News and events

December 15, 2024

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

• Kindergarten

• First Grade

• Second Grade

• Third Grade

• Fourth Grade

• Fifth Grade

Hello Hoover Families,

We have 4 days of school this week before winter breaks start for students. It's also Spirit Week so have fun with your students and dig into your closets/dresser drawers to find something for each day - no need to buy anything! Have fun and be creative!

Spirit Week:

• Monday, 12/16 - Hat Day
• Tuesday, 12/17 - Ugly Holiday Sweater Day
• Wednesday, 12/18 - Grade Level T-shirt/Color Day
• Thursday, 12/19 - PJ/Comfy Day

Our Hoover PTO has a lot of great things planned for this week:

• Last week to donate to "ReStock the Classroom" Drive
• Saturday, 12/14-Friday, 12/20 - Shopping Fundraiser at Five Below
• Wednesday, 12/18 - Dining Night Fundraiser at Noodles & Company (4:00-8:00 pm)
• Thursday, 12/19 - Spirit Night Fundraiser at Cheap Skate (5:30-7:00 pm)

This Week's School Events:

• Monday, December 16 - Gr 2 STEMH Hoo Got Ate? Onsite Field Experience

• Thursday, December 19 - Winter Classroom Parties

• Friday, December 20 - No School - Licensed Staff PD Day

• Monday, December 23-Wednesday, January 1 - No School - Winter Break

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.

• Thursday, January 2 - School resumes; Grade Level/Department Team Meetings

• Monday, January 6-Friday, January 10 - Winter Transportation Safety Week

• Tuesday, January 7 - CRHS Music Tour - Gr 3-5

• Wednesday, January 8 - School Bus Driver Appreciation Day

• Tuesday, January 14 - Gr 5 CRMS Field Trip

• Tuesday, January 14 - PTO Monthly Meeting

• Tuesday, January 14-Wednesday, January 15 - Gr2-3 Fastbridge aReading

• Wednesday, January 15 - American Indian Ed Groups

• Friday, January 17 - No School - Licensed Staff and Para Educators PD Day

• Monday, January 20 - No School/Holiday/District Closed

• Thursday, January 30 - Gr 5 DARE

• Thursday, January 30 - Reading Family Night

• Friday, January 31 - Gr 3 STEMH SMMN Engineering Onsite Field Experience

• Friday, January 31 - American Indian Ed Groups

Elementary school report cards were available to view ONLINE on Monday, December 9th.

Families may login to their A-HConnect account or download the ParentVUE mobile app to access student report cards. Report cards are only available online and will no longer be sent through postal mail or student’s backpacks.

The switch to online report cards means that information is available to review at the conclusion of each trimester. Schools will notify families when the report cards are available to view. Parents, guardians and any person with educational rights to a student will be able to access the student’s report card online.

Get steps for viewing report cards on the Anoka-Hennepin Schools website.

For assistance with your login information, contact the Anoka-Hennepin Schools HELP Desk at 506help@ahschools.us or 763-506-HELP (4357). For questions about the report cards or for printing accommodations, please contact the main office at your child’s school.

Members of the CR Legion stopped at Hoover last week to drop off coats, hats, and mittens they collected for our school. We are blessed to have their continued support during our cold winter months to help fill the gaps with winter wear needs. Thank you, CR Legion, for your generosity!

The Science Crew visited Kindergarten classrooms to engage students in exploring all of our bones and discover what makes them work together.

Students in first grade were visited by The Science Crew last week. They learned the difference between smooth and skeletal muscles and participated in a live demonstration of how these muscles help move food through the digestive system. Click here for more pictures from the learning experience.

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.

Winter Break is almost here!!! I have a few updates for everyone. My position is not scheduled to work starting Monday, Dec 23rd through Friday, Jan 3rd. I will return to the office from Winter Break Monday, Jan 6th.

Don't forget to send in items for the Restock the Classroom Drive! The last day of the drive is Friday, December 20th. You can send in items with students or use the PTO wishlist to order items and have them shipped to us. The class with the highest number of students participating will receive a prize from our amazing PTO!

PTO is also hosting a dining fundraiser at Noodles & Company on Wednesday, Dec 18th! Leave the oven mitts at home and go out to eat with your family and proceeds from your purchase will get donated to Hoover!

Break out your rollerblades and head over to Cheap Skate on Thursday, Dec 19th for a night out of fun! Purchase your tickets ahead of time and 100% of your purchase will get donated to Hoover!

Don't forget to use your Five Below fundraiser flyer for your Christmas shopping needs Dec 14th to Dec 20th!!

It's a bit slower right now this month but we still have some volunteer opportunities available. You can find links to sign up to all of them HERE as well as information in my newsletter below. We have lots of field experiences coming up in the New Year! All chaperones for these experiences must be 18 years old and have a volunteer application and background check on file. Please get those in right away!

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.

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

Handling traumatic events can be a difficult topic for families to address. This month's Parent Press includes ways for caregivers to recognize the signs a child may exhibit after experiencing a traumatic event, as well as ways to provide connection and protect children.

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.

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.