Hoover Martians and Artists

Hello Hoover Rockets,

Congratulation to the Hoover students, parents, grandparents and siblings who ran/walked in the Martian Marathon last week. 

Hoover had 14 people from the Hoover community that included staff, parents, or older sibling that participated in the 5K or 10K events.

We had the largest group (121 students) registered for the Kids Martian Marathon.

Everyone met at Dearborn's Ford Field Park where they did a large group warm-up before moving to the start line for the 1.2 mile race.  The students logged 25 miles with their families before the day in order to complete an entire marathon (25 + 1.2 = 26. 2 miles for a marathon)

This event is a culmination of our February Heart Month Celebration and is one of the classroom extensions offered through our Physical Education Program.  Congratulations Hoover Rockets, Staff and especially Mr. O.

It was great to see all the amazing art work last night!  A huge thank you to Mrs. Gordon.  She spends weeks preparing for the show and organizing all of our student's projects.  The school looks beautiful!

 

Eco-Action Update:

This week's Live from the Dumpster was filmed by some of our 3rd Grade Hoover Rockets!  Great job!

*Thank you for all the donations and help preparing for the Art Fair.  It was a huge success.

*GO TIGERS!  We sold over 200 tickets for the Tiger Game.  Hoover earned $987!! 

 The arts provide new challenges for those students already

considered successful.

- The arts connect learning experiences to the world of real work.

- The arts enable young people to have direct involvement with the

arts and artists.

- The arts support extended engagement in the artistic process.

- The arts encourage self-directed learning.

- The arts engage community leaders and resources.

 Taken from a review of the federal report "Champions of Change."

The author of this review is N.M. Weinberger.

4/25-5/13 3rd Grade M-STEP
4/26 YMAD at Churchill High School 6:30 p.m.
4/28 No School Professional Development Day
5/11-5/27 4th Grade M-STEP
5/12 Volunteer Tea
5/26 Music Concert
6/7 Field Day

End of the 3rd Marking Period

Hello Hoover Rockets!

Today was the last day of the 3rd Marking Period.  Tomorrow, the students do not have school.  Our Hoover staff will be preparing report cards for you to review next week.  Look for them to come home on Friday, April 22, 2016 through back pack mail.  

This spring our student’s will be taking the M-STEP test.  The staff continues to work hard at preparing our students for these tests. First and foremost, we believe that our curriculum is strong, the instruction students receive is excellent, and that good curriculum and instruction will prepare our students for any test.

What can you do to help your child be successful on the M-STEP? Make sure that they get a good night's sleep.  Elementary children need up to 10 hours of sleep each night to do their best in school.  It is also important for them to eat a healthy breakfast while cutting back on high-sugar cereals, pastries, and undiluted juices (which can have the same sugar content as sodas).  Most importantly, ensure that your child attends school every day. This is especially important during the M-STEP testing windows (3rd Grade 4/25-5/13

4th Grade 5/11-5/27).  Thanks for all your home support!

*Please join us tonight for our April PTA meeting.  It will begin at 7:00 p.m. in the Little Theater.

*Thank you for visiting Cebella's Pizza.  We raised over $250 for Hoover.

*Youth Making a Difference Celebration will be on April 19th 6:30 at Churchill.

*Come enjoy the Hoover Art Fair on Thursday, April 21st for ice cream and art.

* Friday, April 22 GREEN OUT for EARTH DAY!  Wear green!  

Did you know the State of Michigan requires all schools to conduct three lock down drills each school year, in addition to the mandatory five fire and two tornado drills. Hoover staff have been given specific directions on their individual and collective responsibilities during our emergency drills. They  will speak to their students prior to the drills to explain and practice the procedures.  They will also prepare the students emotionally by reminding them that:

• Schools are safe places;

• Teachers and staff work with parents and public safety providers (police and fire departments) to help keep students safe; and

• These drills help us to keep students safe, the same way fire and tornado drills help keep students safe.

