10.26.18

Hello Hoover Rockets,

Hoot N' Howl

The Christensen Family

Dancing Hoover Rockets

Thank you to all the volunteers that made the Hoot N' Howl such a success.  Fun was had by all!

Dan the Creature Man

Halloween Obstacle Course
Mr. O created a scary Halloween Obstacle Course in the Multi-Purpose Room this week.

Hoover Earned the Green Flag Award  

This is the message we got this week from the National Wildlife Federation:

CONGRATULATIONS! On behalf of the National Wildlife Federation, I am pleased to recognize your school for an exceptional achievement in receiving the Green Flag Award! Hoover Elementary is the first school in the State of Michigan to receive the Eco-Schools USA Green Flag, and NWF is honored to acknowledge and showcase all of your accomplishments.  

To win the Green Flag Award, Hoover Elementary School students and faculty tackled a host of sustainability initiatives including the formation of an Eco-Action team, designing a living classroom, conducting various energy and waste audits and much more. These steps have led to a variety of different outcomes and learning opportunities over the last few years, and all are designed to raise environmental and natural awareness, cut waste, increase student engagement and save money for the school and surrounding area.

National Wildlife Federation was named the stateside host for the international Eco-Schools program in 2008. The original Eco-Schools (http://www.eco-schools.org/) program is an international network of 50,000 K-12 schools in 62 nations, started in 1994 by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) with support by the European Commission. It was named by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) as a model initiative for Education for Sustainable Development in 2003. To learn more about Eco-Schools USA, visit www.eco-schoolsusa.org.

Tiffany S. Carey

Habitat and Education Coordinator, Great Lakes Regional Center

Did you know that our KG students participated in a High Tech High Touch assembly this week?  They learned about Forces PUSH and PULL.  The students enjoyed the hands on experience!  Thank you PTA!  

PTA NEWS

Thank you, Hoover Families, for helping to make Hoot-N-Howl such a successful event! It was so fun to see the halls full of costumes and families having a good time together. Thank you to everyone who volunteered their time and donated items. We have the most AMAZING school community!!!

NATIONAL PTA REFLECTIONS CONTEST: Calling All Artists: Is your Hoover Rocket a visual artist, photographer, writer, dancer, musician, or film maker? Then keep reading because the PTA has a program for them!! Students make projects that are inspired by a theme. This year’s theme is “Heros Around Me.” They can make a project in as many categories as they want. It is free to enter!! This is the 50^th Anniversary of the National PTA’s Reflections Contest and we are excited to offer it at Hoover. LPTSA will judge all the entries from Livonia Public Schools. They will choose four winners in each age range and category. Then they send those winners on to be judged at the state level. Top winners at the state level go on to national judging. The deadline to turn in projects is November 14, 2018. Please contact our Hoover PTA Reflections Chair, Christina Testa, Christina.testa.80@gmail.com, if you would like information.

BAKE SALE: PTA will be hosting a bake sale this year during the election on November 6^th. We will be in need of volunteers to man the tent outside and for baked goods (store bought is fine). Please look for an e-blast next week with the sign up genius

Upcoming Community Fundraisers: Mark your calendars for Skate Night at Riverside arena November 8^th and Five Below November 23-December 9^th. Watch for more details to come home soon. Thank you in advance for your support.

Holiday Parade: The Livonia Holiday Parade will be Sunday, December 2^nd starting at 4pm. The staging area will begin around 2:45pm at Frost Middle School. We are looking for another great group of Hoover Families to walk together in the parade. This event is open to all that want to participate. Look for more details to come in future correspondence.

SPIRIT DAY TOTALS: No one shows school spirit like our Hoover Rockets!! So far we have enjoyed Hat Day and College Day. Together we have raised $361 for a worthy cause yet to be determined. Last year we supported an organization near and dear to our Hoover hearts while sending a family to camp. We are really excited to see what we will be able to accomplish this year by using our school spirit money. THANK YOU HOOVER FAMILIES!!!

10/31 Stevenson Marching Band Assembly, Halloween Parties

11/6 NO SCHOOL Election Day, Professional Development Day

11/9 Spirit Day Gum Day

11/13 7:00 PTA Meeting
11/15 2nd Grade Field Trip Harris, Baden
11/20 2nd Grade Field Trip Flak, Acosta

11/21-11/23 NO SCHOOL THANKSGIVING BREAK

11/29 Trimester Ends

11/30 NO SCHOOL Work Day for Teachers

12/6-12/7 Holiday Shop

10.19.18

Hello Hoover Rockets,

Parent/Teacher Conferences
Thank you to all the parents/guardians that attended conferences this week.  Together we will achieve our academic goals.  Keep reading with your children and talking about what they have read.  The conversation after reading is just as important as reading.

