Kindness Week/Bullying-Prevention Week

Next week beginning October 3rd is our Kindness/Bullying-Prevention Week.  Our kindness committee came up with the following theme and dress-up days for the week:

Theme- Be you.  Be kind.

Monday, Oct. 3^rd- Be YOUnique. (wear your favorite clothing)

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Tuesday, Oct. 4^th- Be your best. (dress for success-wear your best outfit).  Kindness assembly with Brandon White- 10:00 am in the downstairs gym

Wednesday, Oct. 5^th- Be a super student.  (wear superhero attire).

Thursday, Oct. 6^th- Be a good sport.  (wear your favorite sports team attire).

Friday, Oct. 7^th- Be a Heritage team player.  (wear Heritage attire or red and blue). 

Updates October 3 - October 31

	Updates October 3-October 31
3-Oct	Kindess Week Begins
3-Oct	4th Grade Special Chorus 3:00-3:30 PM
3-Oct	Math Wings Mrs. Hannon 3:45-4:45 PM
4-Oct	Brandon Lee White Assembly 10:00-10:45 AM
4-Oct	3rd Grade Fire Safety 12:30-1:30 PM
5-Oct	All Special Chorus 7:45-8:15 AM
5-Oct	Pre-School Family Fun Night 5:00-8:00 PM
7-Oct	5th Grade Special Chorus 7:45-8:15 AM
7-Oct	1st Grade to Johnson Farms 10:00 AM-2:30 PM
10-Oct	5th Grade Musical 2:30 PM, 6:30 PM
10-Oct	4th Grade Special Chorus 3:00-3:30 PM
10-Oct	Math Wings Mrs. Hannon 3:45-4:45 PM
11-Oct	Regional Math Wings Briarwood 4:00-5:45 PM
12-Oct	All Special Chorus 7:45-8:15 AM
13-Oct	Muffins With Mom 7:30-8:30 AM
14-Oct	Professional Day No Students
18-Oct	AM Kindergarten Field Trip 8:40 AM-10:10 AM
18-Oct	4th Grade Special Chorus 3:00-3:30 PM
18-Oct	District Math Wings Olathe North 4:00-5:30 PM
18-Oct	PTO Meeting 6:30-7:30 PM
19-Oct	All Special Chorus 7:45-8:15 AM
19-Oct	Picture Retake Day 8:30-10:00 AM
19-Oct	Parent Teacher Conferences 4:30-8:30 PM (No ECD Classes)
20-Oct	Parent Teacher Conferences 11:00 AM-8:00 PM (No Classes)
21-Oct	NO SCHOOL
26-Oct	All Special Chorus 7:45-8:15 AM
27-Oct	4th Grade Special Chorus 3:00-3:30 PM
27-Oct	FLIP Night 6:00-8:00 PM
28-Oct	5th Grade Special Chorus 7:45-8:15 AM
28-Oct	AM Kindergarten Halloween Party and Parade 10:30 AM
28-Oct	Halloween Parade and Parties 2:30-3:30 PM

Mr. McFarland News

· The link to sign-up for Watch Dogs is now live.  Click here to view the Watch Dog calendar to find a day that works for you!

· Fifth grade Ambassadors will be selling candy bars every morning from 8:00-8:15 next week  for $1 each.  They will use the profits to purchase books for the Johnson County Christmas Bureau.

· Our Fun Run Pledges are continuing to come in, thank you so much for supporting Heritage!  We would love to see all our families come out for the Fun Run on September 29th.  Fun Run Times:

Kindergarten: 10:00 AM

Grades 1 and 2: 1:00 PM

Grades 3, 4, and 5: 2:00 PM

· We are noticing a number of students arriving at school before 8:00 each morning.  We do not have staff on hand to supervise until 8:00.  For the safety of our students, please drop students off between 8:00 and 8:20—thank you!

 

Mr. McFarland News

· Thank you for all the wonderful donations to Noah’s Bandage Project.  Your generosity is amazing!

