Hembree Highlights

Greetings Hembree Families,

I hope this letter finds you well. This week we celebrated School Nutrition Week. We had special visitors from the Roswell PD in the cafeteria visiting our students. Our students were so excited!

October is conference month. Please make every effort to meet with your child's teacher to discuss progress. Thank you parents for partnering with us to ensure your child is making progress in his/her learning journey.

Our Hembree Hawks are so excited for our upcoming Trunk or Treat event on Friday October 18th. I look forward to seeing you there. Please see below for details.

After school clubs will begin the week of October 28th. Signups will be on a first come first serve basis and will begin after the Fall Break. I am so grateful to have a staff willing to volunteer their extra time to support our children and our community.

As we approach our Fall Break I hope that you get to relax and spend time with your children. The days are long, but the years are short. I often wish I could rewind the clock to when my own children were in elementary school so I could savor the moments. I hope you all cherish these long weekends with your children because they grow up so fast. Please be safe!

I hope you all have a great Fall Break!

Nancy Lahey

Principal

10/14-10/15 Fall Break (no school for students)

10/16 Professional Development Day (no school for students)

10/18 PTA Trunk or Treat @5:30-7:00pm (outside playground, trunks, costume parade)

10/22 Reflections Reception- Media Center 8:00-8:30am

11/5 Remote Learning Day (Election Day)

11/7 Fall Into Reading Literacy Celebration & Star Night @ 5:30-7:30pm

11/12 Title I Technology Workshop @ 7:40-8:40am

11/13 PREP Program for early learners and rising K 8:00-9:00am

11/18-11/22 Hembree Springs Elementary Book Fair!

11/19 Surcheros Spirit Night

11/20 Thanksgiving Feast and Art Show

11/25-11/29 Thanksgiving Break

On Thursday, October 31, 2024, we will be hosting a Story Book Character Day! On this day the staff and students may dress up as their favorite storybook character. We are asking that the character comes from a book that you have read and loved (not just from a movie or cartoon.)

Parents, please work with your child to plan a fun and simple homemade costume. We are asking that you work together to be creative with items around the house versus spending money on a store-bought costume. Your child may bring a copy of the book to class that day so that we can take part in several character study activities!

To help ensure students’ feelings of safety and security, violent or frightening costumes are not acceptable. No props, dangerous-looking items, or costume masks covering the face. Please reach out to your teacher with any questions.

Hi Parents,

In the Media Center, students are learning about what it means to be a Good Digital Citizen. Good Digital Citizens are those who are safe and responsible when going online. The lessons used to teach Digital Citizenship across Fulton County come from Common Sense Media and are taught in an age-appropriate manner. We focus on finding balance, being upstanding citizens while online, being kind and responsible, being careful of the tracks we leave online, and using our head to ask questions and not believe everything we see. Common Sense Media has excellent resources for parents and educators.

Below, you’ll find links to Common Sense Media where you can find articles and other tools and resources you will hopefully find helpful. You will also find a link to the Hembree Springs Media Center page where you will find more information about Digital Citizenship and what we do in the Media Center. If you have any questions, please reach out to Mrs. Soberanis at soberanis@fultonschools.org. We will continue our lessons on Digital Citizenship throughout the school year.

Parenting, Media, and Everything in Between | Common Sense Media

https://hembreesprings.fultonschools.org/students-families/media-center/digital-citizenship

It looks like we’ve got a problem on our hands at Hembree Springs. Fillmore the Candy Monster is eating allllll the wrong things! He needs these impossibly sweet confections to behave. Drop off individually wrapped candies and Feed Fillmore from now until Oct. 18. The PTA will use the candy to supplement teachers' trunks for Trunk or Treat. He’s waiting for you in the front lobby!

Have you heard your child mention anything about an app called Beanstack? It was introduced in the Media Center. Beanstack is a digital reading log that students can use to log the number of minutes they are reading. They can earn badges and rewards along the way. This year, we have a schoolwide reading goal of 50,000 minutes! We can’t reach our goal without the help of your child! If your child is reading at school, home, daycare, etc. they can log their minutes and help us get closer to our goal. The following is a video explaining how to use Beanstack from home. You can always find your child's lunch number/student number in infinite campus or email Mrs. Soberanis: soberanis@fultonschools.org. Happy Reading!

How To Video: https://go.screenpal.com/watch/cZQTbzVSAkv

Parents and guardians, save the date! The Scholastic Book Fair is happening the week of November 18th-22nd. Stay tuned for details!

Bring the whole family and join us on Thursday, November 7th from 5:30-7:30pm. We’ll have free pizza from 5:30-6:30pm as well as free book giveaways, activity stations, read-alouds with “celebrity” guests, “read to a friend,” STAR night and more! RSVP here- https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C054FADAD2FAAFD0-51908946-fall to ensure sufficient pizza and books for everyone!

