HWS Messenger 2.28.25
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Upcoming Dates: Monday, March 3 – 8:00am Session 2 4th gr Art Club Monday, March 3 – 3:30pm Mentoring Monday, March 3 – 3:30pm 4th gr Brownies LRC Tuesday, March 4 – 3:30pm 1st gr Girl Scouts RM106 Wednesday, March 5 – 8:00am Student Council All Members LRC Wednesday, March 5 – 3:30pm Running Club Wednesday, March 5 – 3:30pm 5th gr STEM Club RM101 Thursday, March 6 – 7:45am Orchestra rehearsal @ JBN Thursday, March 6 – 3:30pm 2nd gr Brownies gym Friday, March 7 – 8:00am 4th & 5th gr Chorus Saturday, March 8 – 8:45am Elementary Chorus Festival @ BFAC Sunday, March 9 – 2:00pm Band & Orchestra practice and party at RMS & Funway Sunday, March 9 – Daylight savings time begins! SPRING FORWARD CLOCKS ONE HOUR Friday, March 28 – NO SCHOOL Spring Break – March 31 – April 4 A note from the Principal: Dear HWS families, As we move into March, we want to keep you informed about important upcoming events, including IAR testing and Trimester Reflections. Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) Testing will begin on Tuesday for students in 3rd-5th grade. These assessments measure student progress in English Language Arts and Mathematics and help us better understand each child’s academic growth. These are the state assessments that are documented on our School Report Card. Your child’s teacher will be sharing the individual grade-level schedules. How You Can Help:
As we approach the end of the trimester, teachers have been working hard to assess and update student progress. Trimester Reflections will be available today on PowerSchool on the Home Page. These reflections provide a detailed look at your child’s achievements, areas of growth, and goals moving forward. We encourage you to review these reflections with your child and celebrate their progress. If you would like to discuss your child’s performance, please don’t hesitate to give their teacher a call. Thank you for your continued support in helping our students succeed. Have a wonderful weekend! Sincerely, Gina Greenwald Principal A note from the LRC:
The HWS Celebration Books program provides students an opportunity to donate a book to the LRC for birthdays, special occasions and in honor or memory of a loved one. Thank you to the following students who donated a book to the LRC in celebration of their birthdays! Your donation helps our LRC collection grow: Kendall M (4Za), Harrison S (K), Alontis G (2K), Mirren M (4Zi), Amelia D (K), Liam A (1F), Mackenzie F (3A), EJ M (4Zi), Liam C (K), Adelyn S (5B), Tory M (3Pe), Frankie P (3A), and Jack W (1Si). Our first Battle is scheduled for Monday, March 3 at 2:50. I am happy to announce that HWS has 18 teams competing. That is a total of 66 students. Continue reading and best of luck in the first battle. Kane County Cougars Reading Club Ozzie’s Reading Club continues until March 10. All students are encouraged to participate in the Kane County Cougars Reading Club for 2025. Ozzie’s Reading Challenge challenges students in Grades K-5 to read 60 minutes a week, over the course of eight weeks, for a total of 480 minutes. That’s only 12 minutes a day! All students who complete the challenge will receive a free ticket to a ball game along with a hot dog, drink and t-shirt. Information and reading logos were sent home with students. Games are May 8 at 6:30 and May 18 at 1:30. A note from the PE Teacher: Dear, Hoover-Wood Heart Heroes: Hoover Wood has done an amazing job so far and we are on our last week!! Let keep this going! Final day for fundraising will next Friday March 7th. Thanks again for all your support! Here is the link to fundraise. Cick HERE. and choose “Sign Up” to get started. Mr. Fink Additional information: Dear BPS 101 Families, We are reaching out to remind you about the 5Essentials student survey (Grades 4-12) that will be administered at your student’s school. This is the thirteenth year the Illinois State Board of Education will implement this survey across the state. This survey is based on 20 years of research at the University of Chicago. It asks students about their experiences in school, giving school leaders critical student input to help develop school improvement plans. Students’ identities will be completely confidential. Teachers or administrators will never see individual responses to survey questions and will only receive aggregated information, such as the total percentage of students who agree homework assignments help them learn the course material. Please be aware that under the Protection of Pupil Rights Act. 20 U.S.C. Section 1232(c) (1) (A), you have the right to review a copy of the questions asked of your student(s). Survey questions can be found on the UChicago Impact Support Center (https://impactsurveyshelp. If you do not want your student to participate, please contact your child’s classroom teacher. Have a neighbor, family member, yourself or friend who has a student that will be turning five by September 1, 2025, that they are considering entering kindergarten at a BPS101 elementary school for the 2025-2026 school year? Batavia Public School District 101 strongly encourages families of incoming kindergarten students to begin the enrollment process. We are looking for as many registrations entered before we leave for Spring Break. All families who complete the registration process before Spring Break will be cordially invited to an April Kinder Preview event, more information to come. Visit our website to register: bps101.net/ We will continue with weekly Messengers on Fridays throughout the school year. All school messengers can also be found on our News Wall. Please be sure to check out the Backpack Mail View the latest edition of Backpack Mail > link that is attached to The District Weekly BPS messengers. Good community events are listed! |
