Bingo Night 6th Grade Fundraiser Ticket Sale
Our 6th grade will be hosting the FIRST Bingo Night here at Hedenkamp. So exciting! Event is scheduled for January 23, 2019 from 5 pm – 6:30 pm in the MPR.
Ticket Sales
- Thursday, January 17th, 8:00-8:45 am (MPR) & 3:00-3:45 pm (in front of library)
- Tuesday, January 22, 8:00-8:45 am (MPR) & 3:00-3:45 pm (MPR)
NOTE: Tickets are $10 each, cash only. NO TICKETS will be sold at the door on Wednesday, 1/23.
General PTA Meeting: January 16th, 2019
Please join us for the PTA General Meeting Wednesday, January 16th, at 5:30pm in the MPR. We will be discussing PTA nominations for the 2019 – 2020 board.
Mother-Son Dance
Tickets are now on sale!
The Mother-Son Dance is January 25 at 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM in Hedenkamp’s MPR. Tickets are available on the Hedenkamp PTA webstore from January 13th to the 20th. Tickets are $15/per person, so you will need to buy one ticket for each individual. For example, if a mother and son are attending the dance, you will need to buy two tickets. If the mother is bringing two sons, you will need to buy three. Tickets will not be sold at the door.
This is a very popular event and there are only 400 tickets available. Make sure you act early if you want to participate.
There are no refunds for this event.
If you are interested in volunteering, sign up here.
Husky Wear
In lieu of online Winter Husky Wear Sale, ourPTA will be hosting several “Pop Up” Husky Wear Sales on campus in the next few months. If you are unable to attend a pop up due to work, please email Karen at pta@huskiespta.com and we can arrange a different time.
We just placed a new order. Look for the announcement for the next sale on the blog in the next few weeks!
Happy New Year! We would like to welcome everyone back to school for the Winter Quarter. As always, there is much going on this quarter including the Mother and Son Dance, Jump Rope for Heart, Speech Contest, Spelling Bee, and Read Across America. Also, our basketball and soccer teams will begin their games against other CVESD schools! Please check our blog regularly for up to the minute information. We also encourage everyone to join Twitter for daily pictures and information about what is happening at Hedenkamp. Twitter is a great way to follow 
Are you the parent of a Husky soccer or basketball player? If so, please plan to attend our parent meeting on Monday, January 14 at 5:00 pm in the MPR. We will share our vision for our sports programs at Hedenkamp as well as the expectations we have for parents and students throughout the season. Coaches will also share additional information with their respective teams. We strongly encourage all parents of our basketball and soccer players to attend. Student athletes should attend as well.
Our annual Mother and Son Dance is fast approaching. The Dance is scheduled for Friday, January 25 @ 6:00 p.m. Tickets will be available online soon. Please purchase your tickets early as our PTA dances are always popular events! Also, we need volunteers for this great event, so please save the date! Please visit the PTA Blog for more information that will be posted soon: 
Please consider joining the PTA Board. There are several positions open for the 2019 – 2020 year. If you are interested, please contact Susanna King at parliamentarian@huskiespta.com.
We can’t believe it is already the last week of classes for 2018 and that half of the school year is coming to a close. Thank you to each of our families for your support and dedication to our Hedenkamp community. We are grateful for all of you! On behalf of all of us at Hedenkamp, we want to wish everyone a terrific Winter Break. It has been a fantastic first half of the school year! Our students are amazing and we are fortunate to have the best teachers and staff in the Chula Vista Elementary School District.
Our annual sixth grade fundraiser is well underway. Our sixth grade students are selling candy cane grams through December 20th. Students, staff, and parents may purchase candy cane grams for their friends and families during lunch time. Candy Cane Grams are 75 cents each or two for a dollar. All monies raised will be used for 6th grade end-of-the-year activities!
We are so excited for our Theatrical Ensemble performances this week! Our evening performances are December 18th and 19th at 6:30 p.m. Doors open at 5:45 p.m. There are a limited number of tickets available and will be sold at the door on each night of the performances. Our Ensemble students, staff, and boosters have worked so hard to prepare for our performances of Holiday Road Trip. Please take a moment to thank everyone involved with our Ensemble for their hard work and dedication. We are so proud of everyone involved! We continue to be so impressed with our phenomenal Theatrical Ensemble!
