News and events

November 3, 2024

Our Character Strong trait for November is GRATITUDE. Check out what each grade level is working on:

• Kindergarten

• First Grade

• Second Grade

• Third Grade

• Fourth Grade

• Fifth Grade

Hello Hoover Families,

Temperatures definitely dropped by the end of last week! It will continue to be in the 50s and rainy some days this week. Please make sure to send students to school with appropriate attire for the weather. Students will continue to go outside for recess, and we want then to be comfortable and warm! It always helps to send an extra change of clothing for them to keep in their backpacks or lockers for those days where there might be a food/milk/recess incident that may require them to change clothes.

Please update your calendar with a DATE CHANGE! Hoover's Track & Field will take place on Friday, May 16th with a rain/weather make-up day on Friday, May 23rd.

Students in second and third grade will complete the CogAT (Cognitive Abilities Test) assessment in class this week. Families with second and third grade students received an information letter to reference. If possible, please try not to schedule and pull out your student during these testing days.

This Week's Events:

• Monday, November 4 - PTO Fundraiser Parent Pick-up 5:30-7 pm
• Monday, November 4-Friday, November 22 - Hoover Winter Food Drive
• Tuesday, November 5 - No School - General Elections/Staff PD Day
• Wednesday, November 6- Friday, November 8 - Gr 2 & 3 CogAT Testing
• Wednesday, November 6-Tuesday, November 19 - PTO Texas Roadhouse Gift Cards & Rolls Fundraiser
• Friday, November 8 - Gr 4 STEMH Bakken Museum Offsite Field Experience

Best,

Mrs. Strusz

P.S. In case you missed the last Hoover Family Updates. Click here to view.

P.S.S. Check out last week's Hoover Howl News video announcement. Click here to view.

• Monday, November 11 - Veterans Day Assembly (3:00-3:30)

• Tuesday, November 12 - PTO Monthly Meeting - In Person and Virtual Option (6:45-7:30)

• Thursday, November 14 - American Indian Ed Groups

• Wednesday, November 20 - PTO Dining Night: Texas Roadhouse

• Thursday, November 21 - Math Family Night

• Friday, November 22 - End of Tri 1

• Monday, November 25-Friday, November 29 - No School for Students

• 11/25 - Staff PD Day - No Students

• 11/26 - Staff Planning/Grading Day - No Students

• 11/27 - Conference Conversion Day - No Staff and Students

• 11/28-11/29 - Holiday/District Closed - No Staff and Students

Thank you to all of our students who submitted their kindness poster this year. We have a very creative student body and we loved seeing the hard work that was put into each poster. All kindness posters will be displayed throughout our building. The K-5 kindness poster winners will now advance to the district level contest.

Judging Criteria

Judges will look for the relationship of the poster to the theme, originality of the poster, quality of artwork, visual impact, and suitability of the poster for viewing.

Winners

One winning poster will be selected from each grade level K-5. District winners will be recognized at a future School Board meeting and receive a prize! Winning posters will be posted on the district website and printed for use in schools throughout the district.

• TOP 3 classes with the most donations will earn a popcorn party!!

• Questions? Please reach out to our Brianna Havelka, School Social Worker at Brianna.Havelka@ahschools.us

Kindergarten teacher and students adopt a cow annually to embed into our STEM-H learning. We focus on the calcium that cows produce and why calcium is important for our bones. The students enjoy watching the calf grow throughout the year via pictures and virtual farm visit.

The Anoka-Hennepin School District allows qualifying flyers from nonprofit groups to be distributed at school and sent home with students. These flyers have gone through the district approval process. A virtual gallery of flyers is also available. These events, classes and activities are not sponsored or endorsed by Anoka-Hennepin Schools.

This does NOT change our regular flyer policies or procedures! To have a flyer posted, the organization still needs to go through the process, be approved, and deliver paper flyers to schools in our district.

"It takes a village to raise a child."

Thank you for being a part of ours, as we hope that you know, we are a part of yours. Our dedicated Hoover staff show up every day, rain or shine, to ensure that every student who walks into Hoover feels welcomed, loved, and supported. And that every day is new, no matter how the previous day went.

This AMAZING Hoover community not only gives their all to our students but also gives their all to their own families. We hope you take some time to look through these slides to get to know who we are and what our interests and passions are. These interests and passions are often why we choose to have a career in education.

