Huntersville Elementary School

Monthly Newsletter ~ Volume 18, Issue 8

May 2014

Principal ~ Mrs. Deborah Mangieri

Assistant Principal ~ Mrs. Stephanie Ennis

PTA President ~ Denise Cusick ~ denisecusick@yahoo.com

Bulldog News Editor ~ Debbie Wood ~ debbiewood1@roadrunner.com

CALLING ALL K-5 PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS AND FRIENDS

We need YOU to help proctor for EOG testing on May 23rd and

May 27th - May 30th. If you are available for one or more days,

please go to www.SignUpGenius.com/

go/10C0B4DAAA82FA3F49-eogproctor/1235562 and sign

up. Please be sure to include your name, contact number and

what grade your child is in. We will need proctors every day

from 7:45am until approximately 12:00pm.

Proctoring doesn’t take any experience but training is required,

(even if you have proctored in the past). Training will be Mon-

day, May 19th at 3:00pm or Tuesday, May 20th at 7:45am. If

you are NOT yet registered as a volunteer in CMS, you can

register easily by going to

www.cms.k12.nc.us. Click the

“Volunteer and Partner” link at

the top, and then choose “CMS

Volunteer”. Follow the

directions for registering as a

new volunteer and be sure to

put Huntersville Elementary as

your school. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs.

Ennis at stephanie.ennis@cms.k12.nc.us.

Thank you for your assistance!

PICNIC & POPSICLES– Friday, May 30th

Save the date, Friday, May 30th . Join your HES friends from 5:30-7:30pm to celebrate the annual Picnic and

Popsicles family event. This is a free family night out hosted by the PTA. Pack your picnic baskets and enjoy

dinner at the school picnic tables listening to the always entertaining DJ Lamb. There will be fun activities for

the kids as well as complimentary popsicles for all Huntersville students. What a great way to wrap up the

school year! Thank you to our sponsor Ballas Chiropractic as well.

EOG SCHEDULE REMINDER

EOGs - End of grade testing, given to all students in 3rd-5th

grades will begin on Friday, May 23rd. Please plan accordingly

for the upcoming Memorial Day weekend.The schedule is:

Friday, May 23rd: 3rd Grade Reading, 5th Grade Science

Tues., May 27th: 3rd Grade Math

Wed., May 28th: 4th and 5th Grade Reading

3rd Grade Retest Letters will be sent home to those 3rd grade students not showing proficiency. Thurs., May 29th: 4th and 5th Grade Math

Friday, May 30th: 3rd Grade Reading Retest 1 for those 3rd

grade students who did not show proficiency on the initial

Reading EOG

Monday, June 2nd: 3rd Grade Retest Letters sent home

based on those 3rd grade students who did not show profi-

ciency on the Retest 1 assessment.

(These parents will then have the

option to request the Read to

Achieve Test.)

Wed./Thurs., June 4th and 5th:

Makeup testing as needed.

Friday, June 6th: 3rd Grade Read To Achieve Test for

those students not proficient, and requested by the parents

Help get your child off to a great start. Be sure they get a

good night's sleep, eat a healthy breakfast and arrive at school

on time. Encourage them to take their time, review their work

and do their very best. Offer extra encouraging words during

this important week.

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MAKE-A-WISH FUNDRAISERS CONTINUE.....SEE WHAT COMES NEXT

Along with the monthly Parents Night Out events you will have

two more opportunities to help us reach our Make-A-Wish

Fundraiser Goal of $2,500. We will be doing two final activities

to help raise money. The first activity is a pie throwing contest

and the second activity is a flashmob. We will do both of these

during the last week of school.

Starting Monday. May 5th - Friday, May 16th we will be collect-

ing money by the fish tank for the pie throwing contest. Each

grade level will have

three buckets in which

to donate. Here is how

the pie throwing contest

will work:

To contribute to

Make-A-Wish, you can

put any amount of money

in bucket #1.

For a CHANCE to throw a

pie at a classmate and do-

nate to Make-A-Wish, put $5.00 in bucket #2 and write your

name on a ticket. You can fill out a chance ticket for each $5

donated.

For a CHANCE to have a pie thrown at you and donate to

Make-A-Wish, put $10.00 in bucket #3 and write your name

on a ticket. You can fill out a chance ticket for each $10 do-

nated.

