APEX Fun Run
Thank you to our PTA for sponsoring such a terrific event on Thursday, August 
15. Also, thank you to all our parents for attending and volunteering to help with the run. Please check the PTA Blog frequently for more information regarding our profits from the APEX Fun Run. We have posted several pictures on Twitter, Take a look! We also created a montage of photos and videos from the event: APEX Fun Run 2019
Husky Huddle
Our second Husky Huddle of the year is scheduled for Monday, August 19th at 8:45 am. We invite our community to join us for this brief community meet up on the blacktop. We will salute the flag, sing and share announcements. We will also introduce our new Associate Principal, Kristin Baltierra, at the Husky Huddle! We encourage everyone to wear Husky Wear or our school colors, blue and red, for the Husky Huddle! We look forward to seeing you there!
Paper Donation Drive
Thank you to the parents who’ve donated reams of paper! PTA is still collecting copy paper to benefit the school and your donations are needed! Please send your paper donation to your child’s teacher by August 29. The upper and lower grade classrooms collecting the most paper will be rewarded with a pizza party. For more info, please view the Hedenkamp Paper Drive flyer. Thank you for your help!
Parent Workshop
All parents are strongly encouraged to join us for our Helping your Child Be Successful in School Workshop. We will meet on Tuesday, August 27 at 5:30 pm in our MPR. You won’t want to miss it! Larry Alvarado will share practical ways to ensure your child’s success in school. Translation and Child Care will be provided. Please join us for this important workshop!
PICTURE DAY
Picture day is scheduled for Thursday, August 29. Flyers with details about Picture Day will be sent home soon. Our PTA will use Gerardy as our photography vendor this year.
parent teacher conferences
It is hard to believe that our Parent Teacher Conferences are in just a few weeks. Please mark your calendars and plan for our modified schedule.
Conferences begin Thursday, September 12 and end Friday, September 20. Remember, during the conference period 1st-6th grade students are dismissed at 1:55 p.m. Kindergarten students will be dismissed at 1:25 p.m daily during the conference period. Conference information will be sent home by your child’s teacher.
Please check out the learning and fun we had at Hedenkamp last week!
Thank you to everyone who is participating in our annual APEX Fundraiser. The APEX Team is having a great time meeting our students and modeling teamwork and leadership. We love that the APEX team is helping build HUSKY Leaders. GAME ON! If you would like to donate please check out your child’s “apex lanyard” that was distributed last Tuesday. All instructions are inside. Please visit 
All parents are strongly encouraged to join us for our Technology and your Kids Workshop. We will meet on Tuesday, August 13 at 5:00 pm in our MPR. You won’t want to miss it! The average child (age 8-18) spends more than 7 hours a day looking at screens. What is all this screen time doing to a child’s brain and emotional development? The same tech that has improved our lives can hinder our kids emotionally and intellectually if not closely monitored. Hedenkamp mom, author 
As you know, we are very large school with close to 1000 students! We love having such a large, vibrant school community!Having a large number of students means drop off and dismissal time can get very busy. Please remember if you use any of our three drop off and pick up zones, you need to stay in your car and continue to pull forward at all times. Please never leave your vehicle unattended in the yellow zones. Also, please steer clear of all red zones, you will get ticketed if you stop there. Please be sure your child knows where they should wait for you at dismissal. Thank you for your patience and cooperation at drop off and dismissal time. We also appreciate you modeling appropriate and courteous behavior for our Huskies at all times. Patience and understanding are expected during drop off and pick up. Thank you!
Please plan on joining us for our first ELAC meeting of the year on Thursday, August 15th at 8:15. Please see the flyer below for additional details.
We invite you to attend the first PTA General Meeting of the 2019-20 school year on Wednesday, August 7 at 5:30pm in the school library. We will discuss the programs and activities planned for the year, review the proposed budget, fundraising goals, and form a committee for the upcoming Father Daughter Dance. If you’d like to help with organizing the Father Daughter Dance, please plan to attend this meeting. This will be one of only three general PTA meetings scheduled this school year, so your engagement at this time is very much appreciated! We sure hope you can join us. Questions? Please email 
Our VAPA instruction is well underway at Hedenkamp. Our VAPA teachers visit every other week to provide dance, music, photography, and art instruction for our students. Your child will receive half a day of VAPA instruction every other week. Please ask you children what they are learning in VAPA !
