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the buzzHoney island elementary

500 s. military road, Slidell, Louisiana 70461985.641.3557 

January-February 2015

Mrs. Smith’s Scoop 

Welcome to 2015! I hope you are looking forward to theNew Year.

Thank you PTA Members and Parent Volunteers for thetime and energy you spent during the month of Decemberworking in classrooms, serving in the Honey Hive, andhelping with holiday festivities, especially the Faculty andStaff Dessert Party. Your volunteer hours andcommitment are commendable. Our whole schoolcommunity makes up a fabulous team!

The Honey Island Hive will be buzzin’ during the monthsof January and February. We will review our FISHPhilosophy in full force during the week of January 12.Students will be DIBELs-assessed this month. We willobserve Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in our learning andwith a holiday on Monday, January 19. February will bringValentines Exchange on February 13. We will be out ofschool for Mardi Gras Holidays the week of February 16.

SAVE THE DATE! Our 3rd Annual Arts Festival – “Saddle Up for Art!” is Saturday, April 18, 2015 from 10am-noon. It is a “come & go” event. The purpose of the

Festival is to showcase the talent of the Honey Islandstudents and to provide a tasteful and enjoyable experiencefor the Honey Island community. The Festival will have:

Performing Arts & Interactive ArtsHallway Art Galleries – All students will have a piece ofartwork displayed.

A contest will be held to choose the ‘annual artwork’ forthe t-shirt and signage. The contest will run from January26-30. T-shirts will be offered prior to the event for a fee.Students will be able to wear these shirts on Fridays.Volunteers are needed to make this event a success. Be on

the lookout for more information andplan to sign up as a volunteer!

Please come by the school to volunteeror eat lunch with your child. Ourparents make Honey Island a placewhere Every Day, Every ChildSucceeds!

Mrs. Smith

thanks to our 2014-2015

corporate sponsors

Airey Blanchard Law Office

All American Title Agency, LLC

ARS Technologies

Chip Carter, Robert Levis Chevrolet-Cadillac

East Gause Goodyear

E R Repair and Remodeling

Esther Livaccari, Inc.

Keller Williams, Jennifer Chiasson

Law Office of Rita Ekenta

Leighann Photography

Masker Family McDonald's

NOLA Southern Grill

Sam Inflatables

Therapy Charters

ommunity Meeting for Parents

7:00 p.m. – Boyet Jr. High Cafeteria, just off Pearl St.,off East Gause Blvd. 

Upcoming Dates:

February 2

March 2

Mary K Bellisario District 15 | St. Tammany Parish School Board

985.641.2268 | facebook.com/Mary.K.BellisarioTwitter: @bayouduo

www.stpsb.org 

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Red ribbon week winner

National Family Partnership, formerly the National Federation ofParents for Drug Free Youth, was established as a grassroots, nonprofitorganization in 1980 by a handful of concerned and determined parents

who were convinced they should begin to play a leadership role in drugprevention. Nancy Reagan was an Honorary Chair of NFP. NFP is anational leader in drug prevention education & advocacy. Our mission isto lead and support our nation’s families and communities in nurturingthe full potential of healthy, drug free youth. Officer Enrique Camarenawas killed while working undercover in Mexico for the DrugEnforcement Agency. His family and friends wore red badges of satin tohonor him and his desire to make a difference. In 1988, NFP sponsoredthe first National Red Ribbon Celebration.

Honey Island Student, Kendall Remerow decided to enter a conteston www.redribbon.org, which is sponsored by NFP. The rules were:

•Students and families decorate their home’s front door, mailbox orfence with a double-looped red ribbon and the theme, “Love Yourself. BeDrug Free.” Schools may decorate any part of their campus.  •Take a photo with your decoration and upload it to RedRibbon.org/contest from Oct. 1 – Nov. 4. You must be 18 years or older toupload the photo and can do so from any desktop or mobile device.•Ask family and friends to vote for your entry beginning Nov. 5.

•Eleven winners will be announced Dec. 5. We sent fliers home with every student encouraging families to vote for Kendall, who was the only

candidate from Louisiana. To our

delight, she won the contest! Anofficer from the local DEA came anddelivered the $1,000 check to HoneyIsland on December 16th  during ourmorning announcements. Kendall alsowon an iPad for her family.Congratulations Kendall

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age 3

Primary FilmProduction:Elizabeth Johnson

Intermediate Film

Production:

Mollie Ann Anti

Brady Rollins

Primary DanceChoreography:Catherine Owen

Intermediate DanceChoreography:Lily Johnson

Primary Visual Arts:Mackenzie Grose

Owen Neely

Intermediate Visual

Arts:Courtney Clatterbuck

Meriya Bowman

Francesca Mayeux

Ethan Mounsey

Melanie Myers

Nitti Nguyen 

PrimaryPhotography:Brett Adams

Caleb DeHart

IntermediatePhotography:Meriya Bowman

Kelly Camp

Lily Johnson

Calla Penta

Primary Literature:Joshua Baudoin

AnneMarie Clark

Joseph Degruy

Abigail Gumpert

Ethan Hanrahan

Emme Levy

Kendall Remerow

Moses RoarkAdriane Simien

Grant Wilkinson

IntermediateLiterature:Mallory Grahagan

Francesca Mayeux

Skylar Walsh

Honey Island Reflection Winners 2 14

Thank you to all the students and classes who participated in the 2014 Reflections Program. Parentswill be notified via a letter to be sent home in child's folder when awards will be presented on WHIE.

Safety poster winners will be announced in February, so look out for letter in your child's folder for

further communication.

Congrats to all! good luck at district!

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age 4

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View this newsletter, and past newsletters online!

honeybeenews.blogspot.com

Quality ssurance Review

Visit Feedback

We received the following commendations: Honey Island has a safe and positive environment where children develop a

love for learning. Children are actively engaged and work as teams. The teacher‘s role is that of a facilitator of learning while students take an

active role in learning.

We also received the following recommendations:

Continue to communicate assessment results (DIBELS, District Checkpoints, Curriculum BasedAssessments) with parents. Bring teachers in on the transition plan to support children and families as them move from and to the next

school (Cypress Cove/Little Oak). Technology is emerging. Continue to work to put technology in the hands of children to enhance learning.

Our positive school community of students, parents, faculty and staff reflects the constructive report. I am proudof our commendations. We will work as a school team to develop an action plan to address the recommendations.It is our mission to ensure that Honey Island is a school where – Every Day, Every Child Succeeds!

2014-2015 Lego League at Competition Day