MARCH 1-15, 2021
NO SCHOOL (K-6) Friday, March 19th
SPRING BREAK - NO SCHOOL WEEK of March 29th NO SCHOOL (K-6) Monday, April 5th LUNCH MENU MARCH 2021-22 HSSD CALENDAR At a Glance LV SPRING MUSICAL 2021
This year’s musical will be 100% virtual! This will be a fun, new adventure for everyone! MORE INFO/Sign Up Deadline to sign up is March 11th LIVE virtual performances - evening of April 29th & April 30th DID YOU KNOW.......
DRINKING FOUNTAINS are not in operation this year due to Covid precautions. However, the refill water bottle stations are open. Please encourage and remind your student to bring a water bottle with their name on it from home for use at school. LITERACY UPDATES
Are you looking for strategies to use with your reader at home? Start a Book Club: Form a book club with family members, your child’s friends and their parents, or just the two of you. Select a book together and establish small reading assignments, (for example one or two chapters at a time). Choose a specific “meeting” time, and place such as a weekly trip to a park (during the warmer months) or just chat at home over zoom, discussing the book. Be sure to focus on talking about your ideas and themes in the book, using examples from the book. After you finish one book, pick another book by the same author, about a similar topic or in the same genre and compare them. Compare Perspectives: Read about an event you and your child attended, or write your own accounts of an event you shared. Read the two pieces and then compare the differences between them the perspectives from which they were written. Read and Research: Help your child come up with a question about a topic of interest. Then work together to read a variety of sources to find the answer. Vary your Reading: Read different genres of texts with your child. For example, pick a poem or play and read it together and talk about the ideas, perspectives and themes of it. Read two poems about one topic and compare them. The TASTE OF THE VILLAGES ONLINE AUCTION is just around the corner! Online bidding for the event opens at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 18 and will remain open until 8:00 p.m. on Friday, March 19.
In the Howard-Suamico School District, more than 600 students and their families are faced with hunger and the threat of homelessness each day. The Giving Tree Pantry strives to lessen these challenges in an effort to give each child every opportunity to succeed. The Taste of the Villages Online Auction is the primary fundraiser for The Giving Tree. These are just a few of the items and services we are able to provide to families using proceeds from this event. - Monthly grocery basics - Holiday assistance - School supplies - Socks and underwear - Summer school transportation - Personal care items - COVID supports - Academic supports More information about the Taste of the Villages Online Auction can be found on the HSSD website. Online bidding is open to everyone. Register for our online event and take a sneak peek at the auction packages now! FROM THE SCHOOL BOARD
February 2021 Referendum On Election Day, April 6, 2021, the Howard-Suamico School District will have two referenda questions on the ballot. The first question reads: “Shall the Howard-Suamico School District, Brown County, Wisconsin be authorized to exceed the revenue limit specified in Section 121.91, Wisconsin Statutes, for a duration of five years beginning with the 2023-2024 school year and ending with the 2027-2028 school year by an amount of $5,000,000 per year for non-recurring purposes consisting of reducing class sizes, employee compensation, and facility maintenance?” This question asks our community to continue the support it approved in 2018 but expires at the end of the 2022-2023 school year. Approving this question on April 6th this year will allow the district to continue the strides we have made in reducing class sizes, maintaining employee compensation, and facility maintenance needs through the end of the 2027-28 school year. The second question is the result of over 18 months of analysis that includes facilities studies and community input from both a community led task force and community surveys. This question reads: “Shall the Howard-Suamico School District, Brown County, Wisconsin be authorized to issue pursuant to Chapter 67 of the Wisconsin Statutes, general obligation bonds in an amount not to exceed $98,000,000 for the public purpose of paying the cost of a school building improvement project consisting of: renovations including improvements to learning environments, safety and security improvements and construction of additions for new gymnasiums at Bay View Middle School and Forest Glen Elementary School; district-wide capital maintenance and building infrastructure improvements; site improvements; and acquisition of furnishings, fixtures and equipment?” With the successful passage of this question, the Board of Education will be able to reduce the tax levy rate from the $9.19 amount that has been in place for the past seven years to a new $8.99 rate. This is possible due to strategic and sound fiscal planning over the past several years. One example of this would be the significant savings of interest costs throughout the years by aggressively paying down our debt. Certainly not a new concept, homeowners and business owners have long been employing this strategy as a way to plan for the future. The district will be providing information regarding these questions in multiple ways. On the district website there is a section dedicated to the referendum. Once on our website, select the Community tab, then select Referendum from the drop-down menu. There is information regarding the proposed projects at each of our schools, information about the Community Task Force, a Q&A section, and a way to contact us with questions. More information will be updated in the coming days and weeks, including informational videos about each question and the tax levy rate. The Board of Education will be holding three community information sessions in March to answer questions in person. There will also be a virtual community information session created and posted on the website in the coming weeks. And referendum reminders will be arriving in your mailboxes.
