News and events

March 16, 2025

Our Character Strong trait for March is COOPERATION. Check out what each grade level is working on!

• Kindergarten
• First Grade
• Second Grade
• Third Grade
• Fourth Grade
• Fifth Grade

Hello Hoover Families,

We hope everyone had a great spring break. We look forward to seeing our Hoover students back in the hallways and classrooms on Tuesday! We have a lot to share in this newsletter, so thank you in advance for reading it all.

This week's events:

• Monday, March 17 - No School - Staff PD/PLC Day

• Tuesday, March 18 - Hoover Monthly PTO Meeting (virtual link: meet.google.com/akx-bbpm-vbj)

• Wednesday, March 19 - Gr 5 DARE w/Officer Platz

• Thursday, March 20 - World Arts Celebration Choir Practice - Music Room

• Friday, March 21 - PTO Family Bingo Night - In person or Virtual: meet.google.com/akx-bbpm-vbj

Best,

Mrs. Strusz

P.S. In case you missed the last Hoover Family Updates. Click here to view. And the here is the Special Event Fundraiser Updates.

P.S.S. Check out last week's Hoover Howl News video announcement. Click here to view.

• Monday, March 24 - World Arts Celebration Choir Practice - Music Room

• Wednesday, March 26 - Gr 3 STEMH The Works Offsite Field Experience

• Thursday, March 27 - Gr K STEMH Children’s Museum Offsite Field Experience

• Thursday, March 27 - American Indian Ed Groups

• Thursday, March 27 - World Arts Celebration Choir Practice - Music Room

• Friday, March 28 - Spring Pictures

• Monday, March 31 - World Arts Celebration Choir Practice - Music Room

As we begin the third trimester of the school year, I want to share our progress toward our 2024-2025 building goals. Below are Hoover’s School Improvement Strategies, as outlined in our School-wide Title Plan, and our actions to meet the goals.

After our second trimester, I am happy to share that Hoover teachers and staff are working through each action step and monitoring our progress with formative assessments and collaborative conversations. We are confident that our work will put us within reach of our building goals.

We welcome ALL students and families to our fashion show during our World Arts Celebration event! If you're unsure what attire to wear, please don't hesitate to contact Ms. Nash with any questions. We would love to see our students' family traditions and cultures represented.

Our Hoover students did great in the district elementary schools' volleyball tournament this year. Mr. White coached our team, which won the first game against an Andover Elementary team but fell short in the next two games against CBPA/Dayton Elementary and Mississippi Elementary. We are so proud of our team for winning that first game in our first tournament ever! We look forward to future years to cheer them on! Click here for more pictures.

We ended our week before spring break with an excellent celebration for reaching and surpassing our $10,000 Read-Athon fundraiser goal! Students earned an All-School Stuffed Animal Day. Mr. White (PE teacher) taught the class all day on rollerblades. The top-earning students in each grade level got to silly string Mr. Kelley. And more top earners in each grade level got to turn Mrs. Strusz into an ice cream sundae. Fun was had by all! Click here for more pictures!

Top Students Who Got to Silly String Mr. Kelley:

• Claire M - KSB
• Emmy T - KSB
• Ivy W – 1VK
• Daphne Z – 1KT
• Garrett M – 2MT
• Killian T – 2PP
• Noah S – 3PB
• Hazel S – 3BB
• Cialey C – 4MR
• Hope W – 4MR
• Cora A – 5KF
• Isaiah S – 5KF

Top Students Who Got to Ice Cream Sundae Mrs. Strusz:

• Liam P - KKP
• Payton P – KSB
• Cameron G – 1VK
• Malakai K – 1KT
• Peter R – 2PP
• Ivy B– 2PP
• Vanessa H – 3BB
• Mila V – 3PB
• Howard B – 4MR
• Jaxson L – 4MR
• Youssef A – 5KF
• Xander Y – 5K

There were also many classrooms that earned classroom-level prizes:

• Hat Day - 14 classrooms had at least 25% of students registered
• KSB, KLM, KKP, 1KE, 1SG, 1VK, 2VK, 2MT, 2PP, 3BB, 3MG, 4CL, 4MR, 5KF
• Teachers will let students know when their Hat Day will be after spring break.
• Pajama Day - 2 classrooms had at least 50% of students registered
• 2PP, 4MR
• Teachers will let students know when their Pajama Day will be after spring break.
• Top Fundraising Class Earns a Pizza Party - Mrs. Pizano's 2nd Grade Class
• Teacher will let students know when their Pizza Party will be after spring break.
• Top Reading Minutes Earns Class Name on the Hoover Digital Sign - Mrs. Reed's 4th Grade Class

Our third-grade students had special guest speakers: our very own Hoover parents, the Quitmeyers, who are Respiratory Specialists! Mr. and Mrs. Quitmeyer shared the parts of the respiratory system, how it works, what damages it, its associated illnesses, and how to protect and keep our respiratory system healthy. We are so lucky to have experts in our Hoover community! Click here for more pictures.

