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October 2020

THE HARRISON HERALD

HARRISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL'S OCTOBER NEWSLETTER

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

October 21: Parent/Teacher Conferences 4 - 7pm
October 22: Parent/Teacher Conferences 8am - 7pm (NO SCHOOL)
October 23: NO SCHOOL
October 28: Scoopie Night 4 - 8pm (Drive - thru only)
November 19: End of First Trimester
November 20: NO SCHOOL (Elementary Teacher PD Day)
November 25 - 27: NO SCHOOL (Thanksgiving Break)

WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST HARRISON STAFF!

Brooke Murnane – School Psycologist
Christine Mathew – English Language Teacher
Dustin Shevy – Innovation Specialist

WELCOME TO THE 2020-21 SCHOOL YEAR!

WELCOME BACK! BY JESSICA GRANDT, PRINCIPAL

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Welcome to the 2020 - 21 school year! We are so excited to have students back in the school and learning with us face to face!

We appreciate all of our Harrison families for partnering with us to keep students as safe as possible when they are here at school. Thank you for sending your child to school with a m ask each day, for dropping them off between 8:05 and 8:15am, and for picking them up right at 3:08pm. These may seem like small things, but they really do help us keep all the kids here as safe and healthy as possible! So thank you for your help!

I wanted to let you know about a few other changes that we are implementing this year to keep our Harrison students and staff as safe and possible:

Our Scoopie nights this year will be drive- thru only, and Harrison staff will not be working inside Culver's on those nights. However, Culver's is still giving us 10 % of the drive- thru sales for each of our Scoopie Nights, so we hope you will still com e out to support Harrison School! Our first one is October 28th.

Parent/teacher conferences will be held October 21st and 22nd. Parents will sign up for a time slot using SignUpGenius instead of returning a conference slip as you have in past years. More info about SignUpGenius will com e home with your child on October 5th. Then parents will also have the option this year to do their child 's conference by phone, virtually, or face to face here at school. The book fair that we typically do during conferences will also be online only this year instead of face to face.

We are so glad that you're here!

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR HAWK HEROES!

Each month Harrison Elementary School recognizes the students who have done a fantastic job of demonstrating our three Hawk Habits of being safe, respectful, and responsible here at school.

The following students were recognized as our Hawk Heroes for the month of September:

Kindergarten:

Camden Sirianni in Mrs. Adler's class

Olivia Kneser in Mrs. Demerath's class

First Grade:

Kamden Pounds in Mrs. Astin's class

Harmony Everson in Mrs. Sarauer's class

Second Grade:

Brayden Henkel in Mrs. Brewer's class

Calvin Nivinski in Mr. Martin's class

Third Grade:

Liam Brill in Mrs. Fitzsimons' class

Heymi Montes in Mrs. Tourdot's class

Fourth Grade:

Bently Viverette in Ms. Fielhauer's class

Cameron Kessler in Ms. Kallio's class

Fifth Grade:

Andres Navarrete Camacho in Ms. Binversie's class

Samantha Wenzel in Ms. Schmaling's class

Request for School Transfer/Placement (Intra District Transfers) within the School District of Janesville Attendance Areas

Due to Move

If you move within the School District of Janesville during the school year and wish to remain at your current school, please ask the school office for a Request to Remain in Current School Following Move to New Attendance Area Form (blue). Complete the form and return it to the school office.

Open Enrollment or Public School Choice

If you have any questions regarding Open Enrollment or Public School Choice, please contact the Open Enrollment Specialist at 743-5152.

Moving

If you will be moving from your current home address, please contact the Harrison school office at 743-6406 as soon as possible to determine what paperwork you will need to fill out for your child to continue attending his/her current school. Please note: if you are moving to an address outside the School District of Janesville, in most cases your child is eligible to continue attending the School District of Janesville as long as you complete the appropriate paperwork within the required timeline.

If you have any questions about school placement for a particular address, please contact the Open Enrollment Specialist Deen Hartley at 743-5152. The New Student Enrollment Office is open year round.

If you are the parent of an elementary student and will be moving over the summer months when the elementary schools are closed, please contact the Open Enrollment Specialist Deen Hartley at 743-5152 or the New Student Enrollment Office at 743-5072 or 743-5153 to complete the appropriate paperwork.

Infinite Campus Parent Portal - You can access so much information on the Infinite Campus Parent Portal, including your child's attendance and grades. You can keep your contact information current, update your emergency contacts, pay fees and add money to your child's lunch account.

Have you moved? - To update your address please provide the Harrison office with a copy of a proof of residency (can be a lease agreement, mortgage paper, bank statement or utility bill dated within the last 60 days) and a copy of your photo ID.

December 2020

THE HARRISON HERALD

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HARRISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL'S DECEMBER NEWSLETTER

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

December 15 : Scoopie Night 4 - 8 pm ( Drive- thru only) December 23 - January 1 st: NO SCHOOL ( Winter Break) January 4 : School Resumes

January 12 : Scoopie Night 4 - 8 pm ( Drive- thru only)

January 18 : NO SCHOOL ( Martin Luther King Jr. Day) January 21 : Papa Murphy Night ( 15 % of sales all day) January 26 : Picture Day!

WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST HARRISONSTAFF!

Elizabeth Albrecht - Instructional Paraprofessional

Stephanie Fox - Special Ed. Paraprofessional

Beth Fanning - Special Ed. Paraprofessional

As a reminder, students will go outside for recess if the weather is zero degrees or above. Please make sure that your child is ready for the winter weather and send them to school each day with the following items:

Winter coat

Snow pants

Hat

Winter boots

Waterproof gloves

Don't forget to label all items with your child's name!

