Volume 2, Issue 3

THE HAWK HERALD

Upcoming Events

Nov 5-9 –Book Fair (Lib)

Nov 6-9—1/2 day for Con-

ferences—dismissal at 11:45

Nov 9—Veteran’s day as-

sembly 9:10 am—parents

are encouraged to attend

Nov 12-Veteran’s day NO

SCHOOL

Nov 14-5th grade FT Ken-

nedy Creek (am)

Nov 15—Health Screening

Gr. K-3 and 5

Nov 16—PTA Movie Night

Nov 17-18—4th grade Ser-

vice Project—Food Bank

Nov 22-23—Thanksgiving

Break

Nov 28—Orchestra Zone

Concert RRHS 7:00 pm

Nov 29– Title 1 Parent

Night 6:30 pm

Nov 30—Turkey Feed 6:00-

7:30 pm

Dec 5—Early Release

1:45pm. AM Kinder attends

Green Team/Student Spot-

light

2

Calendar 3

5th Gr. Water Testing

Elk’s Hoop Shoot

3

Top Hawk/4th Gr. Service 4

Spirit Week 4

Just for Fun 4

Inside This Issue

Hello Lydia Hawk

November – A time for giving thanks!

I want to thank all the students, parents and family members who attended Boo Bingo on the 19th. This is a great Lydia Hawk tradition that is truly fun for the whole family. It also raises funds for commu-nity events throughout the year. Thanks so much to our PTA for making Boo Bingo a suc-cess!

“Circling Salmon Cele-bration” is the title of the new water reservoir here at school. The huge, beautiful salmon paintings were created by several of our 6th grade students. The art was painted by a local mural artist this sum-

mer. On November 2, the students and com-munity will have the opportunity to add their personal touch by making a colorful hand print on the tower. Thanks to John Pirie and the Thurston County PUD for orga-nizing this great addi-tion to our school com-munity.

Conferences Parent-teacher conferences are coming up in early No-vember. This is a great opportunity to discuss your child’s progress and set goals for the year. We appreciate all your support. We are aiming for 100% atten-dance.

Our Veterans Day As-sembly is Friday, No-vember 9 at 9:10 AM.

We are inviting students to submit a picture of a family member in the military, active or re-tired. The photo will be copied and shared as part of a presentation at the assembly. Parents are invited to attend this important assem-bly. If you plan to at-tend, please let your child’s teacher know.

I also want to thank all of you for collaborating with us to make Lydia Hawk an excellent place to learn and grow. We really appreciate your support!

Here’s wishing you a

wonderful Thanksgiv-

ing !

Mr. Harrington

PRINCIPAL’S CHAT

November 2012

Do you have a student who needs to be challenged? Do you hear

the “nothing to do” blues? Help is here! Go to the North Thurston website (www.nthurston.k12.wa.us). Click on Family Re-

sources then Mathematics then look on the left side of the page

and click on Students.

This site will take you to many, many fun and educational games that will teach and entertain your child. There are games appro-

priate for a variety of ages and abilities.

Extra! Extra! (Homework that is)

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Green team Green Team wrapped up the fall session with a tasty feast. Students

cooked and ate foods from recipes they had researched. All the food

was grown in the Lydia Hawk garden or will grow in the spring; sau-

teed kale, homemade potato chips, baked pota-

toes and fruit salad. Each week during the fall,

students harvested, weeded, and transplanted

garden plants. Many worms and other garden

inhabitants were also encountered while work-

ing outside. We have been lucky to have an

Americorps volunteer, Morgan Lord who opens

the garden to all students each Thursday during

recess and helps with Green Team .

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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2 3 4 5 Early

Release

1:45 pm

AM kinder

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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11 12Veter-

ans Day

No School

13

Clubhouse

begins

14

5th Grade

to Ken-

nedy Cr.

15

Health

Screening

K-3, 5

16

PTA

Movie

Night

17

4th Gr.

Service

Proj.

