Haw River Hype

WOW! We had a great time last week with College and Career Awareness Week! Students were able to learn about various career paths and what it takes to succeed in those careers. We would like to give a special shout-out to Mrs. Tricomi, Sgt. Ellis, and everyone who helped make our Career Day a success. A special lion cub roar goes out to Anna Tricomi, daughter of Mrs. Tricomi, for creating the video linked below to showcase how awesome our week was. The synergy on campus this week was amazing and truly demonstrates how together we can do so much!

We wrapped up our House Shirt Fundraiser last week selling over 50 shirts and raising close to $300 for School Improvement. Way to go Lion Cub Families; we appreciate your support!

Moving into Week 28, we are challenging ourselves with our "SPRING FORWARD: i-Ready Challenge".

We are challenging every student to pass five i-ready lessons by March 24th. Students began working towards this goal last week. Students will begin taking their EOY i-Ready Diagnostic on Wednesday, March 22nd, and completing it by April 6th. To prepare for this opportunity to show what they know, we want them to do their best and use their time wisely to pass five lessons!

Students are tracking their progress in the cafeteria by adding a sticker to our "blooming flower" for every lesson passed. As of Friday (3/17), there were 717 reading and 712 math lessons passed for a total of 1,438 lessons passed! WAY TO GO AND GROW LION CUBS!!!

Reminders:

• If you need to change your child's afternoon transportation, please call the front office at (336) 578-0177 before 2:00 pm. Teachers cannot check and respond to messages and emails throughout the day when they are teaching. Please do not expect an immediate response from your child's teacher during instructional hours. Office hours for teachers begin after 3:00 pm.
• Families may come to eat lunch with your students. Please reach out to your child's teacher 24 hours in advance to let them know you are coming so they can plan for seating. Remember: NO OUTSIDE FOOD OR DRINK MAY BE BROUGHT IN. Upon arrival, please sign in at the front office and get a visitor's tag.

Looking ahead:

3/24: House Friday- WEAR YOUR HOUSE COLORS!

3/28: Skate Night at Roll-A-Bout

3/31: NO SCHOOL- Teacher Workday, All Service Learning Donations are due.

4/5: Spring Picture Day

4/7-4/14: NO SCHOOL- Spring Break

4/17-4/21: Scholastic Book Fair

4/20: Duke Energy Science Night

Each week during morning announcements, Mr. Bryan will announce the “Lion Cub Lingo” Words of the week. These words have been pulled from an academic vocabulary list that are most commonly used on formative and summative assessments. Students that use those words with adults in the building in the correct context can be rewarded with a House Point.

Synergy means collaborating to create 3rd Alternatives rather than settling for a compromise. When we Synergize, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts--one plus one equals three or more. To Synergize we value differences and seek 3rd alternatives.

How much do you value differences? Do you:

• Respect, include, and value everyone's skills and contributions?
• Know the unique strengths of the people you work with and live with?
• Actively seek to learn from others?
• Seek out different ideas and points of view?
• Take advantage of the strengths of others and differences of opinion to achieve better results?

When Seeking 3rd Alternatives, be ready to ask important questions such as:

• Are you willing to move off both our solutions and find a better way?
• Are there some outcomes we can both agree on?
• Could you tell me your deep concerns about this issue?
• Now that I understand your point of view, would you mind if I share mine?
• What are everyone's wins?
• What are the alternatives, options, and wild ideas?

Students in House Magisterium have been working to collect cereal to donate to a local Food Shelter. Our community partners at Allied Churches visited the school on Thursday to collect donations and share the impact this project will have on our community! Way to Lead, House Magisterium!

During Read Across America Week, our students were able to read a variety of books across many genres. Students voted for their favorite each day, and our brackets reflect that The Bad Seed, written by Jory John, is the Grand Champion of HRE March Madness 2023!

The points leader of the whole school for the 22-23 school year is Itzel S., in 2nd grade! She currently has earned 272 House Points so far this year!

In first place is Intellectus with 10986 points. The points leader for last week was Kynadee S., in 1st grade. The Intellectus points leader for this year is Fabiola L., in 2nd grade!

It's the Half-time mark for our Data Super Bowl. Now is a great time to pause and reflect on our work this year and continue to work towards our goals of "scoring a touchdown" and growing by 6 points every time we show what we know! Congratulations on the growth each house has made so far this year. Lion Cubs Leaders are growing!

So far, students have earned $16,381 in Cub Currency and 16,273 in House Points!

This year students have grown 48,536 points from BOY to MOY. That is equal to 8,089 TOUCH DOWNS!!!

Mission:

We learn, we lead, and we succeed!

Vision:

Haw River Elementary is a community of empowered leaders who own our learning and work as a team.

Email: hre_communications@abss.k12.nc.us
Website: abss.k12.nc.us/o/hres
Location: Haw River Elementary School, 701 East Main Street, Haw River, NC, USA
Phone: (336) 578-0177
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HRElioncubs/
Twitter: @HRE_lion_cubs