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Message from Parent

Charlotte Hill Elementary

Charlotte Hill Elementary

Principal’s Message

Charlotte Hill Elementary

Jacqueline E. Brown, Principal (702) 799-5720

560 E Eldorado Ln, Las Vegas, NV 89123

Dear Charlotte Hill Families and Community,

Registration packets for the 2014-2015 school year were sent home with students in

April. If you haven’t registered for next year yet, please do so before the end of the

year. The completed registration forms, along with a current (within the last two

months) proof of address (Nevada Power, Southwest Gas, Las Vegas Valley Water

District bill or lease agreement) may be submitted to our office.

I will begin making classroom assignments this month. Considerable effort is made to

place students in classrooms where it is felt they will have the greatest degree of

success. If you would like to request particular qualities you are seeking in your

child’s teacher, you may send letters to me by Friday, May 16th. However, letters

requesting a specific teacher will not be considered. Teacher assignments will be

mailed to your homes in August.

I can not thank you enough for another fantastic year. You are a huge part of what

makes Charlotte Hill ES a wonderful place to work and learn!

Sincerely,

Jacqueline E. Brown, Principal

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Schedule for June 4th

1st-5th grade: 9:10 - 12:40

A.M. Kindergarten: 9:10 - 10:30

P.M. Kindergarten: 11:20 - 12:40

Kindergarten

Kindergarteners have been busy reviewing and

practicing things we have learned this year to

help get ready for first grade! We are currently

reviewing our 50 kindergarten sight words in

groups of ten as part of our weekly homework

activities. Our goal is to have students reading

all 50 words by the end of the year. Other

skills we are practicing are rhyming, breaking

words into sounds, blending sounds into words

and changing sounds in words to make new sounds.

We have been talking about the different names that we use to describe the parts of

shapes: curves, sides, angles, vertices and corners. We will also be using pattern

blocks to build large shapes out of many smaller shapes.

In writing, we are working on how to write a story. Our stories start by introducing a

character and the setting. Next, we describe a problem that our character has. We

end our story by solving the problem for our character. Even though our stories

might only have three sentences, we are telling an entire complete plot with a

beginning, middle and end. A recent example that was created in Mrs. Gibson's class

was:

"Mrs. Brown and Mrs. Gibson went shopping. They could not find a cart to put their

things in. They asked the manager for help and then they finished all of their

shopping."

As you write stories at home with your child, please try to use this basic pattern. It

will be helpful later as your child begins to write more complex stories.

Please keep encouraging your child to work hard during these last few weeks of

school. First grade will be here before you know it, and we want to be sure that our

youngest Hill Hawks are ready!

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Third Grade

We hope you all had a wonderful Spring Break! April has been a

busy month!

We have worked hard to complete our Academic Olympics in

preparation for the CRTs. The students will be getting medals for

their efforts in May at an awards ceremony. We also have been

doing a lot of work with nonfiction text. Our Being a Writer Program is focusing on

Expository Nonfiction and students have been learning and writing about many

different animals. They are also learning that there are many ways to write

nonfiction, such as in chapters and alphabet books. In addition, we have been

completing state reports using library books and websites such as Hill Library for the

culture grams and 50states.com. In honor of Earth Day, students will be reminded of

the importance to reduce, reuse and recycle. In math, we continue to do Number

Talks, sample SBAC questions, FASTTmath, and topics in Envision, such as

geometry and problem solving. Please continue to practice math facts and reading

with your students nightly. Our final AIMSWeb Benchmark is at the beginning of

May. One of the areas students will be tested on is oral reading fluency. So, it would

be beneficial to add some oral reading to their nightly practice. Thank you so much

for all of the help that you provide your students at home. It really makes a

Second Grade

The end of the year is practically here! This month our

students will be learning about ladybug and butterfly life

cycles up close. We will be exploring their ecosystem as

well as investigating, observing and describing how these

insects grow and change through their life cycles. We

would like to encourage our students to visit their local

library to help them explore resources available to them this summer. Allowing your

child to practice on a keyboard at home or at the public library is a great way to help

them be successful in the coming years. These sites are recommended to help with

keyboarding skills. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/

www.abcya.com/cup_sac_typinggame.html Here are some Cloze passage websites

to help your child construct meaning from texts.

http://bogglesworldesl.com/cloze_activities.htm

http://mrnussbaum.com/clozemain/

Navigate through the following links to practice telling time, counting money and

measurement!

http://www.sadlier-oxford.com/math/enrichment/gr2/ch7/matching/0701a.htm

http://www.gpb.org/countonit/games/second/money

http://resources.oswego.org/games/StopTheClock/sthec1.html http://www.pbs.org/

parents/education/math/games/first-second-grade/time-to-move/

Have an amazing summer! Thank you for helping this year turn out to be such a

success!

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Gifted and Talented Education Program

The GATE Program offers instruction beyond assigned grade levels to identified

students in grades three through five. Students are eligible with test scores at or

above the 98th percentile on the Naglieri Nonverbal Abilities Test, Second Edition

or the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test, Second Edition. Tests are administered by

the GATE specialist assigned to the student’s home school. Students who score

below the 98th percentile may qualify for services with a matrix score of 12 or

above. The matrix includes prior semester grades, as well as parent and teacher

rating scales.

