September 21, 2023

TOMORROW!

• Food truck with food available for purchase
• DJ
• Westwood nature center reptiles & tactile exhibit
• Gaga ball tournament from 530-7:30 with prizes!
• Connect and build community with other Peter Hobart families



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Today is International Day of Peace

Thursday, September 21 is the International Day of Peace.  

Developing citizens who will create a better, more just, and more peaceful world lies at the heart of our schools’ mission. 



This year’s theme for International Peace Day is Actions for Peace. It is a call to action that recognizes our individual and collective responsibility to foster peace. Achieving peace requires effort from all of us - parents, students, and staff. Peace requires a desire to understand multiple perspectives, a caring attitude, and empathy.  

 As a family, how can you take action and apply the IB Learner Profile to foster peace?

Anne LaLonde Laux - IB/PYP Coordinator

Kari Schwietering, Peter Hobart Principal

952-928-6602 ~ schwietering.kari@slpschools.org

Brian Massie, Peter Hobart Elementary Support Supervisor

952-928-6594 ~ massie.brian@slpschools.org

Important Dates

* Click HERE for 2023-24 At-A-Glance Calendar*

• Thursday, September 21 ~ 5th Grade Band Information/ Registration @ Middle School (6:30-8:00pm) TONIGHT

• Friday, September 22 ~ PTO Fall Family Fun Night (5-7:30pm) TOMORROW

• Monday, September 25 No School ~ Yom Kippur

• Tuesday, September 26 PTO General Meeting with Pizza~ (6:00pm-8:00pm)

• Wednesday, September 27-29 Scholastic Book Fair ~ (2:15-6:00pm)

• Thursday, September 28 The Works Engineering Family Night~(6:00pm-8:00pm)



• Wednesday, October 4 ~ Picture Day

• Tuesday, October 17 ~ Family Connections (3:00 - 7:00 PM)

• Wednesday, October 18 ~ Family Connections (7:20 AM - 3:20 PM) (No School)

• Thursday, October 19th ~ No School

• Friday, October 20th ~ No School

*Click HERE for St Louis Park City Calendar*

General Illness Guidelines

To protect yourself and prevent the spread of illness:

• Wash hands often
• Avoid touching eyes, nose, mouth.
• Clean/disinfect commonly used surfaces
• Cough/sneeze into your sleeve
• Stay up to date on vaccines
• Stay home when you are sick

The following information is intended to help decide when a student should stay home:

• Fever of 100 degrees or more. Stay home for 24 hours after the temperature returns to normal without the use of fever reducing medication.
• Vomiting or diarrhea. Stay home until 24 hours after the last episode.
• Any uncontrolled cough.
• Rash for which you do not know the cause. Check with your family physician/clinic before sending the student to school.
• If feeling ill/unwell and will not be able to fully participate in school activities.
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When keeping your child home call the 24 hour school attendance line to report the illness at 952-928-6604.

COVID-19 Protocol

St. Louis Park Public Schools will continue to follow guidance from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) regarding COVID-19 during the 2023-24 school year. COVID testing is recommended for individuals with COVID symptoms. Tests are currently available at school.

Students/staff testing positive for COVID-19 should stay home a full 5 days and return to school on day 6 if their symptoms have improved & they have been fever free for 24 hours without taking fever-reducing medication. They should wear a mask through day 10. 

Calculating return to school date:

Day 0 is the first day of symptom onset or when tested for COVID, if asymptomatic. Day 1 is the first full day after symptoms developed or when the test was collected. 

• Date of symptom onset is considered “day zero”
• Isolate a full 5 days
• Return to school/activity on day 6
• Wear a mask through day 10

Communicable Disease Fact Sheets 

COVID-19

• Parent Fact Sheet (PDF)
• Parent Fact Sheet - Somali (PDF)
• Parent Fact Sheet - Spanish (PDF)
• Parent Fact Sheet - Hmong (PDF)

Influenza

• Parent Fact Sheet (PDF)
• Parent Fact Sheet – Somali (PDF)
• Parent Fact Sheet – Spanish (PDF)
• Parent Fact Sheet – Hmong (PDF)

Strep Throat

• Parent Fact Sheet (PDF)
• Parent Fact Sheet – Somali (PDF)
• Parent Fact Sheet – Spanish (PDF)
• Parent Fact Sheet – Hmong (PDF)

Meal Menus

Menu's in Spanish

Menu's in English

Menu's in Somali

Picture Day - Wednesday October 4th

5th Grade Families- Band Information and Registration Night

TONIGHT

Over the last two weeks, all students had an opportunity to try-out the seven instruments offered in Beginning Band during the school day. After trying out the instruments, students worked with Mrs. Brummel-Culver to identify their top three instruments, and which instrument they believe they would be the most successful on. 



Before Band Information & Registration Night, students should learn what instrument they have been invited to play for the 23-24 school year. Please come to Band Information Night to learn all about how to join Band, how to rent instruments, expectations, and get any questions answered. 

If your student did not receive a fitting, an invitation to join band, or doesn’t know which instrument they were invited to play, please reach out to Mrs. B-C via email ASAP!

