Heritage K-8 Charter School

Heritage Notes
Friday, January 29, 2010

Parents’ Night Out: Parents, would you enjoy a night out alone with your special someone? Maybe dinner and a movie? Or a romantic walk along the beach? Drop your children off on Friday, February 26, from 6 to 10p.m. in the Heritage K-8 Multi-Purpose Room for pizza, games, and a movie. Chaperones will be Mrs. Cooper, Mrs. Lund, and Mrs. Blake. The cost is $20 for the first child and $10 per additional sibling. Fliers are available in the front office or email Mrs. Lund for more information at slund@echs.org.

YMCA Marital Arts Instruction: First session starts Tuesday, February 2, and will meet every Tuesday and Thursday from 2:45p.m. to 3:45p.m. in the Multi-Purpose Room. The cost is $75 for 14 lessons. For more information, contact Heidi Gott at 760-525-2202 or heidideidi@aol.com.

ECHS Cheer Clinic for HK8 Students: Learn the moves from the ECHS Cheerleaders March 2, 3, 4. The clinic will be held in the Multi-Purpose Room from 3:15p.m.-4:45p.m., and the cost is $25 with checks made payable to AMHEF. Applications are available in the front office.

Parent Note: If you have a student with a sibling who wants to attend Heritage K-8 next year, please ensure your student is on the appropriate lottery list and is noted as the sibling of a currently enrolled student. To do this, please submit an application to the ECHS main office by March 3, 2010.

Milk at Lunch: The 8th Grade will be selling cartons of fresh milk for just 50 cents at lunch. Milk will be available every day at lunch through the end of March to raise funds for 8th grade science camp.

Co-ed Basketball Clinics: Open to all Heritage K-8 students. Clinics will be held in the ECHS gym on Wednesdays from 3 to 4p.m. starting Wednesday, February 3. Session fee is $75, and applications are available in the Heritage front office or at www.play-bc.com.

Yearbook Ads & PDA’s: The deadline for placing your ad or PDA is Friday, March 5. If you need help writing or designing your ad or PDA, Mrs. Mellor and Mr. Segel will be on campus every Friday after school during the month of February.

Heritage Spirit T-Shirts: On sale in the front office. Short sleeves are $15 and long sleeves $20. Heritage Spirit Shirts may be worn on Fridays with uniform bottoms.

Jump Rope Club: Jump Rope Club will resume on February 1 in the MPR on Mondays from 2:45p.m. to 3:45p.m. 13 classes for $104. Applications are available in the front office or on the HK8 website.

Donations Needed: We are in need of three desktop computers (tower and flat screen monitor) to support our LCD projectors for use in the classrooms and a sturdy 3 or 4 shelf bookcase for the front office. We could also use some rainy day games and activities for lunch time play in the classroom. (Ex: nerf balls, board games…)

Heritage K8/Digital Academy Talent Show: Auditions for the 1st Annual Heritage K8/Digital Academy Talent Show will be held on Thursday, March 25 (a minimum day) from 1:00p.m. to 4:00p.m. at the American Spirit Theater. We are looking for a wide variety of talented performers including singers, musicians, dance routines, magic acts, jugglers, group skits, and much more! Fliers will be available this coming week. The talent show will take place at the American Spirit Theater on Friday, May 21. For more information, please contact Pam Dawson at 760-480-9521 or Stephanie Boren at 760-739-8332.

YMCA Childcare: The YMCA offers Heritage parents quality, state licensed, before- and after-school childcare for students in grades kindergarten through fifth. For more information, call 760-745-7490.

Homework Stars: This week’s "Homework Stars" are Adam Manzke from Mrs. Curley’s class, Charlotte Gott from Mrs. Kajita’s class, Zoe Diaz from Mrs. Cook’s class, Mariela Maldonado from Mrs. Brunn’s class, and Victoria Grabowski from Mrs. Lund’s class. They each get to pick a book of their choice from the "Homework
Star" bookcase. Students who complete all homework assignments for the entire week are entered into a weekly drawing.

Valentines Grams: Parents can purchase Valentine Grams in the main office to be delivered to their students on February 11. The price is $1 for non-chocolate grams and $2 for chocolate grams. Students may purchase Valentine Grams before school just inside the “0” period gate from the after-school leadership class. Prices are $.50 and $1.00.

Coming Events:
2/12/10 Lincoln’s Birthday Holiday - NO SCHOOL
2/15/10 Presidents’ Day - NO SCHOOL
2/19/10 Grading Period Ends
2/24/10 HK8 Board of Directors Meeting, 5:30p.m., ECHS Library
2/25/10 Minimum Day, 12:00p.m. Dismissal
2/25/10 Rubio’s and Panda Express Fundraisers, 11a.m. to 8p.m., E. Valley Pkwy Locations