Harmony Elementary 1500 South Cawston Avenue Hemet, CA (951) Fax (951) HARMONYNEWSLETTERHARMONYNEWSLETTER February 2014 SPELLING BEE NEWS Congratulations to the Harmony Spelling Bee Winners! 1 st Place / Ahnika Pena 2 nd Place / Evelyn Lorch These top two spellers from Harmony will compete in the Hemet Unified School District Spelling Bee at 8:30 A.M. on Tuesday, January 28th at the District Office on Acacia The top two District Spellers will advance to the Riverside County Spelling Bee. Science Fair – Calling All Scientists! Harmony’s Science Fair will be on Wednesday, February 05 th. All 4 th & 5 th grade students are encouraged to participate in the school science fair. The top five Harmony contestants will go on to the district science fair. Science boards are provided and available in the main office Harmony PTA is looking for parents interested in serving on the 2014/2015 PTA board. Elections will be held on March 27th. You must be a current PTA member to run for office. If you are interested or want more information please contact Mrs. Hubbell through the school office. SPRING PICTURES Friday, February 7th Hooray For Harmony Students! Attendance at Harmony is improving each month! Being on time for school is important. The last bell rings at 8:40 AM, students need to be on campus by 8:35 AM to enable them to be in class on time.

School Site Council February School Site Council will meet on Friday, February 28 2:15 PM. A Message From The... Mrs. Fallon Presidents’ Week Recess No School – February 17 th – 21st Annual Harmony Elementary Talent Show COME OUT AND CHEER ON YOUR FAVORITE ACT ! Calling all contestants, start rehearsing and be ready to show how talented the students at Harmony are. Try outs will be Friday, February 7 2:15 PM in the multi-purpose room. The talent show will be Friday, March 6:00 PM. Yearbooks Go On Sale The 2013/2014 full color Harmony Yearbook is on sale now for $20.00 per yearbook. This year’s book will be a full color issue with lots of memories from throughout the year. Be sure to reserve your copy prior to March 14th. After March 14th they will continue to be sold on a “first come, cash only” basis until they are sold out. During the month of January and February we will be administering the Winter MAP assessment to all students. This assessment is given three times a year to measure student growth. Please ask your child about their MAP goal. If they meet their goal they will earn a bracelet. We will give a bracelet out for Reading and one for Math. This is the first year the 2nd-5th graders will not be taking the California Standardized Test in April with the exception to 5th grade. The 5th graders will take the CST in Science only. The 2nd graders will not take any test at all. The 3rd-5th graders will participate in a pilot of the new SMARTER Balance Assessment. This assessment is computer based and is similar to our MAP assessment. It will adjust to the students ability level. They will participate in the pilot program for both English Language Arts and Math. The testing window is April 7, 2014-May 16, There will be approximately 25 questions in each subject area and take approximately 3.5 hours to complete BOTH assessments (1.75 hours per assessment). Please visit hemetusd.k12.ca.us for more information on the Common Core and SMARTER Balance Assessment.