New Facility Update

Harrison Hills City Schools New PK-12
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• Please view this updated drone footage of the new school construction

• Installed street signs for Huskies Way and Liggett Lane.

• Stone sub-base grading along Huskies Way and Liggett Lane for sidewalks

• Lawn seeding on the school site

• Masonry foundations in areas D and E

• Concrete foundations in area C

• Site lighting conduit and pole bases

District Office

• The superintendent, treasurer and attorney Spahn worked on the US Postal Lease, AEP Easement Agreement and Trans Canada Agreement. All documents were board approved last Thursday.

• Mrs. Snider attended East's Fall Festival where students and parents learned about Accelerated Reader points, made slime, played games, colored pictures, and learned about school-time yoga.

• The October Board of Education meeting was held on 10/26 where retires, new Master Teachers, and Best Practice Award recipients were honored.

• OAPSE and Administration met Tuesday for a Labor Relations meeting.

• The monthly administrators' meeting was held on Wednesday.

• The fiscal office has been working with state auditors providing all information requested for the FY2017 audit.

• The treasurer met with Hammond Construction concerning the financial records for the building project.

• Adjustments have been made to busing to increase efficiency for all schools.

• Winter trip meeting is being held November 3, 2017 at 6 PM in the district office professional development room.

Harrison Central Jr/Sr High

• The football team and cheerleaders went to the Carriage Inn for dinner and to say hello to residents.

• 8th & 9th graders that passed all of their state tests were rewarded with a movie at Quaker Cinema and lunch!

• Academic Challenge Team beat St. Clairsville 35-75! Good Job!

• Senior football players attended the VALES press conference.

• Thank you to the seniors that helped at the Food Bank on Wednesday!

• Football players visited Harrison North to read to 2nd grade.

• Trunk or Treat brought out some cute costumes! Thank you to everyone that participated!

• Wagner Field hosted a district semi-final and final game for East District girls soccer.

• Students participated in different activities during Red Ribbon Week. The SADD Club organized dress up days to “say no to drugs.”

Mark Your Calendar

November 2 Academic Challenge Match v. Carrollton

Harrison East Elementary

• Taking advantage of the beautiful fall weather, 4th grade science students went on a local nature walk. The observed trees, leaves, and seeds and collected samples of each.

• Congratulations to a patch of 4th grade super readers! Pictured below are students who met their AR reading goal for the 1st 9-weeks!

• Pictured below are 3rd graders who are getting geared up for Ohio state testing in English/Language Arts. They are using technology along with Sleuth books. The books are included in the Reading Street series and allows students to recognize and answer higher level questions based on the text they read.

• Over 240 students, friends, and family came to participate in a wide variety of activities in our annual Fall Family Fun Night. Prize baskets were awarded, books were read with quizzes taken, slime was made, corn hole was played, and plenty of dancing took place. Thanks goes to our PTO and staff who made this a truly fun night.

• For Fire Safety Month a special thanks goes out to the Hopedale Volunteer Fire Department for coming and sharing with our students many fire safety tips. Assistant Fire Chief Mike Moore, Sean Donato, Andy Bowersock, Clay Gilliam, and Jess Moore were the presenters.

• Pictured below are 2nd graders Kaesyn Johnson and Andrew Mattern proudly showing off their ribbons for achieving 25 AR points.

• Pictured below are the winners of gift baskets given out at Fall Family Fun Night. Preschool winner: Jace Bumgardner; Kindergarten: Reese Dunlap; 1st grade: Colson Crothers; 2nd grade: Lola Smith; 3rd grade: Peyton Mattern; 4th grade: Georgia Johnson; 5th grade Nicolas Jacobs; 6th grade: Alexis Lishick; and Title 1: Shaylen Bethel

• Second grader Emma Palmer reached her AR goal of 25 points this week!

• In honor of Red Ribbon Week, 4th grader Michael Stock and 1st grader Morgan Stock designed a hallway sign for East. A great reminder to “just Say NO to Drugs”!

Scare Away Drugs

Mark Your Calendar

October 30-November 3 3rd grade state testing in E/LA

October 30-November 2 No PAWS Afterschool Program

November 10 Veterans Day Program

November 14 November Parent Club Meeting (4:30PM)

November 14 November PTO Meeting (5:30PM)

November 15 No PAWS Afterschool Program

November 20-December 1 No PAWS Afterschool Program

November 21 Last Day of School Prior to Thanksgiving Break

November 21 2nd Nine Weeks Progress Reports Sent Home w/Students

November 22-November 26 Thanksgiving Break

November 27 Classes Resume

December 1 Building Spelling Bee (9AM)

December 13 No PAWS Afterschool Program

December 15 Winter Music Program (1PM)

December 15-January 5 No PAWS Afterschool Program

December 21 Last Day of School Prior to Christmas Break

December 20-January 1 Christmas Break

January 2 Classes Resume

January 5 End of the 2nd Nine Weeks

January 12 2nd Nine Weeks Report Cards Sent Home w/Students

January 15 Martin Luther King Jr. Day - No Classes

January 15 No Paws Afterschool Program

Harrison North Elementary
Fall Art

Owls

• Mrs. Rocchi's students were introduced to mindful meditation using an app called Stop Breathe Think. Feedback from students was very good! They loved the time to focus on themselves and calm their minds for a few minutes.

• In Preschool this week, Deputy Frank shared a story, "The Very Frustrated Monster" by Andi Green, along with the monster Twitch. It is one book of the series about WorryWoos. Each book has a plush monster that makes the emotions come to life. The WorryWoos help to build confidence and empowerment.

• Mrs. Soos’ first grade class has made a book through student treasures to publish. Parents are able to purchase these books for a keepsake.

• On Tuesday, October 24 Mrs. Carpenter and Mrs. Sefsick provided professional development on learning centers. Sample learning centers were sitting on the tables for staff to experiment with.

• Students from Mrs. Gaffney’s class using leaning centers in the AM after completing morning seat work.

• On Tuesday, October 24 Harrison Central High School football players came to Harrison North to read to Miss Tipton and Mrs. Gaffney’s 2nd grade classes. Each child received a free book from The 2nd & 7 foundation. This foundation was created by Luke Fickell, Ryan Miller, and Mike Vrabel. The 2nd & 7 Foundation mission: The mission of 2nd & 7 Foundation is to promote reading by providing free books and positive role models to kids in need while encouraging young athletes of the community to pay it forward. A special thank you to The 2nd & 7 foundation and to Harrison Central High School for making this day possible!

• On October 25 Deputy Tony Sedgmer was a guest during our professional development. He explained to our staff his role as the new DARE officer. He had two weeks of training in Columbus, Ohio to become the DARE officer. It has been three and a half years since Harrison Hills has had a DARE officer, and he is very excited to start the program up again. He will begin working with the primary grades.

• Harrison North held parents in the classroom during the week of October 23. Parents had the opportunity to spend thirty minutes in the classroom with their child before going to lunch.

• School lunch week was held at Harrison North October 23- 27, 2017. Families enjoyed lunch with their children during this week.

Mark Your Calendar

October 30-November 3 3rd grade fall state reading test & 2nd grade gifted testing

October 31 Halloween parties

November 1 PTA meeting at 5 p.m. in school cafeteria

November 3 PTA cookie dough sale begins

November 10 Veteran’s Day program @ 10 a.m.

November 14 grades 3-6 Husky Points Reward Field Trip to Wheeling Nailers Hockey Game

November 15 No Preschool classes

November 17 PTA cookie dough sales and money due

November 21 2nd nine weeks progress reports sent home

November 22-24 No School; Thanksgiving

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