Hiteon Highlights Newsletter

• Principal's Greeting
• Coffee Chats with the Principals
  
• Attendance
• Is Your Child to Sick for School
  
• Hiteon PTC Corner
  
• Volunteer Opportunties
• Dining for Dollars
• Hiteon DEI Meeting
• Family Movie Night
• Give Back Community Day
• PTC General Meeting
• Hiteon's Calendar
• Resolve to be more Active
• Inclement Weather Information
  
• Beaverton City Library Corner

Hiteon Community,

Happy New Year!

We hope you and those you love found rest and time to spend together over winter break. As students returned to school on Tuesday, staff spent time revisiting expectations and routines after welcoming the students to the 2023 year. The stretch of time between winter break and spring break is a period of tremendous learning and growth for students. We look forward to continuing our partnership with families in supporting all student learning needs. Our first grading period will come to an end during the first week of February, however, do not hesitate to reach out to your child’s teacher should you have questions or concerns about learning goals and progress.

This month we have some exciting events at Hiteon! We hope everyone will consider putting our movie night on the calendar (January 27th) as well as consider attending the PTC/Principals Chat on January 19th. We are trying something new this month with our Principals Chat. We will have an in-person Principals Chat the half-hour before the PTC meeting. We will meet in the same room as the PTC meeting which is in the classroom closest to Davies (look for signs outside on the 19th. We also have a parent event to support our BSD Clothes for Kids. Parents are being asked to support this outreach by volunteering to sort and hang up clothes donated by our community at the Clothes for Kids location (16550 SW Merlo Road, Beaverton). Popcorn Friday, OBOB, and our Dine-out Fundraiser are also happening this month. Information about all of these events are in this newsletter.

We have waited a LONG time to get the chance to be together as a community and we are taking every opportunity we can to gather once again!

We are looking forward to seeing you!

Best Regards,

Janet Maza, Principal

Jenny Read-Emslie - Assistant Principal

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.

Lots of fun events are coming in January and February and we would love to see our volunteers sign up!

Go to My Impact at https://app.betterimpact.com/Login/Login and check out the Opportunities section for more information.

Jan 20th - Popcorn Friday

Jan 25th - Hiteon Clothes for Kids Volunteer Day (Details Coming Soon)

Jan 26th - Vision Screening (K-5)

Jan 27th - Hiteon Family Movie Night

Feb 2nd - Breakfast Club

Popcorn Friday Coming on January 20th

Hiteon’s next Popcorn Friday is coming soon! There are a few more volunteer spots available if you’d like to sign up. Bags are 25 cents per student (limit 2).

Oregon Battle of the Books (OBOB) Battle Rounds

WOW! Hiteon’s 4th and 5th Grade OBOB Teams have been reading and working hard these past few months. Now it’s time for their work to pay off in the Battle Rounds where the teams compete against each other by answering trivia questions about the books. I

f you haven’t already signed up, we’d love to have some extra volunteers to help with the Battle Rounds (scorekeeping, moderators) at the end of January/early February. Send an email to vp2committees@hiteonptc.org if you’re interested!

Come to the Hiteon DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) meeting on Tuesday, January 10th from 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM at Hiteon in Room A118 and on Zoom.

Zoom Meeting: 10 January 2023 from 6:30PM - 7:30PM

Meeting ID: 869 8450 0480

Passcode: 2023HDEI

We look forward to seeing you there!

Please join us to hear about volunteer opportunities, reports from the Principals, Fun Run information (“What’s Fun Run?” and “Heck yes, I want to join that committee!”) and upcoming events (did someone say Family Dance, Breakfast Club (OMG what’s that?), and SCIENCE FAIR?!) at Hiteon.

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

When: Thursday, January 19th, 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

Please keep a lookout for more details through ParentSquare, the Hiteon PTC website and Facebook page in the coming weeks.

Welcome back to school! January is a perfect time to try walking or biking to school -- for your health, your community, and the planet! 1 mile of walking each way to school equals 2/3 of the daily recommended 60 minutes of physical activity. Get your steps in while decreasing the traffic and air pollution around your school and neighborhood.

• Does your school have a walking or biking school bus? If so, join in the fun. If not, find your school's preferred walk/bike route on our interactive Safe Routes to School maps. Elementary School Maps, Middle School Maps, High School Maps
• When you're out and about, keep your EYES and EARS OPEN, phones down and heads up. Know what’s going on around you. Have fun with your active commute!
• Need more tips and inspiration? Follow the Beaverton Safe Routes to School Facebook page

¡Decídase a ser más activo! ¡Bienvenido de nuevo a la escuela! Enero es un momento perfecto para ir caminando o en bicicleta a la escuela, ¡por su salud, su comunidad y el planeta! Caminar 1 milla de ida y vuelta a la escuela equivale a 2/3 de los 60 minutos diarios recomendados de actividad física. Sea activo mientras disminuye el tráfico y la contaminación del aire alrededor de su escuela y vecindario.

• ¿Su escuela tiene un grupo de walking o biking school bus? Si es así, únase a la diversión. Si no es así, encuentre la ruta preferida para caminar/andar en bicicleta de su escuela en nuestros mapas interactivos de Rutas Seguras a la Escuela. Mapas de escuelas primarias, Mapas de escuelas secundarias, Mapas de escuelas preparatorias
• Cuando esté fuera de casa, mantenga la cabeza hacia arriba, los OJOS y OÍDOS ATENTOS y guarde su teléfono celular. Esté alerta a lo que sucede a su alrededor.
• ¿Necesita más consejos e inspiración? Sigan la página de Facebook de Beaverton Safe Routes to School.

Leah Biado-Luis
Safe Routes to School Coordinator

When we have inclement weather, school schedules could be affected. School closure or delayed start decisions will typically be communicated to media outlets and posted on the district website, ParentSquare and social media by 5:30 a.m. The District makes decisions based on the ability to operate school buses safely, the ability of parents and students to drive safely, and the ability of students to walk safely. Decisions are made for the entire District. However, we encourage families to make transportation and attendance decisions for their children based on their own assessment of travel conditions at their locations.

For the latest inclement weather information:

● Check the district website. A page pop-up will be posted if there’s a change in school operations.

● The BSD Public Safety webpage has information about inclement weather procedures and

snow routes. Log on and click “Inclement Weather Information.”

● Follow us on:

o Twitter @BeavertonSD

o Facebook @BeavertonSchoolDistrict

o Instagram @beavertonsd

● Tune into media outlets for updates.

We had so much fun visiting kindergarten classes before winter break to promote the arrival of their Student Library Cards in the mail. In the past couple of weeks over 100 PreK & Kindergarteners stopped by the library to get a free book and use their library cards for the first time!

Did you know, you can use your student library card to unlock…e-books?

E-books for kids

Download e-books and audiobooks on your phone, tablet or computer. Choose from popular titles, picture books, books for early readers and much more. And, when you’re ready, don’t miss our collection of e-books for teens.

¿Sabía que puede usar libros electrónicos con su tarjeta de biblioteca para estudiantes?

Libros electrónicos para niños

Descargue libros electrónicos y audiolibros en su teléfono, tableta o computadora. Elija entre títulos populares, libros ilustrados, libros para primeros lectores y mucho más. Y, cuando estés listo, no te pierdas nuestra colección de libros electrónicos en español para todas las edades.

Janet Maza, 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