PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCES
Parent Teacher Conferences will continue this week.. Remember, all 1st-6th grade students will be dismissed at 1:55 p.m all week. Kindergarten students will be dismissed at 1:25 p.m. all week. Ensemble Students will rehearse from 2 pm to 4 pm on Thursday this week. We will not have after school GATE classes on Wednesday. Please make appropriate transportation and child care arrangements. We look forward to seeing you all at parent teacher conferences soon.
Father Daughter Dance
Thank you to our PTA and volunteers for a wonderful Father Daughter Dance on Friday! Our dads and daughters had such a fantastic evening! We are so fortunate to have a spectacular PTA that puts on such fabulous events.
Salute to Teachers
We are privileged to have so many amazing teachers at Hedenkamp! We were able to celebrate one of those amazing teachers at the Salute To Teachers on Saturday evening! We are so very proud of Mrs. Ware! She represented our school district as a nominee for County Teacher of the Year at the gala event. Congratulations Mrs. Ware!
Fall Break
Our fall break will begin on Monday, September 24th and continue through Monday, October 8th. School will resume on Tuesday, October 9th with a full day of instruction. We will open our library for students on Tuesday, September 25th and Friday, October 5th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Students that would like to use computers for Imagine Learning, AR, Pipo, Smarty Ants, Raz Kids or Achieve 3000 are welcome to come to the library during those open times. We hope you enjoy a wonderful break!
4th Annual Parent Academy
Save the date! Learn about tools, strategies, and resources to support your child’s success in school. Sessions will include Math, Reading, Relationships, Health and Wellness, VAPA and more. Breakfast will be provided for all. Childcare will be provided on a limited basis, register early to reserve a spot.. Our district’s Parent Academy is coming on Saturday, October 13th at Vista Square Elementary from 8-12. To register please go to http://www.cvesdparentacademy.com or call 425-9600.
September 1o @ 8:00 a.m. in the MPR to honor and celebrate our many, many Hedenkamp Grandparents. Please come enjoy coffee, juice, and pan dulce with your grandchild. After breakfast, you will have the opportunity to walk your grandchild to class and be introduced to the class. We hope to see you all there!
Please join us on Wednesday, September 12 @ 5:30 p.m. for our Hedenkamp Family Literacy Night.. We are looking forward to a wonderful evening designed to engage our families in literacy activities and fun! Please mark your calendars and plan on joining for a fun filled evening that fosters a love for literacy!
The Father-Daughter Dance is Friday, September 14th from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. Tickets are currently available 
Please join Hedenkamp and Girl Scout Troop 6534 and help kids practice the importance of protecting the environment. Drop off your used markers, highlighters and dry erase markers in the collection bin located in the office. Girl Scouts will ship them to Crayola to be repurposed! Thank you for your participation!
Save the date! Learn about tools, strategies, and resources to support your child’s success in school. Sessions will include Math, Writing, Reading, ELD, Technology, Health and Wellness, VAPA and more. Breakfast will be provided for all. Our district’s Parent Academy is coming on Saturday, October 13 at Vista Square Elementary from 8:00 am-12:00 pm. Registration will begin soon. We hope to see you there!
Please join our Hedenkamp Staff and our PTA for our annual night at McDonald’s. The fun begins on Wednesday, September 5 @ 5:00 p.m. and will end @ 8:00 p.m. The Chula Vista Police Department will also be there with the K-9 Unit. Come see your favorite teacher “working” at McDonald’s. Your Teachers will also be selling McDonald’s $5 Coupon Books in the restaurant lobby, so please bring your cash. $2 from every coupon book sold will go to Hedenkamp Elementary and $2 will go to the Chula Vista Police K-9 Unit! We hope to see all of our families at the McDonalds in the Sunbow Center on E. Palomar.
Please mark your calendars and plan for our modified schedule during parent teacher conferences. Conferences begin Thursday, September 13 and end Friday, September 21. 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. during the conference period. Ensemble rehearsal time during conferences will be from 2 pm to 4 pm each Thursday. We look forward to having all our parents attend a conference in the next two weeks.
September 10 @ 8:00 a.m. in the MPR to honor and celebrate our many, many Hedenkamp Grandparents. Please come enjoy coffee, juice, and pan dulce with your grandchild. After breakfast, you will have the opportunity to walk your grandchild to class and be introduced to the class. We hope you will join us!
Our second Husky Huddle of the year is scheduled for Monday, August 27th 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 encourage everyone to wear Husky Wear or our school colors, blue and red, for the Husky Huddle!
Were you absent on Picture Day? Make Up Picture day is scheduled for Thursday, August 30. Please be sure to get you picture taken on Thursday if you missed picture day last week. Our PTA will use Gerardy as our photography vendor this year.
Mark your calendars, the Father Daughter Dance is September 14th. Tickets will go on sale ONLINE ONLY on Sunday, September 2nd and continue through the 9th. This is a very popular event, so watch the blog for volunteer opportunities and additional information.
Please mark your calendars for our first Military Family event of the year! We will hold a Family Game Night on Thursday, August 23 at 5:15 pm. Please bring your favorite game and dinner for your family. We will provide dessert for all. We hope to see you there!
Thank you to everyone who is participating in our annual APEX Fun Run. 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 STRONG HUSKY Leaders. 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 
As you know, we are very large school with over 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.
pm in the library. Mr. DeVore and I will share how to read CAASPP, ELPAC, and Local Measures score reports. We will also share technology tools you can use at home to support your child! We hope to see you all there!
Please mark your calendars. Picture day is scheduled for Thursday, August 23. Our PTA will use Gerardy as our photography vendor this year.
Our PTA Husky Wear sale is going on now and ends Friday, August 13th. There are a variety of new designs and styles available! The sale is available ONLINE only at 
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 Mr. DeVore or Mrs. Mazeau know if you would like to get involved.
Please mark your calendars for our next parent meeting. We will meet on Wednesday, August 15 at 5:30 pm in our school library. We will share our CAASPP and Local Measures scores. We will also share technology resources that are available to all Hedenkamp students. We hope to see you there!
