Hózhó Academy Newsletter
April 28th - May 2nd, 2025
Weekly Updates
Dear Hózhó Families,
NWEA Testing Week - We will be administering our final round of NWEA MAP testing in Reading, Language and Math next week. The NWEA is an adaptive test that we give to students three times throughout the year to measure their growth over time. Thank you for supporting your child by making sure that he or she gets a good night's sleep and arrives on time for breakfast on testing days. Please see the important dates below to know what days your student will be testing.
Staff Appreciation Week - If you would like to show your appreciation for our staff, please deliver a potluck lunch item to the lounge of the school that your child attends sometime before 11 a.m. on Tuesday, May 6th. We have staff lounges in the Lower School, Junior High and Upper School. If you have children at more than one school, just pick one lounge. Any contribution is appreciated. If your family is already contributing on one of the other days, please do not feel like you need to give more than once. Thank you for your ongoing support of our school. We LOVE working with your children!
Color Run Fundraiser - Gallup Children's Museum is hosting another Color Run fundraiser on May 10th at Rehoboth School. If there are any Hozho Students interested in volunteering to host a color station (like last year where you spray runners with color powder), please email Kimberly Suk at <kimberlygsuk@gmail.com>. We would need between 4-8 people for a station. It could be a sports team, NHS, etc.
If you have questions, please contact our front office at (505) 722-8922.
Important Dates
- April 30th - Spring Band Concert/Band Awards during morning assembly
- May 2nd - Pre-K-8th Grade Career Day
- May 5th-9th - Staff Appreciation Week
- May 5th-6th - NWEA Testing (Grades 2nd-6th)
- May 7th-8th - NWEA Testing (Grades 7th-11th)
Field Trip Dates
May 7th - 1st grade trip to the National History Museum
May 15th-16th - 6th grade camping trip to Mesa Verde
May 23rd - Kindergarten to the Navajo Nation Zoo
Important Links
Spring Band Concert
Enchanted Forest Junior High Dance
Friday May 2nd, 2025
6-9pm in the gym
Please see Mrs. Blackwell at the Junior High for tickets
Enchanted Forest High School Prom
Saturday May 3rd, 2025
8-11pm in the gym
Please see Mrs. Stewart at the high school for tickets
Counseling Connection
Click Here for K-8 Weekly Lesson Summary
3rd Grade Unit 4: Problem-Solving
Your child is learning a four-part process that can help them solve common interpersonal problems— disagreements between two or more people, such as disagreeing with a friend about how to play or work together. The process is called STEP (Say the problem, Think of solutions, Explore the outcomes, Pick a solution). Third graders practice thinking about what each person wants as a way to say the problem without blame and to help them think of different possible solutions. They also learn that finding a compromise, so that both sides get some of what they want, is one good way to pick a successful solution. Another way is to show kindness.
Why is it important? Research shows that children who learn the skills in this unit are more likely to:
- Have better mental health
- Make better decisions
- Resolve conflicts more effectively
Practice at Home
Notice and praise your child when they resolve a conflict on their own—reaching an agreement with a friend on the rules of a game, for example, or letting a sibling have their way. You can say, “It’s nice to see you work things out without any help.”
Practice: Help your child practice exploring different possible solutions to an interpersonal problem. For example, you could say, “If you take turns, would you get what you want? Would your sister? Is there a way to solve the problem that shows kindness?”
Discuss: Take turns describing a time when you reached a compromise with someone. Explain why the compromise worked for both of you. For example, “When I was growing up, my sister and I both wanted the top bunk in the bedroom we shared. We agreed on a compromise: for one week, I’d sleep there, and then we’d trade and she’d get it the next week. We both got what we wanted part of the time.”
School Calendar
Hózhó Academy Charter School
Principal: Juliane Hillock principal@hozhoacademy.org
Email: office@hozhoacademy.org
Website: https://hozhoacademy.org/
Location: 515 Park Ave, Gallup, NM, USA
Phone: (505) 722-8922
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hozhoacademy
Twitter: @HozhoA