Are you interested in getting more involved at Hedenkamp? We need parents to serve on our School Site Council and English Learner Advisory Committee. If you are interested in making decisions about our school budget and Single Plan for Student Achievement, please consider getting involved. Please let Mrs. Mazeau know if you would like to get involved.
Please mark your calendars for our next parent meeting. We will meet on Tuesday, August 13 at 5:00 pm in our MPR. We are excited to offer a parent training titled Technology and Your Kids. You won’t want to miss it! The average child (age 8-18) spends more than 7 hours a day looking at screens. What is all this screen time doing to a child’s brain and emotional development? The same tech that has improved our lives can hinder our kids emotionally and intellectually if not closely monitored. Hedenkamp mom, author 
We are excited to offer our Husky Hustle running club before school at 8:15 am daily! All students should participate if they are on campus before 8:30! It is a great way to get some exercise with your friends before school. Last year, we had numerous students run the equivalent of a marathon before school! If you are on campus between 8:15 and 8:35, please join us for the Husky Hustle! Also, if you are a parent and would like to volunteer to help scan as students run laps, please let us know. We can’t wait to see you there!
Thank you for a wonderful first week of the school year! It was such a pleasure to welcome all our Huskies Back to School! We are grateful for our teachers and staff for all the effort they put into preparing for an amazing school year. We also want to thank our wonderful PTA for hosting a great Family Movie Night on Friday! We appreciate all our volunteers and all our families that were able to join us for the fun event!
We are excited to offer our Husky Hustle running club before school at 8:15 am daily! We encourage all students to participate! It is a great way to get some exercise with your friends before school. Last year, we had numerous students run the equivalent of a marathon before school! If you are on campus between 8:15 and 8:35, please join us for the Husky Hustle! Also, if you are a parent and would like to volunteer to help scan as students run laps, please let us know. We can’t wait to see you there!
Our 4th – 6th grade GATE parent meeting is scheduled for July 31st at 5:00 p.m. in our school library. We will share information about the services and supports we provide for GATE students at Hedenkamp. We will begin our GATE enrichment program on August 7th. Please let us know if you are interested in teaching a GATE enrichment class this quarter. The strength of our GATE enrichment program comes from our amazing GATE program volunteers and teachers.
The Hedenkamp PTA Membership Drive and classroom contest has begun and will continue through August 9, 2019. The upper and lower grade classrooms with the highest total new memberships through August 9th will each receive a pizza party and Scholastic prize. Did you know that PTA memberships expire each year? Your annual membership supports all students. Please 
Are you following us on twitter? We hope you are, it will give you a glimpse of all the learning and fun that happens at Hedenkamp daily! Our twitter handle is 
We are so excited for our first day of school on Monday, July 22. School begins promptly at 8:45 am Please remember that it is a minimum day with all 1st-6th students dismissed at 1:55 p.m. Kindergarten students will be dismissed at 10:30 a.m.
Thank you for attending our Back to School Night sessions on Thursday We appreciate you taking time out of your busy schedules to support your child and their education. Thank you to our outstanding teachers for preparing and sharing wonderful presentations with our parents. We have two more Back to School Nights this week. Third grade will hold their Back to School Night on Monday, July 22 at 5:00 p.m. Fifth grade will hold their Back to School Night at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 25th.
PTA is excited about the first community event of the school year! Please join us!
On behalf of our entire Hedenkamp Staff, I would like to welcome everyone to the 2019-2020 school year. Our office opens on Thursday, July 11 @ 7:30 a.m. Please feel free to call or stop by if you have any questions.
Below are our 2019-2020 Back to School Nights. We strongly encourage everyone to attend as important information will be shared. It is also a great time to meet your child’s teacher and visit the classrooms.
We would like to congratulate Mr. DeVore! He has been selected to be the new principal for Clear View Elementary School! We know he will be an amazing leader for Clear View. We also want to thank him for his three and a half years of exemplary service to our Hedenkamp community. He will be greatly missed at Hedenkamp, but Once a Husky, Always a Husky! We wish Mr. DeVore all the best in his new role!
Join the fun! Learn to sing! Learn to dance! Make new friends! Learn to act and gain confidence! Be part of the now world famous Hedenkamp Theatrical Ensemble.
As you may know, we have two big events scheduled on Tuesday and Wednesday morning at Hedenkamp. On Tuesday, June 4th our kindergarten students will have their final performance of the year. On Wednesday, June, 5th our sixth grade students will have their promotion ceremony. Parking will be limited both days. We encourage you to walk, ride, or carpool to school on the 4th and 5th. Thank you in advance for your support.
