On the Horizon Thurs.

10/11

Oyster Roast Planning

Comm. Mtg. 6:00

Brickhouse

Restaurant

All are welcome!

Thurs.

10/16

McTeacher Night

McDonalds

5:00-8:00

Fri.

10/26

Teacher Work Day

No students

Tues.

10/30

Report Cards

Wed.

10/31

Awards Ceremony 8:30 – 3rd grade

9:00 – 4th grade

9:30 – 5th grade

Thurs.

11/1

Early Release 1:30

Parent Conferences

Tues.

11/6

Election Day

School closed

Fri.

11/9

Ident-a-Kid

Fri.

11/9

HVES PTA Oyster

Roast 7:00

Mon – Fri

11/12-

11/16

Book Fair in the

HVES Media Center

Tues.

11/13

PTA Meeting

6:30-7:30

Mon – Fri

11/19 -

11/23

Thanksgiving Break

School Closed

12/21-

1/1

Holiday Break

Schools Closed

Ship to Shore

Harbor View Elementary School Newsletter

Sailing for Excellence

Greetings Harbor View Families!

What an exciting year we’ve had so far! I know it’s

been tricky navigating through all of the changes this

year, so I want to take this opportunity to thank all of

you for your patience and understanding as we’ve made

the transition into our new building. You are an amazing

group to work with. I’m looking forward to another

fabulous year here at Harbor View!

Many Thanks!

Lara Latto

Principal

October 2012

Congratulations to our

wonderful cafeteria staff and cafeteria

manager Angie McLaughlin. We received a

100% on our DHEC inspection that was

conducted on 9/12/12.

At 10:18 AM on October 18,

2012, millions of Southeasterners will

“Drop, Cover and Hold On” in The Great

SouthEast ShakeOut, the regions larges

earthquake drill ever!

What’s happening….

Board members for the 2012-2013 PTA are... Jennifer Thomas, President

Suzie Steed, Vice President

Michelle Loeber, Co-Treasurer

Eric Stewart, Co-Treasurer

Shayna Johnson, Secretary

Melissa Vandewiel, Membership Chairman

Harborview t-shirts are available for ordering. Please check your

child's folder or the main office for order forms. T-shirt orders are

due by October 12th.

Mark your calendars (and line up childcare) for the PTA Oyster Roast

Fundraiser on Friday, November 9 at the Brick House Restaurant. If

you would like to help plan this event, please contact Stephanie Lee at

stephanielee19@msn.com. Donations are needed to help make this event

a success. There will be a competition between grades to see who has

the highest attendance!

Harborview Spirit Nights: Chick Fil A - Thursday, 10/18(3rd Thursday of each month)

Dominos Pizza - tba

Melvin's - tba

To join the Harborview Elementary PTA, please email Melissa Vandewiel

(melissavandewiel@hotmail.com) to sign up. We need PTA Liaisons for 2nd

and 5th grades. If you are interested, please contact Melissa Vandewiel.

Please “Like” Harbor View Elementary PTA on Facebook!

From the HVES PTA

At the Harbor View Media Center, students are excited about a new digital reading

program called myOn. It is a personalized reading program that motivates students to

read by appealing to interests and matching to reading level. The books are an

integrated library of enhanced digital books with reading supports aligned to SC

standards. Many of these books are high interest books that excel at holding the

students’ attention. The program measures time spent reading, books read, and

forecasts Lexile growth. The students are receiving cards with their passwords at

school and are encouraged to access the website at school and home. The website is

accessible on mobile devices.

Students can login to myON at the following website:

www.myon.com

Username: 1st 3 letters of last name + 1st 3 letters of 1st name + last 4 digits of school id number

Password for K-4: 123456 Password for 5: school

Congratulations to Jenny Yang in Mrs. Dangerfield’s second grade. As of October 1, Jenny has read 80 myOn books, by far more than any other student at Harbor View. At the Media Center, we are also awaiting arrival of all the 2012-2013 SC Picture and

Children’s Book Award Nominees. We can’t wait to read them and vote on our favorites

in March!

We are also excited about the upcoming Scholastic Book Fair scheduled for November

12-16. Perfect for holiday gifts! Volunteers interested in helping are welcome to contact

Mrs. Parker.

Live from the Harbor View news studio every morning—WHES Morning News produced

by our very own talented HV script writers, camera operators and anchor people.

From the Media Center

Get Caught Reading! ….and get your picture taken for the Get Caught Reading wall!

Lots of students have been caught reading around the school

and have been given tickets for a drawing on the live Monday

morning news show. Those whose names are drawn get to have

their picture taken for the Get Caught Reading! wall and

choose a wrist band and sticker.

