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HOOVER HEARTS AND MINDS HEADLINES
Hoover Elementary School
12705 West Euclid Avenue
New Berlin, WI 53151
Telephone: 414-604-3800
Fax: 262-782-2231
JANUARY/FEBRUARY
2015
Ali Hatab, Principal
Susan Bernard, Secretary
FROM THE PRINCIPAL
Dear Hoover Families,
I would like to wish all of you the best during this festive time of
the year. You have been amazing through the first few months of
school. Thank you for your support and engaging your child nightly
about what he/she has learned at school.
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School Resumes
Appreciation:
6 Incredi-roll-6:00-8:00
p.m.
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You should all know how great our PTA is. We should all be
grateful for the work they do on behalf of children. Thank you,
PTA.
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We appreciate all the volunteers and thank you for your help.
You are wonderful!
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WKCE: Please extend a big thank you to all 4 th grade students
who did their best on the WKCE testing.
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Parking: Thank you parents for helping us daily by parking
beyond the dumpsters for drop off/pick up.
Winter Sing: We hope that you have enjoyed visiting with us during
our Winter Sing. Our students worked very hard to showcase their
musical talents for you.
We continue to collaborate as a staff to personalize learning for
students, use iPads as a learning tool, and rely on data to fine
tune our instructional delivery. We continue to work with each
student, build on their strengths, and support their challenging
academic areas.
Communication: Staff will continue to communicate with you and
share positive experiences your child is having at school. Your
feedback is always encouraged and welcomed.
SAFE: Please note the new signs posted by the checkout desk.
You need to have an appointment with teacher(s) to be allowed to
walk down the hallway. This is for the safety of children and staff.
Superintendent: Our School Board continues the process of hiring
a new superintendent. Please make sure to provide feedback and
let your voices be heard.
My doors are always open and please do not hesitate to call and
schedule an appointment either with myself or your child’s teachers.
Happy Holidays to all and welcome our students back to school on
January 5, 2015. Happy New Year!
FEBRUARY
JANUARY
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Survive Alive
Team Reach/Inspire
9:00-10:30 a.m.
1st Graders Only
Survive Alive
Team Explore/
Shine/Wisdom9:00-10:30 a.m.
1st Graders Only
12 NO SCHOOL
Professional Development
13 PTA Meeting-6:30
p.m.
2 Intra District Transfers
Begin through May 1st
Open Enrollment
Begins through April
3 Incredi-roll-6:00-8:00
p.m.
4
Kindergarten Registration
10 PTA Meeting-6:30
p.m.
13 Human Growth Development Meeting for Grade 5
Students Only 12:30-1:15
p.m.
16 NO SCHOOL- Staff
Development Day
16 Quarter 2 Ends
17 Market Day-3:305:30 p.m.
19 NO SCHOOL-Teacher
Work Day
20 Progress Reports Go
Home
20 Market Day-3:30-5:30
p.m.
25 Parent/Teacher
Conferences-4:30-8:00
p.m.
21 Development Meeting for Grade 5 Parents-Irving School6:00 p.m.
27 PTA Spaghetti Dinner5:00-7:00 p.m.-Silent
Auction 5:30-7:00 p.m.
23 Report Cards Go Home
26 Survive Alive
Team Intellect 1:002:30 p.m.-4th Graders
Only
27 Survive Alive
Team Wonder-1:002:30 p.m.-4th Graders
Only
4K Parent Info Meeting for
New 4K-Horace Mann-6:007:00 p.m.
28 4K Parent Info Meeting for
New 4K-Parkway-6:00-7:00
p.m.
HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT MEETING
GCT Website
The School District has planned an
evening meeting for parents to preview the Health Department’s presentations on
Human Growth and Development.
Please check out the Gifted, Creative and
Talented Website located on the District
homepage under the Curriculum and Instruction link.
There are many resources for parents and a link for
an upcoming STEM related events for students and
adults.
Parents of 5th grade boys and girls are invited
to an informational meeting at Irving School,
10230 West Grant Street on Wednesday, January 21st at 6:00 p.m. in the library.
DISMISSAL PROCEDURE
Attending this meeting will help parents make
an informed decision regarding the Human
Growth curriculum.
Students will not be called down to the
office until the parent is present in the office to sign the child out. If you have an appointment,
allow enough time for the student to be dismissed
from class.