Reading Bridge pairs trained volunteers with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd graders to practice reading together at once a week at the library. Click on the links provided and reach out to the libraries for more information.

• Reading Bridge calendar

Availability is limited, but you can still secure your young scientist’s opportunity to ignite creativity, teamwork, and a love for STEM! Our summer camps are the ultimate way to spend the summer, packed with hands-on activities, social relationship building, and a whole lot of fun.

Why camp?

• Engaging, immersive experiments that spark curiosity
• Age-appropriate programs for pre-K through grade 6
• Expert-led fun: engineering, dinosaurs, chemistry & more
• Safe, structured environment where imagination thrives

Available camps:

The SMM may have a bit of everything for your littles to code, launch, dissect, and play. Check out our available options for every age group, providing a place for them to Code a Bot, Get Set to be a Vet, Fly Float Vroom, and more.

Please send an extra pair of pants and underwear for your child in case there is an accident (bathroom, breakfast/lunch spill, etc.). The health office loves donations of gently used sweatpants and leggings sizes 5-10. We also appreciate new packs of underwear for boys and girls sizes 5-10.

The health office has free at home Covid tests. Email Darlene.Anderson@ahschools.us and we can send them home with your child.

Wondering if your child is well enough to come to school? Click here for more information.

If your child goes to the doctor or dentist, please request a doctor's note and send it with your child for attendance purposes.

February was a crazy month! Thank you so much to all who volunteered to make everything Hoover did in February possible! We had I love to read week, multiple field experience days, dental sealant program, the blood drive, every meal, workroom projects and more!

March is here and hopefully this beautiful weather we've had intends to stay with us in March! We have more field experience dates this month, Chipotle dining night, Bingo night and picture day happening this month. You can find sign ups for the volunteer opportunities we have HERE.

If signing up for field experiences, you will want to reach out to your child's teacher. Please make sure when signing up for field experiences you are watching your email. I will notify you via email if any paperwork is needed, if you've been selected for the field experience or if you aren't if we have too many sign up and will also notify you via email with reminders like arrival time, if lunch is needed, etc.

Spring Break is just around the corner. I will be out of the office starting March 7th and will return on March 18th. I will respond to any calls and emails at that time.

Just a reminder that any volunteer 18 years or older must complete the volunteer application and background check each school year. Those 17 and younger only need to complete the volunteer application each school year.

Please reach out Tina Fletcher, Volunteer Service Coordinator, at Tina.Fletcher@ahschools.us or 763.506.2830 with any questions.

Bingo Night - March 21

Bingo Night seems to be a family favorite event, so we are doing it again after we get back from Spring Break. Save the date for March 21!

Spring Carnival - May 2

We are entering planning mode; can you believe it!! It is the time of year that we start to solicit donations for our raffle and find the best deals for game prizes. We need a bunch of volunteers for this event, and we’d love your help too.

HundredX – May 12 through June 10

Our HundredX Fundraiser is back this school year. It's great because families and supporters don't have to buy anything. They only need to complete surveys about their recent shopping or business interactions.

Dining Nights

We have two upcoming dining nights on the calendar, Monday, February 17 at Smashburger and Wednesday, March 5 at Chipotle.

Hoover PTO Facebook page

PTO's website

Hoover Elementary Facebook page

Please reach out if you have any questions or feedback. We’d love to hear from you. Thank you for your support; we appreciate you!

Cheers!

Hoover PTO

During the school year, it can be hard for families to find ways to connect with each other. Adults are busy with work and other obligations; children are busy with school, homework, and other activities. Building connections into your day can be as simple as including your child in daily activities like running errands, preparing a meal, or playing together.

Another option is to go to https://www.boxtops4education.com/ to learn more about downloading the app to scan receipts for box tops for Hoover Elementary.

The Anoka-Hennepin School District allows qualifying flyers from nonprofit groups to be distributed at school and sent home with students. These flyers have gone through the district approval process. A virtual gallery of flyers is also available. These events, classes and activities are not sponsored or endorsed by Anoka-Hennepin Schools.

This does NOT change our regular flyer policies or procedures! To have a flyer posted, the organization still needs to go through the process, be approved, and deliver paper flyers to schools in our district.