The second activity we will do is a total school flashmob. But,

only if we meet our goal of $2,500. This will take place at the

check presentation to the Make-A-Wish Foundation on June

6th. Students will practice the flashmob on the morning news

show and at the beginning of P.E. class.

Kathy Weber, Huntersville Student Council

SPECIAL OLYMPICS

The SAC students and teachers wish to thank the PTA and all of the students and

staff at HES for a wonderful Special Olympics event! We enjoyed visiting all of the

classrooms and were proud to wear the t-shirts you made for us at the Special Olym-

pics Parade. We also loved all of the posters and words of encouragement! Thank you,

HES!

SUPPLY PACKS Again this year, HES will be using the convenient services of

Staples Schoolkidz, Inc. and their teacher tailored Back-to-

School supply kit program. Why fight long lines trying to find

every requested item on your child's school supply list? All of

the shopping is done for you! Staples Schoolkidz, Inc. offers

brand name items chosen by the teachers and is exactly what is

on your child's supply list. This program will save you time,

making your back-to-school shopping less hectic.

All kits will be delivered to your child's classroom before Meet

the Teacher Night in the fall.

You should receive an order

form in your child's Thursday

folder. For your convenience,

you may also order online at

www.shopttkits.com using

account # 4917. Please be

sure to place your order by the due date on May 23rd. Contact

Jackie Benjamin at jackiebenjamin@roadrunner.com or

704-609-6605 with any questions.

We need you at the welcome desk! Traffic is heavy at HES this time of year and a friendly volunteer at

the Welcome Desk would be a big help in monitoring the traffic flow. Having a friendly, warm face to

greet everyone as they enter the school helps us maintain our strong sense of family at our

school. There is no experience necessary. Any amount of time you could give between 9:30-2:00 each

day would be appreciated. Please contact Christine Casey at christinejcasey@gmail.com or you can sign

up directly at http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0D4FAFAF229-aprilmay .

WELCOME DESK NEEDS YOU

The final Make-A-Wish Parent Night at HES is this Friday, May 2nd from 5:30-8:30pm. Once

again, the fee is $25 for the first child and $10 for each additional child. See the registra-

tion form on the last page of the newsletter to reserve a spot NOW!

There was a steady flow of smiling faces through the door at

Frye’s Roller Rink on Sunday, April 6th where approximately 100

participants attended the annual HES Mother/Son Day Out.

While walking through the rink you could see HES mothers and

sons taking advantage of the arcade and snack counter, while

others appeared to have tons of energy and skated non-

stop. Almost everyone from HES was still inside even after

4:00pm. The PTA would like to thank Frye’s Roller Rink for

agreeing to host the outing, but the

big Thank You goes out to the HES

Moms and their sons for making this

event such a huge success.

The Family Involvement Committee

Eric Roberge – ericdroberge@gmail.com

Melanie Edelman - melanie.edelman@edelmanweb.com

MOTHER/SON EVENT WRAP UP

The Kindergarten musical performance of "Nuts" is Tuesday, May 6th at 6:30pm. Students are to

report to their classrooms at 6:00pm. This is our final musical of the year. It is amazing to see

how far our kindergartners have come since the beginning of the year. Prior to the musical

starting at 6:00pm, there will be a general PTA meeting along with PTA Board elections. Please

plan on attending this informative update of PTA events.

Thank you to all the kindergarten parents who volunteered to make costumes and stage decorations.

KINDERGARTEN MUSICAL

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THE 2014-2015 PTA EXECUTIVE BOARD

The PTA Nominating Committee would like to thank those

parents who have accepted nominations for the 2014-2015

Huntersville Elementary PTA Executive Board. The PTA offi-

cer nominations will be presented for confirmation at the PTA

General Meeting prior to the kindergarten musical on May 6th.

Nominees are:

President Denise Cusick

Vice President Elisa Considine

Treasurer Bridgett Earnhardt

Secretary Christine Casey

VP Fundraising Debbie Wood and Lynde Howard

VP Membership Debra Cassidy

VP Communications Amie Hutchison

There are just a few

PTA committee chair

positions open for

next year! If you

have any questions, or

would like to get

involved please feel free to contact one of the Nominating

Committee members --

Christy Manahan mmanahan@roadrunner.com

Mary McCune mitch.mary@roadrunner.com

Stacy Agar christiansenstacy@hotmail.com

Jamie Snellenburg jamimaxis@yahoo.com

All the families who participated in the Hawthorne’s and

Kabuto’s Restaurant nights.

