News from the Den- May 2, 2025

We have so many amazing volunteers at our school! Each and every week our school is bustling with people lending a helping hand in so many ways. Even though this last week was a short week, we had volunteers to coach Run Club, Track Team and Badminton. We also had people shelving books in the library, reading with students and delivering popsicles to our whole school.

We are so grateful for each and every volunteer! We want to recognize all of our volunteers for their time and energy that they invest into our school. We hope that you can join us this Friday for our Volunteer Tea @ 2:30 p.m. in the library. We will have some light refreshments and musical performances by several groups.

Thanks for all you do! You help to make HHE a better place!

Kyla Harding & Carla Kokotailo

Principal/Directrice & Assistant Principal/Directrice Adjointe

Table of Contents

WEEK AT A GLANCE

ACTION

• Get Ready for Kindergarten

OPPORTUNITY

• 2024-2025 Heritage Hills Yearbook
• Volunteer Tea
• School Council & FAHHE Meeting
• Little Caesar's Pizza Fundraiser

INFORMATION

• THANK YOU! Bus Driver Appreciation Day is May 5
• Mental Health Week
• Values in Action- Integrity
• Did you know?

WEEK AT A GLANCE

ACTION

Get Ready for Kindergarten
Do you have a child registered in kindergarten next year? If so, make sure to attend Heritage Hills Elementary's upcoming Kindergarten Information Night on May 15. You’ll get to:

• tour the school;
• meet the teachers;
• gain insight on play-based learning; and
• see what a typical day looks like.

Kindergarten Information Night 2025:
Date: May 15
Time: 5:00-6:00 p.m.
Location: Heritage Hills Elementary, Gym

To make the transition to school as smooth as possible, Elk Island Public Schools has put together a toolkit for families. The kit includes information about registration, important dates, programming options, what to expect, eligibility, finding your designated school, transportation and more.
Additional information about Heritage Hills Elementary’s kindergarten program is available on the school website.

OPPORTUNITY

2024-2025 Heritage Hills Yearbook
Sales for our 2024-2025 yearbook are now available through your PowerSchool account. We are excited to offer softcover ($22) and hardcover ($27) options again this year. The yearbook is an option and not mandatory for purchase. The deadline to purchase yearbooks is next Friday, May 9.

Volunteer Tea
We would like to invite all of our volunteers to our Volunteer Appreciation Tea on Friday, May 9 @ 2:30 p.m. There will be coffee, tea and some light refreshments and a small program by some of our amazing students. We hope to see you there!

School Council/FAHHE Meeting
Our next School Council and FAHHE Meeting is Thursday, May 8, 2025, in the HHE Learning Commons. The School Council Meeting is from 6-7pm and FAHHE is from 7-8pm. Both of these meetings will be our AGM, which is our last meeting for this school year. It’s time to vote for the executives that make our committees! If you are interested in any positions, please be there to nominate yourself and vote!! You can read all about the amazing things our parents are doing in the FAHHE Newsletter. 

Little Caesar's Pizza Fundraiser
Time to get your favourite Little Caesars pizzas, breads and cookies! The Little Caesars fundraiser starts today and runs through Monday, May 12, 2025.

Thank you for your support!

Little Caesars Fundraiser Flyer.pdf 

Instructions for Little Caesars Fundraiser.pdf 

INFORMATION

THANK YOU! Bus Driver Appreciation Day is May 5
Join us on May 5 as we recognize and thank our school bus operators for keeping the safety of our students their first priority. We encourage you, and your children, to take a moment to say thanks to our bus operators—who go above and beyond to provide safe and timely transportation to our students.

On behalf of Heritage Hills Elementary THANK YOU to all of our school bus operators for a job well done.

Mental Health Awareness Week
Next week (May 5-9) is Mental Health Awareness Week. We will be focusing the importance of caring for our mental health in our classes and throughout the school. We will be listening to morning announcements that have read alouds about mental health and strategies for self-regulation modelled for students to practice. We will also have a Coyote Compliment Board posted where staff and students are encouraged to share some positives. On Wednesday, May 7 is Hats on for Mental Health where students and staff wear their favourite or funky hats to bring awareness to the importance of good mental health.

Values In Action- Integrity
In May, HHE is focusing on the value of Integrity—doing the right thing even when no one is watching.
At school, students are learning how honesty, responsibility, and making good choices help build strong character. You can continue these conversations at home with a few simple prompts and activities that highlight this important value:

Try These at Home:

• Talk About What They’ve Seen at School:
  Ask:
• “Have you seen a classmate do the right thing, even when no one told them to?”
• “Can you think of a time when someone was honest about a mistake? How was that handled?”
• “What does integrity look like at recess or in the hallways?”
  
  
• Share a Family Story:
  Tell a story about a time you or someone in your family made a tough but honest choice, and how it made a difference.
  
  
• Create an “Integrity Challenge” for the Week:
  As a family, choose one way everyone will practice integrity for the week—like returning something that doesn’t belong to you, being honest even when it’s hard, or standing up for what’s right. Reflect at the end of the week on how it went!

Thank you for supporting our efforts to help students grow into kind, courageous, and trustworthy young people. Together, we’re making a difference!

Did you know?
Each school has a School Education Plan on its website. Annually, these plans are updated for the next school year to reflect schools’ goals, strategies and measures—all based on priorities found in the EIPS Four-Year Education Plan. School administration update their plans after reviewing school-specific results from the EIPS Annual Feedback Survey and consulting with staff, families and school councils in April. A School Education Plan helps a school community focus on what’s most important in its own specific context from year to year. To view your child’s School Education Plan, visit your school’s website and find the relevant home page block.