Panther Cub News

PRINCIPAL’s Corner

Dear Stratton Meadows Families,

We hope you had a wonderful Labor Day!

Picture day is September 7 and students are expected

to wear uniforms that day. If you want them to have a

special outfit on for the pictures, please have them bring

it to change into and out of for the picture.

September brings the start of tutoring and other after

school activities. Look for the information to come home

with your student. Tutoring will be on Tuesdays and

Wednesdays from 3:40-4:30. We will support students

in reading and math and we hope to tutor those whose

data show us they need it the most.

Progress reports will come home on September 14!

They will look different this year as they will only be

standards based and will not have A-F for grades. They

will be like the report cards from last year.

Our Board of Education has decided to go for a bond to

help all of our schools and you will be getting more in-

formation about what that would mean at Stratton

Meadows in the near future.

Thank you for sharing your students with us!

Sincerely,

Dr. Clayton

SEPTEMBER EVENTS

September 3—Labor Day—No

School

September 7—Fall Pictures

September 8—International Liter-

acy Day

September 9—15—National Arts

in Education Week

September 15—October 15 - Na-

tional Hispanic Heritage Month

September 18—PTO Meeting 4:15

September 20—Board of Educa-

tion Meeting 6:00

September 28—National Good

Neighbor Day

610 Brookshire Avenue * Colorado Springs, Colorado 80906

Christina Clayton PRINCIPAL

Dustin Cady ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

Health Room News

District Corner News

Welcome to the 2018-2019 school year in Harrison School District Two (HSD2). We offer many opportunities for you to be informed

about the direction of our school district and hope you will take advantage of each one. Be in the know!!

Sign up at your campus for email and text communication from your school and the District Follow us on social media – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Vimeo Download our District app for free from the App Store or Google Play Check our website regularly at www.hsd2.org Sign up to be a VIP (Very Involved Parent) via the District website The Harrison School District Two Board of Education voted unanimously on August 30, 2018 to place a Bond question on the Novem-ber ballot. Opportunity Harrison is a citizens group that formed to provide information and to advocate for this issue. We are not aware of opposition at this time. You can connect with Opportunity Harrison to learn more at www.d2pride.org, Twitter @OpportunityD2 or Facebook Opportunity Harrison.

Bienvenidos al año escolar 2018-2019 del Distrito Escolar de Harrison Dos (HSD2). Ofrecemos muchas oportunidades para que us-ted este informado sobre la dirección de nuestro distrito y esperamos que usted se aproveche de cada uno de estas oportunidades. ¡Este Informado!

Inscríbase en la escuela de su estudiante para comunicaciones de la escuela y el distrito por correo electrónico y por texto.

Síguenos en los medios sociales – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, y Vimeo

Descargue nuestra App del distrito gratis desde la tienda de App o Google Play

Visite nuestro sitio web regularmente en www.HSD2.org

Registrase para ser VIP (padre muy involucrado) vía del sitio web del distrito

La Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Harrison Dos votó por unanimidad el 30 de agosto de 2018 para colocar una pregunta sobre el Bono en la boleta electoral de noviembre. Oportunidad Harrison es un grupo de ciudadanos que se formó para proporcionar información y abogar por este problema. No estamos conscientes de la oposición en este momento. Puede conectarse con Oppor-

tunity Harrison para obtener más información en www.d2pride.org, Twitter @ OpportunityD2 o Facebook Opportunity Harrison.

Counseling News

PTO News VIP News

Parents, Guardians, Grandparents, Community Members: Become a VIP VOLUNTEER at Harri-son School District Two!

Give the gift of time and talent to the students in our community. Email vip@hsd2.org. Call (719) 528-1334.

Volunteer Opportunities: Classroom Helper Field Trips Tutoring Library Helper Office Assistance Fundraising Events ….and More

We invite all parents and families to be a part of PTO! Families and

teachers meeting together!

Come and share your ideas and make a difference in our school.

Next Meeting is September 18th

4:15—5:15 in the Library

Now that we have a few weeks of school un-der our belt, students are getting into their routine and continue learning the importance of living up to or exceeding the classroom ex-pectations set by each teacher. Social/emotional growth is crucial to academic suc-cess. Recognizing and dealing with frustra-tions and stress by finding healthy coping strategies is a skill that isn’t just applicable in the classroom; it’s a critical lifelong skill. Mov-ing into September we will continue to focus on developing a growth mindset that allows us to forgive ourselves and learn from inevita-ble mistakes so that we can grow and flour-ish.