Eric Roberge and Melanie Edelman for planning an awesome

Mother/Son day out at Frye’s Roller Skating Rink.

Kim Schild and Tina Hipp for organizing the Go Green Recy-

cling campaign.

Jackie Benjamin for working with our teachers to get supply

lists ready for next year and managing the supply pack orders.

Bridgett Earnhardt, Jennifer Graham, Elisa Considine and

Debbie Wood and the countless volunteers who made Fun Walk

another fun and exciting day at HES. Thank you for your hard

work and energy!

Judy Frye and Stacy Holder for their support and spirit

walking Buddy as needed.

Jessica Minarik for recognizing teacher birthdays and special

events as well as keeping HES up to date on Facebook.

Christine Casey and Teresa Sanders for organizing the 3rd

Quarter Student recognition assembly.

Christy Manahan, Stacy Agar, Jamie Snellenburg and Mary

McCune for their work in filling PTA Executive Board and

Committee positions for next school year.

The HES administrative staff for their continued patience

and endless energy keeping HES running smoothly.

JOIN US IN SENDING THANKS TO....

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

4/28

SLT Meeting

3:00pm

PTA Board

Meeting 6:30pm

4/29

Principal’s Day

4/30

Hat Day

5/1

Newsletter Distribution

5/2

Parent Night Out

5:30-8:30pm

Buddy Celebration

Field Day — RAIN

DATE

5/3

5/4 5/5 5/6

DARE Graduation 7:45am

PTA General

Meeting and Elections

6:00pm

Kindergarten Musical 6:30pm

5/7

5/8

Group School Tour

10:00am

5/9

5/10

5/11 5/12

5/13

5/14

Mrs. Mangieri’s Staff

Meeting

Hawthorne’s Pizza

Restaurant Night

5/15 5/16

1st Grade Literacy in

the Park

5/17

5/18 5/19

Group School Tour

11:00am

PTA Board

Meeting 6:30pm

5/20

Newsletter

Articles Due

5/21 5/22 5/23

Kindergarten

Literacy in the Park

EOG: 3rd Grade

Reading, 5th Grade

Science

5/24

5/25 5/26

NO SCHOOL

Memorial Day

5/27

EOG: 3rd Grade Math

5/28

EOG: 4th and 5th

Grade Reading

5/29

EOG: 4th and 5th Grade

Math

5/30

Hat Day

Picnic and Popsicles

5:30 - 7:30pm

5/31

6/1 6/2

Newsletter

Distributed

6/3

6/4

Student Recognition

Assembly

Grades 3-5 at 7:45am

Group School Tour

11:00am

1st and 2nd grade EOY

Celebrations

6/5

3rd and 4th Grade EOY

Celebrations

SAC EOY Celebration

Make-A-Wish

Pie Throwing

6/6

Kindergarten

Graduation

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Beginner’s Night was a success this year! There was a good turn-out of rising kindergartners in attendance with their interested

parents. While parents were informed about kindergarten at Huntersville Elementary, the children were visiting classes, meet-

ing teachers, making adorable hats, and eating delicious snacks prepared by our cafeteria staff. They then danced on stage for

the parents, making it a wonderful celebration for our Huntersville School Beginner’s Night Kick Off! What a wonderful year we

are going to have starting in August of 2014 in the Kindergarten classrooms at HES! Thank you to all who participated in making

this night the most successful Beginners’ Night imaginable! See you in August in Kindergarten!