If you would like your students to practice skills over the break, please check out the many options under Student Links. Achieve 3000, Go Math, MobyMax, Imagine Learning, Raz Kids, and Khan Academy are all available to your students at home. All students that complete at least 8 Achieve articles at 75% or higher over the winter break will be rewarded for their hard work. BrainPop is another great site to learn about history and science. It is also a great way to increase vocabulary and comprehension. Please call the school or your child’s teacher prior to winter break if you have any questions about our software tools.
As the second quarter comes to a close, please be sure to stop by the lost and found to identify any of your child’s belongings. We will be donating all unclaimed items on Friday, December 21.
Our third quarter will begin on Tuesday, January 15. Please keep in mind that day is a minimum day. All Kindergarten students will attend from 8:45 – 1:25. All 1st – 6th grade students will be dismissed at 1:55. We are looking forward to a wonderful third quarter with our students!
Our Ensemble will have one more all day rehearsal (9 AM to 3 PM) on Monday, 12/17. Ensemble students should report to their classrooms first at 8:45 AM and will be dismissed from their classrooms at 3:15 PM. Please remember to bring a sack lunch to school with you for the all day rehearsal. You won’t want to miss our winter show, Holiday Road Trip! Tickets for our Winter Show will go on sale Wednesday, 12/12 at 8:15 am for our entire community! The performances will be held on Tuesday, 12/18 and Wednesday, 12/19 at 6:30 pm in our MPR. Hope to see you there!
We will hold tryouts for our soccer teams this week. Tryouts for the Girls’ team will be held on Monday from 3:20 pm to 4:30 pm. Tryouts for the Coed team will be held on Wednesday from 3:20 pm to 4:30 pm. Tryouts for the Boys’ team will be held on Friday from 2:05 pm to 3:15 pm. Students in grades 4-6 are eligible to tryout. Students should bring a permission slip, water, ball, shin guards, and cleats to tryouts.
Our next Husky Huddle is scheduled for Monday, December 3rd at 8:45 am. Please wear Husky Wear or our school colors of red and blue on Monday. We look forward to seeing you all at the Husky Huddle on Monday!
Our Ensemble will have all day rehearsals (9 AM to 3 PM) on Tuesday, 12/4 and Monday, 12/17. Ensemble students should report to their classrooms first at 8:45 AM and will be dismissed from their classrooms at 3:15 PM. Please remember to bring a sack lunch to school with you for the all day rehearsals. Also, tickets for our Winter Show will go on sale Wednesday, 12/5 at 7:30 am for our Ensemble families.
The Hour of Code, during Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 3-9). If you would like to give coding a try with you child, please visit 
Our monthly ELAC meeting is scheduled for Thursday, December 6th at 8:15 am in the MPR. The main topic of our meeting will be how to support your child with math at home. We encourage all parents of Language Learners to attend. Please join us!
We are also collecting items to add to care packages that we will be sending to deployed service members throughout the school year. 
Given our new traffic patterns at Hedenkamp, we would like to recruit parents to volunteer during drop off and pick up times. We would love to have volunteers to help in our drop off and pick up zones. If you would like to volunteer for our safety team, please let us know. You may stop by the office to let us know or you can email me. (
We have the best students, staff, and families at Hedenkamp! Thank you all for making Hedenkamp such a wonderful place to be. We are also appreciative of all our families that donated canned goods. We were amazed by the amount we collected, your generosity will make a difference for families in need this holiday season. We hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your families and look forward to seeing you all back at school tomorrow, November 26, for a full day of learning!
The Chula Vista Police Activities League (CV PAL) was organized in 1992 to create and provide activities for all youth in our community. CV PAL especially targets less fortunate and “at risk” youth. CV PAL is a community based non-profit organization operated from the Chula Vista Police Department. During the holidays, CV PAL partners with the Chula Vista Welfare Council and the Chula Vista Elementary School District for the annual 
