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Week of October 23rd, 2023
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October 23-27 is Red Ribbon Week!
We are celebrating Red Ribbon Week from October 23rd to October 27th. Red Ribbon Week is a time to celebrate and practice making healthy choices to promote a happy and healthy lifestyle. We will be joining in fun activities such as dress-up days and doing activities in our classes to highlight the importance of living a drug-free life and making healthy choices!
Monday, 10/23 - Heroes Don't Do Drugs - Wear Your favorite Superhero shirt!
Tuesday, 10/24 - Team Up Against Drugs! - Wear your favorite sports jersey or shirt!
Wednesday, 10/25 - Go Red! Find or make something red to wear!
Thursday, 10/26 - From Head to Toe I'm Drug Free - Silly hair and socks day!
Friday, 10/27 - Our School Chooses to be Drug Free - Wear your school shirt or school colors!
October 25 At the Ghost House in the Fremont Hub
Have you ever visited the Ghost House in the Fremont Hub? Candle Lighters is a non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to raising funds for non-profit groups and community-based projects in the Tri-City Community (Fremont, Newark & Union City). They consider themselves a service and a social organization. and raise money solely through their annual Ghost House. At least one of our Hirsch staff will be attending this evening Oct 25th event from 6-9 pm!
Check out the website for more information!
Reusable Trays are coming to Hirsch!
Hirsch is excited to be the pilot school in the Irvington Attendance Area for the reusable tray program! Our students will have an assembly on Monday 10/23 where they will learn the procedures.
As a reminder, please talk with your student about what they select for school lunch. Some students are not eating the school lunch or are choosing items from the snack bar and then throwing them away or putting them in the Share Cart. Let's do our best to not waste food please.
Book Character Day- October 31st
Students are invited to come to school dressed as their favorite book character on Tuesday, October 31st. Students should bring a copy of the book their character is from if they have it or they can bring another favorite book. Students will have the opportunity to read and share their book during Book Character Day. Remember that PE will still be taking place that day too!
Students will also participate in a book character parade at 8:35 am in the morning on Tuesday, October 31, 2023. Families are welcome to watch the parade on the 31st but please remain off campus until 8:30am. For safety purposes, all families must remain on the outside of the class circle at all times while the parade is taking place.
Please read the attached flyer for more information.
Parent Teacher Conferences
If you have received a request to reserve your time for your child's teacher conference, please send it back right away. Our goal is 100% for family conferences!
Grade 4/5 Basketball or Soccer
Will your grade 4/5 student be trying out for basketball in late October/early November and/or soccer in February/March? Please make sure to have your child's physical complete along with the forms attached below.
Paint and Yoga Night- Thursday, October 26
Hirsch Elementary PTA is pleased to bring “Paint Night” and “Yoga Night” to our students.
The Art class will be taught by our school parent Ms Rupal. We are so excited for this!
Come out and learn how to make some art with friends and at the end of your time, everyone has their own unique piece of art and fun memories to take home.
Hirsch PTA is also happy to announce that Yoga will be introduced to our students. Come and learn some relaxing exercises , breathing and meditative techniques and asanas (poses).
Please sign up to reserve your spot, entry is FREE!
The Hirsch PTA is bringing to you, a Brand-New Youth Soccer Camp starting this fall! Classes will be held on our school campus for the convenience of all our families!
Limited seats only, sign up to enroll.
Questions? Contact: pta.hirsch@gmail.com
If you haven’t joined our Hirsch PTA social media already, here are the links to our Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/groups/hrsch/?ref=share&mibextid=S66gvF
And our Hirsch Family whtsapp group- https://chat.whatsapp.com/FNg6wn9coPvFLiYN0dNNEo
We share a lot of fun stuff and it’s a great way to stay connected with other Hirsch Families.
Monthly PTA meeting
If you have any questions related to the PTA, please reach out at pta.hirsch@gmail.com.
All parents/guardians are invited to join us at our next Virtual PTA Meeting on Tuesday, November 14th at 6:30pm
Hirsch PTA Meeting Link : https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8607763340?pwd=VTVmbW00T3AzQmJNNktPRmdOMFFGZz09
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SWE Berkeley Engineering Day 2023!
The Society of Women Engineers at UC Berkeley would like to invite you, your students, and families to join us at Engineering Day 2023!
Engineering Day is a free and exciting Halloween themed outreach event where K-3rd graders of all genders (and their parents/guardians) have the opportunity to participate and learn about STEM as we guide them through hands-on science experiments, talk to student engineers, participate in lighting talks with showcase, and have fun with some arts and crafts. We encourage everyone to dress up in costumes as there will be a photo booth!
Engineering Day 2023 will be offered in-person on Saturday, November 4, 2023 from 10am-12pm.
Registration is open until Saturday October 14th at 11:59 PM. .
Event details and registration are HERE!