· Thank you to all the families that were able to make it to our Watch Dog Pizza Night last week.  We had a great turnout and we look forward to having our Watch Dog Dads in our school.

· Thank you to Laura Betz, Emily Wheeler, Jessie Cunningham, and Tonya Sorrels for helping out with picture day.  The day went quite well thanks to their help.

· Our 2016 Fun Run kicks off next Monday.  Students will be bringing home information Monday evening.  This has been extremely successful the last two years, we are so appreciative of all the support the Heritage community provides.  We would love to see all our families join us on September 29th for the Fun Run.  It is a great time to come together and support each other.  Thank you to our PTO for putting in countless hours of work to make this happen!

· The Olathe Public Schools Board of Education has begun the process for selecting our next Superintendent.  For more information on this and a chance to provide your input, please click here.

 

Mr. McFarland News

· WATCH Dogs Pizza Night is tonight from 6:30-7:30.  Everyone is welcome to attend! There will be a spirit wear salesman on hand making the WATCH Dog volunteer shirts for $13 as well as kids t-shirts for $10. He is making them on the spot so they will get to take them home tonight.

· Heritage will be participating in Noah’s Bandage Project this year.  Families can help by bringing cool, fun bandages to Heritage during the week of September 12th—16th.  We will have a box at the front entrance to collect all the bandages.  There will be a flyer coming home with students on Friday.  Learn more about Noah at www.NoahsBandageProject.com

· We will unfortunately not be able to have our Harriers Running Club this year due to the timing of the Jared Coones Run.  We will still hand out fliers so that families can participate in the Jared Coones Run and get the student discount.  Those registering through the school may return their registration form and money to the Heritage office.

· Look for information coming home for grades 3-5 to participate in the Heritage California Kickball tournament.  The tournament will be played after school on Thursdays during the fall semester.  

· Friday, September 16th will be Red Friday in honor of our Fuel Up to Play 60 program facilitated by Mr. Parsons.  We encourage all our students to wear red that day!

 

 

Illness Policy for Olathe Public Schools

Illness

Students with the following health condition(s) shall be excluded from school:

1. Oral temperature of 100 degrees F or higher
2. Elevated (or possibly a normal) temperature combined with any of the following: a severe cold with yellow-green nasal discharge, excessive coughing, swollen glands, or skin rash
3. Eyes inflamed with purulent discharge
4. Drainage from ear(s)
5. Head lice (must be lice-free with continued progress toward removing nits to come back to school)
6. Skin lesions (i.e. impetigo, ringworm and scabies) until under treatment
7. Vomiting
8. Diarrhea (i.e. two or more loose stools)
9. Fainting, seizure, or general signs of listlessness
10. Communicable disease
    Students will be re-admitted after being fever-free or symptom-free for 24 hours. Students with some conditions may return to school after being treated for 24 hours with an antibiotic. Call the school nurse for specific readmission guidelines.
     

EARLY CHILDHOOD FEE BASED PEER PARTICIPATION SLOT APPLICATION’S

ATTENTION PARENT’S OF

THREE AND FOUR YEAR OLD CHILDREN!

EARLY CHILDHOOD FEE BASED PEER PARTICIPATION SLOT APPLICATION’S

We are now accepting applications for open three and four year old peer slots in our Early Childhood Disabilities classrooms.

To be considered for a peer slot you/ your child must meet the following guidelines:

1.     You must live in the Olathe School District. (Even if you are an employee of the district you must still live within the Olathe School District.)

2.     Your child must be potty trained.  (Not wearing pull-ups)

3.     Your child must speak and understand English very well.

4.     You must complete the “Ages and Stages” questionnaire with your child and once scored, your child must be at the appropriate developmental level.

To request and application packet please contact Kim Russell at 913-780-7341 or via email at krussellhlc@olatheschools.org. Be sure and include your child’s date of birth.