Lunch in Classrooms due to Halloween Obstacle Course

Mr. O will have his famous Halloween Obstacle Course set up in the Multipurpose Room again this year.  Students will be eating lunch in their classrooms on Monday, October 22nd, Tuesday October 23rd and Wednesday, October 24th.

 Book Fair
The Book Fair was a huge success!  Thank you to everyone who purchased books to support our library and classrooms.

Hoot N'Howl is this Thurday from 6:00-8:00 p.m.  This is one of my favorite nights.  We will have a DJ, games, food and fun activities.  Students are not permitted to bring toy weapons to school for the Halloween parties or for Hoot N' Howl.  Students are also asked not to wear masks with their costumes.  We have young students who might be afraid of the masks.  Thanks for following the school rules.

PLEASE DISCUSS THESE RULES WITH YOUR HOOVER ROCKET IF THEY RIDE THE BUS!

Pack 907 (Cub Scouts at Hoover) are having a can/bottle drive next Saturday, October 27th and any donations are appreciated!  Cans/bottles can be dropped off in to the Pack in the Hoover parking lot.  

Mrs. Eckerle brought in a mystery item last week.  Students guessed if it was living or non-living. 
Some kids thought it was a rock, an ostrich egg, a snake egg.  They looked it up on line and many were certain it was a snake egg after we did our on-line research.  It was leathery on the outside and soft, which definitely fit the criteria for a snake egg. They cut it open to see what was inside....thank goodness no snake!!  A few students thought it was a mushroom.  They learned it was a puffball mushroom, which is EDIBLE!! They talked about fungi.  It was a great experience! 

HOOT & HOWL THURSDAY, October 25^th 6:00-8:00 pm

It’s almost Halloween time Hoover Rockets!  Our annual HOOT & HOWL event is sneaking up soon, so plan to join us for a spooktacular night of fun.   Everyone is welcome to dress up in costume.  We kindly request no masks or (toy) weapons please.  There will be guessing games, Halloween games, prizes, face painting, tattoo station, haunted obstacle course, music, dancing and Dan The Creature Man for some creepy crawly fun!  Dinner will be available for purchase.  Complimentary cider & donuts will be served later in the evening while we announce the winners of the guessing games.  

The Girl Scouts will also be doing their annual “Cans For Candy” collection for the Livonia Goodfellows charity.   Bring canned goods and receive a bag of candy at the door.    

If you would like to volunteer your time or make a donation to the event, here is the sign-up genius link: Hoover Hoot -n- Howl 2018

NATIONAL PTA REFLECTIONS CONTEST: Calling All Artists Is your Hoover Rocket a visual artist, photographer, write, dancer, musician, or film maker? Then keep reading because the PTA has a program for them!! Students make projects that are inspired by a theme. This year’s theme is “Heros Around Me.” They can make a project in as many categories as they want. It is free to enter!! This is the 50^th Anniversary of the National PTA’s Reflections Contest and we are excited to offer it at Hoover. LPTSA will judge all the entries from Livonia Public Schools. They will choose four winners in each age range and category. Then they send those winners on to be judged at the state level. Top winners at the state level go on to national judging. The deadline to turn in projects is November 14, 2018. Please contact our Hoover PTA Reflections Chair, Christina Testa, Christina.testa.80@gmail.com, if you would like information. 

10/22  2:00 Fire Drill

1022-10/24 Lunch In Classrooms,  Halloween Obstacle Course in MPR
10/25  6-8:00 Hoot N' Howl
10/31 Stevenson Marching Band Assembly, Halloween Parties

11/6 NO SCHOOL Election Day, Professional Development Day

11/9 Spirit Day Gum Day

11/13 7:00 PTA Meeting
11/15 2nd Grade Field Trip Harris, Baden
11/20 2nd Grade Field Trip Flak, Acosta

11/21-11/23 NO SCHOOL THANKSGIVING BREAK

11/29 Trimester Ends

11/30 NO SCHOOL Work Day for Teachers

12/6-12/7 Holiday Shop

10.14.18

Hello Hoover Rockets,

Happy Halloween from Hoover!

