Heritage K-8 Charter School

Heritage Notes
August 13, 2010

Welcome back, Heritage Families! If you would like to share information with the Heritage community in our weekly Heritage Notes, please email the details to pholland@echs.org.

Things to Know: 1) Parking lot chain goes up at 7:30a.m. and down at 7:55a.m. in the morning; up at 2:40p.m. and down at 3:15p.m. in the afternoon. 2) Kindergarten through 6th grade students will report directly to their classrooms beginning Monday, August 16, no more lining up. Junior high students (7th and 8th) should check with their first period teacher.

Heritage Hockey Tryouts: Monday, August 16, 5p.m., at the Escondido Sports Center. Open to HK8 and HDA 5th-8th graders. Cost for tryouts is $5, and the season begins the end of September. For more information, please contact Sandra Mendoza at whitetigerhockey@gmail.com.

Back to School Nights: Plan to attend a brief meeting at 6:30p.m. in the Multi-Purpose Room before meeting your students’ teachers and exploring their classrooms. Kindergarten through 6th grade will meet on Tuesday, August 17, and 7th and 8th grade will meet on Wednesday, August 18.

Thank you, Mr. Shoquist and LSI Corp.: For your generous donation of 75 backpacks to Heritage students. We still have a few available, so if you requested one or could use one, just stop by the front office.

Parking and Traffic Situation: Since we have limited parking on our school property and the shop owners and management of the adjoining properties request that Heritage families not park there unless doing business, the best option is to use the drop off and pick up lines in the mornings and afternoons.

Volunteer Opportunity: The Used Uniform Shop has some uniform pants that have holes in the knees. If you can sew and have time to make them into shorts, please contact Jo Ashley at 760-741-2560. There are also a couple of sweatshirts that need seams mended. Many thanks to everyone who has donated their children’s outgrown uniforms to the shop. And many, many thanks to Jo Ashley who has donated countless hours to organizing and selling those outgrown uniforms.

Hamburger Wednesdays: Starting Wednesday, August 18, you can buy a hamburger or cheeseburger, chips, and a drink for only $4 and help raise funds for the 8th grade science camp.

Coach’s Back to School Bar-B-Que: DON’T PACK LUNCH! All students and staff are invited for hamburgers and hot dogs during the lunch periods on Friday, August 20.

Taco Tuesdays and Pizza Fridays: Will return the week of August 23.

4th-8th Grade Robotics Information Meeting: Please join Robotics coordinator, Dave Tarr, in the Multi-Purpose Room on Tuesday, August 24, at 6:30p.m for details about this exciting and challenging program. For more information or to volunteer, please contact Dave at dtarr@echs.org.

Carpool: – Rancho San Pasqual Community. Looking for other families interested in carpooling from the Rancho San Pasqual Community. Please contact Laura at 760-781-3379 or geistfamily@cox.net.

School Pictures: Pictures will be taken on Wednesday, August 25. It is a FREE DRESS DAY. Please follow dress code policies.

Electronics/Technology Recycling: Raise funds for our classroom document cameras/LCD projectors by recycling the following items: scientific and graphing calculators, PDAs/Palm Pilots (include accessories), IPods (include accessories), cell phones, video games (include cases), video game consoles (include accessories), Brand name inkjet and laser cartridges, digital cameras, laptops (include power cords), and DVDs (original packaging). Just bring them to the front office.

Used Uniform Shop: The shop will be open the 1st Wednesday of every month at 2:30p.m. starting Wednesday, September 8.

Upcoming Events:

8/17/10 Kindergarten-6th Grade Back-to-School Night, 6:30p.m., MPR
8/18/10 7th-8th Grade Back-to-School Night, 6:30p.m. MPR
8/20/10 Back to School Bar-B-Que for all students - DON’T PACK LUNCH!
8/24/10 Robotics Information Meeting (4th-8th grades only), 6:30p.m., MPR
8/25/10 School Pictures - Free Dress Day!
9/6/10 Labor Day Holiday - NO SCHOOL