Parents, please review these same points with your child at home.  Remember that children take their cues from you and will feel comfortable with our various safety drills if you reassure them that they are necessary to help keep them safe in the event of an unlikely emergency or crisis.  Any visitors at Hoover during the course of a practice drill are required to participate in applicable drill.  You may want to visit http://www.ready.gov/kids and http://goo.gl/VGe08y for some kid friendly safety information brought to you by agencies of our Federal government.

4/14 End of 3rd Marking Period
4/15 No School Work Day for Teachers
4/20 Door to Door Pick Up
4/21 Art Fair 6:00-8;00 p.m.
4/22 Earth Day, Green Out Spirit Day, Report Cards Go Home
4/25-5/13 3rd Grade M-STEP
4/26 YMAD at Churchill High School 6:30 p.m.
4/28 No School Professional Development Day
5/11-5/27 4th Grade M-STEP
5/12 Volunteer Tea
5/26 Music Concert
6/7 Field Day

Celebrating the Earth at Hoover!

Hello Hoover Rockets!

As part of our Eco-Action Efforts this week we learned about our amazing planet Earth. Our Hoover Rockets enjoyed a musical assembly from Joe Reilley. He is a singer, songwriter and environmental educator from Ann Arbor. His way of working with children is empowering, inspiring, and educational. Mr. Reilley teaches ecology and environmental science through original songs. 


Mr. Reilley has recorded seven albums of his music, including two children’s albums of environmental songs, Children of the Earth (2007) and Let’s Go Outside (2011).  Children of the Earth was featured on National Public Radio’s Living OnEarth program in 2008.  The title song from Let’s Go Outside was selected as the official song for National Get Outdoors Day in June 2011.  Thank you to our wonderful PTA for providing this enriching assembly. 

*Thank you to Mr. Tony and Mrs. Gregg for painting the Spring scene on our lobby windows over Spring Break!
*April 11, 2016 we will be having a dinner out fundraiser at Cebella's Pizza.
*We were able to adopt the Lion at the Detroit Zoo thanks to all the donations. The sign is currently hanging in front of the exhibit.  If you go to the Zoo, be sure to stop by the Lion exhibit and take a picture.  Please email me the picture so I can add it to our Hoover Proud Blog.

10 FUN FACTS ABOUT THE EARTH!

1. When you are standing, you are actually moving through space at 1,000 miles per hour.
2. The Earth moves around the sun at 67,000 miles per hour.
3. Earth is approximately 4.53 billion years old.
4. The Earth and its rocks recycle themselves by transforming from magma to rock to sedimentary rock to metamorphic rock to magma again.
5. Like the Earth experiences earthquakes, the moon experiences “moonquakes”.
6. The largest earthquake in recorded U.S. history was the magnitude 9.2 earthquake in Prince William Sound, Alaska in 2011.
7. The hottest reported spot on Earth is in El Azizia, Libya, where NASA recorded a temperature of 136 degrees Fahrenheit.
8. The coldest reported spot on Earth is in Antarctica, where temperatures reach as low as minus 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
9. The lowest temperature ever recorded was in Russia’s Vostok Station, where temperatures reached minus 128.6 degrees Fahrenheit.
10.  The Antarctic ice gap contains 70 percent of the Earth’s fresh water and 90 percent of its ice.

4/11 Fine Arts Festival
4/11 Cebella's Pizza Fundraiser
4/12 Mrs. Cannell's Class Field Trip
4/14 End of 3rd Marking Period
4/15 No School Work Day for Teachers
4/19 YMAD at Churchill High School 6:30 p.m.
4/20 Door to Door Pick Up
4/21 Art Fair
4/22 Earth Day, Green Out Spirit Day, Report Cards Go Home
4/25-5/13 3rd Grade M-STEP
4/28 No School Professional Development Day
5/11-5/27 4th Grade M-STEP
5/26 Music Concert
6/7 Field Day

Spring Fever

Hello Hoover Rockets!

Spring break is almost upon us and our students and staff are ready to enjoy some spring weather next week. I know many of our families will be spending time together and perhaps going on trips. Wherever you are spending your spring break, I hope it's a happy time and that some good memories are made! We had a fun week wrapping up our March is Reading Month activities.  We look forward to seeing the students when they return on Monday, April 4.  Remind your child to keep reading even after Reading Month has ended!

