Month: September 2014

The first week of fall brought beautiful weather — and lots of sunshine.  It was one of the best WALK•A•THON weather days we have had in 8 years.   The support for our walk•a•thon was INCREDIBLE.  Watch this  walkathon video  from earlier this week.     Our PTC treasurers have been counting donations since Thursday — and  plan to have the total amount earned along with the winners for each category determined early in the week.

As we look ahead to our fifth week of school, the exciting event is our FIRST POPCORN FRIDAY!   Many thanks in advance to ALL THE PARENT VOLUNTEERS who pop the corn, serve it up into bags and deliver to classroom.  Your generous popcorn $ donations during open house make it possible for us to provide popcorn to all students in our building on the first Friday of each month. NOTE:  We use canola oil to pop the kernels.

It’s time for our JUST FOR FUN fall activity.  If you attend ART PRIZE 2014 and would like to share a photo from the event, I will place it in a slideshow that will run on the same day the ART PRIZE winning piece is announced.   Email your photo to before the end of ART PRIZE:  treagan@hpseagles.net

Have a great weekend….enjoy this fabulous weather!

Mrs. Reagan

News from the office….

• It’s hard to believe we already have a month of school in!! The kids were so excited to participate in the walk-a-thon! Thank you so much for all their hard work getting donations!! It is very much appreciated and the donations will bring a lot of fun throughout the whole year! We had hearing and vision screening done at school this past week. This is something that is done every fall. If your child brought home a white slip from them, please sign that and return it to the office. We will make sure it gets to the right place. Just a reminder from the office, please send a dated note with your student if you are going to make changes for how your student gets home. We have had many calls to make switches and it is just easier for the teachers  (and less disruptive) if they have a note. Thanks for helping with this!!! : )

• Safety/Security Reminder:  We do not allow parents on the playgrounds during recess.  The reason behind this is safety and security.  Staff on duty are responsible for monitoring students and also to watch for adults who enter the playground.  They do not know all of the parents — and they are trained to alert the office by 2-Way if an adult walks onto the playground.

If you arrive at school for pick up while your child is on the playground, the office will 2-Way the staff and ask to have your child sent inside and down to the office for pick up.

PARENTS:  Please keep this in mind and help us out by NOT going onto the playground during school hours — unless you have explicit instruction by the office staff and the playground staff has been informed.

NEWS From the TRANSPORTATION OFFICE:  Students cannot bring ripsticks, skateboards or any large objects on the bus that do not fit into their backpacks.  State law prohibits us from having objects like this on school busses for safety reasons.   If students enter the bus with these items, the drivers must take them away.  Parents will have to pick the item up at the Transportation Dept.  This would be very stressful to the children so I ask that you help them understand that they have to make a choice to ripstick/skateboard to and from school because they aren’t allowed on the bus.  If you child ever needs to bring an object to school that is too large to fit in their backpack, please drop your child off in the morning.  Thank you for your help with this matter.

PE News….

The  Turkey Trot will be held at the Baldwin Street MS campus again. The date is Tuesday, October 28.  Gates open at 4:30 and races start at 5:00. A sheet with all the information on it should have come home with the kids this week. If you need additional information or an extra registration form you can get one off the PE blog. Registration deadline is Monday, October 6. You can still register after that the day of the race, however shirts will only be available while supplies last. If you have any questions you can email Mrs. VanKoevering at mvankoev@hpseagles.net or Mrs. Nienhuis at tnienhui@hpseagles.net.

PTC News….

• Walk-a-thon results will be announced on OCTOBER 3!!! Everyone did an AMAZING job!!

• Congratulations to Mrs. Ball’s 5th grade class for winning the first Jet’s Pizza night of the year! They enjoyed a pizza party in their room on Wednesday! Way to go!!

• Congratulations to Mrs. Stadt’s 1st grade class for winning the first Marco’s Pizza night of the year! Mrs. Stadt’s class enjoyed a pizza party in their room on Thursday! So glad they were able to get that in before Mrs Stadt’s baby came! Great job!!

• The next Box Top Competition will be ending on FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17!  Make sure you are collecting your Box Tops and when you send them in make sure the Student Name/Teacher Name and NUMBER of Box Tops is on the bag!!  This is a huge help to the volunteer moms who count all of our Box Tops  : )

• Mark your calendars for Jet’s pizza nights on Oct. 7 and 8.

• It’s popcorn Friday on October 3!

Library News….

