Holley-Navarre Primary

It is hard to believe that the first 9-weeks is coming to a close. Our Sandpipers have had a great start to the school year and we are so thankful for our Sandpipers Families for all of your support and encouragement as we kicked off another school year. I want to thank all of our volunteers for attending the volunteer orientation and all of our parents that were able to attend our Classroom Open House. It was great to see our boys and girl showing off their classroom and some of the work they have done.

Our Vision at HNP:​

HOLLEY-NAVARRE PRIMARY PROVIDES AN ENVIRONMENT THAT FOSTERS EACH LEARNER’S​
POTENTIAL, EQUIPS STUDENTS FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, AND PROMOTES LIFELONG LEARNING.​

Our Mission at HNP:​
TO LOVE, EDUCATE, AND PREPARE ALL STUDENTS FOR GRADUATION AND A SUCCESSFUL FUTURE.

HNP appreciates all of our volunteers and the time you put aside to be involved at HNP. Please make sure before you volunteer you complete the volunteer application and once approved a note will come home letting you know that you have been approved. Also, if you were unable to attend our Volunteer Orientation, please view the PowerPoint and short video from our Elementary Ed. Director, April Martin. You can click on the link below and it will take you directly to our volunteer page on our website. Once you get to the school, you can sign-off that you have viewed the required video and PowerPoint.

https://holleynavarreprimary.wixsite.com/hnp-sandpipers/pto

We qualify as a Title I School because our free/reduced lunch counts are currently over 40%. This identification is a big advantage to our school because we receive additional federal support to help meet the needs of our students. Title I places an emphasis on targeting students with academic needs and focuses resources where they can most benefit students. Title I also supports parent involvement activities and education. You can help us by completing a free and reduced lunch application at: https://www.myschoolapps.com/Application. This application needs to be completed each school year.

The Free Breakfast and Lunch grant will no longer be in effect for the 2022-2023 school-year. Please be sure to complete an application on-line or paper copies are available in the front office.

Holley-Navarre Primary also houses a Parent Involvement Center with resources for parents. This is located right outside the front office area. The Parent Resource Center has informational brochures, Title I information and literature for parents to support their children at home. Additionally, we have laptops and printers available for parents to complete surveys, registrations in FOCUS, Free/Reduced Lunch Applications, etc. For more information, please contact Mr. Balsavich or visit our website.

The Florida Department of Education has announced the release of the 2021-22 School, District and State Report Cards in the Know Your Schools Portal (http://knowyourschoolsfl.org). These report cards continue to serve as a valuable resource for parents, educators and stakeholders by offering transparency into how Florida’s districts and schools are doing with regard to student achievement and success.

The 2021-22 Florida Report Cards provide the 2021-22 performance data and additional education information and outcomes compared to prior years’ data in easy to understand formats, and a “Map and Compare Schools” tool that allows families to search and compare schools. School accountability data contained within these report cards will be updated, if applicable, following the conclusion of the appeals process. The department will continue to update information in these report cards throughout the year as new data become available.

If you would like to view our Annual Title I Parent Meeting Presentation, Parent and Family Engagement Plan or the School Improvement Plan for the 2022-2023 school-year please click on the Title I link below.

https://holleynavarreprimary.wixsite.com/hnp-sandpipers/title-1-2

Santa Rosa County District Schools is seeking input from our parents /guardians whose children attend Title I schools. This feedback will be used to evaluate our program and better serve our families. Please click on the link to complete the survey. https://forms.office.com/r/CfwNKSTfwM

Holley-Navarre Primary is a member of the Navarre Beach Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber is very involved in the community and very supportive of our schools and businesses in Navarre.

Congratulations Regina Tudlong for being selected Navarre Beach Chamber Teacher of the Quarter for HNP!!

Is your child's transportation changing for the day? The week? Or permanently? If so, please use the Holley-Navarre Primary Change of Transportation Form found on our website or in your child's folder. Additional copies are available in the front office. We will not take transportation changes over the phone, by email, or other apps. used by your child's teacher. This is for the safety and security of your child.

Morning Drop-Off: Parents if your child is a car rider in the morning to school, please make sure you are using the car rider line that circles our parking lot and then extends down Las Vegas Trail. We understand the number of cars dropping children off has increased a bit, but we need your help to ensure the safety of our students and make sure we are following school procedures regarding morning drop-off routines. If you live within 1-mile of Holley-Navarre Primary and have a walker tag issued by the school you will be able to walk your child to school and pick them up in the afternoon. A suggestions that may help with the morning car rider routine go a little smoother might be to Car Pool with a few neighbors and take turns driving your children to school. I understand that mornings can be stressful and parents need to get to work or drop their other children off at various places, but we do begin drop-off at 6:45 a.m. and the tardy bell rings at 7:15 a.m., but as long as parents are in the car rider line on Las Vegas Trail before the tardy bell rings, they will not be considered tardy. If you need any assistance setting up bus transportation, please call the front office and we will assist in getting that set up for you.

Please feel free to reach out to me at anytime, I am here to help .

In October, we celebrate Red Ribbon Week and focus on healthy lifestyles! We are having our first PBS celebration day! Students are continuing to earn their "tokens" to redeem for merchandise in the Sandcastle Store. We are able to begin our weekend food program with the support from some local community sponsors. 🙂 The guidance department is getting ready for our annual fall food drive to begin in November - so start collecting those nonperishables to help our families in the community. As always, please reach out if there is anything we could help with by contacting Mrs. Woll at 850-936-6130 or via email at wollj@santarosa.k12.fl.us.