Grade Level News

1st Grade News

READING: We are asking and answering questions about fiction and non-fiction texts. MATH: We are beginning to add number up to 20.

Kinder News

ELA: We have introduced all of the let-ters and sounds and will now dive deeper to begin making words and reading them. Writing: We will start to write simple sen-tences and learn about nouns. Math: We are working on writing our numbers 0-10 and making simple math sentences to begin addition.

2nd Grade News

ELA: Students will be working to identi-fy the character, setting, and events in fic-tional stories and finding key details in ex-pository texts as well as illustrations in nar-rative nonfiction texts. MATH: We will be finishing our second unit on measurement in math at the begin-ning of September. Unit 3 will be about skip counting numbers, using place value, and comparing numbers.

3rd Grade News

ELA: We will be wrapping up unit 1 of Wonders and staring Unit 2 during the last week of Sep-tember. In writing we will continue to work on and strengthen explanatory plans and essays. MATH: For the month of September we are jumping into time, and estimation. For time, we will be moving past just telling time but jumping in to elapsed time problems where we have to fig-ure out how much time is passing. For estimation and measurement we will be focusing on round-ing numbers to the nearest 10 and 100. SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES: We are starting our first social studies unit! We are learning

about features of a map, and identifying countries, continents, oceans, and different geographical fea-tures of Colorado.

Grade Level News

5th Grade News

ELA: We will be reading about the body sys-tem. Later this month, we will use all of our knowledge about the body system when we read our first novel, Small Steps.

MATH: We are halfway through our first unit! In the second half of the unit, students will be learning to add, subtract, multiply, and divide decimals. SCIENCE: In science we are learning about seven of our body systems! In August we fo-cused on the Respiratory and Circulatory sys-tems. In September, we will be continuing our living systems unit by learning the parts and functions of the digestive, muscular, nervous, and skeletal systems, and understanding how the systems work together to keep our body run-ning!

4th Grade News

ELA: This year our school has Newela pro. There are added features to the pro subscription. I am the contact person with Newsela. It works best for 2nd grade and up. With the pro features it adjusts up and down for a students reading level and you can assign articles online. The articles are current events. There are also tabs for sci-ence and social studies. You must sign in or set up your account with your hsd2 email. I had an account and it automatically updat-ed. If you are interested in trying it, log in and try some of the features. If you have any questions, I would be happy to help you

PE News

Fitness Fun Fact: Kids and teens should get at least 60 minutes of moderate to hard physical activity every day! So get outside and play!! What’s Happening in PE: K-1

st will be exploring and learning various

ways they can travel (pathways, levels, direc-tions, etc) 2

nd-5

th are learning about healthy food choic-

es and ways to make their bodies healthy with exercise! During September, students will be learning lots of ways they can take their fitness out-side of the PE room and into the real world! Ask your student if you can be apart of their 60 minutes of physical activity one day!

Music News

September music is focused on note recogni-tion. Many grade levels are listening to the mu-sic of Camille Saint-Saens and “The Carnival of the Animals.” Students are identifying timbre, mood, texture and form and rhythms. 3

rd and 4

th

grade is continuing work on their musical “How To Be a Pirate.”

Grade Level News

Library News

Library News! The book fair is coming! The book fair is coming!

In November the library will become and enchanted forest

Art News

Our art room is so busy this month with many colorful projects! Ask your student what they’ve been up to in art class! Also, most students above Kindergarten should be able to tell you about many of the elements of art. Ask them if you get the chance! For now, most projects stay in the art room so they are ready for various art displays throughout the year, but don’t worry as it will all be sent home by the end of the school year. I’ll keep you posted about all art shows we participate in throughout the year.

Lunch Room News

Every day students get three options to choose from

at lunch. We give them a choice of the main entrée,

yogurt/seeds/ roll, or a sandwich. We are also offer-

ing a fresh fruit/ or canned fruit and a cooked vege-

table and a fresh vegetable. The kids are loving the

fact that they get to choose exactly what they want.

Please remember if your child has food allergies you

must have a doctor fill out a new allergy form every

year. As of right now I only have I student that has

turned one in. We are not allowed to change their

meal options unless they have and allergy form on

file.

If you have any ques-

tions, please feel free to

call us.

Thank you

Andrea Robbins

579-3644

BOX TOPS

Stratton Meadows will continue to col-

lect Box Tops. You can find them on

many products in your home. Help

support the school by cutting them off

these certain products and having your

student bring them in to their class-

room teacher.