Bearcat Bulletin

Happy February! We are already well into 2025, and it's been wonderful to see our students learning, growing, and engaging in exciting activities. This month, we are focusing on the value of Caring—helping students understand that caring means showing kindness, empathy, and concern for others.

Through stories and activities, we’ll encourage students to notice when someone needs help, be supportive friends, and consider how their actions affect others. Our goal is to create a warm school environment where caring is a natural part of every day. We invite you to reinforce this message at home by encouraging conversations about kindness and modeling acts of care in daily life.

Thank you for your continued support in making our school a place where students feel valued and encouraged to grow. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out.

Wishing you a fantastic February!

Join us for our very first Parent Cohort on February 12, 2025, in the High School Media Center! This is a great opportunity to learn how we can work together to support your child's educational growth. We will discuss the purpose of the cohort, explore online platforms your child can use at home, and share strategies to help them succeed in school. We look forward to seeing you there!

When: February 12, 2025

Time: 4:15 p.m.

Where: High School Media Center (Enter through the Elementary doors)

Childcare will be provided!!

February 6 - 3rd, 4th, 5th Math Benchmark

February 11 - 3rd, 4th, 5th ELAR Benchmark

February 13 - Early Release for Students at 12:00

February 14 - No School/Teacher Workday

February 17 - No School/District Holiday

February 18 - 5th Grade Science Benchmark

Our school uses Clever as an easy way for students to access all the learning applications they use at school in a single location: the Clever Portal. To assist any HES students in your household with continuing their learning at home, simply have them log in to the Clever Portal using the directions provided below.

STEP 1 - Go to your portal: https://clever.com/in/henrietta-isd

STEP 2 - Search for Henrietta Elementary

STEP 3 - Choose “Log in with Active Directory”

STEP 4 - Log in with the student’s Clever username and password. Username: 11111@hisdstu.net – The first 5 digits are your child’s student ID (lunch number). This can be found in Parent Portal, or you may email your child’s teacher requesting it. Teachers’ email addresses are their first name.last name@henrietta-isd.net. For instance, Kendra Bennett’s email address is Kendra.Bennett@henrietta-isd.net. Password: happy1. (with period)

Once in your portal, you should see programs that are available in Clever.

For extra math practice, please visit this apps: I-Ready

For extra reading and math practice, please visit this app: Istation

These are high quality programs that are free to you and your student through our school. Research has shown that big academic gains can occur with consistent use of these tools. This is a great way for your student to get extra practice in a fun way. We appreciate you partnering with us to further your child’s education.

If you need assistance, please contact the HES office at 940-720-7900.

Please click on the file below to see various way that you can encourage math at home!

Henrietta Elementary PTO has a BIG goal for this year and that is to design, create, and provide an all inclusive playground for our kids!!With your past efforts, we have raised $25,000!! but we need more and we need your help!!

Click this link to “Give Butter” to donate towards the playground!!
https://givebutter.com/HESPlaygroundFund

We also welcome anyone who would be a local business who would love to help sponsor money towards the playground with a future sponsor advertisement option to follow! Be on the lookout for all of our fun, new fundraisers coming this year that will still benefit our teachers/staff as well as go towards the playground!! You can also save the picture, press and hold on the QR code, then open in your designated search engine!!

THANK YOU Henrietta for all your amazing help so far!!