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February-March. 2015 Volume 16: Issue 7

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3920 Shoemake Ave.3920 Shoemake Ave.3920 Shoemake Ave. Modesto, CA 95358Modesto, CA 95358Modesto, CA 95358 Phone: 209Phone: 209Phone: 209---523523523---040104010401

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February - March: Wed., Feb. 11: Mr. Incredible visits HRACS! AWRs with Samples and Projection Due 12 noon - Parent Connection 12:30 p.m. 7th Grade Science Lab 1:00-2:00 p.m. Character 1st

Thurs., Feb. 12: 9 a.m.-12 noon HS Biology Lab 12:00-3:00 p.m. HS Chemistry Lab Fri., Feb. 13: Lincoln’s Birthday ~No School Mon., Feb. 16: President’s Day ~ No School Wed., Feb. 18: 2:00 p.m. HS Counselor Connection Thurs., Feb. 19: 6 p.m.–7:00 p.m. HS Information Meeting Saturday, Feb. 21: 7:30 p.m.-Stockton Arena

HRCS Night with Stockton Thunder Tues., Feb. 24: 6:30-7:30 p.m. New Student Orientation TK-8th for 2015-2015 enrollment 9-noon Gr 10 CASHEE test prep

Thurs., Feb. 26: 8:30 a.m. Vision Screening Call Ed Center for specific information. 9-noon Gr 10 CASHEE test prep Friday, Feb. 27: Second Trimester Ends 9:15 a.m. Field Trip to Hilmar Cheese Co. 9 a.m. –noon Cougar Club Mon., Mar. 2: 9:45 a.m. Hearing Screening Thur., Mar. 5: 3-6 p.m HS John’s Incred Pizza Fri., Mar. 6: 9-11: 30 a.m. K-1 Camp Sat., Mar. 7: Jr High and HS Regional Science Olympiad

Modesto Junior College Mon., Mar. 9: 6:30-7:30 p.m. New Student Orientation TK-8th for 2015-2015 enrollment Wed., March 11: AWRs with Samples and Projection Due 12:30 p.m. 7th Grade Science Lab 1:00-2:00 p.m. Character 1st

Thurs., March 12: 9 a.m.-12 noon HS Biology Lab 12:00-3:00 p.m. HS Chemistry Lab Fri., March 13: 9-12 noon Cougar Club 11:30-noon Puppet Show at HRCS put on by the Drama Class—Everyone invited! 9-12 noon 8th Grade Science Lab 12-3 p.m. Grad TRAK! Tues., Mar. 17: 9-12 Gr. 10 CAHSEE ELA Test Wed., Mar. 18: 9-12 Gr. 10 CAHSEE MathTest

I READING

January 15 - February 28 Read a book

Take an Accelerated Reader (AR) Quiz *✦

Record book title and quiz results in reading log (see last page of newsletter or pick up a copy in the Ed Center)

Copy of Log can be turned in for Reading Sample for AWR due February 11.

Log can be used for ‗Read to Succeed‘ - Discovery Kingdom Ticket (K-6th)

Then enter for a drawing in the Ed Center!

Every passed quiz = a ticket to enter

More quizzes completed = more chances to win!

One winner drawn per grade level

TK through High School eligible to participate

*Your AT can give you the quiz login details

✦TK – 1st & High School students – AR quiz optional - parent

may check for understanding, then record in reading log. Whole School Bonus: When the following ―total books read‖ targets are met, our Director, Mr. Cline, agrees to:

300 books total – Sit on the roof at his desk for the day

900 books total – Become a ‗Human Ice Cream Sundae‘ (top readers will be our ‗decorators‘)

A phone message will announce goals & bonus events. Quiz Drawing Prize results available by March 11, 2015.

PRIZES!

100 books total – Dress-up as a super hero all day

Yahoo! We’ve passed the 100 books total! Look who’s coming to HRACS this Wednesday, February 11!! Check him out!!

K-2 Units

Monthly Activity packet for Grades K-2 Available in Ed Center the first school

day of each month.

February March

Patience Wednesday, Feb. 11, 1:00 p.m.

Self control is ―Waiting without getting upset."

I WILL:

Wait my turn.

Not complain when I don‘t get my way.

Accept what cannot be changed.

Use my time wisely.

Try and try again.

February TK-8 AWRs Due Wednesday, February 11

Remember:

Math, Writing, Reading & Typing Pal* are due along with

Jan.-Feb. Yellow Assignment/Work Record

White February-March Projection Pick up your report cards; they are due

back with the next AWR, March 11.

AWRs should show attendance through Friday,

February 13. Remember to initial the attendance

column on the yellow copy and sign both the yellow

copy and your white projection. Talk with your AT

if you have questions.

Calendar activities Book Report

St. Patrick’s Day

Shamrock Happy

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Calendar activities

President Pages

Heart Smart!

My Smile Book

Monarch Butterfly

HEARING SCREENING Monday, March 2, 2015

9:45 a.m. Grades K, 1, 2, 5, 8 & 10

Please sign up in the Ed Center by February 27, 2015.

Re-check: Monday, March 23, 2015, 8:30 a.m.

