
Bearcat Bulletin
February 2nd, 2025

A Message from Mrs. Silva
Spring is in full bloom, and we are excited about all the learning and growth happening on our campus! As we enter the final stretch of the school year, April brings many opportunities for our students to shine—from upcoming events and celebrations to continued academic progress.
This month, we are preparing for the STAAR test from grade 3-5, and we appreciate your support in helping our students finish the year strong. Be sure to check out the important dates and announcements in this newsletter to stay informed and involved.
Thank you for your partnership in making our school a wonderful place for learning and success!
Parent Cohort 2025
Parents...WE NEED YOU! Join our Parent Cohort!!
Join us for our next meeting on May 7, 2025, 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 various opportunities and activities that can be done during the summer to continue to help you child grow, as well as share strategies to help them succeed in school. We look forward to seeing you there!
When: May 7, 2025
Time: 4:15 p.m.
Where: High School Media Center (Enter through the Elementary doors)
Childcare will be provided!!
Important Information
April 8 - Reading STAAR Grades 3-5
April 8 - HS/PK Field Trip- Gainesville Zoo
April 11 - PreK Million Word Count 2:00 pm
April 14 - Science STAAR - 5th Grade
April 15 - 2nd grade Field Trip- Jellystone
April 16 - 2nd grade Field Trip- Jellystone
April 17 - Early Release for all at 12:00
April 18 - District Holiday
April 21 - District Holiday
April 24 - Boy Scouts Presentation during lunches/Parent Meeting 6:30 Cafeteria
April 25 - Head Start/ PreK /Kinder Round-up
April 28 - 1st grade Field Trip- Zoo
April 29 - STAAR 3, 4, 5 Math
April 29 - PK Park Day
Clever App
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.
HES PTO Information
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!!