Heritage K-8 Charter School

Core Virtue:
“A man of courage flees forward in the midst of new things.”
Jacques Maritain

Mark your Calendar:
Holiday:
On Monday, January 21st, there will be no school in honor of Martin Luther King Day.
Minimum Day:
On Wednesday, January 30th, students will be dismissed at 12:30 p.m., and must be picked up from school by 1 p.m. There will be a Rubio’s Fundraiser from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on this day. Watch for a flyer to be coming home. The flyer is required at Rubio’s in order for the school to receive
credit.

Cookies & Milk:
The 4th grade class is have a fundraiser to raise money for an overnight field trip at the Star of India. They will be selling cookies and milk for $1.00 on Fridays after school. They began selling today and will continue to sell on Fridays until March 28th. If you would like to help sell, or donate cookies or milk please call Christy at 533-1453.

Yearbook:
The Yearbook Committee will be meeting on January 22nd at 7 p.m. in Room 207.
The committee will welcome any additional volunteers who would want to help layout photos on the pages in Power Point. We also need lots of pictures from the different classes so please keep those pictures coming in. If you would like any further information, please contact Cynthia Diaz at heritageyearbook@cox.net or call (760) 294-8727.

Attention Middle School Students:
Are you interested in helping put together this year’s Yearbook? We will be having our first student yearbook committee meeting on January 23rd from 2:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The meeting will be held in Room 207. If you are interested please contact Annette Morton at 749-7358 with your name, your parent’s contact name, phone number and email address.

Email:
Do you get email homework (Grades 3-8)? Do you get your Heritage Notes emailed to you? If you would like to receive these items via email, please email Mrs. Megna at lmegna@echs.org with your request and email address. If you have changed your email address, please email her with your current information.

Wanted Items:
The Escondido Charter School District would like to have a grand piano. Do you know of someone that would like to donate one to the school? Please contact the office with any information you have. The Piano Club is need of electronic keyboards. If you wish to donate one, please contact Pam Dawson at (760) 480-9521. Heritage is also in need of some cheese or peanut butter and crackers and some juice boxes or small water bottles. Please bring your donations to the front office. Thank you.

Dress Code:
Remember the only sweatshirts allowed to be worn at school are solid navy blue, black or white sweatshirts. Maroon and black sweatshirts with the Heritage K-8 logo are also allowed. No other sweatshirts are part of our school dress code. NO camp sweatshirts (Astro Camp, Catalina…) and NO ECHS (football, basketball…). They are not part of the uniform policy. Students in non-uniform sweatshirts and sweaters will have their items taken away and parents will need to pick the items up at the front office.

Lottery 2008:
If you have a sibling that is not enrolled at Heritage K-8 and you would like them to attend, you must sign them up for the lottery. When signing your student up for the lottery, you must indicate on the form that they are a sibling. Questions? Please contact Judy Brooks at (760) 737-3154.
Cut off date to sign up for Heritage K-8 lottery is: Close of business on: February 6th

Recycling Program:
Help the earth and Heritage too! Mr. Goldstein has graciously offered to start a recycling program here at school and the proceeds will go back to Heritage. We need a donation of at least four 20 gallon size trash cans with lids to get the program up and running. If you have any questions please contact Shelly Heyveld at Jheyveld@aol.com or Mr. Goldstein.

Middle School Dance:
All Middle School students are invited to an ASB New Year Dance Party on Friday, January 25th. at 4:30m p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The dance will be held in the Multipurpose Room. No advance purchase of tickets are required. The cost is $2 at the door, which will include food. All students in attendance must have a C or better GPA, with no D’s or F’s in any subject. All student must follow the school dress code. Parent get your volunteer hours in by chaperoning the dance. If you are interested in chaperoning please call the front office.