Students in 5th grade will participate in a program at Hoover on Friday February 13th.
Parents are welcome to attend.
Please be sure to send a note in the morning to let the
teacher know of the early dismissal, so that he/she
will have your child ready.
FOUR YEAR OLD AND FIVE YEAR OLD KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION FOR 201516 SCHOOL YEAR
OPEN ENROLLMENT 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR
Wisconsin’s inter-district public
school open enrollment program allows parents to apply for
their children to attend school
districts other than the one in
which they live. Students in 5 year old kindergarten to grade 12 may apply to participate in
open enrollment. Children entering prekindergarten, 4 year old kindergarten and early childhood education may participate only if the
child’s resident school district offers the same
type of program and only if the child is eligible
for the program in the resident school district.
Parents should call their neighborhood school
or the district administration office for more
information.
For the 2015-16 school year, parents must apply no earlier than February 2, 2015 and no later than April 30, 2015. Late applications will
not be accepted for any reason. Application
forms may be obtained from the West AllisWest Milwaukee Business Office at the District
Administration Building located at 1205 South
70th Street on or after February 2, 2015.
Information regarding K4 and K5 registration for the 2015--16 school year will be
sent home in January. Registration will take place on
Wednesday, February 4th. If you have any questions
about registration or know of someone in your neighborhood that needs to register, please call the school
office at 414-604-3800.
4 Year Old Kindergarten Parent Information Nights
Join us for a 4K information session! You will have the
opportunity to learn about:
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4K Curriculum
Social/Emotional Development
Expectations
4K Jump Start Program
The Registration Process
6:00-7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, January 27th
Horace Mann Elementary
6215 West Lapham Street
&
Wednesday, January 28th
Parkway 4K Center
2930 South Root River Parkway
Light Refreshments will be Served
HEAD LICE-NOTHING TO FEAR
Hoover PTA does a head lice check three
times a year.
Head lice are small, wingless insects that live on
human blood. They are crawling insects. Head lice
does not hop, jump or fly. Anyone who comes in
contact with head lice can get them. It has nothing
to do with personal hygiene or cleanliness, head
lice likes everyone. They typically do not thrive on
pets.
Conducting head lice checks throughout the school
year is ideal. We see more cases after breaks such
as summer vacation, winter and spring break,
when children are more likely to spend time in
close situations like sleepovers. It is recommended to conduct checks after such breaks to catch
cases before it becomes a widespread problem.
An important reminder for the day of head checks:
please send your child to school with clean, dry
hair, free of hair spray, gel, etc. in a simple hair
style. Volunteers do not have time to un-do elaborate hair styles.
Remember that head lice are nothing to fear or be
embarrassed about. Teach children not to share
close personal items like combs, brushes, hair
accessories and hats to help prevent transmission.
Please make sure to wash your child’s clothing
anytime they have a sleepover and be sure they
use their own pillows.
SWEAT PANTS NEEDED
We are looking for sweat pants to help
our students that have accidents or fall
into puddles or mud. We are trying to
eliminate calling parents and having them
leave work or home. If we have a supply
at Hoover, we give a change of clothing to
the student, and ask them to wash and
return the pants the next day.
If your children have outgrown elastic sweat pants
in sizes small (4-6) to large (10-12), Hoover Office
would appreciate the extra pants.
SEVERE WEATHER POLICY INFORMATION
As residents of Wisconsin, we all
recognize the need to make special preparations for the safety
and welfare of students in the event severe weather
conditions develop. School personnel will attempt
to take every precaution in planning for the wellbeing of your children. In planning for unusual
weather conditions, your assistance will be appreciated. When it appears that severe weather conditions are developing, please:
Listen to area radio and TV stations for early announcements regarding the possible school closings. Remember to listen for “WEST ALLIS-WEST
MILWAUKEE School Closings” not “Milwaukee Public School Closings”. Announcements will be made
periodically starting about 6:00 am over the following local radio/TV stations:
Radio Stations
WTMJ……....620
WOKY….…...920
WISN……...1130
The Lake....94.5
WRIT………..95.7
WKLH……....96.5
WRNW….....97.3
WJMR...98.3
WMYX...99.1
WKKV...100.7
WLUM...102.1
HOG….102.9
WXSS...103.7
WMIL...106.1
WNRG..106.9
TV Stations
46D/1005...WDJT CBS58
33D/1006…...WITI FOX 6
28D/1004………...WTMJ4
34D/1012…..WISN-TV12
If you will not be home in the event that classes are
dismissed early, please make arrangements as to
where your children should report. A decision to dismiss early will only be made on those rare occasions when dismissing at the regular time will result
in our inability to get large groups of students home
safely. In such instances, radio stations will be
asked to make early announcements of the time of
dismissal.