PARENT/TEACHER CONFERENCES

Parent-Teacher Conferences are scheduled for the afternoon and evening on Wednesday, October 17 and Thursday, October 18 (1:00-4:00 and 5:00-8:00 p.m.). Students will attend school for a half day both of these days. They will be dismissed at 12:10 p.m.

If you are unable to make your scheduled conference day and time, please contact Mrs. Holmes in the office for assistance. We are looking forward to seeing everyone at Conferences!

 The following guidelines were developed to help parents have successful conferences. I hope a few of these hints will be helpful to you:

*Decide in advance the questions you want to ask the teacher. It's a good idea to jot them down.
*Ask your child if there is anything she/he would like you to discuss with the teacher.
*Be ready to tell the teacher what she needs to know. Teachers are not prying when they ask about your child's health, hobbies, homework habits, or feelings about school. Knowing these things will be helpful in her teaching approach to your child.
*If you're concerned about something you have heard, or something your child has told you about school, keep an open mind until you hear the facts.
*Ask how you can work together with the teacher to meet your child’s needs.
 *Take notes during the conference and review them when you get home. Start right away on the action steps you and the teacher agreed upon.

*The conference doesn't end here. You have the right to know, at any time, about your child's progress. A telephone call to your child's teacher, will allow you to set up an appointment at a time convenient to both of you. Teachers value the interest and opinions of parents.

We look forward to seeing you at parent-teacher conferences and I hope you will feel free to stop in and visit with me.

Birthdays

As parents are planning birthday parties, please remember that teachers and or students cannot pass out invitations unless all of the students in the class are invited.  We do not want anyone to feel left out or excluded from an event.

Hoover is a Healthy School.  Students are not permitted to bring in birthday treats such as cupcakes or cookies for the class.  If you would like to celebrate a birthday you can send in items that are not edible or donate an indoor recess game for the classroom.  Thanks for keeping our Hoover Rockets Healthy

Rocket Pad-School Store

It is with great excitement that we are happy to announce that The Hoover School Store, The Rocket Pad, opened this week.  This year, the students on the Hoover Leadership Team will be working at the store and helping customers with their purchases.  The store sells everything from pencils to glue sticks and look for special surprises during the holiday seasons.  Each week, the First and Second Graders can shop on Tuesdays during their lunch recess and the Third and Fourth Graders can shop during their lunch recess on Thursdays.  Items range in price from a nickel to three dollars.  Gift cards and also available in fifty cent and $1.00 denominations.

THIRD GRADE FIELD TRIP

Last week, our third graders had a great field trip to Greenfield Village.  Thank you to the parents that chaperoned and the PTA for funding the transportation.

THIRD GRADE READING BILL

Are you familiar with the third grade-reading bill?  This is sometimes referred to as Public Act 306 or House Bill No. 4822.  At parent-teacher conferences, you will receive a copy of your child's fall assessment results.  The focus of parent-teacher conferences won't be on the report card, which comes home in December, but rather your child's current progress academically and socially.  To address this fall data, every classroom will have a designated period of each day devoted to providing additional supports to struggling learners and enrichment/extension activities for children who are scoring at or above grade level on their assessments.  We will also count on you for a home plan to help your child be successful with their grade level expectations.  This Third Grade Reading link contains manyinformational documents from Wayne County RESA, which highlights the third grade-reading bill and the importance of early literacy.  Thank you for being an active partner in your child's education.

HOOT & HOWL THURSDAY, October 25^th 6:00-8:00 pm

It’s almost Halloween time Hoover Rockets!  Our annual HOOT & HOWL event is sneaking up soon, so plan to join us for a spooktacular night of fun.   Everyone is welcome to dress up in costume.  We kindly request no masks or (toy) weapons please.  There will be guessing games, Halloween games, prizes, face painting, tattoo station, haunted obstacle course, music, dancing and Dan The Creature Man for some creepy crawly fun!  Dinner will be available for purchase.  Complimentary cider & donuts will be served later in the evening while we announce the winners of the guessing games.  

The Girl Scouts will also be doing their annual “Cans For Candy” collection for the Livonia Goodfellows charity.   Bring canned goods and receive a bag of candy at the door.    