Title 1 Alternative Gifted Services (TAGS) is offered to eligible students in grades

three through five attending Title 1 schools. Students who score from the 90th

through the 97th percentile on either the Naglieri Nonverbal Abilities Test, Second

Edition or the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test, Second Edition are provided 50

minutes of differentiated activities each week.

Mrs. Benyuska is the GATE Specialist at Hill ES. She has been teaching in CCSD

for seventeen years. This is her ninth year teaching GATE at Hill ES. Students in

her class enjoy the opportunity to work and think differently while participating in

challenging activities with their peers.

Fourth Grade

As the school year is coming to a close, the fourth graders are busy

preparing themselves for the fifth grade. Throughout this month,

the students will be revisiting previously taught skills and

concepts, as well as continuing to apply them to new concepts to

further enhance their learning. In writing, they are moving from

writing functional nonfiction selections into functional writing and poetry structures.

In science, the students are learning more about the solar system, our Earth and the

water cycle. In social studies, they are continuing the journey with the pioneers and

will be experiencing what it was like to live and work like a pioneer during the gold

rush with our upcoming project. The students are also continuing to work on their

basic typing skills, which will benefit them with both the writing proficiency exams

and the SBAC testing that they will participate in next year. We encourage students to

visit the following website: http://interactivesites.weebly.com for continued practice

with their typing skills. In addition, there are also many wonderful sites for the

students to review, practice and obtain new skills via our schools homepage.

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Student Leaders

Student Leaders have been

busy this school year! In

October, they collected warm

clothes for homeless students

in our Outerwear Drive. They

assisted the Legislators who

visited Hill ES in interacting

with a variety of classrooms.

Most recently, the Leaders

collected hygiene products for

homeless Clark County

students. They also were able to meet Frosty, the N.S.P.C.A. dog ambassador, and

have been continuing to encourage classes to bring in money for the shelter to support

over 1,000 animals until they find homes. The N.S.P.C.A. Drive ends May 28th!

Counselor’s Corner by Mrs. Tettamanti

Ellie Smith

Miss Nevada’s Outstanding Teen 2012

Singer, Performer and Award Winning Motivational Speaker will

be visiting

Charlotte Hill ES

Friday, May 23rd

Ellie has touched the lives of thousands, presenting her program

at over 80 schools, to more than 40,000 students!

Ellie’s anti-bullying, assembly-style presentation begins in a form that kids love and

appreciate – a pop music video, featuring Ellie’s original pop song “Don’t Let It Get

to You!” (You Tube, iTunes). The 3-minute video features her original song, set

within a school vignette, and depicts the social bullying that commonly occurs in

most every school. Following her video, Ellie spends a very interactive half-hour

with the students, talking about bullying, especially emphasizing self-esteem and

believing in ourselves. It is Ellie’s goal that, through her message, every student will

be strengthened in self-esteem and self-image: together, primary defenses against

being vulnerable to bullying. Students with healthy self-esteem are bullied less and

tend not to bully others!

Ellie Smith, a senior at Virtual High School, is a singer, actress and performer who

has performed nationally before live audiences numbering well into the millions.

Lost and Found

The sun is out and spring is here however, our Lost & Found is still overflowing with

jackets, lunchboxes, scarves and water bottles. Please take a moment and look

through for anything your child may have left behind. It is located in the lunchroom.

Stop by and help us get these belongings back home.

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School Community and Family Engagement

2014 Parent Survey

Please complete a district wide parent survey from the CCSD Research Department.

Parent participation in this survey provides the district with valuable information that

informs administration and schools about the parents’ and/or guardians’ perceptions

and opinions. The information is a vital part of the Clark County School District,

Performance Zones, and school’s annual self-assessment.

The following locations are available for you to utilize computers with Internet

access.

Home

CCSD Schools

CCSD Administrative Center, 5100 West Sahara Avenue, Las Vegas

CCSD Curriculum & Professional Development Building, 3950 South

Pecos- McLeod, Las Vegas

CCSD Edward Greer education Center, 2832 East Flamingo Road, Las Vegas

CCSD Offices:

5240 Goldfield Street, North Las Vegas ( Mojave High School Campus)

2298 Vegas Valley Drive, Las Vegas ( Valley High School Campus)

4760 West Desert Inn Road, Las Vegas ( Cashman Middle School Campus)

Clark County Public School Libraries – most locations – free of charge.

Parent Surveys

Please click here to participate in our survey http://ccsd.net/parentsurvey

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The Green Corner

Bring in your clean and crushed aluminum cans to the

WHITE BIN outside the side parking lot, next to the

portable. Please help us reach our goal to fill the bin

each month. Until June, we are collecting LARABAR

wrappers for the UPCYCLE organization.

Art Room Recyclables Needed

Plastic tops are thrown away every day. They are on soda, water and sports drink

bottles, detergent, coffee and miscellaneous containers. Please collect plastic tops of

ANYSIZE and COLOR for the Art room. We are creating a 20 foot mural so we

need LOTS and LOTS!!

Additional recyclables we are collecting are:

Altoid Tins

OLD CD's

Paper Towel Cylinders