HORIZON NEWSLETTER
NOVEMBER 2023
A TIME OF THANKFULNESS AT HORIZON
Fall Greetings to all our Horizon Families,
During these fall months we cannot help but to reflect on how thankful we are to have the opportunity to be able to educate and shape the future of your wonderful children in their formative years. One of the things that makes Horizon so special is that we have so many diverse students, families and staff coming together making us one big wonderful school family. Your children are at the heart of all we do. Each staff member in our school family truly gives from their heart to provide a nurturing environment filled with engaging educational opportunities every single day for each child. It is for these reasons we are thankful and proud to call Horizon our "School Family".
What types of things do you reflect upon and give thanks for this time of year? This is a great time of year to share a few of the things you are grateful for with your children. Encouraging your children to be reflective about the things they are thankful for creates great family conversations any time of year.
Yours in Education,
Jill Taylor
Principal
Amber Boone
Assistant Principal
Brrrr! It can be cold outside!
Please remember to send your student in warm clothes:
- Jacket, hat, mittens and proper footwear
- Dressing in layers really helps when the weather fluctuates so much!
- We do go outside to play multiple times a day for recess to exercise our bodies and get fresh air.
- It is good for your student to move and burn off energy throughout the day and being dressed properly makes it far more enjoyable to be outside when it is chilly!
- Please contact us if you are struggling to provide you child with the essentials.
Thank you so much for your help with this.
Please remember to check the lost and found
- If you are missing a jacket, lunch box, eyeglasses or sweatshirt, etc.
- There is quite a large selection out there!
- Be sure to check it out if you are missing something!!!
⏲️DAY LIGHT SAVINGS TIME!⏲️
- Sunday, NOVEMBER 6, 2023
- Daylight Savings Ends
- Turn your clocks BACK 1 HOUR
- Gain and extra hour of sleep!
- Be on time for school as attendance matters!
WELLNESS WEDNESDAYS AT HORIZON!
Happy and Healthy bodies makes for happy and healthy minds!
Studies show the importance of getting a good nights sleep, drinking enough water and eating right to aid in proper growth and learning for our students but the same is true throughout our lives!
NOVEMBER Student Wellness:
"It's not always about what we have,
but WHO we have in our life that matters"
(friendship bracelets)
🤩QUARTER 2 Begins🤗
- Times is flying by!!
- Thank you for all of you that were able to participate in Quarter 1 Parent Teacher Conferences. It is so important to stay connected with your student's teacher and be involved with their education!
- Quarter 2 is October 30th through December 20th, 2023 (End of Semester and Report Cards will come home soon after the quarter ends!
😀THANKSGIVING BREAK!😀
Please remember:
- There is NO School on WEDNESDAY, November 22!
- There is NO School on THURSDAY, November 23!
- There is NO School on FRIDAY, November 24!
- Stay home and have fun!
- Enjoy the long weekend as a family, if you can.
- See you Monday!
🍿"POP" in EVERYDAY🍿 and STAY ALL DAY for GREAT day of learning!
Not to sound "corny" but our SECOND quarter goal is:
🍿94% attendance rate
🍿New average ATTENDANCE percentage is posted every 2 weeks!
🍿 Building-wide goal (K-3rd Grade)
🍿Popcorn and a Movie is our Quarter 2 attendance party!
Every day matters!
Help your child reach their goal.
Attend school EVERY SINGLE DAY!
😀CLASS ATTENDANCE AWARD WINNER DRAWING😀
⏰⏰Do you have great attendance⏰⏰
🍀🍀Do you feel lucky🍀🍀
Each QUARTER we will be placing our "ALL STAR" attendance students names in a hat and we will pick 10 names out building-wide. Each of those 10 "Attendance All-Stars" will win a prize!
Do you best to attend school every day
and get your name in our quarterly name drawing!!
The next quarterly drawing will be
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20th
Good Luck!
👍BE A BUDDY... NOT A BULLY!👍
Horizon encourages all their students to be
a buddy to their classmates and peers.
All students are taught and encouraged to use
the stop, walk talk method.
Bullying is not acceptable and should be reported to an adult.
The "Be a Buddy... Not a Bully" campaign demonstrates
to the students a respect for individuals
while encouraging inclusiveness. Student made
Anti -Bullying Video (created by students and Kim Lickley) https://www.facebook.com/jeromeschooldistrict261/videos/726437792843119
SAFEKEEPER'S OF JEROME
Horizon will be hosting some of our "Safekeeper's" from our community.
What is a "Safekeeper you might ask?
A "Safekeeper" is a person that helps to keep our children , families and community member's safe. They hold job's in the community such as Fire Fighters, Police Officer's, EMT's, Paramedics, ER Nurses, and the like. "Safekeepers" can also be upstanding members of a community that our children know are there to help keep them and their community safe.
We will be getting to know some of our
"Safekeeper's" during the following times:
November: 3rd Grade (ER Nurse)
December: 2nd Grade (SRO Norris)
January: 1st Grade
February: Kindergarten
😄UPCOMING EVENTS😄
NOVEMBER:
⏰ 6th Day light Savings "Fall Back 1 Hour"
👨👩👦👦 9th Family Literacy Night
🦅 11th Veteran's Day (Honor all those who served in your life)
🔔13th Town Hall Meeting
📖 14th Horizon Elementary Homework Diner
🦃22,23,24 Thanksgiving Break-NO SCHOOL
DECEMBER:
📝20th End of 2nd Quarter(Semester)
❄️Winter Break begins December 21- January 3rd-NO SCHOOL (School Resumes January 4th)
What is a thinking map?
Did you know that your student uses Thinking Maps at school?
"Thinking Maps is a set of 8 visual patterns that correlate to specific cognitive processes. They are used across all grades and content areas to build the critical thinking, problem-solving, comprehension, and communication skills necessary for academic success in every domain."
What is A.L.I.C.E.?(Alert, Lock down, Inform, Counter, and Evacuate)
In addition to reading the I'm not Scared, I'm Prepared book written specifically for A.L.I.C.E.. Horizon Elementary will be will be practicing some "hall checks" and "secure" drills over the next couple months to slowly acclimate the students to A.L.I.C.E. procedures. Students will first talk about the importance of being prepared and why we will be doing practice drills using age appropriate language with their teachers. If you have any questions please feel free to contact your student's teacher.