BEGINNER’S NIGHT

GO GREEN RECYCLING and GOODWILL

DONATION DRIVE BOGO BOOK FAIR 7:15am-3:00pm

LAST CHANCE TO SHOP SPIRIT STORE 7:15-7:45am

WE WALKED ON THE WILD SIDE

Courage

3rd Grade

Keila Melendez

Hudson Stalun

Nick Garrido

Hailey Williams

Elliana Holland

Scott Loubier

Emily Farris

4th Grade

Ella Newell

Blakely Sherrill

Jacquelyne Macey

Aeris Drost

Ryan Kubetz

5th Grade

Jessica Grady

Jaclyn Baldwin

Anna Schroeder

Max Crawford

Emma Anderson

Citizenship

3rd Grade

Desiree Jones

Lillie Loftis

Sam Brown

Makayla Williams

Gracie McCrea

James Wunder

Tommy Manahan

4th Grade

Donavan Dinkmeyer

Morgan Thomas

Emmalee Stapleton

Harrison Bishop

Anna Howard

5th Grade

Anshul Patel

Jack Cusick

Tommy Frye

Eliseo Melendez

Tucker Igo

BUDDY’S BEST 3rd QUARTER 2013-2014

We all took a Walk on the Wild Side on Friday, April 25th for

another awesome HES Fun Walk. The rain held off and the

kids still walked up a sweat. THANK YOU to all of our stu-

dents, parents, families and friends for their support of this

fundraiser. Each class came and walked their hearts out! A

special thank you to all of our Fun Walk sponsors: Ballas Chiro-

practic, Meg Art, Lenux Stables, Spare Time Bowling Lanes,

Hawthorne’s Pizza and the US National White Water Center.

Class winners of the poster contest in each grade were:

K: Simmons 1st: Loeffler 2nd: Schoczolek

3rd: Vest 4th: Tinker 5th: Keene

Congratulations to the following classes who each won an in-

class pizza party for the most laps walked:

K: Stephenson 1st: Loeffler 2nd: Moore

3rd: May 4th: Johnson 5th: Lyons

The winner of the volunteer

drawing was Ally Bowman.

Our Top Dog Fundraisers were:

Brooke Baldwin, Valerie Baldwin,

Ben Ridenour, Rachel Ridenour,

Lane Salguero Hathaway

and Ray Velasquez.

Congratulations to you all!

