Looking at the Week Ahead-January 31, 2025
Looking at the Week Ahead-January 31, 2025
Looking at the Week Ahead...
Happy Fri-YAY Everybody,
Your help is still needed with our annual World’s Finest Chocolate Fundraiser. Currently we have around 300 boxes of chocolates out to be sold but we have another 500 to go. If your child is involved in an activity where you could set up a table to sell chocolates, that would be wonderful and usually quite easy. Once the first box of chocolates is sold and money is brought in, students/parents can request multiple boxes to sell at a time. Don’t forget we also have boxes of only caramel too. Please call the school office if you have any questions or need many cases of chocolates. Thanks for your help.
Don’t forget you can follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Please make sure you are members of the correct sites. There were several “unofficial” sites created, and we are trying to inactivate them. We have been posting a lot of pictures of events happening at Harrison Elementary. Feel free to send them out to family and friends. This is a great way to keep up on events at school. We have attached a link to this email with all the Harrison Elementary social media accounts.
Follow us on Twitter @SLSDHarrisonEl
Like us on Facebook.com/HarrisonElementarySchool
We have had a great start to the new school year. The students are demonstrating our Four Core Values – Trust, Respect, Ownership and Leadership – throughout the day.
Have a great weekend!
Ron Mangus
Principal
Katie Conley
Assistant Principal
World’s Finest Chocolates – Your Help is Needed!!!
On Thursday, January 23rd we began our annual World’s Finest Chocolates fundraiser. The funds raised from this sale will be used to bring in more assemblies and programs for your children. In the past we were able to furnish each classroom (over a 4-year period of sales) a classroom set of computers to use throughout the day. Our goal this year is to sell 860 cases of chocolates. If every child could sell at least one box of chocolates, we will be close to achieving this goal. Permission slips were sent home last week with students to participate. By signing and returning this permission slip you agree and understand that the school CANNOT accept any boxes or partial boxes back once they have been given to a student, left the building and the sale has ended. If you have any questions, please call the school office. Additional permission slips can be printed from clicking on the link at the bottom of this email. The fundraiser concludes on Friday, February 21st.
Harrison Community Softball Sign-up
We are coming to the end of this year’s softball signup period. If you have not signed up yet and plan to do so, the last day to signup for Harrison Softball is Sunday. Once registration closes, teams will start to be assembled. Online registration is at http://HARRISONSOFTBALL.COM .
School Counselor Week
Next week is School Counselor Week. We are so happy and fortunate to have Mr. Kinnett at our school to work with all our students and their families. Please feel free to drop him an email or note expressing your appreciation.
Kindergarten Registration – Starts Monday, Feb. 3rd @ 6 am
The Southwest Local School District will begin kindergarten registration for the 2025 - 2026 school year Feb 3, 2025 at 6 am. Registration can be completed online from any computer. Detailed instructions regarding the online application will be available soon on the district's website (www.southwestschools.org) under New Student Registration Tab. When your online forms are completed and all required documents have been uploaded, call the district registrar at district office at 513-728-8401 to make sure the documents have been received and are acceptable to complete your registration. See the link below for the NEW age requirements and immunization requirements.
New Age requirements coming for next year’s Kindergarten Students
Please click on the link below if you have a student heading towards kindergarten. There are some new age requirements for the upcoming 2025-2026 school year.
Inclement Weather Announcements
As winter approaches and the chances for winter weather increase, please make sure your contact information is current in Final Forms. If you are already getting emails, texts and phone calls from us via the School Messenger Mass Notification system, you should be all set to receive weather-related information. You can also check the District website (southwestschools.org) and the official District social media accounts for the most up-to-date, accurate information.
PTO Planning Meeting
PTO meetings this school year will take place on the fourth Monday of each month at 6:30 pm in the school cafeteria. The next PTO meeting is scheduled for this upcoming Monday, February 24th. We hope to see many of you at the meeting.
You can now join PTO. Your small membership fee of $10 helps us provide services for the kids! This does not require you to volunteer or attend meetings. It is all up to you how much you would like to be involved. If you have any questions, please reach out to a board member.
Joining the PTO is not a huge commitment and often looks like 1-3 service hours a year with opportunities in the evenings, during the school day or can be as simple as signing up to send in cookies for an event. Everyone doing a little adds up to a LOT for our kids.
If you would like to join the PTO please Click Here
Minutes for the November Meeting – Click Here
Minutes for the January Meeting - Click Here
The PTO Executive Board has several vacancies at the end of this school year. Please see the link below for job descriptions.
PTO Job Descriptions - Click Here
Hope to see you soon!
Harrison PTO
Building Character
Third Quarter Focus: Ownership
February
2/3: Prudence-Prudence is defined as I carefully consider all of my options when making a decision
2/10: Bravery-Bravery is defined as, I take on challenges and speak up for what is right
2/17: Review Bravery-Bravery is defined as, I take on challenges and speak up for what is right
2/24: Review Prudence-Prudence is defined as I carefully consider all of my options when making a decision
March
3/3: Review Self-Control-Self-Control is defined as being able to stop, wait and manage your emotions
3/10: Review Perseverance -Perseverance is defined as working hard to achieve your goals and not giving up.
Fourth Quarter Focus: Leadership
3/17: Leadership-Leadership is defined as, People value my opinion and look to me for direction.
3/24: No School
3/31: Humility-Humility is defined as, I let my accomplishments speak for themselves.
Bus Passes
Due to the number of children riding the bus this year, NO bus passes will be written for students wishing to go home with another student. Please plan for transportation once the students have arrived home. If bus situations change throughout the year, please complete a new bus route information sheet, and submit it to our office to be processed at the District Office.
Attachments
World’s Finest Chocolates Permission Slip - Click Here
Stay Connected Media Flyer - Click Here
Important Items for the Week Ahead
Monday, February 3– Karate – 6:00 pm in the school cafeteria
Wednesday, February 5 – Chess Club - 8:00 am
Thursday, February 6 – Pee Wee Penguin Deposit Banking Day
DISTRICT MISSION: "Academic and Social Growth for ALL students, EVERY DAY!"
DISTRICT MOTTO: "Excellence through Relationships"
HARRISON ELEMENTARY MOTTO: "Where Children Come First"
DISTRICT CORE VALUES: Trust, Respect, Ownership and Leadership
