The PTA at Hurst Hills is a very important part of our school thanks to all of our dedicated families, and volunteers. Have you ever thought about being apart of the Executive Board. The members of the executive board are volunteers just like you, who like to get involved with our school. If you are interested in serving on next year’s Executive Board, please reach out to Mrs.Polley who is currently serving as the Nominating Committee Chairman.
These are dates where the school is closed to visitors all day while tests are out or being given to any grade. Please try to avoid going in on these days.
February 8th and 29th -(for those paying attention, both dates have changed)
The first PTA meeting of the year is Tuesday, September 13th with pizza at 6 and a meeting to follow at 6:30. We are currently looking for a person or team to be responsible for the PTA Reflections art contest. The position would start soon but has very little to do after the end of October. Yearbook help and reps to attend council meetings are other possible options for volunteering. Please let us know at or before the meeting if you are interested in helping out. Thank you!
Have you returned your PTA volunteer, t-shirt and membership forms??? Please let us know how you would like to help out this year.
Yearbook info update: All photos are due within 7 days of an event for the yearbook. Please send them to:
Thank you! There wouldn't be a great yearbook without all of your pictures!
2)First Come, First Serve Sale at Registration (7/26, 2-7pm)
Online orders ARE subject to tax, purchases made at
summer registration (cash/check payable to Hurst Hills PTA) are TAX FREE!
Prices range from $27-$38 & will be listed on a
flyer coming home soon.Thanks to Karen
Caliman for coordinating our school
supply sale for another year!
Hurst
Hills donated 2399 books to the HEB Book Swap!
That’s an increase of 353 books from last year!
The 5th grade enjoyed a snow cone party for
contributing the most books!Thank
you to everyone who participated with special thanks to Teresa Burk,
Michelle Lemmons, and Kari Leonard for
their hard work and dedication to the Hurst Hills book swap.
Thanks to Field Day Volunteers!
Dottie
Hopper, Andee Bohlin, Teresa Burk, Kim Schmeits, Shelley Anderson, Brandy
Butler, Michelle Lemmons, Casey Matus, Susan Perry, Jennifer Kiser,ElishaDickens, Amy and Gerry McGuire,
Sonja Ferguson, Suzanne Stroman, Lowell Richardson,
Kari Leonard, LaShonda Dedner, AND Lesa Rydellall contributed volunteer time to Field Day.A special thanks to Karen Hopper for coordinating concessions and to Amy Bilbo for coordinating volunteers.
Volunteers
are invaluable, they enrich student experiences at Hurst Hills beyond
measure.Thank you to all of
our amazing volunteers! We
appreciate YOU, keep up the GREAT work!
For any volunteer reporting 1+ hours online, invitations to the HEB VIPS
luncheon are available online ONLY this year.We hope you can join us ‘Under the Big Top’ on Mon, May 9,
11:15-1pm at the NEW Hurst Convention Center!
RSVP by April 29!
Questions?Contact Amy Bilbo at
Teacher Appreciation
Week is May 2-6!
Volunteers will be needed to honor the teachers during
this special week.Refreshments,
flowers, food, and precious time will be some of the gifts given to our amazing
teachers to honor them.Look for
more details on how you can get involved on the Hurst Hills PTA Facebook page,
website, emails (using contact info provided on your volunteer form in the
fall), and more!Don’t miss out on
this opportunity to give back just a little of what our amazing teachers give
our students every day.Thanks to Jennifer Kiser for coordinating the events of this special week.
Hurst Hills Night at the LD
Bell Baseball Gamehad a great turnout and was a lot of fun!Thanks to all who came out to support
Hurst Hills and the LD Bell team.The Raiders secured a substantial victory, shutting out Irving Nimitz
Vikings 17-0.Thanks to Andee
Bohlin for coordinating this event for Hurst Hills Families.
2011/2012 PTA
Board Changes
In accordance with PTA
Bylaws, the President called a special meeting for the purpose of electing the
2011/2012 Executive Board and approving 2 budget items (a quorum was not
present at the 3/2 general membership meeting where this was originally
scheduled to occur).In April,
Carra Rau, VP of Projects nominee, resigned from her position for the 2011/2012
school year.In accordance with
PTA bylaws, the Executive Board secured a replacement and approved Kari
Leonard as your VP of Projects for the 2011/2012 school
year.When you see Kari Leonard, congratulate her on her new role!