Families- please check out the flyers below and ensure that you have digitally signed the school-family compact for 2025. The School-Family Compact and Parent and Family Engagement Plan will be discussed with you throughout the year at different school-family programs (for all grades) and at parent-teacher conferences, as we work together towards your child’s academic successes this year. You may visit our school’s website https://hembreesprings.fultonschools.org/our-school/title-i or contact a school representative to request a copy of the school-family compact. If you need more information or have any questions, please contact Lucy Gilbert, lgilbert2@fultonschools.org OR Ashley Zuniga (en Espanol), zunigaa@fultonschools.org.

The PTA is getting ready to hold the annual Trunk or Treat Oct. 18. There will be decorated trunks, candy, costume parade, a book exchange, play on the school playground and more!

If you'd like to sponsor a trunk, check out this sign up here https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C054FADAD2FAAFD0-51325856-trunk#/

The event takes place from 5:30-7:00 p.m. All trunks must be set and ready to go at 5:00 p.m. in anticipation of early arrivals. Bring your own trunk, set-up and candy to participate in this event. Feel free to partner with other parents or individually. Keep in mind our littlest Hawks and avoid anything too scary. Space is limited, so sign up today. Any questions? Feel free to email Lucy Gilbert, gilbertl2@fultonschools.org.

Volunteer sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C054FADAD2FAAFD0-51378068-trunk

The PTA is adding something NEW to this year's Trunk or Treat next Friday, and it needs your participation! Next month, the school will host literacy events such as Literacy Night Nov. 7, the Scholastic Book fair and our Read-a-thon. To get things started, our PTA trunk will transform into a Bookmobile.

For the past several weeks, our PTA has been collecting used books. In addition to candy and treats, we want your kids to pick a book to bring home too! If you have books your child is no longer reading, we encourage you to Bring a Book, Take a Book. Take a look at your shelves at home between now and next Friday and see if there are a couple you can bring to the event to donate. We especially need middle grades books (3rd-5th grade). Bilingual books are great too!

Each week the PE department will choose 4 All Star Athletes (2 students & 2 staff members). If your student enjoys hiking, swimming, baseball, softball, football, biking, etc. Please email a picture to marzetti@fultonschools.org.

Thanks,

Ms. Marzetti

Family Engagement Thursdays

Families! YOU are your child’s first and most influential teacher. As such you have so much to offer your student! To encourage family engagement at home, we are offering family engagement Thursdays. Each week there will be (1) activity to do at home to be completed prior to Friday. We’ll list the activities for the month in Hembree Highlights and offer reminders via social media. Your student will have the opportunity to receive a *bonus* Hawk’s ticket for participating (look out for more details from your teacher) We’ll include tips and tricks to get the conversation started and reinforce learning from the school day. Please spend anywhere from 10-20 minutes with your child engaging with them around their day at school and encouraging their social and emotional skills. We’ll also encourage you to practice other skills inclusive of Math and ELA. Please feel free to reach out to me Lucy Gilbert, Title I Parent Liaison (gilbertl2@fultonschools.org) with any questions.

Del Título I

Jueves de Participación Familiar

¡Familias! USTED es el primer y más influyente maestro de su hijo. Como tal, ¡tiene mucho que ofrecer a su estudiante! Para fomentar la participación familiar en casa, estamos ofreciendo participación familiar los jueves. Cada semana habrá (1) actividad para hacer en casa que se completará antes del viernes. Haremos una lista de las actividades del mes en Hembree Highlights y ofreceremos recordatorios a través de las redes sociales. Su estudiante tendrá la oportunidad de recibir un boleto * extra* de Hawk's por participar (esté atento a más detalles de su profesor). Incluiremos consejos y trucos para iniciar la conversación y reforzar el aprendizaje de la jornada escolar. Pase entre 10 y 20 minutos con su hijo, involucrarse con ellos durante su día en la escuela y fomentando sus habilidades sociales y emocionales. También te animaremos a que practiques otras habilidades, como las matemáticas y Arte del Lenguaje en Ingles. Por favor, siéntase libre de comunicarse conmigo Lucy Gilbert, Enlace de Padres del Título I (gilbertl2@fultonschools.org) con cualquier pregunta.

During the month of October students in 1st-5th grade will participate in Fit Georgia fitness testing during PE. Students in grades 1st through 3rd will only have height and weight recorded. Students in 4th and 5th will complete a series of fitness tests as well as the recording of their height and weight as required by the state of Georgia.

For more information, please visit https://fitgeorgia.gadoe.org/About/

Thanks!

PE Department

We will begin to welcome lunch visitors the week of September 9th. Due to limited capacity, we ask that you sign up using the links below. Please do not sign up for the year to allow the opportunity for many families to visit. Thanks for understanding.

Pre-K

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080548AAAE2BA31-50052915-preklunch

Kindergarten

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080548AAAE2BA31-50053187-kindergarten

1st grade

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080548AAAE2BA31-50053307-1stgrade

2nd grade

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080548AAAE2BA31-50053385-2ndgrade

3rd grade

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080548AAAE2BA31-50053488-3rdgrade

4th grade

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080548AAAE2BA31-50053597-4thgrade

5th grade

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080548AAAE2BA31-50053662-5thgrade

Website: https://www.fultonschools.org/hembreespringses
Location: 815 Hembree Road, Roswell, GA, USA
Phone: 470-254-2902