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Our students showed off spectacular leadership habits as they enthusiastically ran laps at the Horizon Hustle Fun Run, raising $36,400! Thanks to our students and their families, these funds will go toward important educational needs, including instructional and classroom supplies and training, as well as to support our PTA programs. Top earners were awarded prizes at our Hustle awards ceremony. First place went to 2nd grader Ava Childress, who raised a whopping $2,550! Ava won a $50 gift certificate to Madison Luxury Cinema and a $100 VISA gift card. Ava’s class, Ms. Burnette’s homeroom, was also the school’s highest earning class, winning the grand prize Ice Cream and Pizza Party! Our 2nd highest earner was kindergartner Katie Rosse, who raised $660.00! Katie won a $35 gift certificate to Madison

Luxury Cinema and a $75 VISA gift card. Our 3rd place winner was 3rd grader Taniya Rodriguez, who raised $535! Taniya won a $20 gift certificate to Madison Luxury Cinema and a $50 VISA gift card. The highest earners in each grade level also won a special lunch with a friend, Mr. Richardson and the Horizon Eagle. Kindergarten’s highest earner was Katie Rosse; 1st grade was James Boudreaux; 2nd grade was Ava Childress;

3rd grade was Taniya Rodriguez; 4th grade was Edison Bordelon; 5th grade was Hunter Martinek; and 6th grade was Cristian Olivera. Our grand prize – a Shakalaka Party - was randomly chosen from names of students who doubled their goal. Our winner was 1st grader Levi McRae! All classes also won a Pajama Day for raising $350; 24 classes won a Stuffed Animal Day for raising $750; 11 classes won Homework Passes for raising $1,125; and 7 classes won an extra week of recess for raising $1,500. Congratulations to all of our winners, and thank you to the parents, friends and family who supported them. Special thanks also goes to Mitch Williams for painting the tracks on the field for the Hustle. It is thanks to your support that our PTA can best serve our students and their families!

October Events

•Oct. 3-7 – Fall Break •Oct. 14 - Hustle awards •Oct. 21 – Fire Safety House •Oct. 21 - Duty Free Lunch •Oct. 24-28 - Red Ribbon Week •Oct. 27, 6:00 pm - October PTA meeting followed by the Teacher Treat Trail

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Volume 4, Issue 2 October 2016

Congratulations to all Horizon Hustle winners!

Horizon Elementary PTA’s

News From the Eagle’s Nest

1st place winner Ava Childress

1st place winner Ava Childress, 2nd place Katie Rosse, Grand Prize winner Levi McRae and 3rd place Taniya Rodriguez.

Grade level winners: Cristian Olivera, Hunter Martinek, Edison Bordelon, Taniya Rodriguez, Ava Childress, James Boudreaux and Katie Rosse.

Top earning class – Ms. Burnette, 2nd grade

Student artists, writers, singers, composers, dancers, photographers and filmmakers - PTA Reflections Arts Contest entries are due 10/24

The PTA Reflections Program is an annual creative arts competition open to all Horizon Elementary students. Reflections allows students to display their artistic talents, creativity and vision through their choice of several artistic mediums, including the written word, visual arts, music, dance, photography and filmmaking. Students are challenged to use their talents to communicate their own unique ideas while following the year's theme - which is “What Is Your Story?” The deadline for the contest is Monday, October 24th. For more information and forms, please visit HorizonElementaryPTA.org/Reflections

It’s a bird, it a plane, no, it’s Eagles on Air! Tune in to Horizon’s newly revamped broadcasting program to find out the happenings in and around our school. You won’t be disappointed! Eagles on Air is our weekly news broadcast that gives a snapshot of Horizon Elementary. We bring news that is happening today. This idea came about when Mrs. Ashley and Mrs. Walker wanted to create something that was a little different from HETV. They had an idea to bring our broadcasting program to another level that could be shared with our school to show news and events as well as highlight how we are all using the seven habits on a daily basis. They decided that it would be a wonderful way to utilize our exploratory times by offering Eagles on Air as a class. This mixed group of fifth and sixth graders all share our ideas together to come up with great concepts for our weekly shows. Sixth grade member, Whitt Jackson, says “I think Eagles on Air is a fun experience. I like being able to come up with an idea and then see it on film.”

