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Honey island elementary

500 s. military road, Slidell, Louisiana 70461
985.641.3557

January-February 2015
Mrs. Smiths Scoop

Community Meeting for Parents

Welcome to 2015! I hope you are looking forward to the

New Year.

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

Thank you PTA Members and Parent Volunteers for the

time and energy you spent during the month of December
working in classrooms, serving in the Honey Hive, and
helping with holiday festivities, especially the Faculty and
Staff Dessert Party. Your volunteer hours and
commitment are commendable. Our whole school
community makes up a fabulous team!
The Honey Island Hive will be buzzin during the months
of January and February. We will review our FISH
Philosophy in full force during the week of January 12.
Students will be DIBELs-assessed this month. We will
observe Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in our learning and
with a holiday on Monday, January 19. February will bring
Valentines Exchange on February 13. We will be out of
school 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 10amnoon. It is a come & go event. The purpose of the
Festival is to showcase the talent of the Honey Island
students and to provide a tasteful and enjoyable experience
for the Honey Island community. The Festival will have:
Performing Arts & Interactive Arts
Hallway Art Galleries All students will have a piece of
artwork displayed.

Upcoming Dates:
February 2
March 2
Mary K. Bellisario
District 15 | St. Tammany Parish School Board
985.641.2268 | facebook.com/Mary.K.Bellisario
Twitter: @bayouduo

www.stpsb.org

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

A contest will be held to choose the annual artwork for

the t-shirt and signage. The contest will run from January
26-30. 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 and
plan to sign up as a volunteer!
Please come by the school to volunteer
or eat lunch with your child. Our
parents make Honey Island a place
where Every Day, Every Child
Succeeds!
Mrs. Smith

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

Red ribbon week winner

National Family Partnership, formerly the National Federation of
Parents for Drug Free Youth, was established as a grassroots, nonprofit
organization in 1980 by a handful of concerned and determined parents
who were convinced they should begin to play a leadership role in drug
prevention. Nancy Reagan was an Honorary Chair of NFP. NFP is a
national leader in drug prevention education & advocacy. Our mission is
to lead and support our nations families and communities in nurturing
the full potential of healthy, drug free youth. Officer Enrique Camarena
was killed while working undercover in Mexico for the Drug
Enforcement Agency. His family and friends wore red badges of satin to
honor him and his desire to make a difference. In 1988, NFP sponsored
the first National Red Ribbon Celebration.
Honey Island Student, Kendall Remerow decided to enter a contest
on www.redribbon.org, which is sponsored by NFP. The rules were:
Students and families decorate their homes front door, mailbox or
fence with a double-looped red ribbon and the theme, Love Yourself. Be
Drug 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 to

upload 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! An
officer from the local DEA came and
delivered the $1,000 check to Honey
Island on December 16th during our
morning announcements. Kendall also
won an iPad for her family.
Congratulations Kendall!

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Honey Island Reflection Winners 2014

Primary Film
Production:
Elizabeth Johnson
Intermediate Film
Production:
Mollie Ann Anti
Brady Rollins
Primary Dance
Choreography:
Catherine Owen
Intermediate Dance
Choreography:
Lily Johnson
Primary Visual Arts:
Mackenzie Grose
Owen Neely
Intermediate Visual
Arts:
Courtney Clatterbuck
Meriya Bowman
Francesca Mayeux
Ethan Mounsey
Melanie Myers
Nitti Nguyen

Primary
Photography:
Brett Adams
Caleb DeHart
Intermediate
Photography:
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 Roark
Adriane Simien
Grant Wilkinson
Intermediate
Literature:
Mallory Grahagan
Francesca Mayeux
Skylar Walsh

Thank you to all the students and classes who participated in the 2014 Reflections Program. Parents
will 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!
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View this newsletter, and past newsletters online!

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2014-2015 Lego League at Competition Day

Quality Assurance 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 teachers 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 Based
Assessments) 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 proud
of 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!

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