The Hound’s Howl
Today it’s up to me to be the BEST that I can be!
HALLS
ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL
Jan. 30, 2017
Volume 8, Issue 22
Congratulations Delaney Lawson, the two-time Halls Elementary Spelling Bee Champion!
Yearbook
Orders
Paper yearbook order forms
are going home tomorrow
(1/31) and will be accepted
through the month of
February. Orders can be
placed online at
ybpay.lifetouch.com using
order code 1552317
Encore Rotations
Jan. 30-Feb. 3 - Week 5
Feb. 6-10 - Week 6
Feb. 13-17 - Week 1
Feb. 21-24 - Week 2
Feb. 27 - Mar. 3 - Week 3
Mar. 6-9 - Week 4
Old Halls Pictures
As we are celebrating the 100th year of Halls School, we are looking
for any old Halls School photographs that you might have. We are
particularly seeking photos from the old school (pre-1986). If you have
any that you are willing to share, please send them to the Halls
Elementary office in an envelope with your name and your child’s
name clearly labeled. We will scan them and return them to you. Thank
you for your help in celebrating our historic school!
Dates to Remember
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Jan. 31 - Middle School Rezoning Community Meeting at Vine
Middle School
Feb. 6-10 - HES Book Fair
Feb. 9 - Book Fair Family Night
Feb. 20 - Inservice Day - no school for students
Feb. 28 - Yearbook Order Deadline
Mar. 10 - Inservice Day - no school for students
Mar. 13-17 - Spring Break
Halls Houses
We are excited to announce our Halls House System! Students and teachers
will work on cross grade-level teams to earn points for their houses through
positive actions. Each house is named after the Latin term for different
positive character traits and a house color. There are six houses:
AEQVITAS (yellow house) - The House of Respect
CARITAS (red) - The House of Caring
FIDELITAS (blue) - The House of Trustworthiness
LVSTITIA (orange) - The House of Fairness
PIETAS (purple) - The House of Citizenship
PROBITAS (green) - The House of Responsibility
Students are encouraged to wear their house colors on Fridays to show their
house pride! Watch the board in the front lobby to see the current house
standings. We will announce who is in the lead each week, and at the end of
the 9-weeks grading period, the lead house will have a dance party in the
gym! We are enthusiastic about this fun way to reinforce positive actions,
teamwork, and perseverance!
Message from the Student Council
On behalf of Student Council,
I would like to say thank you so much for donating to our Blessing Bags
drive! As you may have seen, our goal was to create 40 bags filled with
hygiene products, food, warming clothing items, etc to help the homeless
people in our area. Because of your generosity, Student Council members
were able to put together 156 Blessing Bags at their meeting last week!!!
Thank you so much for your donations and support and we appreciate you
being a blessing to us and to the less-fortunate people in our local
community!
With sincere gratitude,
Ms. Smith, SC sponsor
Birthday Book Club
Congratulations to the following students for joining the December Birthday
Book Club:
• Brayden Murphy
• Daniel Cook
• Addison Rucker
Boxtops for
Education
Please be on the
lookout for Box
Tops for
Education. Just
look for this on
the packages of
products you use:
Box Tops can be
found on several
popular brands
including:
• General Mills
• Ziploc
• Betty Crocker
• Old El Paso
• Totinos
• Green Giant
• Hamburger
Helper
• Kleenex
• Scott
• Land O Lakes
• Pillsbury
• Chex
• Hefty
• Yoplait
• and many
more!
Paw Pride Expectations
Be Respectful Be Responsible Be Safe Be Ready to Learn
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