Fifth grade member, Avery Cumbie, says “I like Eagles on Air because it gives you a chance to use your seven habits to make an idea happen.” Filming for Eagles on Air takes place on Wednesdays, during our fifth and sixth grade exploratory times. Students collaborate with all of the members to make sure we have an idea for a script before we begin to film. In the past we have interviewed leaders in our school such as Mr. Richardson and been able to capture assemblies and school-wide activities to share with the school. One thing that is great about being a part of this group, is being able to interact with a lot of students in different grades. We often film students in lower grades showing how they are displaying the seven habits. This is always a good experience to see how the habits are being used throughout our building in so many different ways. So be sure to remind your teacher to show you the weekly episodes of Eagles on Air. There are currently three episodes with the fourth one on the horizon!

In the Spotlight … Horizon’s Eagles On Air 2016

Two sixth grade students, Cassidy Lefoy and Carter Sewell share their perspectives on being members of Eagles on Air

Our Teachers and Staff have BRIGHT Ideas ~1st grade teachers throw a Sock Hop to celebrate 50 Days of School

Horizon’s 1st grade teachers are so cool! To celebrate the 50th Day of School they organized a Sock Hop with 1950s music and Coke floats, where students and teachers dressed up in poodle skirts, rolled up jeans and other 50s attire. They also had some fun with the number 50. “We spent the day doing various 50s activities including: writing 50 words, counting and writing to 50, and writing about when we are 50 years old,” says Ms. Morgan Foshee. “The teachers enjoyed watching the kids enjoy the day and getting to dress up ourselves.” She said her favorite question of the day was by the student who asked her what a “juke box” was when the word appeared on his 1950s word search. This was such a BRIGHT idea Mr. Cooper, Mrs. Davy, Ms. Foshee, Mrs. Weaver, and Mrs. Wright!

The Seven Habits of Being Drug-Free

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Make Plans to attend the Teacher Treat Trail on October 27th

The Horizon Teacher Treat Trail will be October 27th, immediately following our October PTA meeting, which begins at 6:00pm. So students - get your costumes ready to go trick-or-treating at each classroom! We will have games, contests, music, and food and drinks for sale. The winner of the teachers’ door decorating contest will be announced. Admission is free, and the whole family is invited! Please help us by sending in a bag of candy to your students’ classroom prior to the event for teachers to pass out to trick-or-treaters. More details will be sent home soon.

The 7 habits let us live a drug free life

•Habit 1 advises us to not give in to peer pressure, you are in charge. •Habit 2 guides you to create a plan that does not involve drugs.

•Habit 3, sets goals and priorities before considering drugs. •Using habit 4, everyone is happy without drugs.

•Habit 5 teaches us that drugs develop bad habits and people stop listening to each other. •Habit 6 advises a drug free life that causes you to be more willing to work with others.

•Habit 7 tells us to eat healthy instead of doing drugs. •Always choose to be drug free!

It's Red Ribbon Week at Horizon October 24-28! Our theme is “YOLO–Be Drug Free!”

Horizon guidance counselor Mrs. Walker has exciting activities planned for our students all week.

Horizon is participating in Red Ribbon Week October 24 - 28 as part its drug prevention education program. Through Red Ribbon Week, students learn about the dangers of drug abuse, while adults and children are encouraged to act in ways that keep children safe from substance abuse. Horizon students Alexa Manthey and Root Belay are our guest writers for this month’s Leader in Me feature story about how the Habits apply to being drug-free.

Each day students can dress in a way to show they are committed to being drug free!

Monday – “Respect Yourself, Don’t Do Drugs” Wear Red Day Tuesday – “Save yourself from drugs" Wear your favorite superhero shirt or cape. Wednesday – “Protect your future and put drugs to rest” Wear your favorite PJs. Thursday – “Show Good Character, Don’t do Drugs" Dress in your favorite book character outfit. Friday – “Team up against Drugs" Wear your favorite Team jersey or shirt.