Pizza Hut Reading Program

Calendars are going home this week for the Book It Pizza Hut Reading Program.   The BOOK IT! Program is all about turning kids who read because they have to, into kids who read because they WANT to. Through BOOK IT!, your child has the opportunity to earn a certificate for a free Personal Pan Pizza from Pizza Hut by filling out this calendar and by meeting monthly reading goals that are set.  Return this calendar at the end of the month to receive this certificate.  There is no purchase necessary and the pizza can be taken to go.  HAPPY READING!!

Community News….

• You are invited to Urban HayDay on October 18 from 11am to 5pm.  This free festival will take place at Gemmens and the Farmer’s Co-Op and will offer hayrides, live music, pumpkin carving, line dancing, a rubber chicken launch, farmer’s market and craft show, kids activities, and much more!  New this year is the Hudsonville Pumpkin Race.  You are invited to enter your pumpkin racer into this fun competition.  Just build a racer using a pumpkin and four wheels (not to exceed 20lbs or 2 feet wide) and bring it down to the races.  Have your pumpkin racer checked in by 2:30pm and compete for the title of “Pumpkin King or Pumpkin Queen”.  For all of the details about the pumpkin races and other activities, visit www.urbanhayday.com!

• The Girl Scouts of Hudsonville are hosting a sign up event for all girls in Kindergarten through 12th grade on September 20th.  We will be meeting at the Hagar Park fire pit from 7:00-8:00 pm for a time of crafts, songs, and s’mores, of course.  Want to make a bucket sit-upon?  Bring your own 5 gallon bucket with a lid (often available from most bakeries for free, or you can purchase at home improvement stores for a nominal fee) and we will provide the rest of the materials for you.  Event patches will be available for purchase ($1) for those that would like them.  We would love to have you join us!  Pre-registration for the event is appreciated, but not required. For more information please email HudsonvilleGSSU@gmail.com.   In case of inclement weather, we will be meeting at Bread of Life Lutheran Church – on the corner of 36th Ave and Baldwin.

Community Ed News….

Community Education Courses

We have many great offerings for your kids this fall!  Click here to view.  I have also attached a pdf in case you have trouble viewing the document online.

Jr. Cheer Clinic • Beginning Fencing • Learn to Ice Skate • Intro to Hockey • Babysitting Class • Home Alone Class • Learn to Inline Skate • Bowling • Girls Basketball • Elementary & Middle School Legos  • Gymnastics/Dance/Cheer • Learn to Swim • HEAT Stroke School • Young Rembrandts Drawing Classes • Indoor Soccer • Tennis

Please feel free to call if you have any questions.  Rebecca Fabiano  Hudsonville Community Education 669-1740, ext #3

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Our PTC minutes from the September meeting can be view here: Georgetown PTC Minutes September 18th

Also, if you would like to know more about our PTC, please check the PTC PAGE.

Our PTC WALKATHON (biggest event of the year) is on Thursday morning 9/25.  Please join us for the walk…teachers are posting their walk times on their blogs.

Walk•a•thon money is due September 26.  We APPRECIATE your donations because they make the student/family/teacher events for 2014-15 possible.    As of Wednesday, the top classes for the LIMO PIZZA RANCH PRIZE are as follows:  Mrs. Burdis (Gr 5); Mrs. Estefan (GR K);  Mrs. Flory (Gr 3).

The district has changed a teacher professional development/records day.  The date was originally listed as Friday, March 6, 2015.  The date is now Monday, March 9, 2015.

Why is this important for you to know as parents?  This is a NO SCHOOL day for students because the teachers will be working on report cards for conferences, March 9-11, 2015.   This is also the week of our PTC Sponsored Spring Book Fair.

The date change is reflected on our calendar to the right.

Practice is a part of school procedures for learning math, reading, spelling, science and social studies.  We also practice social strategies for problem solving with peers in the classroom and on the playground.  Understanding and practicing the procedures for safety and security are also a part of our school routines throughout the year.

This past week, we ran drills (practices) for tornado, fire and lockdown.  For each of these drills, the teachers show their students the expectations and I also walk them through the required behaviors over the intercom prior to the drill.  State law requires that we run 5 fire drills, 2 tornado drills and 3 lockdown drills per year.  With three completed, we have 7 more scheduled October through May.

Our goal is to help staff and students practice these procedures often enough that in the case of an emergency, the procedures are automatic for us.   If you are in the building during a drill, you will become part of the practice.  We expect all adults present to go through the procedures with us.

Please contact me if you ever have questions about the drills.

Mrs. Reagan

Family Fare and D&W Fresh Market Cash for Class: