December 2021

Hi HP,

This month our theme is generosity. A huge thanks to all the families who have shared their generosity by contributing to our supply drive. All items received go directly to help support families in the HP community. If you are interested in participating, please see this flier for what is needed.

 

Sincerely,

Curtis Semana

Dear HP,

I am happy to share that today went very well and without incident or interruption. Our students followed our school expectations, and remained safe throughout the day. Thank you to all the parents who have reached out to share your support and encouragement, and a huge thanks to all the students who were at HP who helped us stay safe and calm today!

I know the concerns going into today have caused a lot of fear and anxiety in students, families, and the staff of HP. We encourage everyone to take some time this weekend to focus on their health and well-being. Social media played a big role in the challenges that we faced this week, and we will continue to address healthy social media use with our students. This is an area where your support at home in monitoring and limiting social media use is very powerful.

Today was a great example of how we are stronger as a united community. We received great support from district office staff to keep our students safe, our parents talked to their students about safe behavior at home, our staff set clear expectations and provided consistent supervision, and ultimately, our students were safe and engaged.

We missed all the students who did not attend today, but we understand and respect your decisions. We look forward to all being together again on Monday for a safe final week of 2021.

Have a good weekend, HP!

Sincerely,

Curtis Semana

Dear HP,

Thanks to everyone for a great week at HP! We are very thankful for everyone helping keep our school community safe. As we transition into winter break, I wanted to share a couple highlights of the learning happening at HP this week.

I wish you and your families a safe and healthy winter break, I hope it brings you rest and joy. It is such an honor to be part of this community, and I am thankful for all of you!

Help support the HP Band:

1. You, your family, and friends can also contribute in 3 ways financially without additional effort:
   1. If you use Amazon, go to smile.amazon.com and search for Highland Park Band Boosters. Any purchase you were already going to make will give us a little spare change.
   2. If you shop at Fred Meyer, your rewards points can be applied to the Booster program as well! Simple go to your acct online or ask a customer service person.
   3. Drink a lot of bottled or canned beverages? Come snag some BottleDrop bags with our barcode on it. When it’s full, drop it off at any BottleDrop location (at most large stores in the area) and we’ll get a donation that way too. 😊

Sincerely,

Curtis Semana