From the Principal
Dear Harvey Families,
Happy October! This is such a great time of year with the beautiful fall colors, cool weather, perhaps a trip to the apple orchard or cider mill, and fun fall celebrations. For me, the best part about fall is the fact that our students are fully involved in their learning. I have had the great pleasure of visiting all of our classrooms, and our teachers are creating engaging lessons for our students. Children are using technology to enhance their learning, they are involved in high-level thinking activities, they are working collaboratively with classmates, they are participating in discussions that allow them to demonstrate their learning, and they are creating projects that show a deep knowledge of all subject areas. Our classrooms are very busy places full of learning!
We have a lot of fun activities planned this month for our Harvey community. We are looking forward to our Walk-a-Thon on October 5 (rain date is October 6), which is our main fundraiser for the year. The student with the most donations will be “Principal for the Day” and will have a fun time visiting classrooms all around the school, handling lunch duty, and doing all of the fun things a principal gets to do in a busy school day! Our first Academic, Citizenship, and Effort (A.C.E.) assembly will be on Monday, October 2. This is a new addition to our PBIS program and we look forward to recognizing our Harvey Eagles who are demonstrating these three important skills. Please plan to join us for Trunk or Treat on October 27.
Our staff and our Jack Harvey Volunteers were so excited to welcome many new faces to our September JHV meeting! We are looking forward to seeing many parents at our next meeting on October 10 at 7:00 p.m. in the Media Center. Free child care will be provided for the evening meeting. We really need your help in order to continue all of the fun and educational programs our volunteer group provides for our students.
Halloween will be here soon, and we look forward to a fun time. Students may wear school-appropriate costumes. Please do not send your child to school with any toy weapons or scary masks. We will have our traditional Halloween parade, outside if the weather cooperates, or inside if it is raining. More information will be coming home as the date gets closer.
Enjoy this wonderful month of October and all of the beauty it brings.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Pritchard, Principal