HES Parent & Family Newsletter

As the cooler temperatures approach, please remind your student to bring a long sleeve shirt or light jacket for recess when the temperature is below 50 degrees. Once temperatures drop below 30 and snow is on the ground, the 'magic 5'—a hat, jacket, snow pants, gloves/mittens, and boots—will be needed to keep everyone warm and ready for outdoor fun!

In an effort to reduce milk waste and manage costs more effectively, we are making some changes to our milk distribution at snack time for students in grades 1-6. Moving forward, we ask that families who wish to purchase milk for their children at snack time complete the attached form. This will allow us to distribute milk more accurately and ensure that funds are collected appropriately.

Please take a moment to fill out the form and indicate which of your students you would like to receive milk during snack time It's important to note that students receive a free carton of milk each day during school breakfast and lunch. However, milk is only free at lunch if the student takes the school meal. Otherwise, students in grades K-6 will be charged $0.60 at lunchtime for their milk.

Milk distribution at snack will begin September 9th, 2024. We will add students to the list and milk will be delivered to students during their scheduled snack times.

Cost per milk $0.60:

• Quarter 2- 11/5/24-1/17/25 (41 school days)= $24.60
• Quarter 3- 1/21/25-3/21/25 (42 school days)= $25.20
• Quarter 4- 3/31/25-5/28/25 (40 school days) = $24.00
• Total cost for milk = $96.00

Thank you for your cooperation and support as we work to make this process more efficient.

Snack Break Milk Request

Kind regards,
Angela McQuinn
Assistant Principal, Houston Elementary School

• Monday, November 11th
• Veterans Program
• Lunch today is Country fried steak
• Tuesday, November 12th
• New students starting grades 4 & 5
• Lunch today is Chicken & Cheese Burritos
• Wednesday, November 13th
• Leadership retreat for students on leadership committee 2pm-3pm
• Lunch today is Pepperoni Pizza
• Thursday, November 14th
• Fire drill this morning
• Lunch today is Cheeseburgers
• WSU student return for field experience visit
• Friday, November 15th
• 6th grades will participate in a presentation from Scott Wilkie
• Positive office referrals 6th grade
• Lunch today is Scrambled eggs and cinnamon roll

Alternative this week is an uncrustable sandwich with a cheese stick.

All meals are served with milk and vegetable and fruit options.

This week our Hurricane FORCE Positive Office Referrals of the week are Aspen B. & Caleb E. from 5th grade. Aspen and Caleb were nominated by their teachers Mrs. Beckman & Mrs. Fingerson for their kindness, leadership and excellence. Congratulations Aspen & Caleb.

At Houston Elementary, we are dedicated to fostering the academic growth and civic readiness of our students. As part of our Comprehensive Achievements and Civic Readiness (CACR) goals, we aim to increase the percentage of K-6 students who meet or exceed grade-level targets on the Fall 2024 FastBridge assessments.

We are proud to share that 92 of our students have already achieved these important targets! To reach our goal of a 2% growth in each grade level by the end of the 2024-2025 school year, we need approximately four additional students across all grades to meet or exceed the established targets.

We believe that with the support of our dedicated teachers and engaged families, we can achieve this goal together.

Thank you for your continued commitment to your child's education and for partnering with us in this important work.

We want to take a moment to recognize the incredible contributions of our amazing student teacher, Rylee Vaughn! Ms. Vaughn has been a constant source of support and positive energy in Mrs. Lambrecht's classroom, making a significant impact on all our 3rd-grade students.

Her dedication and enthusiasm have created a vibrant learning environment, and we are grateful for the creativity and passion she brought to our school community. As Ms. Vaughn transitions to her new role student teaching at the high school, we wish her the best of luck in this exciting next chapter of her journey.

• November 4: Professional Development Day: No School for Students - Hurricane Watch will be available. Students attending HW must bring sack lunch.
• November 11: Veterans Day Celebration @ 9:30 AM. All Veterans and active service members are welcome to dress in uniform and sit in the reserved front rows.
• November 27-29: No School - Thanksgiving Break. Thanksgiving break - No School - Hurricane Watch will NOT be available.
• December 9: HHS Concert at the Houston High School, 7:00 PM
• December 12: 4th-6th Grade Band and 5th & 6th Grade Choir Winter Concert
• December 16: K-4th Grade Mini-Musical
• December 17: Preschool Programs, 9:00 for the AM class and 12:45 for the PM class at the preschool.
• December 23-January 1st: No School, Holiday Break. Hurricane Watch will NOT be available.
• January 2 & 3: No School, Holiday Break. Hurricane Watch will be available. Students attending HW must bring sack lunch.

Please check the school website calendar for more information as well as other events/opportunities.