The Creek's Corner:

• December 5...Fall Picture RETAKES

• December 14...2nd Grade Christmas Program (5:30-6:30)

• December 15...HCE Spelling Bee (Parents/Guardians of participants ONLY can attend)

• December 20...Class Christmas Parties (more information to come)

• 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 Serve Day

We want to give a HUGE shout-out to Fellowship Bible Church (Benton) for the time, effort, and love they freely gave on Saturday morning, cleaning up our campus. They are ALWAYS supporting our school in every way and we could not be more grateful!❤️🤍💙

Monthly Mystery Attendance Incentive

Last Wednesday, we celebrated our first Monthly Mystery Attendance Incentive!

Each month, HCE has one day, unannounced, where all students who are in attendance (on time, no early checkouts) receive a school-wide incentive. November's mystery attendance incentive was EXTRA RECESS! The kiddos were so excited and had soooo much fun! We cannot wait for next month!

We are in high hopes that this implementation will encourage students to be present and on time each day. Congratulations, Patriots!!!! ❤️🤍💙

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

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

Hello, Parents!

We are asking that you please complete the following parent survey by Friday, December 8th. It is available in multiple languages, so please select your appropriate language at the top of the page once you've clicked the link and accessed the survey.

• Capturing Kids' Hearts (Campus Family Survey)

We appreciate your support with this!

Parents,

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

Parents:

• 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.

PTO Meetings will be held the 2nd Monday of each month @HCE in the Cafe (6:00pm).

Therefore, the next meeting will be held Monday, December 11th. Hope to see you there!

• District Calendar

• BPS Elementary Curriculum

• Free and Reduced Lunch Online Application

• Hurricane Creek Elementary Facebook Page

• 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)
  

"One generation of deeply loving parents would change the brain of the next generation, and with that, the WORLD."

~Charles Raison