Highland View PTO: Highland View PTO: March Madness! March Gladness!

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Hello Highland View Families!

March is going to be moving at Highland View. Here's an early preview of what you'll need to know to stay up-to-date and on-the-ball!

1) STEMfest March 24th, 6:00-7:30 PM! There's still time to turn in STEMfest registration forms. It's a great time, and the kids love sharing something fun related to Science, Math, Engineering, or Technology. So far, Highland View students have announced projects ranging from robots to slime to volcanoes. A project can be anything related to Science, Engineering, Technology, or Math. The sky is the limit--and since this is STEMfest, there's no good reason to stop at the sky either--blast right off into space with your ideas! If you're looking for some inspiration, here are some ideas to get you started! And remember, every student who has a project gets a prize.

2) STEMfest (part 2) In addition to the students' projects, STEMfest will also have some demonstrations and activities for anyone to try out--all students are welcome that night, not just students that did projects. It's a great chance for everyone to have some STEM-fun! Last year we had:

(S)cience: Make your own silly putty
(T)echnology: "Program your friend like a computer" paper game.
(E)ngineering: Play-Doh electrical circuits
(M)ath: Math dice games, and build an abacus

This year, we'll have an entire engineering area with design briefs for students to complete. But S, T, and M could have new activities too. Anyone have ideas? It has to be something that 100+ kids could do over the course of 1.5 hours. Reply to this email with your suggestions.

Also, if you'll be at STEMfest that night, we'll need help supervising and running the activity stations. Sign up here to be a part of the action!

3) Club Pictures! March 13th (Monday), will be club/organization picture day at Highland View. We traditionally do: Service Club, Band, 4th and 5th Grade Orchestras, Choir, Battle of the Books, and new this year we're adding the Student Ambassadors. If your student is in one of those groups, they'll be getting their picture taken, so get their picture clothes and picture hair ready.

4) Speaking of March 13th: that's our March PTO meeting date.

5) March 14th, the very next day, is our March "Dine Out for Highland View" night at Chik-fil-A. The flyer to bring with you will be coming home the Friday before that, but when you're planning your meals for that week--skip Tuesday.

There's more to March, but I think that's enough for now. See you at school!

Aleks

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