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MARCH/APRIL 2015 NEWSLETTER

Mr. Michael Rodriguez, Principal

3. Dress Comfortably.

4. Be sure to arrive to school on

time.

5. Bring all materials you need,

such as pencils and erasers.

6. Relax...take slow, deep breaths.

7. Follow directions carefully.

8. Read each question.

9. Answer the easy questions

first.

10. Move on if you don’t know an

answer.

11. Mark answers neatly. If you

must erase, erase completely.

12. Review to make sure you’ve

answered every question.

13. Don’t change any answers un-

less you’re sure they’re wrong-

your first answer is more

likely correct.

PSSA Testing in reading and math

for grades 3, 4, and 5 will begin on

Monday, April 13 and continue

through April 24th. PSSA Testing

for Science will take place from Mon-

day, April 27 and continue through

Thursday, April 30th. Please read

the following tips for successful test

taking to ensure that your child is

well prepared.

1. Get a good night’s sleep before

the test.

2. Have a nutritious breakfast.

Students Take on the 100 Block Challenge First and second grade students at an assembly on January 20th took

on the 100 Block Challenge. They said that they would read ten fif-

teen-minute blocks per week for ten weeks ending March 27th. A bul-

letin board was created to chart each classroom’s progress toward

that goal, and each class was given a Dr. Seuss hat as a marker show-

ing when every student in each classroom has read an additional ten

Blocks. As of February 24th, the midpoint of our challenge, the bulle-

tin board shows that the students in Mrs. Krantz’s class and Mrs.

Rafferty’s class have all read 50 Blocks since January 20th. The stu-

dents in these two classrooms are on target to meet the end goal of

reading 100 Blocks by Spring Break. Congratulations to the students

of B-7 and B-11!

Congratulations and thank you to all parents of our first and second

graders who are supporting your children by encouraging reading at

home and signing your child’s log sheet to attest to your child reading.

More support is needed, please! While we are congratulating the stu-

dents of two classrooms for on-target reading, that is only 20% of

the classrooms that accepted the challenge. A few students in each

classroom are not consistently reading at home and/or logging their

reading and obtaining a parent’s signature. Please check your child’s

log sheet today. Home reading is key to improving reading ability and

encouraging vocabulary development, which is the real goal of the 100

Block Challenge. Please join us in reaching our goal: 100 Blocks of

reading between January 20th and March 27th.

Aaliyah Vega of B-4 receives her 500 Block

ribbon from Mrs. Rihl.

Congratulations, Aaliyah!

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Hi Parents!

I wanted to introduce myself, since I will be working as a guidance counselor

here through the end of this school year. My name is Rebecca Holtz. I went

to Penn for undergrad as well as graduate school; I graduated from the

Graduate School of Education’s Counseling and Mental Health Program this

past May. Through internships and previous jobs, I have extensive experi-

ence counseling students individually and in groups, teaching classroom

guidance lessons, planning and implementing positive behavior interven-

tions and supports, and leading school-wide events. I will be working with

students with last names A through L here at Herbert Hoover Elementary

School. I am looking forward to getting to know you and your children!

Please note: The school day at Herbert Hoover Elementary School begins promptly at 9:10 a.m. Be-

cause your children’s safety is very important to us they are not permitted to enter the school building

before 8:55 a.m. Children may not be dropped off in front of the school to wait outside before 8:55 as

there is no adult supervision.

Any child reporting to school after 9:10 a.m. must report to the office accompanied by a parent or

guardian, signed in and receive a late slip to report to class.

For the safety of your children we are asking for your cooperation with these procedures. We are con-

cerned that many parents are simply dropping their young children off in the morning when no adult

supervision is available, thus creating and unsafe situation. Parents must be responsible to sign their

children in and make sure they enter the building safely. This is especially true since all doors in the

building will be locked at 9:10.

Herbert Hoover Elementary has partnered with Family Service of Langhorne to provide our students

with even more supports. If you think your child can benefit from in-school counseling therapy for is-

sues related to anxiety, depression and disruptive behaviors, just to name a few, then Family Services

counseling may be very helpful. We are fortunate to have a therapist at Hoover meet with students

once a week. In order to qualify for this free service, your child must have a Medical Assistance Card.

Unfortunately, commercial insurance is not accepted at this time in our school-based program. Your

child must only have Medical Assistance. Please contact Christie Wood or Rebecca Holtz, Hoover’s

Guidance Counselors, for more information.

You can also call Family Services directly at: (215) 757-6916 ext. 159

NOTE: Day rotations are subject to change if school is closed unexpectedly!

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5 6 Day 1 7 Day 2 8 Day 3 9 Day 4 10 Day 5 11

12 13 Day 1 14 Day 2 15 Day 3 4th & 5th Gr. Committee

Mtg. in Library 7-8 p.m.

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19 20 Day 1 21 Day 2 22 Day 3 23 Day 4 24 Day 5 Family Bingo

Night

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26 27 Day 1 28 Day 2 29 Day 3 30 Day 4

PSSA Testing—Language Arts Grades 3, 4 & 5

PSSA Testing—Math Grades 3, 4 & 5

PSSA Testing—Science Grade 4

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