Jag News
October 14, 2022
Blue Valley Schools
Heartland Elementary School
Email: HeartlandElementary@bluevalleyk12.org
Website: www.bluevalleyk12.org/HRT
Location: 12775 Goodman Street, Overland Park, KS, United States
Phone: (913) 239-6300
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Heartland-Elementary/1560823470802598
Twitter: @HRTJaguars
Important Upcoming Events
10/17: School Picture Day
10/17: PTO Dine-out @ SPIN! Pizza (Corbin Park), 4-8pm
10/21: Spirit Day! Tie Dye Day
10/21: Quarter 1 report cards viewable after 4pm in ParentVue
10/21: PTO Movie Night (details below)
10/24: Heartland Parent Meeting - all parents invited, 6pm in the library
10/26: PTO Skate Party, 6-8pm @ Skate City
10/28: Halloween Parade & Class Parties (more info below)
10/29: BV Well Parenting Workshop (details below)
10/31: No School for students, Teacher Professional Learning Day
10/31: PTO Dine-out @ BIBIBOP
11/8-11/10: Literati Book Fair
11/8: Family Book Fair Night (times TBD)
11/8: First Grade Musical, 6pm in the gymnasium
11/11: Spirit Day! Wear Camouflage
11/15: PTO Dine-out @ Culver's
11/21-11/25: No School, Thanksgiving Break
Safety Reminder
Picture Day: 10/17/2022
Picture order forms were sent home this week. There are two ways to order:
- Orders can be placed on-line between now and Tuesday. Heartland Elementary’s passcode is 3640. If they miss the deadline, they should call Scholastic at 913.384.9126 to place an order.
- Send the packet in with their student on Monday to be given directly to the photographer.
✨Heartland Parent Meeting✨
There will be a Blue Valley Bond meeting at Heartland for parents to attend. We will have a PTO parent meeting after, so you don't have to make an extra trip! The meeting is October 24th at 6PM, please join us!
End of Quarter Information - Viewing Canvas Courses and First Quarter Grades
At the end of each quarter, courses in Canvas will conclude and will no longer be visible on the Canvas app and website. Courses for this year’s first quarter will conclude on October 13th at 11:59pm. Report cards will be generated and families will be able to view first-quarter grades on ParentVUE at the end of the day on Friday, October 21st.
How do I view my child’s report card?
Log in on ParentVue.
Select your elementary student’s name
In the left navigation bar, choose Report Card
If you have questions about Standards-Based Grading as you view your child’s report card, please review the information found on the Elementary Report Card resource page.
Each new quarter, classroom teachers will publish their next quarter Canvas course. As courses are published, students and families will again be able to see current courses on the Canvas app and Canvas website. For Canvas parent resources, visit www.bluevalleyk12.org/canvas.
🖤💛Spirit Wear Update💛🖤
Pre-Orders for Heartland Spirit Wear are in production and should be arriving to school in the next few weeks. Orders will be delivered to Heartland and sent home with students.
Please note, due to ongoing inventory challenges, there is a slight delay in fulfilling part of the Jaguar Vibes Long-Sleeve Hooded Performance Shirt order. We expect the inventory to arrive later this month and will send an updated communication at that time.
Information for School Halloween Parade and Parties, 10/28/2022
Please join us for our Halloween Parade and Parties! Below is an agenda of events and important information.
- At 2:15, students may begin putting on their costumes in their classroom, Room Parents are able to come into classrooms at this time to help with costumes and party set up.
- At 2:30, students will parade in their costumes through the school, outside along the recess sidewalk, around the basketball court, up the front sidewalk, and then reenter the building through the front entrance to return to their classroom to begin their party. All 5th grade classrooms will be in the gym for their party.
- If you plan to attend the party, remember to have either the “Halloween Event Ticket” ready on your phone or your ID to enter the building. The "Halloween Event Ticket" will be emailed to parents in a couple weeks. Hint: Entry into the building will be faster for those individuals with a ticket.
- All party treats need to be on the Nut-Safer food list and adhere to allergy information that has been specified by your room parent(s).
- After the party, if you would like to take your child(ren) home, please sign-out with the classroom teacher(s) before leaving.
Costume Guidelines to keep all Heartland students safe:
- Costumes are allowed at school, but will only be worn during parade and party. Please send costumes to school in your child’s backpack or a labeled bag.
