Weekly Newsletter 1-20-2012

Conferences

We will see you soon for conferences!   We look forward  to updating you on your student’s progress.   Please come with any questions or concerns you have as well.  It is a great time to make sure we are all on the right track for the rest of the year. 

         

Science Fair

Some of our fifth grade students have decided to participate in this years Science Fair.  The Science Fair will be on March 3^rd at the North Bridge mall. 

Upcoming Dates

Jan 31th  - Hotsteppers perform @ BB game

Feb 1^st - Reading Rocks Presentation

Feb 9,10, 16- Parent Teacher Conferences

Feb 9^th - Popcorn Party for February Birthday

Feb 17^th - We Love HW Celebration

Feb 20^th- NO SCHOOL

5th Grade Spelling Bee

On Monday, January 9th, we had the 5th grade Spelling Bee at Hawthorne.  We had eleven students participating:  Dylan Scherff, Chris Abrego, Riley Portner, Elliott Flatten, Erik Thompson, Griffin Gonzalez, Parth Patel, Nayeli Preciado-Hernandez, Eli Schroeder, Jace Johnson, and Aidan Moffitt.  All of the students did an EXCELLENT job with spelling very challenging words.  In the end, Elliott Flatten was our winner and went on to the District Spelling Bee at Southwest on Tuesday, January 24th.  Congratulations, Elliott!

Celebrate Learning

On Thursday, January 19th Hawthorne students and staff came together to celebrate all of our students' learning so far.  Hawthorne students had evidence of their learning by decorating the halls in our building.  As a grade we toured each grades' accomplishments.  As a fifth grade we showed our understanding of higher level questioning while reading.  At the end of the assembly Mr. D lead the school in the Cupid Shuffle!!!!!  YEA HAWTHORNE SCHOOL!!!  It is all about learning!

Reading Rocks - Main Idea

Miss Miller and Miss Miller,  yes they are sisters, organized the Reading Rocks Assembly for November.  Their performance was spectacular!  The story used was Skippyjon Jones.  It is a story about a cat, that really just wants to be a chihuahua!  Ian, Taylor, Isis, Solia, and Lexy were also part of the performance.  It is always fun to see 5th graders on stage! 

Corn Maze

Here are some quotes from the 5th Graders regarding the Corn Maze trip:
The hayride was fun because everyone was singing!  Kayla
I liked the mini golf, the park, and the hayride.  Caleb
I think the corn maze was the best class party ever!   Lexi
Playing on the playground because the equipment was really cool!.  Taylor L
My favorite thing was the park because of this awesome swing and a zip line.  Ian

October Reading Rocks!

This month's reading assembly was on Predicting.  Mrs. Rome's first graders did a marvelous job!!  We predicted they would!  It was quite an educational and entertaining performance!

Llama Llama Red Pajama

Across the elementary school's in Albert Lea today, all students heard the book Llama Llama Red Pajama read to them on YouTube by the author of the book.  We ate popcorn while we listened to the story.  Afterwards, we went out side to meet two real llamas, Rascal and Percy!!   We learned information about them!  What a fun day of learning of Hawthorne!