We develop compassionate, engaged students who are HAPPY to be at school! |
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Extracurricular Sign Ups: NOW!
Sept 11: Last day to sign up for Glow Golf!
Sept 17 - 29: Winter Sports Registration
Sept 19: Save the Date: Dewey's Restaurant Night
Sept 19: First LSDMC Meeting (more info below)
Sept 20: Picture Day!
Sept 21: Parent Education Event: "Help Your Child Succeed this Year"
Sept 25: No School
Sept 29: Read-A-Thon Pep Rally
Oct 2: Read-A-Thon Starts!
Oct 4: Save the Date: Chipotle Fundraiser
Oct 6: PTO General Meeting at 7:45am in the cafeteria
Oct.12:Math Game Night! 5-7pm for parents and children!
Oct 16 - 20: Scholastic Book Fair
Oct 27: Character Parade, 9am (parents encouraged to come watch!)
Nov 4: Pumpkin Chuck
Dec 5: Winter Concert grades k-3
Dec 6: Winter Concert grades 4-6
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First LSDMC Meeting Scheduled for Sept 19 2:30 - 3:30 |
The Local School Decision Making Committee (LSDMC) is the primary governing body for each school in Cincinnati Public Schools. This important committee gives insight and input into important decisions that impact students' lives and shape their educational experiences.
Role of Committee
LSDMC functions:
- Adopting bylaws, including the school's mission and vision
- Setting measurable school goals, based on a needs assessment
- Completing a midyear and end-of-year goal progress report
- Making recommendations and approving the school's budget
- Participating in the selection of a principal, when a vacancy exists
- Approving locally initiated changes in the school's program or focus
- Making recommendations to the principal regarding other school issues
- Seeking grants to support the school's programs (optional)
- Coordinating and overseeing the development of the school as a Community Learning Center
Our first LSDMC meeting is confirmed to be 9/19 at 2:30 in room 2101.
Google Meet is also available:
LSDMC Meeting
Tuesday, September 19 · 2:30 – 3:30pm
Time zone: America/New_York
Google Meet joining info
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Friday afternoon we had a pep rally to kick off the start of football season! The kids got to hang with the one and only Who Dey and everyone had a great time!! |
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Our grade level parent socials are not only a school fundraiser but a great way to meet other parents in your child's class and have a lot of fun doing it!!
Tickets for most parties are on sale now, get them before they sell out!
Click on the links below to buy your tickets.
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Fall Extracurriculars Sign Ups Start NOW!: |
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Clickable Links:
Suzuki Strings: Fill out this interest form to have a teacher contact you!
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Our HPS Room Parents provide a channel of communication between parents and teachers. These parents are a part of the classroom environment in the following areas: Organize class parties, aid in teacher appreciation, and assist in any teacher special requests. You are the front line for parents and we all thank you in advance for stepping up to do this!
Room Parents must be the parent or guardians of a child within the classroom.
ROOM PARENTS STILL URGENTLY NEEDED FOR THE FOLLOWING CLASSES:
**All classes already have at least one parent, so you are signing up to do this with someone else! Being a room parent is an easy and fun way to get involved!
2nd grade- Carroll (lead needed)
3rd grade- Wood (lead needed)
4th grade- Gallup (lead needed)
5th grade- Bidlingmeyer (asst. needed)
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We are looking for a permanent Crosswalk attendant, but in the mean time we really need some parent help to keep everyone safe crossing the street! It will only take 20 minutes of your time in the morning or afternoon.
If you have a little extra time before or after school, please sign up for a spot here
Stop Sign and sweet neon vest will be provided :)
If you or someone you know is interested in being hired by the city for the
crossing guard job, see the flier below:
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Sign Up for Glow Golf - Only 12 Tickets Remaining!
LAST DAY TO SIGN UP IS MONDAY 9/11!!
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This is a unique, fun social event where we provide the beer, glow-in-the-dark golf balls, prizes, and more!
