Weekly Bulldog Bits
Week of November 6th, 2023
A new way to get information weekly about Hirsch and our Bulldogs!
Pizza with the Principal - Golden Paw Winners
Congratulations to the following students who were selected for Pizza with the Principal in September/October!
Room 1 - M Khemani
Room 2 - A Johnson
Room 6 - M. Muhammad
Room 7 - C. Durham
Room 11 - C. Yue
Room 8 - C. Papa
Room 9 - M. Thiagarajan
Room 14 - A. Rivas-Garcia
Room 13 - H. Mann
Room 5 - H. Nirmal
Room 4 - S. Verma
Room 21 - J. Chan
Room 3 - H. Muhireddy
Room 20 - J. Kamran
Room 21 - A. Chawla
Reusable Trays
Hirsch is excited to be the pilot school in the Irvington Attendance Area for the reusable tray program!
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.
Parent Teacher Conferences
Parent Teacher Conferences are the week of November 13th-17th. All days will be Minimum Days for Grades 1-5 with an early dismissal at 1:34pm. Kindergarten will have a regular schedule this week with a minimum day on Wednesday 11/15 at 11:40am.
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!
4th and 5th Grade Basketball Tryouts
Tuesday, 11/28 (3:00 – 4:30pm) 4th/5th Grade Girls
Wednesday, 11/29 (3:00 – 4:30pm) 4th/5th Grade Boys
Thursday, 11/30 (3:00 – 4:30pm) 4th/5th Grade Makeup (Boys/Girls)
Students interested in trying out for the basketball teams must attend tryouts on their assigned day and time. They will meet at Horner Middle School’s Multi-Purpose Room, located in the building to the right of their office, along Irvington Avenue. Please be sure they are dressed appropriately and have water.
If your student would like to try out, please have students bring the following to the office either on Monday, 11/27 or on the morning of their tryout date so that paperwork can be reviewed by our office prior to tryouts.
o Permission slip (attached below) signed by BOTH parent and teacher.
o Proof of a physical examination (see attached)
NOTE: Your student will NOT be allowed to try out without these documents.
If your student is selected to be on the basketball team, please be aware that all students must maintain a score of 2 and above on their progress report or report card to be eligible to play. Thank you for your support.
Bulldog Jog
The Hirsch PTA is looking for volunteers for the annual school fundraiser BULLDOG JOG: Friday 12/1
We are working with a company called Booster to help us get the kids excited and for the event. This is a fun event held at the school on December 1st and the kids run laps to raise money for their school.
We also want to be able to afford fun field trips and assemblies for the students and if we raise enough at the Bulldog Jog the school and teachers will have access to those opportunities for our students. Please sign up here to help! https://forms.gle/GroXXDm2dz4AZdVr6
● REGISTRATION OPENS - 11/2
● Fundraiser Kick Off - 11/16
● Event Day - 12/1
The Giving Tree
The Hirsch PTA is looking for volunteers for our school winter concert “THE GIVING TREE” . We need volunteers starting Dec 4, 5, 6 and the actual day of the concert the 7th, to help with multiple tasks. High schoolers can apply to volunteer on the 7th. As you can tell, the concert is a massive undertaking. More details in the volunteer sign up form- https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdE0hF7RkZbyvwNjOP-Sj7UEQqx_l4ghGI-gf4tic6qmlyGlQ/viewform
If you haven’t had a chance to help out with anything yet for this school year, this is your opportunity. Many hands make light work. Questions? Email: pta.hirsch@gmail.com
PTA Social Media
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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