Veterans Day is fast approaching! This year, we will have an All-School Assembly to learn about Veterans Day on Monday, November 11. We would like to invite any family members who have served to attend our Veterans Day Assembly to be celebrated. If you or a family member are unable to attend, you can still complete and return the invite with the name(s) of those who served and still be recognized in our building. Invites were sent home the week of October 7th.

We are also hosting a Veterans Day Poster Contest for students to enter. Students can draw an important Veteran in their life or create a poster about what Veterans Day means to them. Posters need to be returned to school by due by Friday, November 1st, and selections will be chosen and announced by Wednesday, November 6th. Winners will have the opportunity to present their posters during our Veterans Day Assembly on Monday, November 11. Poster paper and directions will also be sent home (white poster paper and info sheet).

Please reach out to your student's teacher with any questions.

Please send an extra pair of pants and underwear for your child in case there is an accident (bathroom, breakfast/lunch spill, etc.). The health office loves donations of gently used sweatpants and leggings sizes 5-10. We also appreciate new packs of underwear for boys and girls sizes 5-10.

The health office has free at home Covid tests. Email Darlene.Anderson@ahschools.us and we can send them home with your child.

Wondering if your child is well enough to come to school? Click here for more information.

If your child goes to the doctor or dentist, please request a doctor's note and send it with your child for attendance purposes.

We have been busy here at Hoover and on behalf of the staff, students and PTO, I just want to give a huge thank you to everyone! We could not be more appreciative!! You have given so much time to our events, fundraising, classroom help and also with donations for things like our staff conference meal which is a huge thing for our staff working those long days with conferences. THANK YOU!

We have our first field experience coming up in November plus many more throughout the year! Those 18 years or older wanting to chaperone these events must have a volunteer application and background check in at least 2 weeks prior to the event or they may not be eligible to attend!

We still have lots of volunteer needs including workroom help, fundraiser distribution, Veterans Day assembly, classroom help and more! Sign ups for all these opportunities and more can be found here.

Just a reminder that any volunteer 18 years or older must complete the volunteer application and background check each school year. Those 17 and younger only need to complete the volunteer application each school year.

Please reach out Tina Fletcher, Volunteer Service Coordinator, at Tina.Fletcher@ahschools.us or 763.506.2830 with any questions.

Hello Hoover Staff and Families! We wanted to share an update about things we have planned for the year.

Fall Fundraiser

Thank you for sharing the fundraising information with our Hoover families and supporting this event!! Our top three classrooms were KSB, 4MR, and 2MT. We’ll reach out to you separately regarding your classroom reward. The pickup date for those who chose to ship items to the school is November 4, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM.

Restock the Classroom - December/January

We’ll sponsor another “Restock in the Classroom” with a January delivery goal. This time we’ll ask for donations from families and our community supporters in advance so we can do more for you!

Read-A-Thon - February

We’ll host a Read-a-thon in February, and this event will rotate every other year with the Kids Heart Challenge. We’ll do our best to inspire the students as much as the Kids Heart Challenge did. One of our annual commitments is to donate $1000 to the Media Center for book purchases.

Spring Carnival - May

We will host the Spring Carnival in May. This event requires many volunteers, and you know we’ll ask you for help too. Feel free to share any feedback or suggestions through Mr. White.

HundredX - May

Our HundredX Fundraiser will return this school year. This one is awesome as it doesn’t require families and supporters to purchase anything. They simply complete questionnaires regarding their recent shopping trips or business interactions.

Fundraiser Nights

We’ll try to have either a restaurant night or a family entertainment night once a month. This is a great opportunity to bond with Hoover families and earn some funds for our initiatives.

PTO Meeting

Our PTO meeting time changed to 6:45 PM – 7:30 PM. We hope the time reduction will entice participation. The PTO Board will now meet beforehand to hash out plans that may overwhelm new attendees. Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month unless there is a conflict or need to change.

Classroom Amazon Lists

If you have an existing list or need one created, please send us an email. We will share them on our social media platforms throughout the year. The links will be housed on our Google site here.

We also have a page on our site that will list school & PTO items. Feel free to reference this page for your weekly updates to families.

Please reach out if you have any questions or feedback. We’d love to hear from you. Thank you for your support; we appreciate you!

Cheers!

Hoover PTO

Hoover PTO Facebook page

PTO's website

Hoover Elementary Facebook page

Another option is to go to https://www.boxtops4education.com/ to learn more about downloading the app to scan receipts for box tops for Hoover Elementary.