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Principal Karla Hurlbutt H. C. Stark Elementary School
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| Mission Statement: The staff of H. C. Stark Elementary School believes that all students can learn and attain their maximum educational potential as measured by improved standardized test scores. We accept the responsibility to educate all students to high levels of academic performance while fostering physical, creative and positive social and emotional growth. | |
Join us this Monday, November 17th at McDonalds for Stark McTeacher Night. Bring the family out for dinner and let us serve you! From the Principal Last week Indian summer weather, this week winter weather arrived! We all suffered through the cold, bitter air. Get out the mittens, boots, hats and snow-pants. I want to thank our PTO and parents for providing the staff with a wonderful dinner during conferences. Everything was delicious! Thank- you parents for attending your parent teacher conference. Be sure to set new goals with your child for the next marking period. Periodically check Edline and progress reports to see how your child is doing toward their new goals. Our reading mentor program kicked off this week. The students are excited to have their own special reading mentor. We have a total of twenty-five mentors at this time. Our goal is sixty by the end of the year! Thanks to the Buchanan Community and Businesses for making this program possible at Stark! Don’t forget to join us for our McTeacher Night at McDonald’s Monday night the 17th, from 4:00-7:00 p.m. Come and let the staff at Stark serve you! Have a great weekend! Stay warm! The public is welcome to walk in the high school hallways after school beginning at 2:45 p.m. Walkers must be in the school by 6:00 p.m. after which time the main doors are locked. Walkers may remain in the building until done walking. EMERGENCY CLOSING INFORMATION Announcement of school closings will be made on the stations listed below. All weather related delays will be 2 hours and morning preschool, young fives and kindergarten classes will attend. Television Radio For Transportation (busing) concerns, please call 695-8402. Natures’ Calls From Fernwood Get a jump-start on your holiday shopping by coming to Fernwood on Saturday, November 15th from 10:00am-4:00pm for our Holiday Market. Local artisans and crafters will have floral arrangements and wreaths, pressed flower items, herbal treats including flavored vinegars and Fernwood teas, recycled tote bags, carved wood bowls, stained glass, felted wool products, and much more for sale. Fernwood’s Gift Shop is also filled with unique gifts and holiday decorating items and delicious food is available for lunch in the Café. See you at Fernwood! Fernwood is located just west of Niles, following signs from exit #7 off the US 31 bypass. Call 269-695-6491 or visit www.fernwoodbotanical.org for more information. PHYSICAL EDUCATION NEWS Wow! It is already November and the physical education classes are working really hard and having a lot of fun. I truly enjoy working with your student and I take my commitment to teaching physical education very seriously. Throughout the year I will present wellness concepts and provide activities to empower your child to learn and apply these concepts to his or her own health program. Please encourage your child to do fitness activities at home to improve his or her fitness level and to make healthy food choices. Activities that the upper elementary students have experienced so far this year include fitness activities involving pedometers, soccer skills and games, tennis and of course exciting Halloween activities. The lower elementary students have participated in Space Awareness activities, scarves, and station work that introduce a lot of different skills such as balance skills, throwing and catching activities, jump roping, basketball dribbling, striking activities, etc. As the weather gets colder and the classes move inside please make sure your child has clean tennis shoes that fit properly. If a shoe fits well the student has more fun and it is safer for everyone. Also, if pants are baggy or long please make sure they wear a belt. So many students are limited because they need one or both hands to hold up their pants! I am looking forward to a great year! STARK SHIRTS FOR SALE Long sleeve T-shirts, Sweatshirts and Hoodies with the Stark “We are family” Star design are for sale through November 24th. Order forms were given out at conferences and are also available in the office. Great Christmas gifts!!
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STUDENT SCHOOL DAY 8:10 a.m...... School Office Hours: November BUCHANAN PUBLIC LIBRARY NEWS The Kids Culture Club:
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KIDKARE PARENTS AS TEACHERS A wonderful opportunity exists in Berrien County for families with children newborn to age five. The Berrien RESA (formerly Berrien Count Intermediate School District) is pleased to provide to the area a program for families that recognizes parents as a child's first and best teacher. It is called Parents As Teachers, or PAT. The Buchanan, Parents As Teachers Playgroup will be held at Moccasin School on the 3rd Monday of each month from 9:30 – 10:30 a.m.
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