Bear Country News

Greetings Hesse Families,

We hope that all our families had an enjoyable and restful break. With break over, it is time to head into a full month of activities at Hesse K8! The December calendar is full–be sure to check out the second page of the calendar for the athletic schedule.

This week includes the Hesse Theater Department production of La Mancha. Be sure to support our thriving theater department on Thursday evening at 6:00 pm.

In collaboration with Dan Vaden and our wonderful PTA, Hesse K8 is proud to announce the arrival of our Book Vending Machine located in our school lobby. Students will be able to purchase vending machine tokens at our school store in order to purchase books. Please use the link below for more information:

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Hesse K8 initiates a new attendance incentive, “Miss School, Miss Out”. To encourage good attendance, students in each grade level that are in school every day during a school week will be eligible to receive 50 DOJO points/Bear Bucks to spend at the school store. The winners will be announced every Monday during the morning announcements.

Please make note of the following for the week of December 2nd:

• 100 Black Men Mentoring: December 3

• Girls Who Code: December 4 3:30-4:30

• DEEP Writing Program: December 5 3:20-4:50

• La Mancha Production: December 5 6:00 in the cafeteria

• School-Wide Spelling Bee: December 6 in the Media Center at 9:45 AM

• Hesse Spirit Day: December 6; Students may wear any Hesse Spirit Shirt with uniform bottoms (no charge)

Field Trips this week:

• Loop It Up visits 3rd grade for Composting lessons (Monday)

• 1st grade: Massie Heritage Center (Tuesday and Wednesday)

• K-2: Musical Explorers (Friday)

• 7th and 8th Grade Theater Classes: Private Showing of Wicked (Friday)

Athletic Schedule:

• Basketball

• Practice will be announced by Coaches

• First Game: December 11 at Hesse

• Cheerleading:

• Practice: Monday-Thursday 3:30-4:30

• Swim

• Winter Classic Swim Meet: December 9th

Looking Ahead:

• iReady MOY Testing begins: December 9

• Fine Arts Winter Showcase: December 10

• PTA Meeting: December 10

• Basketball: December 11

• Texas Roadhouse Dine to Donate: December 12

Reminders:

• Safety remains a priority at Hesse. We continue to reflect on ways to enhance our school’s safety measures. Metal detectors will be utilized during arrival for students, students, and visitors.

• Parents will need to sign in students if they are tardy. Additionally, early dismissal ends at 2:15 PM daily.

For our most up-to-date information, please remember to visit:

• Hesse Facebook page: Hesse K-8 Facebook

• Hesse-panol page for our ESOL families: ESOL Facebook Page

• PTA Page: PTA Page

Have a great evening! We look forward to seeing everyone Monday morning!

With the understanding that student behavior is influenced by the way students are dressed and that no student should dress in a manner that is disruptive or has an adverse effect on school activities, the following mandatory uniform standards have been developed. Students are expected to dress in the school uniform during the school day, on field trips, and during school-related activities. Hesse K-8 uniform colors are as follows: hunter green or white uniform shirts; khaki or navy uniform bottoms. Please refer to the SCCPSS Code of Conduct for full details regarding uniform guidelines/expectations.

Additionally, the Dri-FIT shirts sold by our PTA will be accepted as a uniform top. Please contact our PTA for more information.

Safety is our top priority. We need all families to work with staff members to ensure the safety of our students and staff is maintained. Our instructional day begins at 8:15 am. Students arriving at 8:15 am or later will be marked tardy and parents must walk them to the front door to sign them into school.

Students will be assigned a security number and security tags will be given to each family to use during pick-up. Anyone who is picking up a student from campus will need to have the security tag or report to the office with identification.

Please be patient during carpool! The first week or two, the carpool line moves slowly until the students learn the new routine.

Please use the link below to review the Arrival and Dismissal procedures.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rZtWpGhE1-OF_nnoVSoskXtAnsH9h4di/view?usp=sharing