Hunting Ridge Hawk Happenings
December 22, 2023
Seasons Greetings
We are ending our calendar year strong and filled with gratitude. To celebrate our positive behaviors, our students of the month were acknowledged for their kindness. For our December PBIS celebration, our tudents and teachers participated in a fun Minute to Win It Challenge at the start of our day. We practiced our audience and assembly expectations during an all school Sing-a-Long before sending our students off to their winter breaks. We hope this time allows families to relax and enjoy celebrating their family traditions. When we return we will take some time to reteach expectations and to reconnect our classroom communities around the important values that we have been targeting.
Our school office will be open January 4, 2024.
Important Dates:
- December 23, 2023 - Winter Break Begins, Students return January 8, 2024
-January 15, 2024 - No School
-January 16, 2024 - Half day AM, 8:25 - 11:25 AM. - Kindergarten students will not have school on this day.
-January 17, 2024 - PTA Meeting, 7:00 PM Zoom or in-person at the library
-January 17, 2024 - Board of Education Meeting, 7:00 PM at Sundling
-January 23, 2024 - Plum Grove Jr. High Talks with 5th and 6th Grade Students
-January 30, 2024 - Half day AM, 8:25 - 11:25 AM. - Kindergarten students will not have school on this day.
Fondly,
Mrs. Ortlund
Preparing for an e-Learning Day
In the event of potential inclement weather on January 8th, CCSD 15 I may call an “e-Learning day”. Please read more about e-Learning here: https://www.ccsd15.net/Page/10565
All students grades K-8 will be bringing home devices over the upcoming Winter Break so that devices are home in the case of potential inclement weather. All devices should return to schools on Monday, January 8, 2024 after Winter Break or on the next regular in-person school day. For parents/guardians of K-2 students, please remember to return the Chromebook, case, and charger when students return to school.
Instrumental Music Registration for SY 24-25 is open!
Are you interested in your current 4th grader participating in Instrumental Music next school year? Registration is now open! Go to the CCSD 15 Campus Parent page at:
January Behavior Expectations Refresh
While we are eagerly looking forward to some relaxing time off during winter break, District 15 teachers are hard at work planning for learning in January. When we return from break, every school in the district will be reviewing school-wide expectations and engaging in station rotations, where students visit locations throughout the school and discuss appropriate behavior and expectations, such as the hallway, bathroom, and lunchroom. Classroom teachers will also review behavior expectations and classroom routines to ensure students are reminded of what is needed and expected at school.
You can support this work at home as well!
As you prepare to return to school from break, have a conversation with your child about school behavior expectations. Talk about what it looks and sounds like to be respectful, responsible, and safe at school, on the bus, on the playground, in the lunchroom, and in the hallway. Small reminders, support, and encouragement about behavior can have a big impact on how students return to learning in January.