📣 Families! Here's What's Happening This Fall:
As the end of our first quarter approaches, we want to remind you about conferences. Parent/teacher conferences are taking place on Oct. 24, Oct. 28 and Oct.30 between 4:30 pm - 8:30 pm. If you have not already scheduled one with your teacher, please do so.
If you wish to meet with one of our specialists, please contact him/her directly as each sets his/her own appointments. Their contact information is as follows:
PE Mr. Buckwalter st_tbuckwalter@smfcsd.org
Music Mrs. Engle st_engle@smfcsd.org
Art Mrs. Conant st_conant@smfcsd.org
Speech Mrs. Currier st_rcurrier@smfcsd.org
Guidance Mrs. Chapman st_kchapman@smfcsd.org
Psychologist Miss Berthold st_hberthold@smfcsd.org
Halloween Costume Guidelines:
When sending in your child’s costume, we ask the following:
No blood and gore
No weapons · No masks – Too dangerous as we go up and down steps!
Students will not be permitted to change in the restroom – The costume should be able to be put on in the classroom.
Do not send your child to school in full make-up or dyed/sprayed hair as this is very distracting to learning prior to the party.
HALLOWEEN PARADE & PARTY NEWS:
This year the Halloween Parade and Party will take place on November 1.
Our parade will begin at 2:25 and will take place on our blacktop playground area. If you wish to come to the parade, please arrive by 2:20 and find a spot to sit or stand around the perimeter of the blacktop. You may wish to bring a lawn chair. After the parade, our students will re-enter the building for the class party. Onlookers are asked to vacate the property immediately following the parade.
In case of rain, the parade will be inside with no spectators.
PLEASE NOTE - As a district, we allow five fingerprinted adults in the classroom party. The room parents have notified you if you are one of the five. If you were not chosen for this party, know that we have an additional opportunity to help at a party in February. If you are coming to set up for the Halloween party, you may arrive and sign in with the PTA at 2:05pm. We will dismiss the volunteers to the classrooms at 2:15 pm.
Highland will be working alongside Akron Children's Hospital to provide a flu vaccine clinic here at school. This clinic will take place on November 20th during the school day. Any student attending Highland can participate. Parents must complete the attached forms and return them to school by November 6th. Only students with a form on file will be able to receive their vaccine.
Each year we are approached by a number of charitable organizations who wish to provide holiday assistance to families in need. This assistance can take the form of food, clothing, and/or gift items.
Assistance may be available. If you would like to be contacted by one of these charitable organizations, please complete and submit this form.
Electronically submitting this form serves as permission to give your contact information to these local organizations. Each organization varies in the number of families they assist. Once we give them your information, they may contact you directly. We do not control the number or nature of these offers, so please understand that there is no guarantee that assistance can be offered to every family that replies.
Some of our organizations start their charitable work very early, so please complete this form as soon as possible to maximize the likelihood that we can match your request with a community resource.
OCTOBER
1 Robocoding Club 4:00pm
2 Delayed Start (2 hours)
7 BOE Mtg. @ Central Office (Work Session) 6:00pm
8 Robocoding Club 4:00pm
9 Marco’s Pizza Night
PTA Meeting 6:30pm
11 NO SCHOOL - NEOEA DAY
15 Robocoding Club 4:00pm
18 NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS
End of Quarter 1
21 BOE Mtg. @ Riverview 6:00pm
22 Grade 3 Ohio State Test Part 1
Robocoding Club 4:00pm
23 Grade 3 Ohio State Test Part 2
24 Parent/Teacher Conferences 4:30 -8:30pm
28 Fire Safety Week
Parent/Teacher Conferences 4:30-8:30pm
Book Fair Week
29 Robocoding Club 4:00pm
30 Parent/Teacher Conferences 4:30-8:30pm
NOVEMBER
1 Halloween Party
2 Police Department training at Highland
3 Daylight Saving Time ends (Fall Back)
4 Picture Retake Day
BOE Meeting @Central Office (Work Session) 6:00pm
5 NO SCHOOL - ELECTION DAY
9 Police Department training at Highland
11 Veterans Day
12 Robocoding Club 4:00-5:00pm
13 Marco’s Pizza Night
PTA Meeting - 6:30pm - Library
18 BOE Meeting @ Echo Hills - 6:00pm
25 -26 NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS - STAFF P.D. DAY
27-29 NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving Break