- No costume props that are unsafe
- No weapons or replica weapons
- No costumes that impair the vision or movement of the wearer. Masks are allowed only during the parade.
- Shoes must be worn with costumes.
- No costumes that depict horror characters or are overly scary.
📸 Yearbook📸
Our Heartland yearbook chairs are collecting photos for the 22-23 school year. You can upload your Heartland memories right here all year long. The yearbook chairs are also looking for a photo enthusiast (or 2) that would like to take over as yearbook committee leaders next year. Chairs for the 23-24 school year would shadow with our chairs this year to learn the ropes. If you're interested, please contact hrt.pto@gmail.com
Book Fair
Our Literati Book Fair is November 8-10. Family Night will be November 8. Times are TBD. You can access details any time on our book fair page, including the sign up to volunteer. You can also find that link here.
To shop now, you can click here. At the top of the page, you'll see a "Shopping for Heartland Elementary School" notification. Give the arrow next to it a tap and a dropdown option for "START SHOPPING" should appear. From there, you can fill up your cart with all kinds of magical reading adventures!
PTO CHAIRS NEEDED
The PTO is still searching for a few people to help plan our Heartland events this year. The complete list of available positions is viewable here. If you'd like to join our group of committee chairs, we'd LOVE to have you! Our most urgent positions to fill are:
👉Paw Prints- this is a fun activity for parents to volunteer at Heartland with things like laminating, cutting, etc. The Paw Prints chair would coordinate volunteers.
👉Yearbook Shadows (for this year, will takeover next year)
Chess Club Interest
Birthday Book Club News
Thank you to all families who donated to Heartland Library’s Birthday Book Club. Your donation helps to library to purchase new library books for all students to read and enjoy. Not familiar with our program? Read below for more information.
Students at Heartland have a wonderful way to have their special day recognized for years to come. Our library’s Birthday Book Club is available to students in all grades. By donating $15 to the Library Media Center, your child will be able to choose a special book to be placed in our library collection and be the first student to read the new book.
Here’s how it works. Prior to your child’s birthday, he/she can come to the library and select a Birthday Book from our cart of brand new books in all different genres. A nameplate will be placed in the front of the book and your child’s picture will be taken and displayed with the book in the library. This program is optional but it does provide our library with exciting new titles throughout the school year. The average cost of a library bound book is $17.30!
You can make your donation anytime during the year by paying through this Heartland link: https://bvpo.bluevalleyk12.org or send in a check made payable to Heartland Elementary to the front office.
Nut-Safer Snacks at Heartland
Daily Snacks: Thank you for your support of our nut-safer snack plan at HRT. As a reminder: we ask that ALL daily snacks (i.e. snack time) for ALL students must come from the nut-safer food list as we have a significant number of students with life-threatening nut allergies. (click below for the link) If a student’s snack is not from this approved list, it will be sent home (and an alternate snack will be provided the first time) so we can help increase the safety for our students as a whole. Our continued focus this year, as an entire school, is to remain consistent on the daily snacks for student snack time in the classrooms—following the nut-safer list.
Please click HERE to access the Nut-Safer food list.
Birthday Treats at Heartland
Heartland Elementary’s policy for birthday treats prohibits students and parents from bringing birthdays treats from home—edible or non-edible. This is due to several factors including health, safety, and the preservation of instructional time. Birthdays are a special time for each child and as such, the school will provide recognition throughout the day and throughout the school through announcements, birthday book club from the library, classroom celebration routines, and more. If birthday treats are sent to school during the 2022-23 school year, they will not be distributed and will be sent home. Also, if you send it invitations to birthday parties, please include all students in the class, or they will not be distributed. Thank you for understanding and complying to this policy.
Volunteer Hours - Keep Track on PTO Website
Thank you for volunteering and taking the time to record your volunteer hours. Please don't enter hours volunteered in WHRT, Safety Patrol, or Heartland Helpers. Those hours will be entered by the school. In addition, though we appreciate all hours parents volunteer, only students are eligible for awards and therefore, their hours are the only ones needed to be entered here.
Once again, thank you. The time that you have given is appreciated. Click here to record student hours. Students will be recognized in May 2023.
Questions?
- Call the HRT office at 913-239-6300
- Email HeartlandElementary@bluevalleyk12.org