This is Ruth McNally Barshaw who visited Hoover on Monday and showed the students how to draw illustrations and use their imagination in story writing.

 March is Reading Month Assemblies 

Today we had an assembly called the Magic of Reading.  The students heard the beginning of stories to peek their interest and then Doug Scheer told them the name of the book to look for in the Library.  It was a lot of fun!

*Thank you to our PTA for our amazing assemblies and ice cream sundaes today.  

*Thank you Hoover Rocket families for participating in our PJ Day.  We raised over $250 today. 

*The Five Below Fundraiser continues until 3/27.  Bring your flyer and Hoover will get a percentage of your sales.

*Mark your calendar for our next PTA meeting which will be April 14, 2016 at 7:00 p.m.

*4/24 Hoover Detroit Tiger Game 

Please take a moment to watch this week's edition of Live From the Dumpster.

Did you know that Hoover partners with the Churchill High School Football Program to provide "Big Brothers".  Once a week starting in April a few football players will be coming to partner with some of our 4th grade students.  You might seem them on the playground playing catch or basketball with students.  You might see them tutoring students or practicing math facts with our Hoover Rockets! Thank you Churchill!

3/25-4/1  Spring Break
4/6 Vision Screenings (KG, 1st, 3rd)
4/6 Door to Door Pick Up
4/7 Lipinski Wax Museum
4/8 Tigers Spirit Day and Earth Day Assemblies (Thank you PTA)
4/11 Fine Arts Festival
4/12 Mrs. Cannell's Class Field Trip
4/14 End of 3rd Marking Period
4/14 PTA Meeting 7:00 p.m.
4/15 No School Work Day for Teachers
4/21 Art Fair
4/25-5/13 3rd Grade M-STEP
4/28 No School Professional Development Day
5/11-5/27 4th Grade M-STEP
5/12 Volunteer Tea
5/26 Music Concert
6/7 Field Day

Guest Readers at Hoover!

Hello Hoover Rockets,

We are continuing to celebrate March is Reading month at Hoover.  On Wednesday evening, families enjoyed time together playing Book Bingo.

    BOOK BINGO FUN!

Ms. Stack's class tried to catch Leprechauns.

Today was Guest Reader Day.  Thank you to all our Guest Readers who spent time reading and sharing with our Hoover Rockets.  Some of our Special Guests included Mrs. Moore and Mrs. Kidder Riley Principals, Churchill Football Players, a Livonia Fireman, a retired Detroit Police Commander, an army specialist, Farmer Don, Livonia Librarians, Stevenson Hockey players, Rosemary and her therapy dog. We are so thankful to the Livonia Community for giving back to our Hoover Rockets today!  Ask your Hoover Rocket who read to their class today?

Take a moment to watch this week's Live From the Dumpster to see how we are doing with our paper recycling initiative.

Welcome Table:

Do you have an extra 1/2 hour in the morning after dropping your student off?  We could use your help to staff the Welcome Table!  This is an excellent opportunity to spend a small amount of time to be a big help.  It only takes 1/2 hour and scheduling your time is easy.  Schedule week to week, month to month or schedule your time for the entire school year in advance.  To sign up go to: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090a4da5a82da20-welcome2

3/18-3/27 Five Below Fundraiser

3/23 Door to Door Pick Up

4/24 Detroit Tigers Game

Did you know that research shows that the more parents are involved with the school and partners with teachers, the more successful their children are? Our teachers use a variety of ways to communicate with parents including email, websites, Class Dojo, phone calls and of course parent conferences. Please be sure to keep in contact with your child's teacher and ask your child what they learn each day. Great things are happening at Hoover! 

3/21 Ruth McNally Barshaw Assembly (Thank you PTA)

3/22-3/24 Vision Screening Kg, 1st, 3rd 

3/23 1st Grade Fieldtrip

3/23 Door to Door  Pick Up

3/24 $1 PJ Spirit Day, Read In, Doug Scheer Assembly, Ice Cream Sundaes (Thank you PTA)

3/25-4/1 Spring Break

4/8 Earth Day Assembly

4/14 End of the 3rd Marking Period

4/15 No School Teachers Mark Report Cards

Student's Opinions Matter

Hello Hoover Rockets,

This week, at Hoover we began to survey our students, to identify how they feel about their educational experience.  Mrs. Linn will take each class into the Computer Lab to complete the survey over the next couple weeks.

