Dear Hickory Tree Families,

What an incredible week at HTES! Thank you for making Penny Wars such a huge success! 🪙 Congratulations to our 3rd grade Hawks—our overall champions! 🏆 A huge shout-out goes to our amazing PTA volunteers, who were here every morning collecting donations in the courtyard and then spent hours counting all those coins. We truly appreciate your time, dedication, and love for our school community.

We also want to thank our families for helping our students shine bright during College & Career Dress Down Week! 🌟 From creative outfits to inspiring career looks, our students proudly showcased their future readiness in style.

Looking ahead, we are thrilled about the many Positive Behavior Incentive (PBI) events planned this year! Students can earn Talon Tickets by consistently following school-wide expectations. Here’s what’s coming up:

Encourage your Hawk to earn, save, and use their Talon Tickets for an amazing year of recognition and fun. Hawks SOAR, and we can’t wait to celebrate their success!

Thank you, families, for your continued support. Have a wonderful weekend!

With gratitude,

Ms. Miller and Ms. Vargas

Please remind students that if they see or hear something suspicious unsafe, or dangerous, they can use the FortifyFL App located on their school devices to report the information. You can also report using GetFortifyFL.com.

This week we are shining a spotlight on our amazing 5th grade Hawks!

Our fifth-grade teachers delivered engaging and rigorous learning experiences, and students rose to the challenge with focus, positivity, determination.

Students showed outstanding behavior, worked hard, and represented Hickory Tree with pride. They are already taking ownership of their learning, studying, participating, and pushing themselves to do their very best.

This is only the beginning of what promises to be their best year yet! We cannot wait to see all they will accomplish as they work this year to prepare to soar into middle school.

Way to go, 5th grade Hawks! 🦅

Don't Forget...... Please log in to your Parent Portal account (access at htes.osceolaschools.net) to view your child’s grades and assessment scores.

➡️ First-time users: You will need to complete a few forms about your child before gaining full access.

➡️ To view beginning-of-year math and reading scores:

If you have any questions or need help accessing your child’s information, please don’t hesitate to reach out—we’re happy to help.

Remember to access your child's PM1 progress report in the parent portal. Reach out to your child's teacher with any questions. We are halfway through quarter 1. Reflect with your child:

*What went well?

*What needs improvement?

*What are your child's goals for the quarter and how are they going to achieve those goals?

9/16- SAC/PTA Meeting 4PM

9/26 - NO SCHOOL for Students

10/3 - Rock Your School!!!

10/6- School Dress Down Day

10/10- End of Q1

10/13 - No School for Students

10/21-SAC/PTA Meeting at 4:00pm

10/22- Multicultural Night 4:30-6

10/24- Q1 Honor Roll Ceremony

10/30- Hawk of the Month (by invite)

10/31- Storybook Parade

**See the attached September and October calendars***