HHS Junior, Victoria "Ria" Salerno's designed a bookmark that was selected by Daniel Boone Regional Library (DBRL) as a winner in their Summer Reading Bookmark Contest. Her bookmark will be one of 14 that are printed and distributed through the Boone County Library System this summer (her design is 10 out of 14 on the website).  View all the winners and Ria's design here.

Learn more about the summer reading program by visiting their website - keep your child reading this summer!

Andrea Simms, a sophomore at HHS, has been accepted into the Missouri Fine Arts Academy's summer program at Missouri State University. The Missouri Fine Arts Academy (MFAA) is a three-week summer residential program for highly motivated student artists in visual arts, theater, dance, creative writing, and music. The Academy offers an intensive schedule of classes in interdisciplinary and discipline-specific arts, and a wide range of co-curricular activities. Andrea will be attending as a creative writing student.

Students who attend MFAA are automatically enrolled in IDS101/Interdisciplinary Seminar at Missouri State University receive three hours college credit.

The Hallsville R-IV School District is currently in the final stages of revising our Comprehensive School Improvement Plan (CSIP). The CSIP serves as the guiding document for our improvement efforts. The finished CSIP will be approved by the Board of Education and used by administration, faculty, and staff as we continually strive to provide the best educational experience for our students.

We are eager to receive stakeholder feedback on our draft CSIP document. Comments on the last draft must be submitted on or before June 3, 2013. To review the draft CSIP and provide your feedback, please click here to visit the page on the Hallsville Public Schools web site. The CSIP comment period ends June 3, 2013.

You can now pay for your student's meals  with online payments using a MasterCard or VISA in addition to our usual method of payment via check to your building secretary. There is a fee of $1.95 associated with the service at the time. This convenience fee is charged by the online vender and not the school and will be added to your transaction before you check out. 

You can add multiple people to your payment account and can designate certain amounts to the different people in your list.  The fee is based on the transaction and NOT on each "split" of money. 

You can still pay for school meals as you have in the past by sending payment in to your building secretary with your student. The online feature is merely an additional option added for convenience and we hope that you like it. We are using a company called, "My School Bucks."  To try this service, click here, or see the link under "Parent Resources."

Boone County National Bank believes in reading!  So much so, that they help read in our kindergarten rooms all year long. As part of a partnership, representatives from Boone County Bank recently presented a check for $500 to the kindergarten teachers for the purchase of books for classrooms.  The teachers purchase leveled reading books or big book sets each year with the money.   A special THANK YOU to Boone County National Bank for their support of our readers.

The 10th Annual 3rd Grade Dance-Off is Wednesday, May 15 from 12:30-2:30 PM  in the Intermediate Gym. Come watch these amazing 3rd graders showing off their moves from the classic 1950's. 

We are at 785 and counting!  Have you "liked" us on Facebook  yet? If not, take a moment and click here to like our Facebook page.  We use our social media page to get information out quickly to the public. We also post many of our pictures there and notices of special events. We would like to break the 1,000 milestone before school is out.

On Tuesday, May 7, the Parents as Teachers educator, Karen Smith, will have big trucks on the primany parking lot from 6 - 8 p.m. for all to enjoy. Everyone is invited to come get an up-close look at some of the most interesting vehicles on the road!

Our first grade Pizza in the Park will take place on Wednesday, May 8, 2013. It was originally scheduled for last Friday, but poor weather conditions caused us to reschedule. If you made a reservation and sent money for your lunch, we hope you can join your first grader on Wednesday.

Please plan to join us for the Primary Celebration on Tuesday, May 21 from 5-7 p.m. Students and their families will be served a hot dog dinner, compliments of the Hallsville PTO, and the primary staff will have lots of fun activities to share! We hope to see you there!

First graders took the OLSAT assessment last week, and end-of-the-year literacy evaluations have been completed by all kindergartners and first graders. The teachers will use this data to review progress for the year and to prepare for 2013-14. Thank you for sending your children to school well rested and ready to do their best!

Stacy Fick, Principal

MAP testing begins this week.  Please make sure your student is well rested, on time, and eats breakfast each day to help them be ready for this important event.  Also, following the 8th Grade Recognition, there will be a dance for all 8th grade students. It will take place in the Intermediate commons. There will be food, drinks and a DJ, this is a FREE event. It will end at 10:30 pm.

 

Questions? Comments? 

 

If you have any questions or comments, please contact rbrallie@hallsville.org. You may also call 573-696-5512, Ext 329.

 

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