We will play a 6-person scramble so no golf experience is necessary, our goal is to have fun and spend time with other Hyde Park parents!
Tickets $50 per person, which includes the course greens fee, glow ball, and beer. Details below:
• Where: Reeves Golf Course, 4757 Playfield Ln, Cincinnati, OH 45226
• When: Sept 15: 7:30-10:30pm
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Thanks for attending this month's PTO meeting. It was exciting to have such a great turnout for our first meeting!
Our next meeting will be on
Friday 10/6 at 7:45am.
It will take place in the cafeteria.
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Our new Spirit wear site is LIVE!!
This spirit wear is soft and comfy and comes in sizes for everyone in the family!
Orders can be dropped shipped directly to your home, or delivered free to your child's homeroom teacher. Orders will ship within 2 weeks of being placed.
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Our youngest students are in need of some assistance during lunchtime. Tasks like opening cheese sticks, yogurt lids, and even putting straws in drink boxes can be challenging to little hands. If you could spare 30 minutes of your time, please join our lunch period to help make the most of this important time! You will need to check in at the main office at 10:00am and will then be directed to the cafeteria. |
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The CRC After School Program is Hiring! |
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Please share this flyer around for anyone that is looking for a fun and rewarding job with the after school program at Hyde Park School! Contact Megan at megan.miller@cincinnati-oh.gov with questions or to apply! |
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion:
Happy Hyde Park School is committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment that values, embraces, and supports all members of the school community. Our LSDMC is in the process of forming a DEI (Diversity Equity & Inclusion) subcommittee for our school and would love to hear from you! Do you have feedback about your children's and your own experience at HPS, dreams, or ideas around this important work? Please connect with Lisa Nolan (lisa.m.a.nolan@gmail.com), a current 1st grade parent and founding chair of the committee, and/or Alyse Averdick (averdia@cpsboe.k12.oh.us), School Resource Coordinator, to share!
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Make Life Easy: Upload All HPS Events to Your Own Calendar |
Streamline your life by using this link to upload all HPS Events to your calendar: HPS Events Calendar. Throughout the year, this link will be updated with other events like socials, movie nights, family swims, playground dates, and more!
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Follow HPS PTO on Instagram & Facebook |
Make HPS PTO part of your daily feed on Instagram @HydeParkSchoolPTO and Facebook (facebook.com/HydeParkSchoolPTO). Just another way to make communicating ideas and keeping track of HPS events more convenient!
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HPS PTO Linktree: The Link to All Links! |
No more FOMO! This HPS PTO Linktree is the link to all important links! So if you'd rather have one link to check than many (hmmm, it's a real toss-up), just check this link: https://linktr.ee/happyhydeparkschool
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Earn 4% of your purchase for Hyde Park School. Don't worry...you still keep all of your points. Register online at www.krogercommunityrewards.com and select “Hyde Park School PTO Inc” from the list.
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Many people don't even realize just how easy the Box Tops for Education Program is now that it has gone virtual. No more clipping and collecting a pile of Box Tops. Just download the Box Tops App, scan your grocery receipt, instantly identify Box Tops products, and automatically add cash to our school’s earnings online. You can also email your online receipts to earn credit. Box Tops are still worth 10¢ each for your school. This may not sound like much, but it adds up to hundreds of dollars!
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Meet the HPS PTO Board Officers for 2023-2024 |
Here are the HPS PTO Executive Board Officers for the 2023-2024 school year:
President: Hilary VanderMolen
Vice President: Michele Berry Godsey
Treasurer: Kevin VanderMolen
Vice Treasurer: Chuck Hamman
Secretary: Jen Eisenstein
LSDMC Representatives: Ed Paff, Amy Lovelace & Rachel Harrison
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If you have information that you would like included in a future newsletter, please send to president@hydeparkschoolpto.org (content included at PTO discretion).
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