If you would like to volunteer your time or make a donation to the event, here is the sign-up genius link: Hoover Hoot -n- Howl 2018

Box Top$ for Education FALL contest started Monday, October 8^thand runs until Friday, October 19^th. Please help our AMAZING HOOVER ROCKETS earn "free money" by sending in your Box Tops for Education. The PTA will award a classroom party to the top earning class in each grade level.  Some popular brands supporting Box Tops are Annie’s, General Mills cereals, Zip Loc bags, and Lysol products. Just cut out the Box Tops coupon on the packaging and save it to send in to your child's class during the contest. Each coupon is worth 10 cents. Last year, we raise around $800 for Hoover Elementary School!! You can also participate by downloading the Bonus Box Top App to your smart phone. Simply download the app, create or login to your Box Top account, look for Bonus Offers, buy the products and upload a picture of your receipt to the app for points. Look for more details to come home as the contest approaches.

Penny Wars:  This year the Annual MSU vs. UM Penny Wars starts on Monday, October 15th and ends Friday, October 19th.  ALL proceeds will go towards the Scholastic Book Fair to help our Hoover Library GROW!!  Scholastic then gives the amount of money we raise to children in need.  So let's show our Hoover Rockets how important it is to READ, help make our school library GROW, all while giving back to less fortunate children!!

SPIRIT DAY: is Friday October 19th.  Staying with the Penny Wars theme, Spirit Day is College Day. Have your Hoover Rocket wear their favorite colors or team apparel.  Pleae send in $1 to participate.  
Go Green!  Go Blue!

WALK-A-THON – Top class for each grade will receive $100.00, Top student of each grade will choose staff member for lunch & get a Hoover cinch sack.

TOTAL COLLECTED: $12,622.14

Walk-A-Thon WINNERS:                   

Kindergarten Class: Hawker                             Kindergarten Student: Adelynn Stram (Hawker)

1^st Grade Class: Neville                                     1^st Grade Student: Dylan Barry (Neville)

2^nd Grade Class: Stack/Peer                             2^nd Grade Student: Mackenzie Hughes (Peer)

3^rd Grade Class: Cowher                                   3^rd Grade Student: Isabella Almodovar (Cowher)

4^th Grade Class: Skibinski                                 4^th Grade Student: Brooke Hughes (Larabell)

Top Earning Class at Hoover:  Mrs. Hawker (Kindergarten)         

DINE TO DONATE: at Buffalo Wild Wings on Wednesday 10/17 and a portion of your bill will go back to the Hoover PTA. Watch for a flyer to come home via backpack mail with more details.

NATIONAL PTA REFLECTIONS CONTEST: Calling All Artists Is your Hoover Rocket a visual artist, photographer, write, dancer, musician, or film maker? Then keep reading because the PTA has a program for them!! Students make projects that are inspired by a theme. This year’s theme is “Heros Around Me.” They can make a project in as many categories as they want. It is free to enter!! This is the 50^th Anniversary of the National PTA’s Reflections Contest and we are excited to offer it at Hoover. LPTSA will judge all the entries from Livonia Public Schools. They will choose four winners in each age range and category. Then they send those winners on to be judged at the state level. Top winners at the state level go on to national judging. Please watch for an eblast from Mrs. Linn with more information during the first week in October. The deadline to turn in projects is November 14, 2018. Please contact our Hoover PTA Reflections Chair, Christina Testa, Christina.testa.80@gmail.com, if you would like information. 

10/17-10/18 1/2 Day of School 12:10 Dismissal Parent Teacher Conferences

10/17 Buffalo Wild Wings Dine to Donate
10/19  Spirit Day College Day 

10/19  Last Day for Box Top Contest
10/24  10:40 Fire Drill

10/25  6-8:00 Hoot N' Howl

11/6 NO SCHOOL Election Day, Professional Development Day

11/9 Spirit Day Gum Day

11/13 7:00 PTA Meeting

11/21-11/23 NO SCHOOL THANKSGIVING BREAK

11/29 Trimester Ends

11/30 NO SCHOOL Work Day for Teachers

12/6-12/7 Holiday Shop

10.5.18

Hello Hoover Rockets,

Kate with her winning banner entry.

Walk-a-thon

We had a great time walking with Paws at the Hoover Walk-a-thon.  Thank you for all your hard work collecting pledges to support Hoover.  We achieved our goal and we will have the dunk tank on Field Day.  The final numbers are being tabulated and we will announce the winners next week.  It is very tight so if you have any remaining donations please send them in on Monday.

3rd Grade Team with Paws

Outdoor Classroom and Garden

Mrs. Eckerle's class used our pumpkins from the school garden for a science\math exploration. They tested them to see if they would sink or float. They measured circumference. The kids also decorated them with a Sharpie.