No School ~ No School Friday, Feb. 13:

Lincoln’s Birthday Monday, Feb. 16: President’s Day

Mark your calendar for our annual:

6:00-7:30 p.m. The Spring Festival is to showcase our students’

projects. In addition to the project exhibits, various

organizations will be here with interesting things to see

and do! This year’s theme is “First Responders” and

some of our local folks will be here with some of the

equipment they use! Bring your own supper or stop in at

the Cougar Café for nachos and make

an evening of it! If you are new to

Hart-Ransom Charter or have any

questions, please contact your AT.

A variety of student opportunities come to the school during the year. They are placed in a clear sleeve and hung on the ―push pins‖ on the board in the Ed Center. You can remove to read or make a copy (Leave in the sleeve to copy). Then just hang it back up for the next person to read. New items are added as they arrive—past deadline ones removed. Check it out often.

Typing Pal Sample due with the Jan-Feb AWR Feb. 11th for all

students Grades 2-8 INSTRUCTIONS FOR OBTAINING SAMPLE:

To print your sample for the AWR due on Febru-

ary 11, log into Typing Pal. Click on the Results Tab and then on “The Log” just underneath the tabs. Then click on Print up in the right hand corner of the screen; choose your printer and UNCLICK ALL and click the pages button and put in the number 1. Print that first page and turn it in as the student sample.

*For Gr 2-8

SCHOLASTIC BOOKS ORDERS To order Onl i ne: 1)REGISTER at : scholast ic.com/readingclub 2)ENT ER the Class Act iv at ion Code: GLW LF 3)CHOOSE your books.

To order in Ed Center: Bring your completed order form(s) into the ED Center along with cash or a check made out to HRCS.

February ca ta log orders are due by February 28 .

All completed “Read to Succeed” student reading logs must be submitted to: Isabel Harris

(can be left at the Ed Center desk for her)

By Wednesday, February 18, 2015.

You will be notified in the spring when your child’s free admission ticket arrives.

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HS February AWRs Due

Wednesday, February 11 YOUR HIGH SCHOOL

ADVISORY TEACHER NEEDS

YOUR HELP! When turning in your Assignment/Work

Record (AWR), please remember to:

Turn AWR in on/before the due date.

Initial that each day's work has been

completed.

Print out and sign Progress Report and

staple it to the AWR.

Include signed and completed logs (if

applicable) meeting the minimum number

of minutes.

Because your Advisory Teacher has attend-

ance deadlines to meet, late or incomplete

paperwork could negatively affect your

child’s attendance record.

Writing Corner

A group of AT’s are working hard to update our

online writing prompts to meet the Common

Core writing standards. We are still working on the

Explanatory/Informative prompts and plan to have them

done and posted for the next AWR. For the upcoming

AWR period you could:

Jump ahead a month and pick something from the

review packets to work on;

Use any of the many prompts available to you in your

core reading, science or social studies curriculum;

Ask your AT for suggestions.

These are all great options!

PUPPET SHOW! HRCS Drama class is performing five

short puppet shows for COUGAR CLUB and anyone else who would like to come!

WHEN: Friday March 13 TIME: 11:30-12:00 PM

Come & see why everyone disappears into the dog house but doesn‘t come back out! Find out how the three pigs, Higgle, Niggle & Walter outsmart Hugo the wolf.

Hear the ―ribbit‖ of our frog as he woos the princess. Did you know Rumpelstiltskin has a new gig in town? How in the world did Captain Hook‘s Watch in the Croc

make it to Hogwarts? Starts promptly at 11:30 a.m., so come a few minutes early so you don‘t miss a minute! Everyone is invited!

Lost & Found

There are several things in our Lost & Found basket. Please check it when

you are in the Ed Center.

You may find something you have

been missing.

Volleyball Clinics coming

up starting this spring for current 5th, 6th,7th, and 8th grade girls. An infor-mational meeting will be held on February 25. Let the Ed Center know if you are interested.

Ed Center Hours: Monday — Friday 7:30 a.m.—4:00 p.m.

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….Sign up in the Ed Center….Sign up in the Ed Center….Sign up in the Ed Center….

Hilmar Cheese Company & Visitor’s Center 9001 North Lander Ave, Hilmar, California 95324

Friday, February 27

9:15 a.m. Includes educational tour & ice cream making lab

Allow about 1.5 hours

Cost: free HRCS students

$3 Non HRCS students TK-12

$3 Adults

Preschoolers are free, observing only

(strollers welcome) Questions? Call Leslie, 602-3412 or Pam, 602-3967

Hilmar Cheese Company and Ice Cream Making Lab

Family Name______________________________ Home Phone _____________________ Cell #________________________

Please list EVERYONE below including HRCS students, parents, infants and toddlers, and other family members attending.

Name

1 name per line

Check One Box for each person entered

Cost per Person

HRCS Student

Free

Adult Observing

Only $3.00

Preschooler Observing

Only Free

Non-HRCS student $3.00

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Cash or Check #__________ Total

Hilmar is 4 miles south of the Lander Road

exit at the south end of Turlock. Allow 25-

30 minutes driving time from Modesto.