6th: End of the 1st 9-weeks

7th: Planning Day (No School)

10th: Start of the 2nd 9-weeks/National School Lunch Week

14th: Terrific Kids Ceremony @ HNP in the cafeteria

17th: HNP will announce our Teacher of the Year

20th: School Advisory Council Meeting @ 1:45 in the Library

21st: Report Cards Sent Home

24th: Boosterthon Kick-Off Assembly & Pledges Begin/Red Ribbon Week Begins

"We are REaDy to stay drug free" Wear RED to kickoff Red Ribbon Week

25th: "Peace-Out to drugs" Wear Tie Dye

26th: "Sock it to drugs" Wear crazy socks

27th: "Just say NO, you'll glow" Wear NEON colors

28th: "Team up against drugs" Wear your class t-shirt

Hello Sandpiper Families!

Music Classes are studying Patriotic Music and "keeping the beat in our feet' as we march to the music of Sousa in a Music Room parade! Students are listening for Patriotic sounds, identifying symbols that represent America, and learning about The Star Spangled Banner which is the song of America.

The beginning of this school year has been fantastic. It is wonderful to have the parents, guardians, and community members back in our school building. Our Volunteer Orientation was a huge success. HNP has more volunteers this year than ever before. This demonstrates that we have a very supportive community. If you would like to become a school volunteer, please see our school website for the information or feel free to contact me. I am excited for fall weather and all the upcoming fall events at HNP.

Parents we wanted you to know that your child will or already has brought home a score report(s) for the first progress monitoring session required by the state of Florida. These results will be presented in the Parent Report for Star Early Literacy, Star Reading and/or Star Math. If you have questions, after reviewing your student’s report, please contact with your student’s teacher. These reports are for you to keep and do not to be signed and returned.

The time is coming close for our annual Boosterthon Fun Run Event!! We will have our kick-off assembly on Monday, October 24th and the Fun Run is planned for Friday, November 4th. Our school-wide goal is $25,000 and if we as a school reach that goal, the students will be involved in deciding what the Principal and Assistant Principal's challenge will be. More information will be coming home with your child as the event gets closer, but for planning purposes the times for the event on Friday, November 4th will be as follows:

-2nd Grade- 7:30 a.m.

-1st Grade- 8:30 a.m.

-Kindergarten/ESE/Pre-K- 9:30 a.m.

We hope to see you all Friday, November 4th @ HNP the day of the Fun Run!

Military Families,

Military Support Groups for students are up and running! Eligible students participate in weekly group meetings for support and resources related to deployment and life transitions. Topics include adjusting to a new school, communicating feelings and emotions, healthy peer relationships, and coping with fear, grief, and loss. Eligible students need a signed consent form and can be included in a group at the request of the parent or caregiver. If you’re interested in connecting your student with one of these groups, please reach out to your child’s teacher. Counseling services are available at no cost to eligible military students and their parents through the Military and Family Life Counseling program.

Resource Highlight for Military Families: Military Kids Connect

Military Kids Connect can be reached at militarykidsconnect.health.mil

This website offers videos, blogs, and other resources for military kids. Topic areas include Military Life, Feelings, and Health and Wellness. Videos feature stories from military kids talking about their experience with deployment, strategies for coping with feelings, and tools and tips for adjusting with transition and maintaining health and wellness.

Vietnam Travelling Memorial Wall will be coming to Navarre from September 29th to October 3rd.

Here’s information from the Chamber of Commerce: Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall - Sep 29, 2022 to Oct 3, 2022 - Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce, FL (navarrechamber.com)

Thanks!

October news for Mr. Makar’s artists. Starting in October we will begin recognizing the Artists of the Week on our morning Sandpiper Sunrise show on ITV. Each artist will be recognized on Thursday mornings and will receive a letter home to let parents and guardians know about their special day. Family is encouraged to join us on these days to watch the presentation live in our studios. This is an important and special day for these young artists who try so hard in my class to create something beautiful on their own. Our morning show is always broadcasted on our HNP Facebook page if you are unable to attend and can be viewed at any time.

Finished art work is now being reviewed for possible admission into the Great Gulf Coast Arts Festival in November. Students who are chosen will receive a letter home detailing the dates and times of this amazing art festival held in Pensacola along the waterfront.

Our kindergarten Art Books are coming along fine and we now have the cover to the book created and also a first project relating to our primary colors to be the first page added. We created sailboats and learned the importance of our three primary colors. We will now be working on a project that students will be allowed to take home and will not be used for their art book. This projects deals with “Lines” and how a line has a starting point and end point. We will also learn that a line is not just a straight mark and can take many twists and turns to create a variety of lines.

First graders have now finished their ladybugs that taught them about what the word Space means to an artists. They have already begun to go home. We are now creating abstract type portraits. I’ve heard the words cute and creepy from my students on this one. We will be using rulers to draw straight lines and creating a frame around our portraits.

Second grade have been working vigorously on their fish projects and they are taking much longer than expected to finish. Because of this we are taking a break from the fish and beginning a new project by creating apples using popsicle sticks. It is a much needed break for them and they are excited to start something new. We will return to our fish at a later time, hopefully get a few finished for the upcoming art festival.

Dear Parents,

HNP is writing to ask you to support our Sandcastle Store by donating from our Amazon wish list. The Sandcastle Store is a positive reward ALL students participate in every month. They can exchange tokens they have earned that month for their positive behavior in exchange for prizes. To donate, simply click the link or scan the QR code. Everything will be shipped directly to HNP. Thank you for joining HNP in rewarding positive behavior for all our students.

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Thanks,
HNP PBIS Team

Completely free event offered to all Citizens with Physical or Intellectual Disabilities which requires supervised care. Please see the attached flyer for more information and to register.