Here are some updates and info for this week.
REMINDER: On Friday, October 25th we will be
visiting Old Salem. All students need to bring a lunch
and drink. We will be walking around outdoors quite a
bit, please dress accordingly. Students do not need any
extra money, but they may bring money to spend at the
bakery. Chaperones- you will need to pay at the visitor’s
center when you arrive. The address for the visitor’s
center is:
900 Old Salem Rd
Winston Salem NC 27101
**note from the group coordinator at Old Salem-
PLEASE NOTE: for the next couple of years, there will be major roadway
construction around Winston-Salem, affecting routing to Old Salem. The
day before your visit please check www.business40nc.com for the most
up-to-date directions. Allow additional time for travel.
Do you have a large cooler we can borrow
for lunches? If so we would love to have
them by Thursday afternoon.
In both reading and writing we will continue our
nonfiction work. In reading we are doing background
reading about Native American tribes in the 3
regions of NC. Once we have read about tribes in
each region we will compare and contrast differences
in their ways of life and look at possible explanations
for the differences.
In writing we are practicing creating and supporting
a thesis statement based on our writing about
important people to us.
In social studies we will begin studying the Lost Colony
and colonization of each region of NC.
In math we will review multiplication and division and
then have our test for unit 2.
Today students will bring home their "Home Connections"
math workbooks. Every 2 weeks or so I will share pages
they can do for OPTIONAL math homework. I will try to
offer pages that students should be familiar with and
can do pretty independently. For now, pages I suggest are:
1, 2, 6, 7,8, 13, 14, 19,23,33,34,36,41,42,44
HES FAMILY PICNIC
Bring your blankets/ chairs and picnic baskets and join HES families
for dinner and games on Friday, October 25th on the field for food,
fun, and friendship. 5:30pm - 9:00 pm
TRUNK OR TREAT
HES is joining Hillsborough Police department on October 26th at
Fairview Park providing fun activities and a safe trunk-or-treating
experience for families in our community. Please continue to send
in bags of candy this week through October 25th that we can
use at our Dolphin trunk.
Enrollment for 2020-2021
HES has started hosting prospective families with Spanish interpreters available on some dates. Tour dates and times are listed on the HES website. If you know of a family that will have a kindergarten student next year, is new to the community, or is a current OCS student at another school and want to be part of our HES family, please encourage them to visit us to get to know about the learning opportunities we have to offer. Applications are encouraged for new K-5 students and will open in January. Returning families will also re-apply given first priority in January. Help us spread the word.
Fall Scholastic Book Fair will be November 4th - 8th
Mark your calendars!
The book fair will be open from 7:30 am to 3:15 pm Monday through Thursday, and from 7:30 to noon on Friday. That Tuesday we will stay open until 6pm for family and friends who are unable to visit the fair during school hours.
Please join us to shop before the morning bells ring, during your child's scheduled classroom visit, during lunch that week and of course during the extended hours on Tuesday!
One of the keys to a successful book fair is a team of wonderful volunteers! If you would like to volunteer and/or if you have any questions please contact Valerie Lund via email, valerie@briareos.net. Thank You!
Be on the lookout for more specific information as we get closer!