5th Grade Band Registration Deadline:

• Wednesday, September 27th - by 11:59pm
• Click here for Band Information & Registration
• Click here for Registration

Shout out Loud Wellness Fair

We invite St. Louis Park Public School families to join us on Saturday, Sept 30 for a family-friendly event at the Rec Center--ROC in St Louis Park promoting mental health and wellness in our community. This event will run from 11am - 3 pm and is free for all. Watch great entertainment and interact with community organizations. Be sure to stop by the St. Louis Park Public Schools booth highlighting the unique role schools play in promoting mental health and social-emotional wellness. Visit https://shoutoutloudmn.com/ for more information.

Fall Youth Enrichment Classes

Art:

Draw it!

We’re back with all new amazing drawings. If your kids looking to build skills or develop new techniques,

they will love this class.

Tuesdays, Sept. 26-Oct. 24, 2:15-3:45 p.m.

5 Sessions: $110

Click here to register now!

Nailed It-Hawaii Challenge

Be ready to create rad surfboards, thrilling sculptures, volcanoes that really light up...and so much more.

Mondays, Oct. 2-23, 2:15-3:15 p.m.

4 Sessions: $77

Click here to register now!

Winter Celebration Drawing Class

Our Cartoon Celebration is a fun afterschool activity perfect for your smart and innovative child.

Tuesdays, Nov. 14-Dec. 12, 2:15-3:45 p.m.

5 Sessions: $110

Click here to register now!

Chess:

Grandmasters of Chess

In each class, students are taught different chess concepts and coached to implement those concepts into

their chess games. Each class sends with students playing 20-30 minutes of chess.

Tuesdays, Oct. 24-Dec. 19 (No Class Oct. 31), 2:15-3:15 p.m.

8 Sessions: $130

Click here to register now!

Sports:

Flag Football

The 6-week program is structured in one-hour instructional sessions combining fundamental skills

instruction and organized competition.

Wednesdays, Nov.1-Dec. 13 (No Class Nov. 22), 2:15-3:15 p.m.

6 Sessions: $99

Click here to register now!

Community Education Hiring

Share your talents with us! Community Education is now hiring instructors for our Winter Season

Send us your application 

SLP Youth Lacrosse Clinic

Peter Hobart PTO

Join us for our first PTO meeting of the school year! After pizza in the cafeteria, the kids will head to the gym and the parents will meet in the media room for our meeting. We have a great kick-off meeting planned and look forward to meeting you! Please consider contributing to our snack drive for our kids' classrooms. Gold fish, peanut-free granola bars, pirates booty and more! All is welcome and will be distributed across classrooms. 

• 6:00-6:30: Pizza in Cafeteria
• 6:20-6:35: PTO Welcome/Introduction
• 6:35-7:15: PH Presentation (Principal Schwietering & Team: literacy curriculum updates, What’s new this year?, Q&A)
• 7:15-7:50: Specials Presentation 
• 7:50-8:00: Upcoming PTO Events & Volunteer Opportunities

*Somali and Spanish translators will be available *Childcare available for school-aged children

Come learn about and explore stem concepts with the works museum! Five fun, hands-only stem activity stations to explore stem & engineer concepts for all grade levels: dynamic magnetic structures, flyin flyers, pop fly team challenge circuit play, sound sandwiches!  

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Come on in and get some great new books your child will be excited to read. We will have books for all interests and reading levels as well as teacher wish lists if you'd like to get a book for your child's classroom *Cash, check and credit card are accepted at the fair OR you can set up a cashless way to pay using Wallet from PH's Scholastic Homepage:

https: www.scholatic.com/bf/fall2023BookFair

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2023- 2024 Events

Fall Family Fun Night – Friday Sept 22nd, 5 - 7:30pm

 PTO General Meeting – Tuesday Sept 26th, 6:00 - 8pm

Fall Book Fair – Sept 27 - 29th 

The Works Engineering Family Night – Thurs Sept 28th, 6-8pm

PH Family Meet-Up - Sunday Oct 29th 1-3pm (Birchwood Park)

Peter Hobart Direct – Oct 30th - November 10th

Owl Program at Westwood Nature Center – Friday Nov 3rd, 6:30-8pm

Winter Clothing Drive w/ North Star Donuts – Tues Nov 7th, 2-6pm

PH Family Meet-Up (December or January Activity TBD)

PTO General Meeting – January TBD, 6:00pm

Black History Month Celebration – Feb TBD

PH Family Meet-Up (March Activity TBD)

Imagination Fair – March TBD

Spring Book Fair – April TBD

Earth Day Event at Westwood Nature Center, Fri April 26th, 6:30 -8pm

PTO General Meeting – May TBD, 6:00pm

Spring Carnival – Fri May 3rd 

Last Day of School Celebration – Thurs Jun 13th

If you would like to get involved, please email peterhobartpto@gmail.com

• Box Tops: Download the Box Tops for Education app on iTunes or Google Play to earn money for Peter Hobart when purchasing products with a Box Top label on it. See BTFE.com for eligible products. 
• Amazon Smile: Shop at smile.amazon.com and Amazon will donate 0.5% of the price of your eligible Amazon Smile purchases to the Peter Hobart PTO. Amazon Smile is the same Amazon you know—same products, same prices, same service. Support our school by shopping at smile.amazon.com and select Peter Hobart PTO as your charitable donation organization.

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