The Creek's Corner:

• December 20...Class Christmas Party Day! (More info below)
  

• December 20...NO P.E.P. Club after school!!!

• December 21 - January 3...CHRISTMAS BREAK (school resumes Thursday, January 4)

The CKH Leadworthy Character Word for December is RESPONSIBILITY.

What is RESPONSIBILITY?

Responsibility is the willingness and ability to take ownership of our thoughts, words, and actions. We have a responsibility to our school, family, and community to be accountable for our choices and how they impact ourselves and others.

Why focus on Responsibility?

Responsibility teaches resilience. It is not possible to persevere and achieve our dreams without taking personal responsibility seriously.

Responsibility empowers us to own our actions. There is great power in being able to make conscious, calculated choices to reach goals and manage those things in our control.

Responsibility teaches us to manage our time and resources. Responsibly organizing and prioritizing needs is an executive function of the brain that improves with practice.

Our students, who consistently exemplify responsibility throughout December, are likely to be chosen as the Leadworthy Spotlight Winner for their class. Winners get to have a special lunch with the principals!

Please encourage your child to lead with great character each day!

Primary Care Triple P: Positive Parenting Program

(This is a one-on-one intervention)

Targeted Population:

• Parents of Pre-K through 5th grade students

• Parents seeking information about how to address a specific parenting or child behavior issue

• The family situation is reasonably stable (i.e. not in the middle of separation/divorce, parent has psychological issues themselves, or the child has major psychological issues that have not yet been addressed)

Families will participate in a few assessments. Based on the outcome of those assessments, the Triple P Team may determine whether this level of intervention will be beneficial for a family. If it is not going to be beneficial, and they recommend a higher level of care, such as family counseling that would involve more intense involvement, the team will make an outside counseling recommendation to the family and let the referring principal know.

Program Objectives:

• Increase parents’ confidence in managing common behavior problems and developmental issues

• Reducing parents’ use of coercive and punitive methods of disciplining children (focusing on pre-teaching desired behaviors, rather than just reacting to a bad behavior)

• Improving parents’ communication and reducing parental stress

IF you are interested, please reach out to Mrs. Williams (Principal) or Ms. Dockery (Counselor), and they will get your information submitted to the team. Thank you!

HCE Spelling Bee

We are VERY proud of each of our Spelling Bee participants! Please join us in celebrating our Spelling Bee WINNERS:

• First Place: Dadrian R.
• Second Place: Addelyn R.
• Third Place: Jaycsin L.

We want to extend a special thanks to Mrs. Sheila Benson for organizing our Spelling Bee and to Ms. Dockery and Officer Martindale for judging! ❤️🤍💙

Class Attendance Incentive

Remember, when all students in a classroom are present and on time, with no early checkouts, the class receives a star for the day. Upon the 20th star, the class becomes eligible for the Class Attendance Incentive. There is a different incentive each month, so whatever the incentive is during the month a class reaches 20 stars, that's what they'll receive.

• October: Mrs. Stringer's class reached 20 stars and received a GLOW STICK PARTY!
• November: The following classes recached 20 stars and received a DANCE PARTY!
• Mrs. Penfield; Mrs. Finley; Mrs. DeVito; Mrs. Watts
• December: So far, the following classes will receive the December incentive:
• Mrs. Garner; Mrs. Martindale; Mrs. Johnson; Mrs. D. Jones

We are so proud of our students for showing up to school each day--ready to learn at high levels!

REMINDER...

CHRISTMAS PARTY DAY (DECEMBER 20, 2023)

Parents, I know you may have already received correspondence from your child's teacher regarding HCE Christmas parties, but there are some housekeeping things I'd like to share with you. Please read and adhere to the following:

• NO LUNCH VISITORS
• We will not have visitors during lunch on this day. You are welcome to attend your child's Christmas party instead.
• 2023-24 Visitor Expectations
  
• Please read this document carefully and follow these expectations when visiting.
• PARTY TIMES (YOU MUST CHECK IN FOR PARTIES AT THE FRONT OFFICE)
• CBI (12:00 - 12:30)
• Kindergarten - Second (1:00 - 1:30)
• Third - Fifth (1:45 - 2:15)
• If you have more than one student and will attend both party times, please wait in your car or in the cafeteria during the transition.
• HCES students will only attend their class' Christmas party. Students may not leave their party to attend their sibling's party.
• Non-HCE siblings/students are not permitted to attend HCE parties, so please make arrangements for other children (under the age of 18) who are not students at HCE.
• During the party, teachers will have a sign-out sheet for you to use to sign out your student, as opposed to signing out in the office. IMPORTANT: PLEASE do not remove students from classrooms without signing them out with their teacher, as we will use these to determine which students left with parents.

We appreciate your support with this!

Our school’s mission is to create a safe, respectful environment with high levels of learning for all. In an effort to fulfill our mission to promote student safety, Hurricane Creek Elementary is collaborating with Cooper-Anthony Mercy Child Advocacy Center to provide additional resources for students and families (MBF Child Safety Matters.) Please be sure to read and access the following:

• Child Safety Matters Info for Parents
• Child Safety Matters Opt Out Form
  

December Parent Guidance Newsletter

• "Erase The Stigma: Empowering Mental Health Awareness"
• DECEMBER PARENT GUIDANCE NEWSLETTER

• Please make sure you have checked, or have had your child check, our Lost and Found for items. Unclaimed items will be donated later this week.
• Make sure students come to school with coats and are appropriately dressed for the weather.
  
• Please remember that if your child is sick, do not send them to school.
• If they are running a fever of 100.0 or greater, they have to be fever free for 24 hours (without medication) prior to returning to school.
• Also, if your child is vomiting, keep them home for 24 hours until vomiting has stopped, also without medication.
• Please send extra clothes in your child's backpack to bring to school in case of an accident.
• Encourage your child to not share combs, hats, scarfs, headbands, or coats with other students for hygiene reasons.

THANK YOU to all the parents who provided drinks and dessert for our staff! We truly appreciate all you do for our school!❤️🤍💙

• District Calendar

• BPS Elementary Curriculum

• Free and Reduced Lunch Online Application

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• Hurricane Creek Elementary School | Home

• Hurricane Creek Elementary PTO | Benton AR

• HCES Lunch Visitor Schedule and Expectations

• HCE Snack Days 2023-2024

• 2023-24 Elementary Handbook (ENGLISH)
  

• 2023-24 Elementary Handbook (SPANISH)
  

"The example we set for our kids---how to act when things don't go our way---is much, much more important than the rules we set for them."

~Leo Babauta