On those few winter days when a decision is made
to conduct classes as usual, but as a parent/
guardian you believe it is in the best interest and
safety of your child to remain at home, we encourage you to make that personal decision. You know
your child and your situation better than we do and
should act accordingly. Please be sure, however, to
call the school hotline and report your student absent as “weather related“, so we do not have to call
you.
Please remember to always call Hoover office and
report your child’s absence on days they will not be
at school.
MILEAGE CLUB
SIX FLAGS SIX HOUR READING CLUB
The following statement comes directly from
the American Heart Association website,
“Vigorous aerobic activities, such as brisk walking, running, swimming, bicycling, roller skating
and jumping rope are best for improving the fitness of the heart and lungs.” Many students at
Hoover have been working on improving their
heart and lung fitness by participating in the
Mileage Club at lunch recess on Wednesdays
and Fridays. During that time, we run on a quarter mile grass track around the playground. The
laps are recorded on tally cards and foot tokens
are given out for each five miles that the students run. Everyone is welcome to take advantage of this opportunity to have fun and get
in better shape. Please encourage your child to
join us.
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Students need to read for six hours
in order to participate in the Six
Flags Six Hour Reading Club and
earn a free ticket to a Six Flags
theme park.
Reading for school or homework assignments does
not count: it’s reading for fun!
Students can read books, magazines, comic books,
or newspapers for the Reading Club. They can
read silently, aloud, or with an adult, or an adult
can read to the child.
Students keep track of their reading on copies of
the form provided by the teacher.
They should record the material they read and the
time they spend reading.
A parent, guardian, or teacher must verify each entry by initialing it.
A parent or guardian must sign the form to verify
that the child completed the six hours.
The dates for reading are from now until February
6th.
While over 200 students have participated at
some point this fall, the following Hoover runners have accumulated the most miles:
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Top Three Runners
Ayla Vopal-35 Miles
Dakari Conard-30 Miles
Mitchell Hust-25 Miles
HEALTHY YOU WITHOUT THE FLU
15 Mile Club
Bella Collins
Liam Devine
Isaiah Forster
Asialina Grootemaat
Norah Hooper
Lucas Kelley
Sarah Kelley
Mikayla Koney
Paul Messling
Alyssa Moua
Riley Spencer
Joey Walters
Chris Williams
10 Mile Club
Veronica Golombowski
John Gruichich
Makayla Howard
Jariah Hudson
Damien Vasquez
Flu season is upon us once again. The flu spreads
easily when an infected person coughs and sneezes
into the open air and a healthy person breathes it in,
or by touching objects infected with the germs when
touching their eyes, nose, or mouth. The simplest way
to protect our health is by washing hands properly.
Soap, warm water and rubbing hands together
(friction) while washing 20-30 seconds or as long as it
takes to sing Happy Birthday can help prevent infection. Learn to sneeze and cough into your bent arm to
keep the germs from going airborne. Of course we
don’t want to forget to eat a healthy diet, exercise regularly and get enough rest to help our body work best.
One of the best forms of prevention is to get a yearly
flu shot. Everyone over 6 months of age should get
the shot. The West Allis Health Department makes it
easy for you by holding several community flu clinics.
Call the West Allis Health Department flu hotline at
414-302-8670 to hear the dates, times, location and
fees. We want you to be healthy all year long. To
speak to a nurse, call the Health Department at 414302-8600.
SEVERE COLD WEATHER-DRESSING WARM
THANK YOU
Here in Wisconsin, artic winds, a numbing chill,
biting frost, and a sub-zero wind chills can lead to
frostbite and hypothermia.
A big thanks to all who contributed to the
Hoover hat and mitten tree. Many heads
and hands will stay warm thanks to you.