Thank you to the amazing volunteers who made the First
Daddy/Daughter Dance at Hurst Hills a tremendous success!Jennifer Kiser,
Ashley Studinski, Andee Bohlin, Karen Hopper, Lesa Rydell, Kari Leonard, Brandy
Butler, Elisha Dickens, Suzanne Stromann, Teresa Burk, Christy Pruitt, Dottie
Hopper, Katie Head and Beverly McGinnis worked
hard to bring this special event to life.Each of these amazing volunteers went above and beyond.Their efforts created many happy faces
and rave reviews! A
special thanks to Patricia Linhares for donating her photography talents and to Amy Nordyke for coordinating the event.
Dive
into summer fun at the Back to School Swim Social this summer at Bedford Splash.It is FREE for all Hurst Hills families.
Mark Your Calendar NOW:
Friday, August 19th7:30-9:30
School-Wide End of the Year, Old-Fashioned Picnic
at Hurst Hills the afternoon/evening of
Wed, May 25!
Mark your calendars, plan to pack your picnic basket,
and head to the school for some fun!
Watch for more
details to come!
Pre-Ordered Yearbooks will come home the LAST
week of school.
*40 yearbooks remain and will be sold first-come,
first-serve in the office.
If you haven’t already ordered one, act NOW!
The
final PTA meeting of the year will be
Thur, May
19th
Join us for a choir performance, Lifetime Membership
Awards, annual report, and induction of incoming Executive Board.
‘Boys Turn’
Tues, May 10 from 6-8pm
Hurst Putt Putt Fun Center!!
$20/couple*; $5/add’l child – 2 hrs unlimited golf, 60
tokens, hot dog and small drink
Your Hurst Hills Nominating Committee, consisting of Mrs. Bural, Patricia Linhares, Andee Bohlin, Ms. Walker, Ms. Head, and Jennifer Kiser, met on January 31st and nominated the following candidates for the
2011-2012 PTA Board:
President:Karen Hopper (returning)
VP Membership:Ashley Studinsky
VP Projects:Carra Rau (returning)
VP Programs:Elissa Polley (returning)
VP Hospitality:Jennifer Kiser (returning)
VP Volunteers:Andee Bohlin
Treasurer:Lesa Rydell (returning)
Secretary:Teresa Burk (returning)
Nominees were posted in late February and announced at the March 2 PTA meeting.
The Yearbook will be complete and sent to the printer on Fri, April 1st.
The following are the FINAL yearbook due dates for photos:
Field DayMar 18
Daddy/DaughterDance
Mar 31
Yearbook Order Forms should have come home WITH this
newsletter.Yearbook orders are DUE Fri, April 8.Don’t
delay, order your yearbook today!They are a beautiful keepsake of your child’s elementary school years!
Yearbook ORDER inquiries?
Contact Dee Londrigan in the front office.
Questions about Yearbook Photos ONLY?
Contact Kim Zarko at
The Hurst Hills yearbook is created by
outstanding Hurst Hills parent and volunteer, Kim Zarko.Kim’s children, Dalton (6th) and Zack (2nd), have
attended Hurst Hills for 7 yrs.She has created the yearbook for SIX years.Because of her generosity, the yearbook has gone from a
budget item that costs the PTA $1,000 to a budget item that costs nothing,
sometimes even generating revenue.
Hurst Hills Elementary is excited to offer TWO Georgeann Gallian Memorial Scholarships in the amount of $500 each to applicants who have attended Hurst Hills Elementary forat least three (3) years.
You must be in good-standing, exhibit good citizenship throughout your school years, and plan to attend a trade school, junior college, or university. Should you receive a full scholarship or grant from another source by September 1, 2011, you will be ineligible for this award. Applications are available at your high school counselor’s office & must be received at Hurst Hills Elementary no later than April 15, 2011.
Whether you volunteer AT the school, or by sending needed items, you enrich the students of Hurst Hills.Time and money count as volunteer time, so don’t forget to count items donated for parties, the teacher’s luncheon, or any other function throughout the school year.
Deadline to enter volunteer contributions:
MARCH 31ST.
