Date: Thursday, February 28 6:30-8:30pm
Location: Forest Hill Cafeteria
Parents, educators, and other adult leaders: learn skills to keep kids safe with people including strangers, peers, and others on their way to school and back home again!
School News
Updated Fri, Feb 15th
Our fifth annual science festival Planet Falcon will be held on Saturday April 27th, 2019 from 10a.m. to 2 p.m. Share your passion for science and technology with Forest Hill community. Students can sign up for a team starting next week. A sign up form will go out in the Friday folders on Feb 1st. Forms are due back by Friday Feb 15th.
You can also sign up via email, by sending an email to stem.fhpta [at] gmail.com.
Please include your child's name, grade, class room number, your name, email, phone number and the team(s) your child would like to sign up for.
Updated Wed, Feb 13th
Date: Friday, February 15th from 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Event: Children's Discovery Night Event
Location: Cafeteria
We need parent volunteers to help lead the stations. Please come a little early if you can help. Thank you to the Forest Hill PTA (Parent Teacher Association) for your generous donatations to provide this type of enrichment event for our students and families.
Updated Mon, Feb 11th
It’s time once again for our annual Math-A-Thon. This fundraiser is used for meeting technology needs for the school and classrooms. This year, our goal is to purchase additional technology for our classrooms, renew our school-wide online subscriptions for reading, math, and science programs, along with supplies for our new STEAM room. Last year the Math-A-Thon raised over $24,500!
REWARDS
Top money-earning class for TK-1st, 2nd – 3rd, and 4th – 5th grades will receive a pizza party. Top 10 money-earning students will receive an ice cream party with Mrs. Khalid.
Updated Mon, Feb 11th
Feb 7 – Koffee with Khalid (Principal) @ 8:15am (California Dashboard Review)
Feb 8 – Box Tops Due
Feb 10 - Garden Workday 9:00am-12:00pm
Feb 13 – PTA Meeting @ 7 PM
Feb 13 – Math-A-Thon Money Due
Feb 14 – Lunch for a Friend
Feb 15 – Children’s Discovery Museum Night 6:30PM-8PM
Feb 18-22 - No School - Presidents' Week
Feb 28 – Dining Out – Smashburger 4pm-8pm
Feb 28 - Dining Out – Scoopzilla 3pm-8pm
Coming in March
March 8 – Scrip Order Deadline
March 10 – Garden Workday 9:00am-12:00pm
March 12 – Staff Appreciation Potluck
March 13 – PTA Meeting @ 8:15 AM
March 14 – Lunch for a Friend
March 14 – Treats With Mrs. Khalid (Principal) 1:45pm
March 27 – Dining Out – Mod Pizza
Updated Mon, Feb 11th
The safety of our students is VITAL and your compliance with the following traffic and parking procedures is imperative to ensure the children’s well being.
Circle in front of kindergarten yard: This is for drop off and pick up only. Please pull all the way forward before letting the students out of the car. The lane closest to the curb is for drop off and pick up. The left lane is for exiting the area when necessary. There is no parking in the circle. Parents, please stay in your car. In the morning, have the students ready with backpacks to step out quickly once you pull all the way forward. During the morning and afternoon rush, make a right turn only onto McCoy. It is vital that cars carefully enter and exit this area.
- Circle in front of office:
- This is front loop is for busses only. Cars are not permitted in this space.
- Parking lot on the side of the kindergarten area: This area is for parking only. Drive through to the parking area, park your car, and walk your child to class. This is not a pick up or drop off area.During the morning and afternoon rush, make a right turn only onto McCoy.
- Disabled parking and red curbs:
- No parking in these areas at any time.
- Crossing guards at corner of McCoy and Meta and McCoy and Neville:
- If you live close to the school, please walk your child to school. For those living farther away, park in the neighborhood and walk your child to class to help decrease the number of cars at the beginning and end of the school day.
Updated Mon, Feb 11th
Please join us for our annual Kindergarten Lunar New Year Parade this Friday at 10:30am. The parade will be on the main playground. We look forward to seeing you at this wonderful community event.
Updated Sun, Jan 27th
Is your child getting enough sleep? Please check out the following NPR article about sleep and children. There is strong evidence to show the power of a consistent bedtime and 8 to 10 hours of sleep each night for children ages 5-12.
http://www.npr.org/2013/12/16/251462015/why-a-regular-bedtime-is-important-for-children
Updated Mon, Jan 21st
Forest Hill's 4th and 5th grade students participate in weekly STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) classes with Mrs. Stephan in room 14. Students will be taking part in the following learning opportunities.
1/8 and 1/10 Complete Earphones; Fraction/Estimation game
1/15 and 1/17 Fractions game and electromagnetic spectrum bracelets
1/22 and 1/24 Hopi Kachina Figures (science, math and art)
1/29 and 1/31 Complete Hopi Kachina Figures and begin Math Estimation
2/5 and 2/7 Cybersecurity Project
2/12 and 2/14 Cybersecurity Project
2//26 and 2/28 Architects and Engineers begin design of a 2 story structure
3/5 and 3/7 Differentiate between an architect and an engineer (continue building structures)
3/12 and 3/14 Complete structures and share out to class
3/19 and 3/21 Egg Drop challenge
3/26 and 3/28 Complete egg drop challenge
Updated Wed, Jan 16th
January 7- School resumes
January 14- Mendocino Farms Restaurant Night Out 5:00-8:00pm
January 17 – Talent Show Tryouts K-3
January 18 – Talent Show Tryouts 4-5
January 18 - Enrollment Tour @ FH 8:30-10:00am
January 21 -25 Math-A-Thon Technology Fundraiser
January 23- Monroe and Rolling Hills Middle School Coffee with the Principal Talk 8:15am
January 25- Physics Show 6:00pm
January 30- Parenting with Logic; Screen Time Battles: How to Avoid Them 6:30pm-8:00pm Marshall Lane School
Monroe Middle Enrollment Tour
1/24/19 @9:30 AM
1/22/19 @9:00 AM