximately 300 children each year. Toys donated should be unused, new toys for children 3-12. Teen gifts are especially needed.
The Viola Blythe Community Service Center of Newark is a nonprofit, nonsectarian corporation organized to promote, support and advocate social and human services to any person who is in immediate need.
For more information: Viola Blythe Community Services Phone: (510) 794-3437
Young Authors Contest
Reminder, the Young Author's Books are due on December 13th!
This is a fun, creative writing opportunity for students to write, illustrate, and publish a piece of fiction.
Original books written by our Bulldogs are due on or before December 13th. All rules and criteria for judging are in the student packet.
Happy Writing!
Lost and Found Items
Please come and check out the lost and found racks at Hirsch! Items not claimed before our winter break will be donated to a local charity.
REMINDER: Be sure to write your student’s name inside their items (jackets, lunch boxes, umbrellas, hats, etc.) if there’s a possibility of it being lost. Either write your student’s name with a permanent marker or on a piece of tape to place on their items. Items found with names on them will be returned to their owners.
"All Abilities Welcome" Art Contest!
Design a poster for FUSD's first ever poster contest "All Abilities Welcome"!
One design will be selected from elementary, middle and high school submissions to become our District posters. All posters should include the phrase “All Abilities Welcome” and original art. (Digital art submissions must be non-AI computer generated).
PRIZES:
1st prize–$25 Amazon Gift Card and your poster will be published and posted in our schools.
2nd prize–$20 Amazon Gift Card 3rd prize–$15 Amazon Gift Card
Provide your original to your teacher (elementary) and arrangements will be made for submission to the Special Education Department. All originals will be returned.
Submission Deadline: January 31, 2024
What an amazing end to this year! We had many exciting events this month. We hope the children had fun at our two big events the Bulldog Jog and our Giving Tree Winter Concert!
Thank you to our parent volunteers at both these events, you helped make these memorable for our families. The Giving Tree Winter Concert video will be made available for viewing on our Hirsch PTA website shortly, please stay tuned!
BULLDOG JOG UPDATE:
A HUGE “Thank you!” to our students, staff, and donors for this incredible Bulldog Jog fundraiser.
Here are our final stats as of today, 12/8:
We have raised over $18, 464 for our school!
Our students completed 12,250 laps combined to help our school!
We are grateful for your support to our school! Happy Holidays to our O.N. Hirsch Elementary Families!
P.S. Giving will remain open until tonight 12/8. If you’d like to continue to give and share, head to MYBOOSTER.COM today. Double the impact of your donations by checking if they qualify for corporate matching!
The Giving Tree Winter Concert
PTA would like to say a heartfelt thank you to our fabulous principal Ms. Arroyo, who is so supportive and encouraging of all these fun events for our children! We also want to say THANK YOU to our teachers and staff who have gone above and beyond in helping and supporting our children at these events! We cannot thank you enough! We appreciate you! Thank you to our music docents for their precious gift of music to our school! Concerts are not possible without them!
We hope the students had a lovely evening at the winter concert this year, mastered some stage confidence and made some magical musical memories for life!
If you haven’t had a chance to volunteer for the school yet, please do so next time. Events can only be organized with community involvement and donations.
Here are the links to our Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/groups/hrsch/?ref=share&mibextid=S66gvF
And our Hirsch Family WhatsApp group- https://chat.whatsapp.com/FNg6wn9coPvFLiYN0dNNEo
If you have any questions related to the PTA, please reach out at pta.hirsch@gmail.com.
Happy holidays from the Hirsch PTA!