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Spare Time Bowling

Show your Bulldog spirit

and sign up for the Run

Too Overcome. This Fun

Run, 5K, and 10K run

benefits special

HONOR ROLL 3rd QUARTER 2013-2014

A Honor Roll

3rd Grade

Mrs. Dameron

Leonard Hilliard

Madison Smith

Mrs. May

Connor Ennis

Riley Kibelbek

Ms. Miller

Sunshine Hughett

Hunter Martin

Mrs. Smith

Sofia Blasucci

Samuel Brown

Ella Matthews

Mrs. Vest

Miles Boatsman

Anna Boranian

Scott Loubier

Jacob Smuckler

Mrs. Huling

Liam Clarkin

Emily Ennis

Robby Frye

Eliana Holland

James Wunder

4th Grade

Mrs. Goonan

Katelyn Holter-

Sorenson

Aubrey Hoppe

Nicolas Patrignani

Anne Poteat

Tyler Ramanata

Rebecca Rode

Emmalee Stapleton

Ms. Metzler

Hunter Campbell

Morgan Gregg

Jack Kennedy

Ryan Kubetz

Ms. Tinker

Lauren Kirk

Kate Sittler

Mrs. Johnson

Brooke Baldwin

Krishna Bhanderi

Harrison Bishop

Johsua Breit

Leslie Goodman

Hunter Grady

William Klemp

Lane Maria Salguero

Hathaway

Kyle Sanders

Abbie Woolley

Ms. Williams

Mickie Colven

Leah Wood

5th Grade

Mr. Keene

Patrick Cusick

Tyler Ellenburg

Tommy Frye

Madelyn Miyares

Ms. Leung

Deanna Carpinelli

Chole Crawford

Samuel Graham

Mrs. Lyons

Jackson Ennis

Grant Gais

Drake Maye

Sydney Minarik

Austin Shaw

Mrs. Payne

Erin Holder

Jacy Madigan

Tara Mihailovic

Uriel Rivera Herrera

Ms. Nesselbush

Peyton McCune

Joseph Mushyakov

A/B Honor Roll

3rd Grade

Mrs. Dameron

Anahi Cepeda Lopez

Cole Fossett

Cecily Higgins

Luke Law

Maxwell Pegram

Ryan Strother

Hailey Williams

Mrs. Giesler

Sydney Acie

Noah Benitez

Carson Cameron

Vincent Carpinelli

Lillain Champury

Kaden Fungfook

Jordan Garcia

Herrera

Italia Montes

Jenna Mostert

Aditya Mulabagal

Margaret Pannone

Mikayla Williams

Mrs. Huling

Whitney Agar

Johanna Anderson

Jacob Clayton

Matthew Keene

John Rombough

Sydney Scherer

Caitlin Simcox

Trista Smith

Callie Wood

Mrs. May

Colin Cusick

Jonathan Dickerson

Brady Gais

Nicholas Garrido

Charlize Kelly

Tommy Manahan

Mackenzie Moses

Benjamin Ridenour

Ava Sincock

Ms. Miller

Kendal Cardenas

Ethan Dickey

Ethan Masten

Mrs. Smith

Jack Casey

Emily Considine

Emma Hurley

Alexia Mayer

Loch McNeely

Kevin Olmsted

Sofia Padilla Bonelli

Hunter Sanderson

Mrs. Vest

James Burnham

Jaxson Cooke

Kaiden Haggerty

Erica Hession

Lillie Loftis

Covington McCurty

Tatiana Ransom

Caroline Sanders

Savannah Smallwood

Alexandra Stan

4th Grade

Mrs. Goonan

Avery Clark

Tyler Hinson

Gibson Lassiter

Colson Mann

Andrew Powell

Gillian Rouse

Melvin Sifford

Ashley Stanula

Madison Tighe

Kendall Williams

Ms. Metzler

Jack Bavis

Peyton Broadway

Thomas Cagle

Cole Catherman

Karsyn Dameron

Kylie Edwards

Leslie Flores Valle

Rena Harrison

Anna Howard

Katelyn Hurley

Sarah Hutchison

Tyler Mills

Brady Rehkop

Hunter Sherrill

Caroline Traeger

Lukas Wade

Mrs. Johnson

Kasandra Amaya

Herrera

Chloey Barnes

Kyleah Cox

Aeris Drost

Casey Funesti

Noah Gibbons

Joseph McLaughlin

Sienna Miller

Jack Perri

Caley Ranson

Joel Ruiz

Jackson Wolfe

Sarah Benjamin

Dominic Caezza

Bethany Nantz

Ms. Tinker

Connor Kirkman

Bennett Lackey

Wesley Sanders

Elliott Wolf

Ms. Williams

Mark Ashton

Thomas Dove

Brooke Fornges

Nicole Lassell

Carina McDonnell

Genevieve Moniot

Catherine Pruitt

Blakely Sherrill

Erin Shubert

Max Snellenburg

Morgan Thomas

Madison Todd

Christian Wickson

Alexa Ziegler

Continued......

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HONOR ROLL 3rd QUARTER 2013-2014

AB Honor Roll

Continued

5th Grade

Mr. Keene

Anna Gardner

Mariama Hilliard

Carlee Markle

Samia Pegram

Joshua Perez McNeil

Anna Schroeder

Mia Taboada

Matthew Tay

Matthew Wunder

Ms. Leung

Camille Battle

Andra Buchan

Dylan Castoria

Brianna Colon

Jack Cusick

Aidan Davy

Korina Goff

Jackson Maze

Madelyn Sell

Evan Smith

Mrs. Lyons

Emma Anderson

Kira Benazzouz

Krissa Gaines

Dillon Hull

Paige Keene

Shourya Mukherjee

Lily Reeves

Kyle Scavo

Andrew Schoolfield

Richard Stanula

Lacey White

Ms. Nesselbush

Madeleine Hession

William Kastel

Erika Mayhew

Riley Tilson

Shia Tiwari

Mason Whittington

Dalton Wood

Mrs. Payne

Max Crawford

Lauren Lowe

Benjamin Lucier

Anshul Patel

Oliver Robinson

Jack Rouse

Breena Smith

Benjamin Stadler

Hannah Vernile

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Parent Night Out Registration/Make A Wish Fundraiser

Friday, May 2nd

5:30-8:30 pm

(Registration due Thursday, May 1st)

Student’s Name ________________________________________

Additional Children ______________________________________

_______________________________________

Amount enclosed $________________

Parent’s name and phone number _________________________________

Please make checks payable to the Make A Wish Foundation

Thank you to Ballas Chiropractic.

A proud sponsor of HES.

http://www.ballaschiropractic.com/

9718 Sam Furr Road, Suite D Huntersville, NC 28078

704.896.8080

Thank you to The Grass is Greener

for their help keeping the grounds

and courtyard beautiful year round!