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| Issue: # 18 |
February 27, 2010 |
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Hello Hamilton Families!
Thank you for helping Hamilton School GO GREEN by participating in weekly Eblast! If you a receiving unnessecary papers in your child's Friday Folder, please return those papers to your child's teacher, and let him/her know you already read the material online. Thanks!
Hawkline
Click here to read this week's Hawkline and Friday Folder Flyers
Superintendent's Newsletter
Click here to read this month's edition
If you have any trouble with the links go directly to www.hamiltonschool.org |
| Calendar |
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Walk & Roll to School
Wednesday, March 3
Site Leadership Meeting
Tuesday, March 9
3:30 pm in the Library
ELAC Meeting
Tuesday, March 9
6:00 pm, Room F4
PTA Meeting
Tuesday, March 9
7:00 pm, Room F4
School Tour
Wednesday, March 10
9:00 am, Please call the office to reserve space
415-883-4691 |
| Hamilton Elementary School Honored |
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Rob Rogers
MARIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL:
02/18/2010 05:31:48 PM PST
Novato's Hamilton Elementary School has won recognition as one of the state's top schools for helping low-income students close the "achievement gap."
The school is one of 238 statewide - and the only school in Marin County - to receive the 2009-10 Title I Achievement Award from the state Department of Education.
The award is presented to schools receiving federal assistance in which all students make significant progress toward proficiency in California's academic content standards, and in which socioeconomically disadvantaged students have doubled the achievement targets set for them for two consecutive years.
"For the last two years, we've been able to consistently show our subgroups increasing in their proficiency in language arts and mathematics, as well as fifth-grade science," said Principal Ruthanne Bexton, noting that about 58 percent of the school's 615 students are below the poverty line, and more than 40 percent are English-language learners. "Our teachers are so willing to support these programs, because they want the children to become proficient."
Hamilton has made this progress despite the Novato Unified School District's loss of millions of dollars in the last two years as a result of state cuts to education. Teachers help each student set goals in math or language arts and work with them throughout the year to meet those goals, assisting students before, during and after school.
"It's really remarkable that they've still been able to do intervention classes for the kids," said Novato Superintendent of Schools Jan LaTorre-Derby. "Hamilton does individual goal setting, so that kids know when they've met their individual goals and can keep pushing themselves forward. It's an amazing program."
Hamilton and the state's other award-winning schools will be honored at an April 21 reception and banquet at the Disneyland Hotel.
"These award recipients prove that with hard work and high expectations, students can overcome challenges and achieve academic success," said state Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell. "By working together, administrators, teachers, staff, students and parents have raised student achievement and narrowed the achievement gap."
Read more Novato stories at the IJ's Novato section.
Contact Rob Rogers via e-mail at rrogers@marinij.com
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| Walk and Roll to School March 3 |
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Our next official Walk and Roll to School Day is Wednesday, March 3. I'm hoping for a break in the rain so we can all get out of our cars, get outside and walk or bike to school. The pencils were a big hit last month so we'll again pass out pencils and recognition stickers to everyone who participates. It's fun! It's healthy! There's less pollution and less traffic. Next month, we'll be walking and rolling on Wednesday, April 7. Any questions or to volunteer at our welcome table on Wednesday morning, please contact Debbie Lynch at DebbieL2@yahoo.com or 382-7810.
Thanks!
Debbie |
| Keeping Kids Safe in a Cyber World |
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The Marin County Office of Education is hosting a workshop for parents, educators and community members titled, Keeping Our Teens Safe in a Cyber World, presented by Dr. Michael Grogan, Director of the Jeannette Prandi Children's Center, and School Resource Officer Melissa Hinkle of the Novato Police Department. This important community event is scheduled for Thursday, March 11, 2010, at 7:30 p.m. at the Marin County Office of Education. A flyer is attached for your information. We ask that you please share this information with parents/guardians in your school community.
Thank you for your support.
Luke McCann
Assistant Superintendent
Marin County Office of Education
1111 Las Gallinas Ave.
San Rafael, CA 94903
415-499-5866 |
| Have a Heart Online Auction |
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Check out the website!
http://hamiltonschool.maestroweb.com
Our Online Auction is just for you to use from the comfort of your own home.
The bidding is going on now and will close at noon on Friday, March 5th! When the auction closes the highest bidder will win the item.
If nothing else you don't want to miss viewing your child's Classroom project
All Classroom projects will be available online for viewing and Pre-bidding. Pre-bidding means that bid will be accepted online until that auction closes Friday march 5th, then all the projects will go to the Silent Auction Event for final bidding.
*The starting bid for Classroom projects at the Silent Auction will be the finalPre-bid
There are so many more great items available at for Silent Auction. These items will be available the night of the Event only for all those who attend and are not viewable online. |
| Read A Thon |
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SOAR INTO READING WITH THE HAMILTON HAWKS!
THE READ-A-THON IS COMING!
February 26th for 5th graders
March 5th for all other grades
Packets will be sent home February 26th for 5th graders (since they will be at Walker Creek) and March 5th for all other grades.
Students will collect pledges and read.
Prizes for all students participating!
Reading goals (in minutes) are set for each grade.
Packets due Friday March 12 for 5th graders and Friday March 19th for all other grades.
Prizes will be given out the last week in March
Questions:
Elaine Chyrklund 884-9510 aritimmymom@yahoo.com |
| Spring Campus Beautification Day |
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Spring Green Campus Beautification Day, March 20th 8am to 12pm
Welcome Spring to the Hamilton Campus!
Join other Hamilton Families celebrating the first day of Spring with a morning of planting, weeding and generally beautifying our campus. All ages and abilities welcome; bring your work gloves.
Saturday March 20th from 8am to 12noon.
Thanks!
Kirsten
Campus Beautification |
| Math & Science Programs at the Libarary |
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The Novato Library will host a four-part series of two-hour, afterschool math and science programs: Make It! Move It! Eat It: An Introduction to Everyday Science to middle school students and teens in March.
The programs will be lead by Engineer and Scientist, Linh Nguyen and by Jack Deslippe, Advanced Graduate Researcher at University of California, Berkeley, Department of Physics.
North Bay Leadership Council President and CEO Cynthia Murray applauds the library's program. "By exposing students to the wonders of math and science, the Novato Library is opening new doors for them to explore which should lead to more students continuing to pursue math and science careers," she said.
Librarian Amanda Foust developed the programs based on the North Bay Leadership Council's (NBLC) spring economic insight report, "How to Make the North Bay a Jobs Magnet," which highlighted the strong need for visible math and science programs for youth in grades K-12. The Council's interest in math and science programs for youth stems from the fact that Novato has recently seen a clustering of the biotech and digital arts businesses, which guarantees future job growth, along with a push to attract a higher-paid scientific workforce.
Each program at the Novato Library will focus on a particular theme and include both demonstrations and hands-on science experiments. At the conclusion of each program, the scientists will use food as a final demonstration, which will then be distributed amongst the participants.
The program schedule is:
Tuesday, March 2, 3:30-5:30: Motors
Tuesday, March 9, 3:30-5:30: Magnets
Tuesday, March 16, 3:30-5:30: Optics
Tuesday, March 23, 3:30-5:30: Waves
The Novato Library is located at 1720 Novato Blvd. Please contact the Novato Library Reference Desk to sign-up at (415) 897-1142. Sign-ups are required.
Funding for the program is provided by a federal grant funded by the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) Grant administered by the California State Library.
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| Golf Tournament |
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May 27, 2010
Hamilton/San Jose Golf Tournament
Stone Tree Golf Course
12:00PM Shotgun Start | |
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