Hotchkiss K8 School 2016 - 2017 April 5, 2017 - Wednesday Newsletter Dear parents/guardians, Wow, is time going fast or what?? We just finished up our spring class and individual spring pictures this morning. We were hoping to take pictures outside, but it was a little too chilly this April morning! We celebrated our perfect attendance recipients for March this afternoon with an ice cream treat from Horace Mann. We had 116 students receive ice cream, thank you parents and students for making attendance at school a priority. We are close to finishing our testing this spring. We are doing make-ups now and when we return from Spring Break we will be testing 5th and 8th graders in the area of science from Tuesday, April18th- Thursday, April 20th. We appreciate your help, parents, in making the testing go so smoothly for our students this year. We have received some awesome donations thus far for our Spring Fling; we still need a few more donations and we will have another awesome Spring Fling! Each class will be doing a basket to auction off, if you have already sent in your donation for that, thank you, and if not please contact the school or the classroom teacher. Please see the attached flyer, and we hope everyone will be able to come out and enjoy this fun filled family event on Friday, April 21st from 5:00-8:00 p.m. We will have one more Pit Crew meeting before the “Spring Fling” on Wednesday, April 19th at 5:30 p.m. If you would like to volunteer or get more information please email: [email protected] or [email protected]. 2016-2017 yearbook pre-sales have started. Yearbooks are for all 6th-8th-grade students, if you would like to purchase one please stop by the office. Pre-sale price is $23.00 and will continue until the books arrive and then the cost will be a little higher. Parents if your child is missing anything, please check out our “Lost and Found” as it is growing daily. Also, Kids Grins applications are due back to the school by Friday, April 7th. Please return the attached form by Friday. The clinic will be here the week of April 24th.

April School Happenings: Friday, April 7 th Kids Grins Applications due to HK8 6th grade field trip to Dillon Pinnacles, all day! Bus @ 8:00 a.m., students will return in time to catch buses home. K-8 Art Students to Cedaredge Appleshed-bus at 12:45 p.m. Mon. April 10 th – Friday, April 14 th : No School-Spring Break!!! Have fun and be safe!! Tues. April 18 th : 7th/8th grade Track meet at Olathe, 9:00 a.m.-bus at 7:45 a.m. Wed. April 19 th : Pit Crew Meeting at 5:30 p.m. Deadline for 7th grade NJHS Applications to be turned in for the 2017-2018 school year. Fri. April 21 st : 4th-5th Grade Spelling Bee at the Delta Center at 9:00 a.m. 4 th Annual Spring Fling from 5:00-8:00 p.m. Mon. April 24 th : Kids Grins Clinic at HK8 Tues. April 25 th : Pre-School & Kindergarten Registration for 2017-2018 at HK8 from 8:30-2:00 p.m., please see enclosed flyer. Flyer is posted on our website hk8deltaschools.com 5th Grade Band Placement Night 7th/8th Track at Gunnison, 9:00 a.m.-bus @7:00 a.m. Thurs. April 27 th : 2nd Grade “Hug a Tree” Presentation in the classrooms at 12:00 p.m. NJHS Induction Ceremony @ 6:30 p.m. Sat. April 29 th : 7th/8th Track at Montrose, 9:00 a.m.-bus @ 7:30 a.m. Community Happenings: Please continue to check out our bulletin board to the right of the HK8 office, it will have all information that is available to students from within the Hotchkiss community during different times of the year. Please continue to check out our website hk8.deltaschools.com and like us on Facebook, facebook.com/hotchkissk8 for all school and community information.