HAWKINS HERALD Hawkins Elementary

A Title I School 5550 West Bancroft Avenue, Toledo, Ohio 43615

Phone: 419-671-1550 Attendance Line: 419-671-1551

Mr. Hanthorn, Principal Mrs. Stretavski, Assistant Principal

Ms. Byers, Secretary Ms. Wilson, School Counselor

Mrs. Cunningham, School Nurse Ms. Kroeggel, Site Coordinator

Ms. Meyers, Food Service Manager

APRIL 2018 Volume III Issue IX

NEWS FROM NURSE ASHLEY Walking Club: During March, our walkers tried basketball activities for March Madness. They did dribbling skills around cones and basketball fundamentals. They earned basketballs with their names on our March Madness bulletin board based on the number of miles they walked for the month. Remember walking club is on Tuesday and

Thursdays from 8:15-8:45 am and all students are welcome to walk. When to keep sick kids home: It is recommended that students be fever-free without the use medication for 24 hours before returning to school. Kids that have been throwing up or having diarrhea should also be symptoms free for 24 hours prior to returning to school. If your child stays home ill, please send a note or a doctor’s excuse with them on their return to school. Immunizations: Reminder to 6th grade parents, your student will be required to receive 2 immunizations before 7th grade, the Tdap and Meningitis vaccine. Please plan ahead and make an appointment with your doctor or see Nurse Ashley for a calendar of Shots 4Tots locations. EPWORTH CHURCH-HAWKINS SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP More than 150 friends, family members, players and coaches of the 5th and 6th grade basketball teams celebrated the 2017-18 season at the March 20 basketball hosted by the Epworth Church-Hawkins School Partnership. Following a meal of pizza and cake, Pat Holmberg, team leader for the Epworth-Hawkins Partnership, and Hawkins Assistant Principal, Ms. Stretavski, thanked volunteers who helped with the basketball program and introduced team coaches who presented trophies and team

Calendar of Events March 30-April 8: Spring Break—NO SCHOOL April 9: School Resumes April 10: Kindergarten Field Trip--

Valentine Theater Garden club 3:30-4:30 PM April 12: UT Family Math Night 6:30-8:00 PM April 13: 3rd Quarter Awards Ceremony K-4: 1:45-2:15 PM 5-8: 2:30-3:00 PM SPIRIT FRIDAY April 16-20: Dental Sealant Program April 16-27: PTO Fundraiser “Uncle Jerry’s T’s” April 17: PTO Meeting, Officer Nominations, 6 PM April 18: Truancy Mediation Program Kindergarten Field Trip—Art Museum April 19: 4th Quarter Interims Mailed PTO Dave & Buster’s Fundraiser April 30-May 4: PTO Book Fair May 4: PTO Bake Sale for Special Olympics SPIRIT FRIDAY

pictures to all players. Special thanks to coaches Marsha Brady and Bernard Crawford (6th grade girls), Grant Henderson and Bob Sanders (6th grade boys), and Jennifer Welty, Sheron Allen, and Stefan Johnson (5th grade boys) and to basketball coordinator, Luann Alleman, for another successful basketball season! GRADE 2 NEWS (MR. DILLER) Students are currently working on the Force and Motion Unit in Science. In Math, we are finishing up Unit 5 (graphs, clocks, and measurement). Students will have the opportunity to read SCHOLASTICS NEWS AND SCIENCE SPIN to finish up their March "BOOK IT" minutes. "PLEASE" continue to review your Math addition and subtraction "FACTS" flashcards over Spring Break.

RE-MARK-ABLE THIRD GRADERS We held our Market Day on Wednesday, March 28th. The third grade students have been learning about economics in Social Studies. They had to create a business, where they are the Producer and sell their items to the second graders. The students created a poster board that had a slogan, written commercial, and more about the good they were selling. Both third grades took a field trip to the Valentine Theater to see Junie B. Jones in March and had a wonderful time.

FEBRUARY STUDENTS OF THE MONTH The following students were named February Students of the Month because they were RESPONSIBLE at Hawkins: Fatimah Almarzooq Kirstyn Lashuay Ava Barwiler Elliott Lewis Mark Bollinger Aubrey McConnell Ma’Laysia Brooks Katherine Root Ariana Church Lilly Sansom Karter Daniels Finnegan Skiver Jaydn Essig Taylor Stanford Bailey Fee Alex Sunday Samoiya Green Jaden Tovar Kinley Fee Alayna Virgin Dallis Walker Each student was nominated by their classroom teacher, filled out a Student of the Month form and took a picture with their teacher. The Student of the Month display is located directly across from the school library. We are very proud of our students who showed that they were RESPONSIBLE at school! SCIENTIFIC SIXTH GRADERS Mrs. Brady’s sixth grade students did a surface tension experiment. Students had to hypothesize how many paper clips could fit into a" filled to the brim jar of water. They got to witness the cohesion of water molecules form a bubble or film at the top of the jar, which amazed them. By the way, over 100 paper clips and counting fit into the jar. We ran out of paper clips!

Sixth grade STEM challenge winners were Milana Kellerbauer and Chelsea Jones. Students had to construct a tower of triangles using only tape and paper strips. The tower had to hold two Oreo cookies. These winners came up with the idea to anchor their tower with tape. Their structure was also the highest tower.

