Hough Highlights
February 24, 2023
Important Dates:
2/27 - STEM Club begins (K-1st grade) 3/6 - Speech Tournament (4th/5th grade) CHANGE 3/6 - PTO Meeting - 6:30 pm in the library 3/8 - Family STEM Night - 6:30 pm at Grove Avenue School 3/18 - St. Patrick’s Day Scavenger Hunt 3/22 - Spring Conferences (4-8 pm) - regular school day 3/23 - Spring Conferences (3-7 pm) - regular school day
PTO Meeting Date Change
This month’s Hough Street PTO meeting has been moved to Monday, March 6th at 6:30 PM. This month’s meeting will be held in the Hough Street library. We look forward to seeing you there.
Parents Night Out Recap
Thank you to all who attended, donated, bid, raffled, danced, got engaged(!), and connected to make this year’s Parents Night Out a rousing success for our Hough community! We are grateful and excited to furnish Hough’s library with the help of your contributions.
It’s not too late to give to our school library! We invite you to watch this quick video https://youtu.be/4OwEwyoxOJQ that stars so many Hough students and then donate via GiveSmart: https://e.givesmart.com/events/mDX/. Let’s prove we shine brighter together!
Timber-lee - Outdoor Ed Update
We were notified earlier this week that Trinity College is permanently closing Camp Timber-lee effective March 5, 2023. This decision to close the camp was completely unexpected as we had a date already scheduled for our fifth-graders to visit the camp again this spring.
Our district administrators and elementary principals are presently investigating other venues offering a similar one-day outdoor education experience for our fifth-grade students this spring.
Although our primary focus at this time will be to schedule the learning opportunity for this school year, we will also be looking at venues that can meet our needs for a 2-day, 1-night trip for our students for each school year going forward.
We will continue to provide updates for our students and parents as we determine a culminating outdoor education experience for our fifth-graders this spring.
Spring Parent Teacher Conferences
Parent Teacher Conferences will be held on Wednesday, March 22 (4 pm - 8 pm) and Thursday, March 23 (3 pm - 7 pm). Conferences will take place in person unless requested otherwise. Parents can sign up for a conference, via the Meet the Teacher tool, beginning Monday, March 6th at 8:00 am. Online sign-ups close on Sunday, March 12 at 11:30 pm. Feel free to contact the Hough Office with any questions.
Hough Mindfulness Spiritwear Store Closes on March 1st
Hough Mindfulness gear will be on sale through March 1st. T-shirts are $15 and sweatshirts are $25. Items may be purchased on the Infinite Campus Web Store/Rev Track.
Pride Board
We are celebrating four Hough Hawks this week for exhibiting top-notch Advocacy and Empathy traits.
Left to Right: Dakota J., Harper B., Quianna D. and Liam B.
#WeBelong220
Hough Hawks work hard and play hard!
Hough Street Elementary School
Email: zernst@barrington220.org
Location: 310 South Hough Street, Barrington, IL 60010, USA
Phone: 847-620-4700