Red Ribbon Week Poster Contest Create a poster about being drug free as part of the Red Ribbon Week Poster Contest for Grades 2nd-6th. A winner will be chosen from each grade, and an overall winner from each category. Posters are DUE to Mrs. Walker on October 26th. The poster contest rules are as follows: • Size must be 1⁄2 sheet of poster board • The poster MUST reflect the YOLO Be Drug Free theme • Students may paint, draw, color, or make a collage • NO pills or medicines of any kind may be on the poster • Name, grade, and teacher’s name should be on the BACK OF THE POSTER

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Chess Club News

Congratulations to the 7 Horizon students who attended the Madison Chess Tournament in October. 3rd grader Nirvana Rajbhandari won her first Chess medal at the event! The team is sponsored by Lindsey Clardy and is coached by Corbin Holland.

Kindergarten Luna Qu Sam Franklin Emily Lopez Sam Nixon Trinity Anderson 3rd grade Madelyn Thompson Cole Spanier Emilie Tesseneer Nick Ragan

1st grade Adelyn Pinyan Andy Boudreaux Branlen Peoples Connor Streling Grace Tsai 4th grade Caleb Marion Cody Cain Caroline Streling Madison Jackson

2nd grade Sophie Headrick Grace Hyatt Dylan Carlson Elizabeth Shaw Kandice Varise Evelyn Murray 5th grade Aaylah Stoops Jenna Khezawi Elita Melgar Avery Cumbie

Welcome Baby Henry! Congratulations to kindergarten teacher Lucy Pavao and family on the birth of baby Henry Cooper Daniels! Henry was born on October 11th, at 9.3 lbs. and 20 inches long. Both mother and baby are doing great!

Horizon’s Student Leaders are Proactive! Each month teachers will choose a “Student of the Month” who best demonstrates that month’s Leader in Me Habit. For August, the students who best demonstrated Habit 1- “Be Proactive” in each class are listed below. Congratulations!

Horizon’s Butterfly Garden is open for class Thanks to Mrs. Bero and her Eco-Kids students, Horizon's beautiful butterfly garden is available for teachers and students to use. The Eco-Kids worked hard to spread new mulch on the new weed block fabric, trimmed back vegetation and moved the teacher seat into the "Sunflower House" (an open-air area surrounded by tall sunflowers, pictured above)! As in past years, sunflowers were planted at the end of last school year by the then K-2nd grade students. The now fully grown sunflowers are great teachers of the life cycle of a flower: look for the one that is just opening, the one wide open and the one heavy with seeds forming. Mrs. Bero says the butterflies are out in force, with lots of painted ladies--could be descendants of those freed by 2nd grade last spring?! Visit the Butterfly Garden today!

HES Calendar October 2016

We know how to Hustle!

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

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12 •Happy Birthday

Mrs. Illg

13 14 •Hustle prizes awarded

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21 •School-wide

Duty Free Lunch •Fire Safety House

24 •Red Ribbon Week –

wear red •Reflections due date

25 •Red Ribbon Week –

wear superhero shirt/cap •Happy Birthday

Ms. Lewis

26 •Red Ribbon Week –

wear pajamas, and Red Ribbon posters due

27 •Red Ribbon Week –

dress as book character •PTA Meeting & Teacher

Treat Trail, 6:00pm •Happy Birthday Mrs. Anderson &

Mr. Thaxton

28 •Red Ribbon Week –

wear team jersey/shirt •Happy Birthday

Mrs. Runnion

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Fall Break ~ No School

6th grade: Drake Meyer, Marjorie Baumbach, Thais Arslanbekov

Special Volunteer Recognition ~Karen Purser At our September PTA meeting, we were honored to recognize long-time PTA volunteer and Board Member Karen Purser for her tireless work in helping make our new playground gazebo a reality! We appreciate Karen so very much for all she does for our school family. She says she thoroughly enjoys serving our school. “It was such an honor to receive the award. I just enjoy helping with projects to make Horizon a school that families love.”