SAVING ENERGY
Today our 4th Grade students attended an assembly to learn how they can save energy at home.  Each 4th grade student is bringing home an energy saving kit that you can use to reduce your water consumption, and electricity.  If our 4th grade families complete the Home Worksheet and return them to Hoover, each classroom could earn $100 from DTE.  Please look for the Worksheet in your kits that came home today.  We need 80% returned.  This amazing experience was provided at no charge to Hoover thanks to DTE and Consumers Energy.

March is Reading Month

Today are Teachers swapped classrooms and read to students as part of our March is Reading Month Celebration!  Please remind your Hoover Rocket to read everyday!

* Thank you for participating in the Barnes and Noble and Noodles and Company fundraiser last weekend.

Five Below will be giving 10% of our Sale back to Hoover if you present the flyer between March 18-March 27.

We are still collecting books for our Book Bingo Night which is Wednesday, March 16th 6:00-8:00 p.m.  All families are invited to come and play Bingo!

This week's live from the Dumpster episode.  We have more students helping now with our Friday paper weighing and recycling efforts.

Saving Money Lighting represents about 20% of your home's electricity bill. Switching from incandescent bulbs to ENERGY STAR®-certified CFLs and LEDs is the easiest step you can take to save on your energy bill and help the environment.

Switching to LEDs and CFLs Switching from old-fashioned incandescent bulbs to CFLs and LEDs is an effective, simple way to save energy and money. CFLs and LEDs use 75% less energy without sacrificing light output. CFLs last 10 times longer while LEDs can last up to 25 years longer.     DTE Energy Saving TIps

3/16 Book Bingo Night 6:00-8:00 p.m.

3/18 Guest Reader Day

3/22-3/24 Vision Screenings KG, 1st Grade and 3rd Grade

3/24 PJ Spirit Day, Read In, Author Assembly Ice Cream Sundaes 

3/25-4/1 Spring  Break

Snow and Star Fun!

Hello Hoover Rockets!

The students had a lot of fun playing in the snow this week.  We also enjoyed learning about the Stars with Mrs. Lipinski in the Star Lab.

Mrs. Christensen's Class playing in the snow!

Mrs. Lipinski in the Star Lab.

March is Reading Month

Mrs. Linn went into every classroom and read this week to kick off March is Reading Month.  Look for the list of events in the Hoover Highlights next week.

*Please continue to bring in your adult and children books for Book Bingo.  We will be using these donated books for prizes (please no baby or board books)

*Come shop at Barnes and Noble on Sunday and a percentage of sales will be returned to Hoover.  Dine out at Noodles and Company and Hoover will also earn back 25%.  If 50 people show they have the Noodles and Company App on their phone, Hoover will earn 30% instead of 25%.  So download the app and enjoy dinner at Noodles and Company on Sunday.

*Check out our first episode of LIVE FROM THE DUMPSTER.  Our Eco-Action Leader Mr. Grose will be making reports on our paper recycling project.  So far we have earned $350!  We are working towards the $800 Grant total.  

Why add a leap day?: Leap days are needed to keep our calendar in alignment with the Earth's revolutions around the Sun.

It takes the Earth approximately 365.242189 days – or 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, and 45 seconds – to circle once around the Sun. This called a tropical year. Without an extra day on February 29 nearly every four years, we would lose almost six hours every year. After only 100 years, our calendar would be off by approximately 24 days.

By Julie Washington The Plain Dealer

 3/9 Coffee with the Principal 9:00 am
 3/9 Kindergarten (2016-17) Parent Information Night

 3/11 Teachers Swap and Read in Classrooms

 3/12 Girl Scout Cookie Drive In

 3/17 Mrs. Skibinski's Class Wax Museum

 3/18 Guest Reader Day