Hammitt Recycles

Presidential Election

Who do you want to win? There’s no wrong answer.

Everyone has different opinions. Donald Trump or Hillary

Clinton? Go out and vote if you can. The Election is on

November 8. We

wish good luck to

both!

*December’s newsletter will feature the results of our Hammitt student vote. Will

it match the national election?

Reception: 309-452-1170

(If calling to pick your child up

early use the reception line, do

not leave message)

Attendance line: (24 hour)

309-451-7227

Thanksgiving Feast Tuesday, November

22nd

Thanksgiving Break Wednesday, November

23rd to 25th

Picture Retakes Wednesday, November

30th

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NOVEMBER

Hammitt School is starting a recycling program. Students were hired to do this as a vocational education job. They go to classroom to classroom to pick up recycling materi-als such as paper, plastic and aluminum. We start first in the Primary Wing rooms and then we go to connections. Finally we go to Upper Wing rooms. After we go room to room, we go to the Pop Room to sort the recycle. After we’re done recycling we return the containers to their rooms. The containers are where the materials are in. The containers are numbers on them so we know what room they came from. We do re-cycling every Thursday.

How many turkeys can you find

in this newsletter? Answer will

be in December’s newsletter.

The students in PW129 are learning all about turkeys. In math, some students are learning number concepts doing double digit subtract.

Students are really excited for the thanksgiving feast that is happening on the 22nd at 11:30. They hope to see all their families there.

In Challenges room 102 we have been working on science experiments with our ISU student leading the way. Friction: using marbles rolling on different surfaces. Density: using oil, water and honey. Pulse & exercise

We have also been keeping a close eye on the world series and keeping our bracket’s updated.

In connections 141 we learned about the life cycles

of pumpkins and apples. We measured, weighed

and cut them open to learn more about what’s inside. Our

unit concluded with a trip to Radar Pumpkin Farm and of

course pumpkin doughnuts. In social skills, we have now

learned about tools we can use to help us when we feel

frustrated and upset, thanks to Amy! We are looking

forward to hat day on the 11th to help raise money

for St. Jude by wearing hats we made ourselves.

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Primary Wing 129 - Suzy & Pat

Challenges 102 - Carol, Shandi, & Jennifer

Connections 141 - Katie, Bambi, & Amy

“If a fellow isn't thankful for what

he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful

for what he's going to get.:”

~Frank A. Clark

HA M MIT T S CHOOL NEWS

“Thanksgiving dinners take eighteen hours to

prepare. They are consumed in twelve minutes. Half

-times take twelve minutes. This is not

coincidence.”

~Erma Bombeck ~

V OLU ME 1, ISS UE 1

The Baby Fold's Festival of Trees is this

month. It is located at The Interstate Center

in Bloomington. This event is for all ages

and all proceeds support programs and

services of the Baby Fold; Hammitt being one of them. Check out The Baby Fold’s

website for more details. The events begin Thursday, November 17th and end

Sunday, November 21st. Be sure to look for Hammitt’s tie-dye tree!

Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling John Tiffany & Jock Thorne A new play by Jack Thorne

This book takes place 19 years after the Deathly Hallows. This book is about one of Harry’s sons named Albus. While on his way to Hogwarts, Albus meets Draco Malfoy’s son, Scorpius, who rumors say he is actually Voldemort’s son. Albus and Scorpius become friends and are both sorted into Slytherin house. A couple years later Albus and Scorpius decide to use a time turner to go back in time to save Cedrick Digory. This action causes time to change making it so Ron and Hermonie aren’t married and Albus is now in Gryffindor. When they try to change time again things get worse. Harry is now dead Voldemort rules and Cedrick is now a death eater. Scorpius then fixes the timeline but when they try to destroy the time turner Voldemort’s actual child brings them into the past. TO FIND OUT HOW iT ENDS, READ THE BOOK!!!

In PE we are learning to work as a team. We had been playing soccer, but in the middle of October we started basketball.

NCAA Basketball starts on the 11th. I suggest watching

an old movie called Hoosiers. It’s one of the best basket-ball movies in the world. The top game for basketball is NBA 2K17 if you want to play the demo or try out the game.

The Arizona Cardinals in MLB are doing horrible this year and now they are out of the playoffs. The Chicago Cubs are hitting a world record. They are now in the world series. Great job Cubbies! They have not done this since 74 years. Many fans would say the best on the Cubs is Kris Bryant.

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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Book Review

P.E. - Mark & John Sports News

The four classrooms in the Upper Wing have decided to rotate for Unit time. In UW220, the students are learning about the human body systems. As an intro, they learn about cells, tissues, and organs. To finish, they made edible animal cell models.

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IMPORTANT BUS INFORMATION

Upper Wing 220 - Sarah & Sheila

HA M MIT T S CHOOL NEWS

When students have a change in their schedules, and will not be riding their assigned bus,

you must make sure their District transportation office is notified of the change.

Some of the frequently call bus garage numbers:

Unit 5: (First Student Bus Co.) 557-4068

District 87: 828-4373

Call your school district for your local transportation number

to advise them of your special arrangement.

The rules of the game are simple: each of the nine blocks has to contain all the numbers 1-9 within its squares. Each number can only appear once in a row, column

October’s Answer

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Vision Screenings. Hammitt school’s vision screenings will take place in early November. These screening are to identify children who may have difficulty with vision. Which can impact learning. Any child who does not pas the initial screening will be rescreened about 2 weeks later. If the child is unable to pass the vision screening on the second attempt, a referral letter will be mailed to the parent/

guardian advising follow up care. The screenings are not diagnostic. All children at Hammitt School are screened every year. If your child wears glasses please send the glasses to school daily.

If you have any questions, please contact Staci Floyd

RN: 309-451-7274 “Gratitude can transform common days

into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into

joy, and change ordinary opportunities into

blessings.”

~ William Arthur Ward ~

Saving Coupons for Education

How it works:

Clip - Clip Box Tops and /coupons from participating products.

Collect - Send Box Tops /coupons to your school.

Earn - Your school gets a check. A big thank you to Fleet Feet Sports, We Care Twin Cities Marathon for choosing The Baby Fold as the beneficiary of their marathon that took place September 23rd and 24th.

Another HUGE thank you for the overwhelming

support as the students continue to take owner-

ship of the monthly newsletter. Hopefully you will

noticed that the students are taking risks and

adding personal touches to reach out to everyone

who reads this newsletter. December’s edition

will include even more new items to enjoy.

~ Sarah & Sheila, UW220 Teachers

Principal: Melody Donnelly

Sup. of Program Services: Nancy

Stevens

School Psychologist: Kelli Brown

School Nurse: Staci Floyd

VP of Programs: Karen Rousey

Academic Director: Rhonda Howard

HAMMITT SCHOOL STAFF

Word Jumble - Thinking of Thanksgiving

TheBabyFold.org

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October’s Answers

Fall, Scarecrow, Harvest,

Apple, Pumpkin

November

Bring in $1 or pop tabs to wear a hat on

November 11th.

Proceeds benefit St. Jude