Friday, January 31, 2014

5th Grade Backboards for Science

5th Grade Backboards for Science
The 5th Graders have been working very hard on their Science Backboards that were displayed at Heritage last Monday for Backboard Night.  Tonight, January 31st all of the backboards will be displayed and judged at Santa Fe Middle School along with backboards from other elementary schools.
Each backboard displays an experiment or invention and must contain:
  • A Statement of Problem
  • A Hypothesis
  • A Procedure
  • A Materials List
  • Results, Usually With A Graph
  • A Conclusion 


3rd Grade Music Program

3rd Grade Music Program
The third grade shared their Spanish songs with us on Thursday afternoon and evening.  Mrs. Owen, our music teacher led the students through songs with lots of Latin rhythms and Spanish words in two fun shows called "Cantamos Americanos".  They even danced a conga line!

Wonderful performance, Third Grade!

 



Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Message From the Principal


Construction Update

Plans are taking shape for crews to begin construction the first week of March on our front entrance.  This will certainly be an exciting and important change for Heritage, but there will be some procedures that will be affected by the construction process.  In addition to losing access to our front entrance, we will more than likely lose our sidewalk out front and a lane of traffic.  This is going to cause us to make some changes in our drop off and pick up procedures.  Many Olathe Schools have gone to a number system, especially those that have begun the construction process.  What these schools have done is assign each family a number that corresponds with each student.  When parents pull up the number is radioed inside to alert teachers which student/students need to go outside to a designated spot to be picked up.  I am in the process of talking with the schools that have implemented this procedure to get a better understanding of how they have made it work.  This will also be a topic of discussion during tonight’s Site Council meeting and next Tuesday night’s PTO meeting.  On January 22nd, our Building Leadership Team will be meeting to develop a plan to best meet our needs.  Once we have developed a plan, we will communicate this to our community.  If you have input or suggestions, please shoot me an email prior to the 22nd at smcfarlandht@olatheschools.org.

Speaking of input, I would like to gain some information from our community members on how I am doing as your child’s principal.  If you could take a moment to fill out a brief survey, the information you provide will help me to perform my job better. The following is a link to the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ScottMcFarland2013-14ParentSurvey

The survey will close on January 28th.  Thanks so much for your time and perspective with this. 

 

Scott McFarland

 

 

Spelling Bee


Heritage Spelling Bee

Fourteen Heritage students were brave enough last Wednesday, December 11th, to spell challenging words in front of 2nd thru 5th graders at the Spelling Bee.  After a hard fought battle, our Spelling Bee Winner is Olivia and our 2nd Place Speller is Allie.  Congratulations!

Thank you to Mrs. Stutzman for organizing and calling out the words, and to Mrs. Pat, Mrs. Mayer and Mrs. Owen for being our judges.