After the deadline, you cannot enter any volunteer contributions made prior to the deadline.The volunteer year runs from April 1, 2010 – March 31st, 2011.You may enter volunteer time as far back as last spring NOW.
Volunteer hours are evaluated to determine whether a school may be considered for additional funding sources through grants, etc.These numbers may be utilized not only by our school, but by the district, or even state.Let’s try not to miss out on much-needed funding because we didn’t take a few minutes to report our volunteer efforts.
If you have any questions – lost your ID#, forgotten your password, please contact our volunteer coordinator, Amy Bilbo, at 817-595-2291 or
.She will be more than happy to assist you in getting those hours entered!THANK YOU!
Thank you to everyone who contributed to the recent Clothes Drive, ESPECIALLY to the generous family who donated enough socks to make CRAZYSOCK DAY a reality for all Hurst Hills students!Hurst Hills was among the top producers in the district!
School Supplies for the 2011-2012 school year will be sold ONLINE for a limited time (orders will be guaranteed, but orders will NOT be tax free) ANDfirst come, first serve at registration this summer (tax free).
Look for more information to come home about school supplies later this spring!
Thanks to Karen Caliman for coordinating our school supply sale again this year!
Thanks for the great luncheon volunteer contributions!!
Thank you to Merrell Woolf, Phyllis Almeida, Debbie
Hefner, Amy Bilbo, Alison Freeman, Kathleen Folks, Errin Dunbar, Chanel
Markland, Lisa Fell, Frances Woolf, Valerie Doyle, Amy McGuire, Andrea Wright,
Robin Patty, Lesa Rydell, & Sonja Ferguson, room parents who graciously agreed to contribute
food to the Vday luncheon!In
addition, Cherryl Hayen donated
all the drinks, plates, & napkins for the luncheon.
Carra Rau, Kari Leonard, Teresa
Burk, Karen Hopper, Lynda Newman, and Andee Bohlin volunteered during the luncheon (most also
contributed soups), providing much-needed assistance to make the day run as
smoothly as possible.An extra
‘thanks’ goes to Jennifer Kiser,
VP of Hospitality on the PTA Board, for her tremendous efforts that made this
day a huge success.
Our amazing Hurst Hills teachers and staff certainly
felt appreciated on this special day.Thanks to all whose contributions made it a successful reality!
The PTA Board is a VOLUNTARYgroup of parents, teachers, grandparents, or other community volunteers who meet throughout the school year to plan, organize, and implement various functions of PTA/school activities. The Hurst Hills PTA board consists of 8 different positions:
President – oversees operations of PTA
(currently Karen Hopper)
VP of Membership (currently Andee Bohlin)
VP of Projects – coordinates fundraiser and various other projects (currently Carra Rau)
VP of Programs – coordinates PTA meeting content (currently Elissa Polley, K teacher)
VP of Volunteers (currently Amy Bilbo)
VP of Hospitality – coordinates refreshments for PTA events and oversees other activities, such as teacher appreciation week and holiday parties (currently Jennifer Kiser)
Treasurer – responsible for PTA funds
(currently Lesa Rydell)
Secretary – records/reports official meeting minutes from board meetings and general membership meetings (currently Teresa Burk)
Each position requires a one year commitment, and can only be held by the same person for 2 consecutive years before a change is required. Some of the differences you may notice in the way PTA does things at Hurst Hills can be attributed to the change in board members from one year to the next.
You bring your creativity to the position!
Because most of the positions above were filled last year with new individuals who wish to return for a 2nd year, there will only be one or two vacancies to fill the 2011-2012 PTA Board!
If YOU are interested in filling that vacancy, please contact the Nominating Committee Chair,
Jennifer Kiser, at .
Nominees for the 2011-2012 PTA Board will be announced at the March 8th PTA meeting.
Yearbook Photos Needed
Please send photos of these UPCOMING events within 7 days of the event:
100th day
Valentine’s Parties*
*(room parents, if you forgot to take a group photo at Christmas, this will be a final opportunity to do so)
Field Day (March 11)
Daddy/Daughter Dance (March 25)
Email photos to Kim Zarko at
Are you looking for stimulating, educational, fun-filled summer FUN for your children? HEG AGT is hosting their annual summer camp activity fair Sat, Feb 26 from 9-12 at the Pat May Center. Various summer activity vendors will be on display.
