Lulu has a new home!

Lulu's old cage broke, so she now has a new mansion! 

Enjoy it Lulu!!!



Patrol MOA Trip--Date Changed!

Please note that the date for the Mall of America trip for the kids on school patrol has changed.

We will be going to the Mall of America on

Wednesday, May 23rd!!!

Math Masters Competition

Good luck to our 5th Grade Hawthorne Math Masters Team as they head to Austin on Friday to compete against other surrounding schools and teams.  Good luck...you will be GREAT!!!

Hawthorne Hawks 5th Grade News Team

Our 5th grade students have been put in charge of filming a newscast for our school!  The student have been very busy creating and filming two news segments per week.  Each student has a role in a newscast:  reporter, anchor, editor, director, scriptwriter, etc.  The Hawthorne Hawks 5th Grade News Team reports on important information and events such as the weather, lunch menu, a day in history, character traits, and important events going on at our school. 

Check out our first newscast below!!!

Updated: End of Year Events Schedule

Our schedule of events has been updated...please mark the below changes on your calendars at home!

5^th Grade End of Year Events

***Updated 4-24-12

Friday, April 13^th:  MCA Math Test

Monday, April 16^th:  MCA Math Test

Tuesday, April 17^th:  Early Out at 12:05

Tuesday, April 24^th:  MCA Reading Test

Thursday, April 26^th:  MCA Reading Test

Friday, April 27^th: Math Masters Competition in Austin (math masters students)

Tuesday, May 1st:  NWEA Reading Test

Wednesday, May 2:  NWEA Math Test

Thursday, May 3^rd:  Discover History Day at the Freeborn County Historical Museum in AL

Friday, May 4^th:  5^th Grade Science Day

Thursday, May 10^th:  MCA Science Test

Monday, May 14^th-Tuesday, May 15^th:  MCA Math Test ***Round Two***

Wednesday, May 16^th:  Science Museum Trip (science fair participants)

Thursday, May 17^th:  Young Authors/Young Artists convention (selected students)

Friday, May 18^th:  Experiential Ed trip at Brookside school

Monday, May 21:  Pelican Breeze trip

Tuesday, May 22^nd:  Early Out at 12:05

Thursday, May 24^th:  MOA trip for patrol students

Tuesday, May 29^th:  5^th grade end-of-year ceremony

Wednesday, May 30^th:  last day of school J                                                 

Events to Be Scheduled:

--tour of Southwest

Native American Gallery Walk Slideshow ----------->>

On March 1st, our fifth grade students at Hawthorne demonstrated what they learned from researching their Native American tribe.  They constructed a quadrama to show four aspects of their tribe's life:  food, clothing, family life, and shelter.  Please check out the slideshow to the right to see great pictures of our gallery walk and our quadramas!

Reading Rocks!!!

On Wednesday, the fourth grade students lead our Reading Rocks Assembly teaching the school about the reading strategy of characterizing.  Ms. Boersma's class taught us to remember to pause and characterize your characters while reading!