We're busy with lots of spring activities at HES! Testing season has started and students are preparing to show us their BEST!

We've just finished up our Big Kahuna Fundraiser and while we're still totaling sales, we're sure this has been out best sale yet! Students who sold enough items to earn the Limo Ride will enjoy a trip to the park and be treated to donuts or pizza on March 12. Kahuna Delivery is set for March 11 and pickup will be from the north side of the gym.

Our second grade readers will still be learning about nonfiction text features and cause and effect reading strategies. We are working hard and improving on our phonics skills and vocabulary skills every day! Our next writing assignment will be a Procedural Writing (How To....) along with grammar concepts such as prefixes and suffixes. Economies will be the focus of Social Studies and plant survival for Science. Our mathematicians will finish up foundations on multiplication, division, and area and dive into problem solving with length, money, and data.

We are looking forward to our field trip on April 23rd. More information on the trip will be sent to you via paper and Parent Square soon! Thank you for checking your child's folder every night and having them complete their phonics and math homework. Please reach out to your child's teacher for any questions or concerns you may have about their grades, behavior, or how you can help them at home.

PreK: Sofia Perez, Sebastian Perez, Luna Simmons, Nayely Cecilio, Kyler Snyder, Zanyiaha Harris, and Xiomar Gonzalez

Kindergarten: Seth Librado-Lopez, Olivia Galaviz, Liam Paz, Julius Leal, and Azariah Diaz

First Grade: Jose Gonzalez, Alexa Zuniga, Jaxon Coleman, Jesus Zuniga, Ja’Niya Wesley, and Yeimi Perez Leon

Second Grade: Lillie Tyson, Adeline Salinas-Terrazas, Lucy Ybarra, Daniel Rodriguez, Mariana Arguello, Amaya Flores, Esther Pepe Acosta, and Kasyn Heslip-Taylor

Third Grade: Isaias Nolasco Rosales, Adrian Reyes, Raul Flores, River Wohleb, Jacquelyn Nunez, Calvary Tanguma, and Destiny Loggins

During the months of March and April, we will focus on Compassion (in Action) in our Choose Love Enrichment classes as well as in our Choose Love time each morning. Students will learn that compassion in action means showing kindness to help someone solve a problem or feel better. Below are some optional activities that students and families/ caregivers can use to practice Choose Love skills and concepts at home. If you choose, the following discussion starters and activities can be used with your children to extend their learning of Compassion beyond the classroom/ school.

• “To me, compassion is……”

• “I show compassion at school by….”

• “I show compassion at home by…..”

HES Technology Lab - Mrs. Price

This Month students in Kindergarten - Third grade will continue working on their typing skills with TYPETASTIC. Pre-K will continue the Three Cheers for Pre-k unit and be taking a virtual field trip - a journey to space. March is also Texas History Month And we will be researching and discussing our Texas History.

HES Music Class - Mrs. Abt

Second grade students will study orchestral and classroom instruments. They will learn how to play them as well as the names of instruments. Third grade students will complete their instrument study and then learn about melodic movement and scales. PreK will begin learning about symbols in music. Kindergarten will study tempo. First grade musicians will study their voice and melodic movement.

HES Library Center- Mrs. Wilson

March 2 is Dr. Seuss’s birthday (he would have been 121 years old!), so each grade will be reading one of his classic books! Next we’ll brush up on our Irish brogue by reading and learning about St. Patrick’s Day. If you are taking a trip during Spring Break, consider listening to free audiobooks from Hillsboro City Library! What a great way to help pass the time! March is Women’s History Month, so we’ll finish up the month learning about some incredible women who made history.

PE @ HES - Coach Franklin

Going into the spring, we will introduce more individual games and sport activities, but also keep team games and sports activities a focal point for our students to learn how to work well with others, but also be able to to work on their own.

HES Art - Ms. Oneill

Third graders are working on foam clay sculptures of gourds and squashes, and then they will start writing about their art process. Second grade students are drawing animals, along with creating folded paper butterflies. PreKs will be working on drawing giant butterflies and coloring them with two kinds of art materials. First graders will be drawing a variety of animals and learning about color. They will also create paper kites with long tails and tissue paper “rags” tied onto the tails. Kinders will be creating patterned shamrocks and cut and paste them onto a collage construction paper that also includes a rainbow and a pot of gold to celebrate St. Paddy’s day.

HES ESL - Particia Roberts

This month students will participate in TELPAS testing. We will practice our writing after reading and discussing various types of text.