September Bulldog Bulletin

Intentreading2024.pdf

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Help us bring music to our classrooms weekly!

Hirsch Elementary has joined PTA in purchasing Music for Minors for our students. However, in order to help students have music weekly, WE NEED YOUR HELP! A free docent training occurs at the beginning of September and you can bring the joy of music to our classes. They do have a lot of their music already recorded if needed! Thank you for considering!

Become a Docent:

Please click on the attachment below to learn more about the upcoming training class for new docents. Orientation for the training class is on Sept. 10th, 2024.

MFMII Training Flyer.pdf

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Book Fair Volunteers Needed!

Book Fair Volunteer.pdf

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Mrs. Winmill's Reading Corner

September Reading Corner with Mrs. Winmill

We are concluding our first full week of being back in the library and it has been a great week! If your student has not returned their library contract, please help them be successful with this. I appreciate your help and support.

We will be having our Scholastic Fall Book Fair October 12th-18th. I am looking for family volunteers who can help with organizing, advertising, and assisting. I am asking a little earlier this year as I would like to have everything planned out. Please email me at kwinmill@fusdk12.net if you are able to help.

I was able to attend Santa Clara County of Education’s Library Camp the last week in August along with 20 other LMTs from FUSD. It was an event full of “Library Joy”. I was able to meet Mychal Threets (PBS’ resident librarian, ALA’s 2024 Love My Librarian Award winner, and all around amazing person!), Booki Vivat (author of Frazzled series), Nicole Chen (author of How We Say I Love You and Lily Xiao Speaks Out), Kara Chen (YA author), and Darshana Khiani (author of How to Wear a Sari). All the LMTs attended many helpful classes and hope to spread their love and joy of books and reading this school year. Let’s make this year a year of Library Joy and Happiness!

I have recently updated the Hirsch Elementary School Library Website. The library schedule, BookBreak information, 100 Book Reading Challenge, SORA, and literary events in the area are available for you to learn about. Here is the link to the library’s Amazon Wish List.

Take care and keep reading!

Mrs. Winmill

kwinmill@fusdk12.net

Amazon Wish List

Hirsch Library

Home Lunch Dropoff

Home lunches brought after your student has started school must be dropped off by 10:45 am to the cart outside the office. Your student's lunch should be clearly labeled with first name, last name, and room number. We highly encourage you to teach your child to be responsible and bring their own lunch daily if they are bringing a home lunch.

Absences

Calling in Absences

Please contact the school's absence line, day or night, at 510-657-3537 and then press 7. Please be sure to state: 1)your student's first and last name, 2)student's classroom number, 3)reason for the absence, 4)your name and relationship to the student.

If these absences are not cleared by a parent guardian within 48 hours, they will be considered unexcused. Excessive absences and/or tardies, excused or unexcused, may result in a truancy warning.

Make-up work may be requested on the second consecutive day of a student's illness.

Counselor's Corner

Hello Families,

This month at Hirsch we are participating in “Start with Hello Week”. "Start with Hello Week" is a week for our school and community to feel more connected and for students to learn how to reach out to those who may be lonely or need support. It is from the Sandy Hook Promise to promote inclusivity and reduce school violence. Through activities, dress-up days, and challenges, every Bulldog will learn more about how to be an upstander by helping other students who are lonely or need support. A new school year can be both exciting and challenging, here are some ways you can help!

Students will learn about the three step process to help:

Start with Hello SW 2024 (1).pdf