November 2019

November Events: 

Please be aware that there will be NO Halloween Parade this year.
10/28-11/1:  Red Ribbon Week
10/31 or 11/1:  Fall STEM Activity Days (contact teacher with questions)
11/1: Open Enrollment Window Opens (through 1/10 - contact CRC with questions)
11/1: Minimum Day - STUDENTS DISMISSAL AT 12:05
11/6: DELAC - 8:30-11:00 - Ramona High School Cafeteria
11/6: Lunch on the Lawn (Schedule Below)
11/7 & 11/8: Parent Teacher Conference Days - NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS 
11/7: LCAP Goal 3 Community Overview - 4:00 Central Middle School
11/11: Veterans Day - NO SCHOOL 
11/12: RUSD School Board Meeting - 6:30 Central Middle School
11/18: Science Fair projects due (4th-6th grades)
11/19: African American Parent Advisory Committee Meeting - 6:00 Sierra Middle School
11/20: Coffee with the Principals - 8:15 MPR
11/20: ELAC Meeting 8:45 MPR
11/21: LCAP Community Forum - 5:00 North High School
11/25-11/29: Thanksgiving Break - NO SCHOOL 

PTA Heading and Updates:

Thank you for such a fun and successful Fall Festival!  We appreciate your participation in Hawthorne's PTA!  Please post pictures of your friends and family at our Fall Festival to our Facebook Page: Hawthorne Elementary PTA 

We are excited for Red Ribbon Week, October 28 - November 1 - Dress up days are listed below:

PTA will be holding a fundraiser at Habit Burger and Yogurtland on November 13 - Please join us for a great dinner and a great cause!

   

School to Parent Connection: 

• Tardies continue to be a problem; on average we have between 20-30 students tardy nearly every day. School begins at 8:35 am ; this means students should be in class prepared to start their lesson at 8:35 am, not dropped off at 8:35 am.  Excused tardies are due to illness or medical appointments. 
• Thank you for you continued cooperation with our traffic.  Starting on Monday, October 28, the second lane into the parking spots will be blocked.  People picking up and dropping off will not be able to cut through the parking lot to enter the flow of traffic.  The expectation is that cars follow the traffic lane around the parking spots and that cars stay along the curb whenever possible.  We appreciate your continued cooperation.  
• Hawthorne is excited to announce a new partnership with St. Carriers SMART Academy After school program.  The SMART Academy is open to students in 4th-6th grades and will have a focus on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) - Applications have been sent home to students recommended by our teachers.  If your student received an application please return ASAP.  This program will run alongside our HEARTS program at the same times.  Please contact the office with any questions you might have. 
• Brainstorming is the solution to your child's writers block! 
• Some kids don’t like to write because they think it’s boring. Others find it too challenging. They get frustrated trying to think of ideas. You can’t force a child to love writing. But you can turn a reluctant writer around with brainstorming. Brainstorming is fun and boosts creativity. It reduces stress and can help your child break through writer’s block. Brainstorming also teaches other skills that help with writing. By creating lists, for example, your child learns to break down complex ideas into smaller components. She can use brainstorming to figure out a topic for a paper or to think of ideas for a short story. The next time your child can’t think of what to write about, have her:
• Make lists. Here are a few topics to help her get started: Things I love. My favorite animals, places, toys or food. Things I know a lot about. Scary characters. Things adults say.
• Exaggerate. Ask your child some questions that will spark new ways to think about people, events and scenes. “What would it feel like to be a car, a house or a dog? What would life be like if you had four hands?”
• Use visual images. Have your child look at a picture and write down what it brings to mind. Or she can take a walk and make notes about what she sees.
• Think about actions she could add to her ideas: What will happen next? How quickly?

We are thankful and grateful for your help and support!