The PTA will provide a Valentine’s Day Luncheon for teachers & staff on
Monday, February 14th.
Room parents will be contacted for assistance with this opportunity to honor our amazing staff!
Schools of Choice Meeting
Do you want to learn more about HEB ISD programs including Suzuki Strings, Spanish Immersion, Core Knowledge, and more? Attend the Schools of Choice Meeting at the
Pat May Center on Feb 3 at 7pm.
Cici’s Pizza Night
Thurs, Feb 17
Proceeds directly benefit Hurst Hills!
Congratulations
to our incredibly talented
Spelling Bee winners:
Katie Li (6th grade)
Ma’at Blackwell (runner-up; 6th)
AND….
Geography Bee winners:
Fadi Zaki (6th grade)
Aaron Toney (alternate; 6th)
Visit Hurst Hills PTA at:
Hurst Hills’ homepage AND
(click the Hurst Hills PTA icon on the left menu)
Hurst Hills’ PTA Facebook Page
BOX TOPS UPDATE!
Don’t throw away FREE MONEY!
While Box Tops are collected all year, there is an important deadline approaching. Please send in your collected Box Tops
NO LATER than Fri, February 25th.
Our goal for Box Tops this year is $1875. You’ve been GREAT, helping us reach $1344.80 already! We can definitely reach our goal with your help, by sending in any Box Tops you’ve collected by the above-mentioned deadline. Thank you!!
If you plan to purchase a yearbook, please help by submitting ONE photograph for the following events. You may submit ONE photo for EACH section listed below.
PHOTOS DUE DECEMBER 27:
Summer Social, Santa USA Visit, Holiday party,
Choir & Suzuki performance
PHOTOS are always due within 7 days of an event.
E-mail photo to:
(Confirmation will be sent back by e-mail when the photo is received).
PLEASE REMEMBER TO INDICATE NAME OF CHILD AND EVENT.
Please remember this will be the only time you can submit photos for these events.
Orders for yearbooks will be taken in February only.
Thanks to all the talented Hurst Hills students who chose to participate in
Reflections this year and to our outstanding coordinator, Teresa Burk!
Honorable Mention:
Reed Jones (3rd)Visual Arts
Chloe Bohlin (1st)Photography
Camee Bohlin (1st)Photography
Danielle Prough (6th)Literature
Merit Awards, Progressing to District-Level:
Luke Hefner (3rd)Visual Arts
Levi Hefner (6th)Visual Arts
Katie Li (6th) 1st place Music Composition
Kaya Vass (K)1st place Literature
Christian Garza (5th) 1st place Visual Arts
Brooklynn Studinski (K) 1st place Visual Arts
Thank you to all who contributed to the Fall Carnival!! It took everyone’s efforts to create the magic you could find at Hurst Hills that night. A special thanks goes out to Jennifer Kiser, Andee Bohlin, Karen Hopper, Dottie Hopper, Amy Bilbo, Kari Leonard, Brian Seidner, Patricia Schroeder, Kim Schmeits, Kelly Schmeits, Karen Caliman, Jack Houghton, and Lowell Richardson for their extensive participation in this event. Thanks to Cherryl Hayen and Pepsi Co for their generous contributions to food service. Thanks to Glenn & Kelley Johnson and Wal Mart for their overwhelming contribution to the 2 liter toss game, without their donation of 120 2 liter drinks, the game would have closed MUCH earlier! We also want to give a big thanks to our wonderful clowns, ‘Pickles’, aka Errol Schmeits, and ‘Penny’, aka Eleanor Schmeits. The clowns and other volunteers listed above are a great example of how grandparents can get involved and volunteer at Hurst Hills too!
The BIGGEST thanks goes to Teresa Burk for the countless hours she spent as coordinator of this successful event! Thanks, Teresa!
Yearbook Photos Needed!
If you have any photos from school events so far this year, including 1st day of school, Core Knowledge Dress-Up day, carnival, Veterans Day, etc, please email them to Amy McGuire at .
PLEASE note the event and student name(s) so they can be properly identified.
Thank you for your participation in making the Hurst Hills Yearbook a wonderful keepsake for all Hurst Hills students!
Last Call For COOKIES!!