PTO OFFICER NOMINATIONS PTO needs to fill at least TWO officer positions for the 2018-2019 school year. ANYONE can nominate themselves or nominate a person they feel who would contribute to our school. Please consider attending our April PTO meeting on Tuesday, April 17 at 6 PM in which we will be nominating officers for the 2018-2019 school year. MONEY FOR HAWKINS Once a month, Hawkins Elementary partners with a local restaurant or business to raise funds for Field Day. This month our fundraiser will be at Dave & Buster’s, 5001 Monroe Street, on Thursday, April 19th from 4-7 PM. If you visit the restaurant/business on this date and time, the store will donate 10% of your total bill to Hawkins Elementary. SPIRIT FRIDAY The first Friday of each month is designated as Spirit Friday! On Spirit Friday, students are permitted to wear jeans (no rips or tears) and any red or black shirt (school colors). Our next Spirit Friday is April 13, 2018. An optional monetary donation will be taken from students and staff and given to the Lucas County Pit Crew. Lucas County Pit Crew supports responsible guardians of Pit Bull Terrier like dogs in our community through education, advocacy, and training assistance; spay/neuter promotion, foster care, and adoption. SPIRIT WEEK Thank you to all of the staff and students that participated in our PBIS Spirit Week on March 19-23, 2018. Our Spirit Spy spotted many school spirited students throughout the week. Each day, the most school spirited students, as determined by our Spirit Spy, were given prizes for their participation. One of our very favorite days was our Decades Day! We had many students dressed up in 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s & 90s attire. What a fun week!! T.A.C.K.L.E., A School-Based Services Program The T.A.C.K.L.E. program is a new program to Hawkins this school year. The goal of the program is to “build collaborative relationships with schools and community resources to address the mental health and school success of children and adolescents.” The program provides consultation to

parents, intervention for students, and resource connections for families. Our T.A.C.K.L.E. case manager is Mr. Justin Jones. For more information about the program and its resources, please email Mr. Jones at jjones@rfstackle.com “HAWKINS GOT TALENT!”….MRS. SMITH, MUSIC TEACHER Our school talent show entitled “Hawkins Got Talent!” will be held on Thursday, May 10, 2018 in the gymnasium. We will have two performances: 1:35 p.m. for students and teachers only and 6:00 p.m. for friends and family. Talent Show Participants practice, practice and practice so you can put on a great show. Please come support the talents of our Hawkins family! AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION FUNDRAISER…Mrs. Crossen, Physical Educaton Teacher Thank you to the Hawkins students, parents, and staff for an excellent job in collecting donations for the American Heart Association. We exceeded our goal with a total of $1,853.65! That is an awesome accomplishment. We couldn't have done it without everyone's effort and hard work. Our money will go a long way to help people with sick hearts and further research for heart disease. Our top money raiser for the American Heart Association was Baylee Leichty with $200.00 raised. Way to go Baylee! Thank you to everyone that made a contribution! POP TABS & BOTTLE CAPS We are still collecting pop tabs for Ronald McDonald House and water bottle and soda bottle caps for Special Olympics. Please only send caps from water/pop bottles only. The Ronald McDonald House will recycle the pop tabs and use the funds to furnish the kitchen pantry for their guests. Tabs and caps can be dropped off to Ms. Cornell Rm. 112, Mr. Bryant Rm. 114 or Mrs. Bryant Rm. 116. Please help us support these awesome organizations! April is the end our yearly POP TAB campaign. BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION Thank you for sending in box tops for Education! We sent in over $600 in box tops this year! That money goes directly back to Hawkins students. They can continue to send those in to their classroom teacher.

ELECTRONIC DEVICES At Hawkins Elementary, personal use of electronic devices is prohibited during the school day. The privacy and safety of all of the Hawkins students and staff are important. Violation of this rule may result, but not limited to, the confiscation of the device at school. Following the confiscation, the student may pick up the item at the end of the school day. A second violation of the rule will result in a confiscation of the device once again. However, a parent/guardian must pick up the item 24 hours later during Hawkins School hours unless other arrangements are made with the administration. RECESS We will be going outside every day unless the weather is bad (i.e. rain, below zero, snow, ice, sleet). Please be sure to have your students dress for the weather. Coats, hats, and gloves are a must now that the weather is getting colder. Recess is linked to the students’ lunch period and is 15 minutes in length. Please reinforce acceptable playground behaviors (RESPECT, RESPONSIBLE, RESPECTFUL) with your student(s). DISMISSAL Parents/Guardians: Student(s) MUST be picked up by 3:30 p.m. each day. There is no adult supervision after 3:30 p.m. Thank you for your help with this matter. EARLY PICK UP If your child needs to be picked up early, please do so by 2:45 p.m. The person picking up the child must come into the office to sign the student out of the building. Please be prepared to show a picture ID when picking up the child. Students will only be released to the parent/guardian. NO EXCEPTIONS! LOST & FOUND Lost and found articles are located in the atrium area by the Main Office. If articles are not reunited with their owner after one month, items will be donated to charity. Please make sure to check lost and found as soon as possible.

PARKING AND TRAFFIC PATTERNS Please follow the parking lot procedures during dismissal. Please do not walk your student in front of the vehicles in the pickup line as students are to be picked up on the curbside only. There are faculty members and student guards to assist with the process. In addition, there is absolutely NO PARKING on the Bancroft Street service road entrance. No parking signs are posted. We ask for your patience and adherence to our pick up line procedures. The safety of our staff and students is our number one priority. Thank you! JUNIOR HIGH TRACK SCHEDULE The junior high track schedule is listed below for your convenience. Thursday, April 12th, 5pm at Rogers Thursday, April 19th, 5pm at Start Thursday, April 26th, 5pm at Woodward Thursday, May 3rd, 5pm at Bowsher Tuesday, May 8th, 5pm at Rogers (City Championships) Thank you Ms. Noykos!

PBIS SPIRIT WEEK

March 19-23, 2018