For the past few weeks in music, we have been observing Hispanic Heritage

Month, singing songs in Spanish and playing all sorts of Latin American

instruments in ensemble. In the next few weeks, fourth and fifth graders

will begin playing the recorder and we will be doing “Recorder Karate”, an

incentive program in which students can earn different colored “belts” for

each new skill and each new piece mastered in playing the recorder. I am

still collecting money for those instruments, so if you want a recorder,

please get your five dollars to me ASAP and please specify the color you

want: blue, green or pink.

The chorus has been meeting each Tuesday afternoon in the cafeteria to

practice. We are rehearsing for the Holiday Concert which will be on

Thursday, December 6th at 6:30 in the cafeteria.

Also, just a reminder to parents of fourth and fifth graders, if you want

to recommend your child for the “Gifted and Talented Artistic” program,

please have those forms filled out and turned in to Mr. Kacpura or myself no

later than October 12, 2012. (This has to do with students who are

outstanding in music, art, dance or drama.) Booklets were sent home last

month.

Thank you, parents, for all of your support and encouragement to these

wonderful children. You play a key role in their success!

Michele Russell

From the Music Teacher…

(L to R) David Roddey, Collin McCoin, Cassidy

Kvested, Shelby Hyland, and Chrisharia Brown

are shining examples of our Big Buddies program

(5th grade students who help out all around the

school.)

Mrs. Kacpura’s class otherwise known as the

“Recyclying Club” gets ready to collect

recycled items from all areas of the school!

Great Job!

Congratulations to our award winning

summer readers who collected their

awards at our first PTA meeting.

Great Job!

Welcome to our new

Primary Grades Academy teacher,

Carl Nichols!

Healthy Tips and Treats Our Harbor View Wellness Committee

has been hard at work coming up with

ideas and activities to help our faculty

and staff stay healthy. We have been

sharing some ideas on the morning news

with the students and would like to

pass on our healthy ideas to parents.

Below you will find some tips on staying

healthy and some healthy treats you

can make at home.

Healthy Tip

Combine exercise with eating well.

Exercise is an important part of any

healthy lifestyle. Regular physical

activity benefits every part of our

bodies, including the mind. Exercise

fights off a range of possible health

problems like heart disease, diabetes,

even depression. Both children and

teens should get at least 60 minutes of

moderate to vigorous exercise every

day.

From the

HVES Cafeteria

Parents:

Thanks for your cooperation in the Flu Vaccination Initiative at Harbor View. Over 138

students participated. I want to thank everyone who made this initiative a success and

hopefully there will be a decrease in student illness this year. Last year Harbor View won 1st

place for Charleston County, in the Superintendent's Wellness Initiative awarded by the MUSC

Lean Team. We are looking forward to another great year with more health initiatives. As part

of this initiative, We ask that students bring in healthy snacks every week. We have designated

the following weekly snack themes: Mondays are "Veggie Mondays", Wednesdays are "Water

Wednesdays" and Fridays are "Fruity Fridays". The students will also participate in a school

wide Pedometer Challenge from October 15th through October 22. Each grade will be given

pedometers to use during their designated day. They will record the total number of steps the

classed walked for that day, and a class winner will be announced for each grade level. Join this

challenge and make it a priority to take family walks. We are excited to have another Farmer's

Market with Joseph Fields Farms this year. This fun event is scheduled for Tuesday, November

13 before the PTA meeting from 4pm to 6:30 pm. It's a great opportunity to pick up some

fresh vegetables.

From the Nurse

Student Work

Josie Stewart– Spaghetti art

Mrs. Bradford and Mrs.

McQueen’s first grade students

are reading the “David” book

series and displaying what they

have learned.

Tessa Browder (Mrs. Beatty’s

class writes about the rain.

Kindergarten Fire Safety

K-1 Mrs. Rodgers class K-3 Mrs. Killingsworth’s class

Four-Year-Old Cookout In order to welcome our new four-year-olds and their families into our Harbor

View family, we had a family cookout on Thursday, September 13th. Each family was

encouraged to bring chairs and come enjoy a hotdog dinner as they met their children’s

friends. Here are some pictures of our fun time

Mrs. Bellknap gave Mrs. Beatty’s class a dog safety lesson which

included dog bite prevention. Mrs. Bellknap is the director of Furlife

German Shepherd Rescue. Students received a booklet about Dog Safety

from the American Kennel Club. In the photos they are showing how to

approach a dog and what to do when an unfamiliar dog approaches you!

Dog Safety

Mrs. Pendergast’s class self-portraits