COMMUNITY CORNER
To access handouts/flyers for area community events click here. The HSSD Community Page includes a Google Calendar highlighting community events for families in the villages of Howard & Suamico i.e. scouting, festivals, parades, etc.http://www.hssd.k12.wi.us/#!calendar/c1yz6. Visit the Howard - Suamico School District Website for school events i.e. Holiday Concerts, Plays, Musicals, Athletic and Art events using our FREE Mobile App is available for the iPhone, iPad, and Android devices in both the iTunes App Store and also on Google Play. |
LINEVILLE PHONE NUMBERS
ATTENDANCE 920-662-7875 MAIN LINE 920-662-7871 FAX NUMBER 920-662-7822 KITCHEN CASHIER 920-662-7717 LV POOL 920-662-7795 ORDER a YEARBOOK
Unable to order online - contact Harmann Customer Care Team at 1-800-236-8910 ORDER DEADLINE - March 26th ATTENDANCE LINE 920-662-7875
Please use the attendance line when reporting a student absent or late for school. The line is accessible 24/7 PICK UP/SIGN OUT DURING THE SCHOOL DAY (7:55AM-2:38PM) It is our hope to eliminate traffic into the office as much as possible. With that said we are asking parents to use the Cardinal Lane entrance and pull up along the curb in front of school so your car is visible from the front office. We ask that you call when you are on your way. Office number is 920-662-7871 LATE DROP OFF No sign in necessary if your student is late. Please send them in to check in at the office to receive a pass. If they have been at an appointment please send a medical excuse in with them so the absences can be coded as medical OR have the doctor's office fax us the medical excuse at 920- 662-7822. Beginning February 15th attendance will be monitored and absences will be counted. ITEMS for STUDENTS If you have an item for your student (ipad, lunch, instrument, etc) please make sure the student name is on the item. The item can be brought into the office and put on the table closest to the door. COVID Please remember to call the covid hotline for any covid related symptoms or questions at 920-662-7233 FRONTLINE HEALTH SCREENING APP
All families should continue to use the Frontline screening app each day before arriving at school. If you have not already done so, directions for download and use are linked on the HSSD website The local club swim team, Howard Suamico Storm Breakers, are once again holding tryouts for our upcoming Spring and Summer seasons! If your child is interested in the world of competitive swimming, please reach out to Head Coach Connor Huff at [email protected] for information on what the season would look like and tryouts. Come join the fun!
SCHOOL FEES
The HSSD School Fees for 2020-2021 are now available for payment online at https://www.studentquickpay.com/hssd/. Due to COVID-19, payments can be mailed to the buildings if you choose. On August 31, 2020, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that school breakfast and lunch will be free to all children 18 and under through June 30, 2021. This means that all Howard and Suamico children 18 and under can get free breakfast and lunch daily, regardless of whether they are enrolled in HSSD. With the an approved meal benefit application, you are also eligible for the following benefits:
I don’t have a meal application filled out for 20-21 school year: Visit https://www.myschoolapps.com/Application to fill out the online application or request a paper copy in any school office. This will include the “Sharing Information with Other Programs” form for waiver of fees and connection to The Giving Tree. I qualify for meal benefits through direct certification for the 20-21 school year: Visit Sharing Information with Other Programs to have fees waived and be connected to The Giving Tree. Please direct any questions regarding the information above to your school secretary. Thank you COUNSELOR'S CORNER
Student Services Smore for parents CLICK HERE HSSD SOCIAL WORKER CORNER https://www.smore.com/q5v69 (This same link is updated twice a month) Who: Howard-Suamico School District Families & Students, Hopes: We hope you find this corner as a useful tool to connect to resources in the greater Brown County community and within Howard-Suamico. Please utilize as you need, and contact your school building social worker if you have any questions about the resources below, or suggestions or questions about other information or resources we should share about . This corner will allow you to access resources and services in the community in one location. We are here for you! What information: Social and Emotional supports, Basic Needs supports (food, clothing, wifi, housing), and Seasonal needs/assistance. Asking for help isn’t weak, it's a great example of how to take care of yourself. Charlie Brown Together is better! |