Frostbite can damage body tissue in fingers, toes,
ears and noses. The skin loses feeling and appears pale white. A wind chill of minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit can cause frostbite in less that 15 minutes. Hypothermia can be fatal and occurs
when your body’s temperature
drops below 95 degrees. Warning
signs of hypothermia are uncontrollable shivering, confusion, slurred
speech and sleepiness. If you detect the symptoms of either frostbite or hypothermia, seek medical help immediately.
Easiest way to combat the extremes of winter’s
cold is to dress for the weather. Mittens are warmer than gloves and wearing a hat helps you to retain body heat. Rather than putting on one heavy
piece of clothing, it is better to dress in layers of
warm clothing. It is also important to keep dry, so
the outer shell would be wind resistant and water
repellant. Wet clothing leads to rapid heat loss
causing hypothermia.
NxGLC
What is the NxGLC? The Next
Generation Learning Community
is a new program at Hoover, but
is not a new concept. Multi-age learning is a
well-researched, well-documented philosophy
that has been around for quite some time. The
Hoover NxGLC consists of 36 to 78 students in
grades K-2, 1-3, 4-5 and two to three co-teachers
all working together in one community. Building
a sense of community, personal responsibility
for learning, flexible grouping based on data,
and individual goals are key components of the
program.
ATTENTION 5th GRADE STUDENTS
AND FAMILIES
During their SEL lessons, 5th grade
students completed workbooks to learn about career clusters, work habits, multiple intelligences
and learning styles. Each student had a chance to
complete some activities to learn more about
themselves as a student and to set goals for their
future. As part of this experience, each 5th grade
student and their family will have a conference
with their SEL teacher (school counselor Ms. Gahl
or school social worker Mrs. Goelz). This conference will be a positive way for your student to
share their goals with you. It will also be a time to
register for your classes at the intermediate level.
You will be contacted in January to set up these
30 minute conferences. If you have questions before then, please contact Ms. Gahl or Mrs. Goelz at
414-604-3800 ext. 1737.
All Board Meetings are held at the School Administration Building, 1205 South 70th Street.
Board of Education
Daniel Bailey
Patricia J. Kerhin
Diane Narlock
Gail Radonski
Jeff Sikich
Susan Stalewski
Sue Sujecki
Patricia Ulwelling
Darlene Ziemendorf
INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Dr. Paul Strobel
January 2015
Sun
4
11
18
25
Mon
Tue
Wed
2
NO SCHOOL
NO SCHOOL
8
9
Survive AliveTeams
Reach/Inspire9:00-10:30 a.m.1st Graders Only
Survive AliveTeams
Explore/Shine/
Wisdom-9:0010:30 a.m.1st Graders Only
15
16
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Welcome Back!
Classes
Resume
Incredi-roll
6:00-8:00 p.m.
12
13
NO SCHOOL
Professional
Development
PTA Meeting6:30 p.m.
19
20
21
NO SCHOOL
Teacher Work
Day
Market Day3:30-5:30 p.m.
Human Growth
and Development Parent
Meeting-6:00
p.m. Irving
School-Library
26
27
28
29
Survive AliveTeam Intellect
1:00-2:30 p.m.
4th Graders Only
Survive AliveTeam Wonder
1:00-2:30 p.m.
4th Graders Only
4K Parent Info
Meeting for
New 4KParkway-6:007:00 p.m.
All District
Spelling BeeHale-6:30 p.m.
6:00-7:00 p.m.
14
Fri
1
5
4K Parent Info
Meeting for New
4K-Horace Mann-
7
Thu
Sat
3
10
17
Quarter 2 Ends
22
23
24
Report Cards
Go Home
30
31
February 2015
Sun
1
Mon
Tue
Wed
2
3
4
Intra District
Transfers Begin
through May
1st
Incredi-roll
6:00-8:00 p.m.
Kindergarten
Registration
10
11
Thu
Fri
Sat
5
6
7
12
13
14
Open Enrollment Begins
through April
30th
8
9
West Allis-West
Milwaukee
Carnival-Central
12-4 p.m.
15
22
PTA Meeting6:30 p.m.
16
17
No SchoolProfessional
Development
Day
Market Day
3:30-5:30 p.m.
23
24
Human Growth
and Developed
for Grade 512:30-1:15
p.m.
18
19
20
21
Progress Reports Go Home
25
Parent/Teacher
Conferences
4:30-8:00 p.m.
26
27
PTA Spaghetti
Dinner 5:007:00 p.m.
Silent Auction5:30-7:00 p.m.
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