Text Box: CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR HAWK HEROES!

Each month Harrison Elementary School recognizes the students who have done a fantastic job of demonstrating a growth mindset and never giving up.

The following students were recognized as our Hawk Heroes for the month of November:

Kindergarten:

Rylnn Jaworski in Mrs. Adler's class Bowen Egge in Mrs. Demerath's class

First Grade:

Tyshawn Hines in Mrs. Astin's class Harper Yungerman in Mrs. Sarauer's class

Second Grade:

Meryem Kisa in Mrs. Brewer's class Eliana Padilla in Mr. Martin's class

Third Grade:

Eden Mani in Mrs. Fitzsimons' class Grayson Fisher in Mrs. Tourdot's class

Fourth Grade:

Ianna Duerst in Ms. Fielhauer's class Paisely Krogman in Ms. Kallio's class

Fifth Grade:

Morgan Adler in Ms. Binversie's class Rosemary Duesterhoeft in Ms.

Schmaling's class

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Request for School Transfer/Placement (Intra District Transfers) within the School District of Janesville Attendance Areas

Due to Move:

Due to Parent Choice:

If you wish to apply to have your student transferred/placed in another school within the district next school year (2021-2022), please ask the school office for a School Transfer/Placement Within the School District Form (yellow). Completed forms will be accepted from December 1 through December 15, 2020 only. Submit your Request for School Transfer/Placement Within the School District Form (yellow) to your home school attendance area office. Parents applying for a Request for School Transfer/ Placement Within the School District will be notified of approval or disapproval by January 15, 2021. Parents applying for a Request for School Transfer/Placement Within the School District for incoming Kindergarten students will be notified of approval or non-approval after they have enrolled their child during the Kindergarten Enrollment period with the New Student Enrollment Office. If you have questions, please contact the school office of your home school attendance area.

Open Enrollment or Public School Choice

If during the school year, you move outside the School District of Janesville and you wish to remain at your current school please contact the Open Enrollment Specialist at 743-5152 and request a tuition waiver form within two weeks of your move. This will allow you to be eligible to attend your current school for the remainder of the current year tuition free. To continue attending the School District of Janesville after the 2020-2021 school year, you will also need to complete an open enrollment application. Application instructions are provided to the School District of Janesville by the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) and should be available by late January 2021. This year applications will be accepted February 1 – April 30, 2021.

If you have questions regarding Open Enrollment or Public School Choice, please contact the Open Enrollment Specialist at 743-5152.

MOVING???

If you will be moving from your current home address, please contact Harrison Elementary school office at 743-6400 as soon as possible to determine what paperwork you will need to fill out for your child to continue attending his/her current school. Please note: if you are moving to an address outside the School District of Janesville in most cases your child is eligible to continue attending the School District of Janesville as long as you complete the appropriate paperwork within the required timeline.

If you have any questions about school placement for a particular address, please contact Open Enrollment Specialist Deen Hartley at 743-5152. The New Student Enrollment Office is open year round.

If you are the parent of an elementary student and will be moving over the summer months when the elementary schools are closed, please contact Open Enrollment Specialist Deen Hartley at 743-5152 or the New Student Enrollment Office at 743-5072 or 743-5153 to complete the appropriate paperwork.

Kindergarten Enrollment

2021-2022 School Year

School District Residents

If you have a child turning 5 (five) years old prior to September 1, 2021 and they are not currently enrolled in a School District of Janesville Pre-school for Janesville (P4J) or Early Childhood (EC) program it is time to enroll in the Janesville Public School District. Enrollment will take place from December 1, 2020, through December 15, 2020, at the Educational Services Center located at 527 S. Franklin St. (administration building) in the New Student Enrollment office by appointment only. Please call (608) 743-5153 or (608) 743-5072.

If you cannot attend the enrollment period please make an appointment as soon as possible to enroll after December 15, 2020. Enrollment in the district is required for participation in orientation. When you enroll, you will need your child’s birth certificate for proof of age, proof of residency (top portion of a utility bill, or current lease) to determine school assignment, immunization records and photo identification

The window for Requests for School Transfer/Placement within the School District (yellow forms) for incoming kindergarten students are available from December 1, 2020, through December 15, 2020, and should be submitted through the enrollment process. Enrollments are completed by appointment only. Forms are available at all schools, as well as at the Educational Services Center. If you have questions regarding this process contact Deen Hartley at 743-5152. The status of requests will be determined by January 15, 2021 if they are turned in by December 15^th. If you have a student currently attending a school under a School Transfer/Placement within the School District, it does not automatically qualify your kindergarten student for attendance at the same school; however, siblings are generally assigned to the same school. In order for your kindergarten student to attend the same school as a sibling, you must submit a request during the Kindergarten Enrollment time frame.

If you know of a child in your neighborhood or from community activities that would be entering kindergarten for the 2021-2022 school year, please pass this enrollment information on.

Non-District Residents

If you are a non-resident of the School District of Janesville and have a child turning 5 (five) years old prior to September 1, 2021 and would like your child to attend the School District of Janesville you must also apply for OPEN ENROLLMENT. The timeline for Open Enrollment is February 1, 2021, to April 30, 2021. Currently open enrolled non-residents in a P4J or EC program do not need to re-apply. If you have questions regarding the Open Enrollment process, please contact Deen Hartley at 743-5152.