Additional Guidance Lessons and Library Time for 2015-16

As you know, due to budget cuts, the elementary Spanish program has been eliminated for the 2015-16 school year. The school district has a plan to accommodate the scheduled time previously used for Spanish instruction. This plan will provide meaningful learning opportunities for our students. Elementary students previously had 30 minutes of Spanish twice a week. This time will now be utilized to provide additional library experiences and increased guidance lessons for our students.

 

This change will provide an opportunity to elevate the overall impact of our elementary library program. Research, writing, and critical thinking are the cornerstones of the Kansas College and Career Readiness Standards and our library program is the perfect area for this focus. The additional guidance lessons for our students will allow our counselors to provide additional preventative lessons to help our students as they move through their elementary years of school.

Mr. McFarland News

We have had an excellent beginning to our school year here at Heritage.  We welcomed several new families and students and are so glad to have them as part of the Hound Dog community.  There are some important upcoming dates that you can see below, but I wanted to highlight 2 dates.  The first one is our PTO Block Party scheduled for Saturday, August 29^th at 6:00 PM.  ***Please note this change from previous communication.  I highly encourage our families to attend this fun event to meet/see other Heritage families.  This is simply a time for us to gather and get to know each other a little better.  The second date I’d like to highlight is our Watch DOGS Kick-Off Night on September 1^st at 5:30 PM.  We would love for our dads to bring their kids to enjoy some pizza and get signed up for a time to volunteer at Heritage as our Top Dog!

I have had the opportunity to visit every classroom these past few days to meet our new students and to discuss student expectations.  In many classrooms, we discussed the Heritage Vision that was established over the summer.  We have banners with our new vision throughout the building.  I enjoyed sharing this vision with all our students as it is our framework for where we are heading as a school.  I appreciate all the input provided by parents, staff members, and students to develop the vision for our school.

Please don't hesitate to call or email me with questions or concerns.  I look forward to working with all our families to make this an exceptional year, and I hope to see you at the Second Annual PTO Block Party on the HT back playground on August 29th at 6:00 PM.

Sincerely,

Scott McFarland
Heritage Principal

Updates August 19-September 11

	Updates August 19-September 11
19-Aug	Tornado Drill 3:00 PM
21-Aug	Watermelon Feed 10:30 AM, 3:00 PM
28-Aug	Student of the Week Lunches 11:00 AM-12:30 PM
29-Aug	Heritage Block Party 6:00 PM
1-Sep	Watch Dog Kick Off 5:30-6:00 PM
4-Sep	Student of the Week Lunches 11:00 AM-12:30 PM
7-Sep	Labor Day NO SCHOOL
8-Sep	PTO Meeting 6:30 PM - HyVee
10-Sep	Harriers Running Club 3:45-4:15 PM
11-Sep	Fall Picture Day 8:30 AM
11-Sep	Student of the Week Lunches 11:00 AM-12:30 PM
11-Sep	Mid Quarter Grades Go Home