18

4th Grade

SP. Food

Bank

19 20 21 22

No

School

23

No

School

24

25 26 27 28

Orch. Zone

Concert

RRHS 7:00

pm

29

Title I

Parent

Night 6:30

30

Turkey

Feed

6-7:30

NOVEMBER

Book Fair Book Fair Book Fair Book Fair Book Fair

Conference 1/2 days—School dismissed 11:45

DECEMBER

No School—Winter Break-No School

No School-Winter Break-No School-Winter Break-No School-Winter

No School-Winter

5th grade water

quality testing

Fifth graders checked out the quality of

t w o l o c a l

streams last

week, Woodland

and Woodard

Creeks, and

learned about

stream health as

part of our on-

going study of

aquatic ecosys-

tems. The students worked very carefully

performing chemical tests on water sam-

ples and surveying the land around the

creeks. We really appreciate the parent

and community help we had! We will con-

tinue our studies with a trip to see chum

salmon spawning at Kennedy Creek on

November 14.

Elk’s Nat’l Hoop

Shoot Contest

Many boys and girls in grades 3-6 have signed

up to compete in this year’s Hoop

Shoot. During a P.E. class, con-

testants will shoot foul shots to

determine a boy and girl winner

in three different age groups.

School winners from each age

group, 8-9, 10-11 and 12-13 year olds will move

on to compete in the Lacey City Champion-

ships on Saturday, December 15th. Winners

from the city shoot off can move on to Lodge,

District, State, Regional and National Champi-

onships, all sponsored and paid for by the

Elks. The Gym has been open during lunch

recesses to provide practice opportunities for

all. Our school contest will begin soon. Good

luck to all Hoop Shoot contestants!

YOU’RE A-MAZE-ING!

WE’VE GOT SPIRIT, YES WE DO!

SPIRIT WEEK IS NOVEMBER 5 - 9

MONDAY: CRAZY HAT DAY TUESDAY: DRESS IN THE DARK DAY (Mismatched, backwards, etc.) WEDNESDAY: SPORTS DAY THURSDAY: CRAZY HAIR DAY FRIDAY: SCHOOL SPIRIT/COLORS DAY (Red, Blue, Gray and White)

Top hawk

This month’s hawk eye

winners

Dunnail (Madison), E s n a w i e ( S i s c o ) , Jai’shon (Smith), Aubrey ( S u t t o n ) , A l y x (Marstrom), Mackenzie (Poole), Hanna (Jones), Isaac (Hash), Gracie (Charette), Diamond (Hatlen), Santiago ( S t a i e r t ) , K a r y n (Heikkila), Jasper

(Rottle), Natalia (Williams), Ruby (Rockett), Monte (Rottle), Hunter (Stanford), Blaze (Coulson), Ramiro (Leon), Navahdy (Bragg), Marcos (Sisco), Blaise (Jones), Chenoa (Coulson), Molly (Poole), Emma (Rottle), Jada (Rottle), David (Smith), Kassidie (Hatlen), Dana (Staiert), Teagan (Williams), Yoana (Rockett), Jareth (Stanford), Tim (Leon), Gloria (Madison), Sammy (Sutton), Jazmine (Charette), De-lani (Heikkila), Terry (Marstrom), Alison (Hash), Aiden (Williams), Jessica (Madison), Bun (Leon), Jasmin (Rockett), Sam (Jones), Madeline (Hatlen), Ricky (Bragg), Jami (Hash), Alison (Rottle), Terry (Marstrom), Ethan (Sutton), Santiago (Staiert), Jaz-mier (Poole), Diana (Smith), Oscar (Stanford), Aiden (Rockett), Johnny (Sisco), Aubrey (Rottle), Lauren (Coulson), Amare (Charette), Matthew (Leon)

4th grade food bank

Service project

The fourth grade classes are working on their first community service pro-ject of the year. Our teachers feel that it is important for our students to give to our community. Students will have an opportunity to volunteer their time at the Thurston County Food Bank organizing and stocking food that is coming in. During the year, our fourth graders will have many opportunites to give back. Go

fourth grade!

THANKSGIVING RIDDLE

Which side of the turkey has the

most feathers? (See the office for the answer)