Remaining quantities include:
White Choc Mac Nut- 9Carnival – 1
Holiday Joy – 1Triple Choc Chunk –2
Pink Cookie – 5Butter Sugar – 3
Oatmeal Raisin – 1Choc Brownies – 3
Cranberry Oatmeal – 4
Contact Carra Rau at 817-301-2623 if you are interested in one of these final few yummy treats! Call quick or they’ll be gone!
‘Pennies for Santa’ Success!
Hurst Hills dedicated 2 weeks in October to a penny drive to keep Santa Flying High! Students raided their piggy banks, checked the couch cushions, and brought in $810 for Santa! Thanks to all the families who helped reach this incredible goal to support Santa USA and to Karen Hopper for coordinating the event!
Veteran’s Day Assembly & Wall of Honor
November 11, 2010
Thank you to all the veterans and families who participated. A special thanks goes to the Hurst Fire Department’s Honor Guard, to retired Army Colonel, Rick Flores, for educating our students about the importance of Veteran’s Day, and to Sean Almeida and Christopher Bassett for their musical accompaniment. If you were unable to attend the assembly, take a moment to come in the school and see our ‘Wall of Honor’, extending down the hall to the right of the office, toward the gymnasium. It is an incredible sight to see over 230 names and 160 pictures dating back to 1747, all of whom served or are currently serving our country. Thanks to Karen Hopper and Elissa Polley for coordinating this event.
Thank you to the following volunteers for graciously helping with the cookie dough distribution:
Lynda Newman, Amy Bilbo, Karen Hopper, Lesa Rydell, Dottie Hopper, Lynne Laski, Kim Schmeits, Susan Perry, Andrea Wright, Jennifer Kiser, Amy McGuire, Karen Caliman, and Teresa Reyes, Hurst Hills beloved and helpful custodian who will always greet you with a smile!
Thanks to all of you who sent in Box Tops, Hurst Hills will receive a check for almost $1500 in December! This is the largest check received thus far, so keep those Box Tops coming. When we work as a team, the only limits are those we place upon ourselves! Many Box Tops will expire in December, be sure to check the expiration dates and send them in BEFORE they expire.
Thanks to everyone who participated in the Pie Eating and Pie Baking Contests!
Pie Baking Winners:
Hope Bingham (6th) – Pumpkin Pie
Dottie Hopper – Black Bottom Pie
No Name on Pie? - Apple Pie
Pie Eating Winners:
Lazerrick Bowie (6th)
Lesley Gonzalez (6th)
Devin Nordyke (3rd)
The Hurst Hills canned food drive continues through the entire month of November. You may send items in with your child or drop them in boxes located outside the front office. Thank you for your participation!
Caution! Caution!
The tardy bell, parents trying to get to work, teachers trying to get to work, walking students, bike riding students, and more make morning drop off a stressful time of day with many distractions. While there are policies in place in the front drive, it is equally important to proceed slowly and carefully in the back parking lot. If you need to assist your child out of your vehicle and/or walk your student in, PLEASE park in a regular parking spot. When dropping students in the ‘drop off lane’ in the back, request your child(ren) exit your vehicle on the RIGHT side, closest to the school. This will allow the ‘drop off’ lane to continue moving and will keep students safe during the morning rush. Thank you for slowing down to help keep Hurst Hills students safe as they begin their school day!
VOLUNTEERS:
Please log your volunteer hours by clicking on the ‘log volunteer hours’ icon on the school’s home page. Questions? Contact Amy Bilbo at 817-595-2291 or
Thanks go out to Jennifer Kiser, Andee Bohlin, Karen and Dottie Hopper, Amy Bilbo, Kari Leonard, Brian Seidner, Patricia Linhares, Kim and Kelly Schmeits, Karen Caliman and her father, Lowell Richardson, and Cherryl Hayen for their huge parts in the success of the carnival last night... we made it!!! I hope I got everyone, we had such a great group!!!
Hurst Hills PTA would like to thank all of the many, wonderful volunteers that came to work booths, sell food and who brought donations... the carnival was a lot of fun and it wouldn't have been possible without all of the support!!! Great job everyone!!!
A note on our amazing faculty... Once again the Hurst Hills teachers went above and beyond to show how awesome they are... I personally was moved by how great so many of them were... out there lending a hand to give the kids a great evening... AWESOME!!! THANKS!!!