They talked about why a grape sinks, but a pumpkin and apple float.

KINDNESS The October Climate Character Trait is Kindness.  Each day the students here a "tip of the day" during the announcements.  Today's tip is:  Sit by someone new at lunch.

Mrs. Lipinski's class wrote about kindness this week.

Why is it important to be kind you ask?  Well here is why. Kindness helps with many things like:  making friends, having fun and even makes people smile!  Here are some ways to be kind to others; share, give, think of others, help and if people are feeling lonely ask them if they want to play.  That's a way to make a new friends!  See kindness is important!  I hope you are kind too!  Lucas R.

Kindness is super important!  What is kindness?  Kindness is giving to the less fortunate.  Kindness is playing with someone who is not having a good day.  There is no limit to how kind you can be.  When you are kind you will have more friends, feel good about yourself and have a better day.  If you are mean and do not treat others the way you want to be treated you will not have as many friends and not a lot of people will want to play with you because you are an unkind person.  As you can see being kind is great.  So the next time you see someone sad, play with them.  Then you know you are being kind.  Tommie H.

Livonia Cub Scout Pack 907 will be doing a can and bottle drive on Saturday, October 27^th in the north Hoover parking lot from 12:00 pm-4:00 pm.  So save those returnables, drive on over and we will help unload your vehicle.  Come support our active local Cub Scouts!

Did you know what a difference a few minutes makes in the morning?
Think about it this way....
If your student is chronically late every morning, or many mornings, as he/she is arriving, the rest of the class is already moving on.  Morning routines include: being organized for the day, morning work, attendance, lunch count, specials, calendar, reviewing daily schedules, etc.!  You would be amazed at how much is happening the very first 10 minutes of class.  When your child is late, they miss out on this very important part of the day.  Please have your child here before the first bell, which is at 8:50, when children are escorted to their lockers.  By the second bell, 8:54, instruction is beginning!  We appreciate your support.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT for our Walk-a-Thon!!!! We met our goal of $10,000. We will have the final numbers with the class and student breakdowns next week.

Box Top$ for Education FALL contest starts this coming Monday, October 8^thand runs until Friday, October 19^th. Please help our AMAZING HOOVER ROCKETS earn "free money" by sending in your Box Tops for Education. The PTA will award a classroom party to the top earning class in each grade level.  Some popular brands supporting Box Tops are Annie’s, General Mills cereals, Zip Loc bags, and Lysol products. Just cut out the Box Tops coupon on the packaging and save it to send in to your child's class during the contest. Each coupon is worth 10 cents. Last year, we raise around $800 for Hoover Elementary School!! You can also participate by downloading the Bonus Box Top App to your smart phone. Simply download the app, create or login to your Box Top account, look for Bonus Offers, buy the products and upload a picture of your receipt to the app for points. Look for more details to come home as the contest approaches.

NATIONAL PTA REFLECTIONS CONTEST: Calling All Artists Is your Hoover Rocket a visual artist, photographer, write, dancer, musician, or film maker? Then keep reading because the PTA has a program for them!! Students make projects that are inspired by a theme. This year’s theme is “Heros Around Me.” They can make a project in as many categories as they want. It is free to enter!! This is the 50^th Anniversary of the National PTA’s Reflections Contest and we are excited to offer it at Hoover. LPTSA will judge all the entries from Livonia Public Schools. They will choose four winners in each age range and category. Then they send those winners on to be judged at the state level. Top winners at the state level go on to national judging. Please watch for an eblast from Mrs. Linn with more information during the first week in October. The deadline to turn in projects is November 14, 2018. Please contact our Hoover PTA Reflections Chair, Christina Testa, Christina.testa.80@gmail.com, if you would like information. 

Next PTA MEETING Tuesday, October 9, 2018 10:00 AM  Hope you can join us in the Community Room!

10/8 Nuts About Science
10/8-10/19 Box Top Contest
10/9  10:00 PTA Meeting

10/11 2:15 Fire Drill
10/16 Hoover Highlights

10/17-10/18 1/2 Day of School Parent Teacher Conferences

10/19  Spirit Day College Day 

10/19  Last Day for Box Top Contest
10/24  10:40 Fire Drill

10/25  6-8:00 Hoot N' Howl

11/6 NO SCHOOL Election Day, Professional Development Day

11/9 Spirit Day Gum Day

11/13 7:00 PTA Meeting

11/21-11/23 NO SCHOOL THANKSGIVING BREAK